ATSR ProjectThe ATSR (Along Track Scanning Radiometer) instruments produce infrared images of the Earth at a spatial resolution of one kilometre. The data from these instruments is useful for scientific studies of the land surface, atmosphere, clouds, oceans, and the cryosphere.
Centre for Environmental Data AnalysisThe Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) serves the environmental science community through three data centres, data analysis environments, and participation in a host of relevant research projects.
We aim to support environmental science, further environmental data archival practices, and develop and deploy new technologies to enhance access to data. Additionally we provide services to aid large scale data analysis.
The original "CEDA" group followed the merger of two of NERC's data centres - the BADC and NEODC - in 2005, originally being called the Centre for Environmental Data Archival. However, with greater support for users analysing the data too a slight name change from the A in CEDA from Archival to Analysis occurred in 2015 to reflect this growing and important role for CEDA.
Data.Gov.UK - Environmental dataFind data published by UK government departments and agencies, public bodies and local authorities.
Global Change Master Directory [NASA]NASA's Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). The GCMD holds more than 29,000 Earth science data set and service descriptions, which cover subject areas within the Earth and environmental sciences. The project mission is to assist researchers, policy makers, and the public in the discovery of and access to data, related services, and ancillary information (which includes descriptions of instruments and platforms) relevant to global change and Earth science research. Within this mission, the directory also offers online authoring tools to providers of data and services, facilitating the capability to make their products available to the Earth science community. In addition, citation information to properly credit data set contributions is offered, along with direct links to data and services.
Weather Observations Website [WOW] - The Met OfficeThe 'Weather Observations Website' (WOW) reflects recent advances in technology and how weather observations can be made. At the same time, the growing world of social networking online makes it relatively easy for anyone to get involved and share their weather observations.
Borehole
Borehole data - NOAA National Climatic Data CentreBorehole data are direct measurements of temperature from boreholes drilled into the Earth's crust. Departures from the expected increase in temperature with depth (the geothermal gradient) can be interpreted in terms of changes in temperature at the surface in the past, which have slowly diffused downward, warming or cooling layers meters below the surface. A majority of the borehole data at the World Data Center (WDC) are from the University of Michigan's Global Database of Borehole Temperatures and Climate Reconstructions.
OpenGeoscienceBGS has a wide range of datasets and wants to increase access to these by publishing as many as possible under OpenGeoscience. OpenGeoscience is a free service where you can view maps, download data, scans, photos and other information. The services available under Open Geoscience are listed below, and include:
View geology data through the Geology of Britain map window and as WMS
Access to over a million borehole scans
Search and download photos from the GeoScenic geological photo archive
Global Change Master Directory [NASA]NASA's Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). The GCMD holds more than 29,000 Earth science data set and service descriptions, which cover subject areas within the Earth and environmental sciences. The project mission is to assist researchers, policy makers, and the public in the discovery of and access to data, related services, and ancillary information (which includes descriptions of instruments and platforms) relevant to global change and Earth science research. Within this mission, the directory also offers online authoring tools to providers of data and services, facilitating the capability to make their products available to the Earth science community. In addition, citation information to properly credit data set contributions is offered, along with direct links to data and services.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - data distribution centreData Distribution Centre (DDC) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The DDC provides climate, socio-economic and environmental data, both from the past and also in scenarios projected into the future. Technical guidelines on the selection and use of different types of data and scenarios in research and assessment are also provided.
World Data Centre of PaleoclimatePaleoclimate data are derived from a wide variety of natural sources such as tree rings, ice cores, corals, and ocean and lake sediments. Paleoclimate data are derived from natural sources such as tree rings, ice cores, corals, and ocean and lake sediments. These proxy climate data extend the archive of weather and climate information hundreds to millions of years. The data include geophysical or biological measurement time series and some reconstructed climate variables such as temperature and precipitation.
NCDC provides the paleoclimate data and information scientists need to understand natural climate variability and future climate change. We also operate the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, which archives and distributes data contributed by scientists around the world.
Geosciences
Centre for Environmental AnalysisRemotely sensed data of the surface of the Earth acquired by satellite and airborne sensors. Formerly called Earth Observation Data Centre.
