Southern Ocean READER

Links

Institution

Data Location

Alfred wegener institut (AWI)

Oceanographic Observations

A database of oceanographic data from the AWI and other institutes. CTD, XBT etc..

Some of this data is included in other areas of the site under temperature.

Part of the Global Change Master Directory the AMD is a search engine for metadata. Some of the links lead to data, others give you the e-mail address of the owner of the data.

Search the Australian Antarctic Data Centre's databases for scientific data and metadata

Australian Spacial Data Directory (ASDD)

Metadata Search

Provides data set descriptions and the information on how to obtain each data set.

British Oceanographic Data Centre

Cruise inventory

Database with information on what measurements were taken on cruises and the paths that they took. Does not directly provide data as yet so contact the enquiries officer with your query

International Current Meters

The online function is under construction but data can be obtained from the enquiries officer

European Directory of Marine Environmental Data (EDMED)

Searchable database containing a variety of entries. Each entry gives details on how to obtain the data.

Global Data from satellite for near real time SSH, SST and ocean colour overlay.

Some links to current data

CSIRO

Divisional Data Centre

List of web links to Australian data

MARLIN

MARine Laboratories Information Network contains information about metadata and provides the addresses of people to contact should you require the data sets

Search engine leading directly to data for downloading.

This search engine is a part of the Australian Antarctic Data Centre and is their contribution to the GCMD

Clivar Data is a list of data sets provided by clivar as well as some links to other portals

Links to find out information about Australia's oceans

European Directory of the Ocean-observing System

EDIOS Directory

Searchable database that gives information about data stored in that location and how to obtain it. Some is online, others is on request.

Gives a list of other data centres around the world. Good list for some of the smaller centres which may not have a website

Software and data for viewing temperature and salinity of the ocean. Incorporates Argo data. Need to download the software.

Site allowing plots to be created of sea surface salinity and temperature. A collaboration from a number of UK based data holdings

Links to some of the projects by NOAA

Tides and Currents

Current data taken from various stations

List of academic institutions and data centres which may have data holdings.

Need to login to access the data

Provides a list of links to online databases portals, datacentres and organisations.

Plots of ocean currents. No numerical data but may be useful for an overview

Links to ocean data sets but mainly useful for Europe local data. Not all global.

Sea mammal research unit university of St. Andrews

SEAOS

Southern Elephant Seals as Oceanographic Samplers. No data but gives contact information

You can search this site to find other Data centres and organisations.

Selection of data repositories