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Data Centers
Coastal Data
National Oceanographic Data
Center-coastal Water Temperature Guide
Present temperatures and climatological averages based on observations from
NOAA/National Ocean Service (NOS) tide stations and NOAA/National Data Buoy
Center (NDBC) buoys
The United States Army Corps of Engineers
Coastal Data Information Program
Present wave, wind and temperature data as well as hyperlinks to historical
data maintained by individual stations
Sea Floor
GLORIA sidescan
sonar imagery of the Gulf of Mexico acquired by the USGS.
Ridge Multibeam Synthesis
Project
Bathymetry data from the North East Pacific (Gorda, Juan de Fuca, Endeavour
and Explorer Ridges, the Gorda Fracture Zone, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the
East-Pacific Rise, the Chile Rise and the Pacific-Antarctic Ridges
RidgePetDB -- Petrological Database
of the Ocean Floor
A searchable petrologic and chemical database for ocean floor basalts
Geochemistry of Rocks of
the Oceans and Continents petrologic and chemical database
Published chemical and isotopic data as well as extensive "metadata" for rocks,
minerals and melt/fluid inclusions including igneous rocks from oceanic islands
and large igneous provinces (seamounts, oceanic plateaus, submarine ridges,
and oceanic and continental flood basalts)
National Geophysical Data Center bathymetry,
topography, and global relief imagery.
NOAA Ship DISCOVERER
and USGS sidescan and seismic profile mapping of the Juan de Fuca Ridge
area.
NOAA Ship McArthur
and USGS sidescan sonar mapping of Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary.
NOAA/PMEL
Ocean Seismicity Theme Page
Data on deep ocean seismicity from hydroacoustic monitoring
USGS Seafloor Mapping Surveys
VENTS program (PMEL)
Hyperlinks to numerous databases related to the research and exploration of
hydrothermal vent processes
University of California
San Diego Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics
Measured and Estimated Seafloor Topography
Sea Surface
National Data Buoy Center
Hourly observations from a network of about 60 buoys and 60 C-MAN stations
that measure wind speed, direction, and gust; barometric pressure; and air
temperature
NOAA Center for Operational Oceanographic
Products and Services (CO-OPS)
Historical and real-time observations and predictions of water levels, coastal
currents and other meteorological and oceanographic data
NOAA Center for Operational Oceanographic
Products and Services (CO-OPS)
Tidal and Ports data and information
The University of
Hawaii Sea Level Center (UHSLC)
In-situ tide gauge data from around the world in support of climate research
Tides Online
Immediate graphical and tabular water level and meteorological data from NOS
water level stations located along the projected path of severe storms such
as hurricanes
TidesOnline.com
Current and next month's tide tables in printable format. Covers east and
west coasts of the United States as well as Alaska and Hawaii.
Tides and Tide Prediction
Hyperlinks to online tide predictor websites and tide prediction software
Ocean Color Data CZCS &
SeaWiFS Data
Remote sensing data from ocean color sensors currently in operation, as well
as historical data sets
Climate Diagnostics Center Map Room Climate Products for Sea Surface Temperature
Data
Weekly SST and ocean analyses from the Coupled Model Project at NCEP
National
Center for Atmospheric Research Selected Data for Oceanic Research
COADS Data Set, sea surface temperature, surface wind and wind stress, air-sea
heat budgets, ocean depth and land elevation, buoy data, sea ice and remote
sensing data
Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography
Center
Automated numerical meteorological and oceanographic (METOC) analyses and
predictions.
National Tsunami Hazard
Mitigation Program
Real-time data received from the tsunami early warning network of moored buoys
Tsunami Data at the
National Geophysical Data Center
The tsunami databases consists of two files: the event database and the runup
database. The event database contains information on the tsunami such as the
cause of the tsunami, the source location, the magnitude and intensity of
the tsunami, etc. The runup database contains information on locations where
tsunami effects occurred.
Data Centers
Array for Real-time Geostrophic Oceanography
(Argo)
Argo is a global array of 3,000 free-drifting profiling floats that will measure
the temperature and salinity of the upper 2000 m of the ocean. This will allow
continuous monitoring of the climate state of the ocean, with all data being
relayed and made publicly available within hours after collection. View maps/get
data at Argo Information Centre
Australian Oceanographic Data
Centre
The national data centre for the acquisition, archival and management of physical
oceanographic data in Australia
British Oceanographic Data Centre
Hyperlinks to the UK Marine Environmental
Data Network and Oceanographic and Marine Data and Information in Europe as
well as descriptions of various projects and datasets available via CD ROM
Canada Marine Environmental
Data Service
Physical, chemical and biological oceanographic observations reported in daily
and historical time frames; national contacts for biological databases within
DFO; hyperlinks to regional web sites for satellite data and products within
DFO and regional web sites for time series data and products; the National
Contaminants Information System; and environmental observations (ex. winds,
ice, etc.) from historical offshore oil and gas sites
French National Oceanographic
Data Centre: IFREMER/SISMER
Catalogues, information and data request forms, and hyperlinks to other data
sources
Marine Information Service (MARIS), Netherlands
North sea research projects (oceanography, biology, hydrography, geology,
chemistry, meteorology) Offshore oil and gas activities, sand and gravel extraction,
and a European directory of marine Environmental Data
Deutsches Ozeanographisches
Datenzentrum, Hamburg
Marine Environmental Database, North Sea and Baltic Sea by 1° rectangles
Atlantic Ocean by 10° rectangles, stations of the Baltic Monitoring Programme,
cruise inventories and North Sea oil spill information
Japan Oceanographic Data Center
Temperature, salinity, ocean current, tidal and moored current data
NASA Physical Oceanography Distributed
Active Archive Center
Primarily remote sensing data on atmospheric moisture, heat flux, collections,
ocean wind, sea surface height, sea surface temperature, and tide models
ORDINAFRICA - Ocean Data and Information
Network for Africa
SADCO - South African Data
Centre for Oceanography
Hydrographic station and surface data from the southern African coastline,
as well as the wider Atlantic, Indian and Southern Oceans
United States National Oceanographic Data
Center
Physical, chemical, and biological oceanographic data collected by U.S. Federal
agencies, including the Department of Defense (primarily the U.S. Navy); State,
and local government agencies; universities and research institutions; and
private industry