Centre for International Earth Science Information NetworkThe Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) is a center within the Earth Institute at Columbia University. CIESIN works at the intersection of the social, natural, and information sciences, and specializes in on-line data and information management, spatial data integration and training, and interdisciplinary research related to human interactions in the environment.
Department of Energy and Department of Trade and Industry: Oil and Gas Directorate: North Sea Geographical Information System (GIS) datasetThe North Sea Geographical Information System (GIS) datasets were created by the Oil and Gas Directorate of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), providing the geophysical and licensing analysis of the United Kingdom's Oil and Gas exploration. The datasets contain spatial data locating oil and gas field boundaries and pipelines and are used regularly by such entities as the British Geological Survey, Schlumberger Geoquest and Asset Geoscience Ltd. Other users include oil companies, central and local government, data supply companies and other national governments.
The series contains six datasets: one covering 1992-2000 and five annual snapshots from 2002.
Geo-Seas (formerly EU-SEASED)Pan-European, harmonised and federated marine geological and geophysical datasets and derived data products held by 26 marine geological and geophysical data centres through a single common data portal.
GEODAS : Worldwide geophysics databasesNGDC's GEOphysical DAta System (GEODAS) allows On-line Searches of NGDC's Marine Trackline Geophysics and Hydrographic Surveys databases. This same system can be used to Search NGDC's Aeromagnetic Survey Data.
Google EarthCombines various data sources including satellite imagery, maps and Google Search. Download 3D application.
International Disaster Database EM-DATSince 1988 the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) has been maintaining an Emergency Events Database EM-DAT. EM-DAT was created with the initial support of the WHO and the Belgian Government.
The main objective of the database is to serve the purposes of humanitarian action at national and international levels. It is an initiative aimed to rationalise decision making for disaster preparedness, as well as providing an objective base for vulnerability assessment and priority setting.
EM-DAT contains essential core data on the occurrence and effects of over 18,000 mass disasters in the world from 1900 to present. The database is compiled from various sources, including UN agencies, non-governmental organisations, insurance companies, research institutes and press agencies.
International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP)The International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) is an international marine research collaboration that explores Earth's history and dynamics using ocean-going research platforms to recover data recorded in seafloor sediments and rocks and to monitor subseafloor environments.
National Centers for Environmental InformationFormerly National Oceanographic Data Centre [NODC]. NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) hosts and provides public access to one of the most significant archives for environmental data on Earth. Through the Center for Weather and Climate and the Center for Coasts, Oceans, and Geophysics, we provide over 37 petabytes of comprehensive atmospheric, coastal, oceanic, and geophysical data.
Nevada Geodatic Laboratory - MAGNET GPS NetworkThe Nevada Geodetic Laboratory (NGL) conducts research in the field of space geodesy to study scientific problems that have both regional and global significance. We are using the Global Positioning System (GPS) to study tectonic and geothermal activity across Nevada. We are also using the GPS to study global patterns in surface mass loading and global-scale plate tectonic problems.
Ocean Drilling ProgramODP has recovered from below the seafloor a unique and incomparable wealth of scientific samples and data and has helped advance our understanding of Earth's history.
The Samples, Data, & Publications section describes the following:
Core samples
Sample requests (IODP-USIO web site)
Core repositories
Core and log databases
Publications
The successor to ODPis the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP)
OpenGeoscienceBGS has a wide range of datasets and wants to increase access to these by publishing as many as possible under OpenGeoscience. OpenGeoscience is a free service where you can view maps, download data, scans, photos and other information. The services available under Open Geoscience are listed below, and include:
View geology data through the Geology of Britain map window and as WMS
Access to over a million borehole scans
Search and download photos from the GeoScenic geological photo archive
UNAVCOUNAVCO promotes research by providing access to data that our community of geodetic scientists uses for quantifying the motions of rock, ice and water that are monitored by a variety of sensor types at or near the Earth's surface. After processing, these data enable millimeter-scale surface motion detection and monitoring at discrete points, and high-resolution strain imagery over areas of tens of square meters to hundreds of square kilometers. The data types include GPS/GNSS, SAR and Lidar/SfM, strain and seismic borehole data, and Tropospheric data. Most of these can be accessed via web services. In addition, GPS/GNSS data sets, TLS data sets, and InSAR products are assigned digital object identifiers.
Environment
African Marine AtlasIncludes a number of geo-spatial datasets organized into an atlas of environmental themes for Africa.
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology [CEH]The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) coordinates CEH data activities and is the NERC Data Centre for the Terrestrial and Freshwater Sciences. The EIDC brings together wide-ranging nationally-important datasets and expertise in managing different types of environmental data.
The aim of the EIDC is to give researchers access to the coordinated data resources and informatics tools needed to find answers to complex, multidisciplinary environmental questions.
Data.Gov.UK - Environmental dataFind data published by UK government departments and agencies, public bodies and local authorities.
European Directory of Marine Environmental DataEDMED, initiated by BODC in 1991 within the EU Marine Science and Technology (MAST) framework, is an inventory of marine data and Data Holding Centres. Currently, it describes more than 3800 data sets, from a wide range of disciplines, held at over 600 Data Holding Centres across Europe. It has established itself as a European standard for indexing and searching data sets relating to the marine environment.
Global Change Master Directory [NASA]NASA's Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). The GCMD holds more than 29,000 Earth science data set and service descriptions, which cover subject areas within the Earth and environmental sciences. The project mission is to assist researchers, policy makers, and the public in the discovery of and access to data, related services, and ancillary information (which includes descriptions of instruments and platforms) relevant to global change and Earth science research. Within this mission, the directory also offers online authoring tools to providers of data and services, facilitating the capability to make their products available to the Earth science community. In addition, citation information to properly credit data set contributions is offered, along with direct links to data and services.
International Disaster Database EM-DATSince 1988 the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) has been maintaining an Emergency Events Database EM-DAT. EM-DAT was created with the initial support of the WHO and the Belgian Government.
The main objective of the database is to serve the purposes of humanitarian action at national and international levels. It is an initiative aimed to rationalise decision making for disaster preparedness, as well as providing an objective base for vulnerability assessment and priority setting.
EM-DAT contains essential core data on the occurrence and effects of over 18,000 mass disasters in the world from 1900 to present. The database is compiled from various sources, including UN agencies, non-governmental organisations, insurance companies, research institutes and press agencies.
NERC Arctic Environmental Metadata CentreThis Centre aimed to describe all British datasets derived from university research in the Arctic. The initial funding was to list NERC-funded research.
The centre opened in September 1997, and was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council until August 1999, via a research grant under the SEEDCORN initiative of NERC.
Glaciers and Ice Sheets [Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center from NASA]Glaciers are made up of fallen snow that, over many years, compresses into large, thickened ice masses. Glaciers form when snow remains in one location long enough to transform into ice. What makes glaciers unique is their ability to flow. Due to sheer mass, glaciers flow like very slow rivers. Some glaciers are as small as football fields, while others grow to be dozens or even hundreds of kilometers long.
Presently, glaciers occupy about 10 percent of the world's total land area, with most located in polar regions like Antarctica, Greenland, and the Canadian Arctic. Glaciers can be thought of as remnants from the last Ice Age, when ice covered nearly 32 percent of the land, and 30 percent of the oceans. Most glaciers lie within mountain ranges that show evidence of a much greater extent during the ice ages of the past two million years, and more recent indications of retreat in the past few centuries.
An ice cap is a dome-shaped glacier mass flowing in all directions, such as the ice cap on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic. An ice sheet is a dome-shaped glacier mass exceeding 50,000 square kilometers. The world's ice sheets are confined to Greenland and Antarctica.
Ice Service of the Norwegian Meteorological InstituteThe Ice Service of the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (NIS) is responsible for ice monitoring within the Atlantic sector of the Arctic and provides daily (working day, Monday-Friday) ice charts with an emphasis on Svalbard and the Barents Sea. In addition, the Ice Service of the Norwegian Coastal Administration is responsible for informing vessels about the ice situation in southern Norwegian waters. NIS also provides a weekly (on Mondays) ice chart for the Weddell and Bellingshausen Seas of the Antarctic during the austral summer (October to April).
Sea Ice Observations - [Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center site from NASA]Sea ice forms within the polar oceans when the seawater temperatures reach the local freezing point. Salt is retained as concentrated brine between the pure ice crystals within the rapidly formed ice volume and the brine gradually makes its way through the ice by gravity drainage back into the ocean which locally increases the ocean salinity. This higher salinity water will sink down into the water column until it reaches an equilibrium state. Areas of rapid and sustained growth, particularly in the Southern Ocean, have been identified as contributing to deepwater formation of the global oceans.
Marine Life
Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data(DASSH)DASSH is the UK Data Archive Centre for marine biodiversity data for both species and habitats. DASSH provides digital archive facilities for biodiversity datasets and a digital repository for biodiversity images and video.
DASSH aims to safeguard data (past and future) and make that data available as a national information resource to support marine science and better stewardship of the marine environment. To that end, DASSH provides access to datasets via an on-line catalogue of both metadata and data via this Web site and the National Biodiversity Network (NBN).
ASFIS list of species for fishery statistics purposes [FAO]ASFIS list of species includes 12 421 species items selected according to their interest or relation to fisheries and aquaculture. For each species item stored in a record, codes (ISSCAAP group, taxonomic and 3-alpha) and taxonomic information (scientific name, author(s), family, and higher taxonomic classification) are provided. An English name is available for most of the records, and about one third of them have also a French and Spanish name. Information is also provided about the availability of fishery production statistics on the species item in the FAO databases.
FishBaseFishBase, a global information system with all you ever wanted to know about fishes. FishBase is a relational database with information to cater to different professionals such as research scientists, fisheries managers, zoologists and many more. FishBase on the web contains practically all fish species known to science.
FishBase was developed at the WorldFish Center in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO) and many other partners, and with support from the European Commission ( EC). Since 2001 FishBase is supported by a consortium of nine research institutions.
Fisheries and Aquaculture Department statistics [FAO]The FAO(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) Fisheries and Aquaculture Department provides advice and objective information to Members to help promote responsible aquaculture and fisheries. To fulfil this role, the Department compiles, analyses and disseminates fishery data, structured within data collections.
Fishnet2The FishNet network is a collaborative effort among fish collections around the world to share and distribute data on specimen holdings.
Global Change Master Directory [NASA]NASA's Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). The GCMD holds more than 29,000 Earth science data set and service descriptions, which cover subject areas within the Earth and environmental sciences. The project mission is to assist researchers, policy makers, and the public in the discovery of and access to data, related services, and ancillary information (which includes descriptions of instruments and platforms) relevant to global change and Earth science research. Within this mission, the directory also offers online authoring tools to providers of data and services, facilitating the capability to make their products available to the Earth science community. In addition, citation information to properly credit data set contributions is offered, along with direct links to data and services.
Hexacorallians of the World - Sea anemones, Corals and their allies.Catalogue of Hexacorallians species, bibliography of literature in which they were described, inventory of type specimens, distribution maps, and images.
This is a legacy dataset form the CoML. May be unmatched scientific names due to changes in the taxonomy of hexacoralians
NOAA's Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS)NOAA's Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS) is a web-based information portal that provides access to NOAA coral reef information and data products with emphasis on the U.S. states, territories and remote island areas. NOAA Coral Reef activities include coral reef mapping, monitoring and assessment; natural and socioeconomic research and modeling; outreach and education; and management and stewardship.
Ocean Biogeographic Information SystemOBIS allows users to search marine species datasets from all of the world's oceans.
With our evolving OBIS database repository, users can identify biodiversity hotspots and large-scale ecological patterns, analyze dispersions of species over time and space, and plot species' locations with temperature, salinity, and depth.
SeaDataNetThe SeaDataNet infrastructure links 80 national oceanographic data centres and marine data centres from 35 countries riparian to all European seas. The data centres manage large sets of marine and ocean data, originating from their own institutes and from other parties in their country, in a variety of data management systems and configurations. A major objective and challenge in SeaDataNet is to provide an integrated and harmonised overview and access to these data resources, using a distributed network approach.
SeamountsOnline: the online seamount information systemSince 2001, SeamountsOnline has been gathering data on species that have been observed or collected from seamounts and providing these data through a freely-available online portal. It is designed to facilitate research into seamount ecology, and to act as a resource for managers. It is also the database component of the Global Census of Marine Life on Seamounts.
SeamountsOnline is led by Karen Stocks, a researcher at the University of California who works on deep-sea biodiversity using information systems, and Emma (Emiko) Cook, a biodiversity data manager.
SeamountsOnline holds data on species that have been recorded from seamounts. Taxonomically, all metazoan species are considered and, spatially, all seamounts globally are included (if biological data are available). We do not follow a strict geological definition of a seamount, so data on features smaller than 1000m high are included. Both hydrothermally-active and non-active seamounts are included.
Oceanography
ATSR ProjectThe ATSR (Along Track Scanning Radiometer) instruments produce infrared images of the Earth at a spatial resolution of one kilometre. The data from these instruments is useful for scientific studies of the land surface, atmosphere, clouds, oceans, and the cryosphere.
British Oceanographic Data Centre [BODC]The British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) is a national facility for looking after and distributing data concerning the marine environment.
Bundesamt für Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie [DOD]The BSH collects and processes a multitude of data. These include geospatial data or chemical-physical data of the sea. The BSH distinguishes between data collected by its own resources and data collected by other institutions and transmitted to the BSH for administration. This also includes satellite data.
Data.Gov.UK - Environmental dataFind data published by UK government departments and agencies, public bodies and local authorities.
Global Change Master Directory [NASA]NASA's Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). The GCMD holds more than 29,000 Earth science data set and service descriptions, which cover subject areas within the Earth and environmental sciences. The project mission is to assist researchers, policy makers, and the public in the discovery of and access to data, related services, and ancillary information (which includes descriptions of instruments and platforms) relevant to global change and Earth science research. Within this mission, the directory also offers online authoring tools to providers of data and services, facilitating the capability to make their products available to the Earth science community. In addition, citation information to properly credit data set contributions is offered, along with direct links to data and services.
ICES oceanographic databaseThe ICES oceanographic database holds a history of oceanographic data from 1877 to present.
All data are quality controlled according to the DIG guidelines and visually inspected by experienced staff to further improve the quality of the data.
Core parameters held in the ICES oceanographic database are available for download:
•Temperature
•Salinity
•Oxygen
•Phosphate, Total Phosphate
•Silicate
•Nitrate, Nitrite, Ammonium, Total Nitrogen
•Hydrogen Sulphide
•pH, Alkalinity
•Chlorophyll-a and Secchi depths
International Disaster Database EM-DATSince 1988 the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) has been maintaining an Emergency Events Database EM-DAT. EM-DAT was created with the initial support of the WHO and the Belgian Government.
The main objective of the database is to serve the purposes of humanitarian action at national and international levels. It is an initiative aimed to rationalise decision making for disaster preparedness, as well as providing an objective base for vulnerability assessment and priority setting.
EM-DAT contains essential core data on the occurrence and effects of over 18,000 mass disasters in the world from 1900 to present. The database is compiled from various sources, including UN agencies, non-governmental organisations, insurance companies, research institutes and press agencies.
International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE)The programme "International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange" (IODE) of the "Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission" (IOC) of UNESCO was established in 1961. Its purpose is to enhance marine research, exploitation and development, by facilitating the exchange of oceanographic data and information between participating Member States, and by meeting the needs of users for data and information products.
Marine Environmental Data & Information Network [MEDIN]The Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) promotes sharing of, and improved access to data. It is an open partnership and its partners represent government departments, research institutions and private companies in the UK.
Marine Institute Data ServicesIreland's national agency responsible for Marine Research, Technology Development and Innovation (RTDI).
Data Services available include access to online data sources on a range of topics including weather buoy data, Harmful Algal Bloom test result data, mapping services and temperature monitoring.
National Centers for Environmental InformationFormerly National Oceanographic Data Centre [NODC]. NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) hosts and provides public access to one of the most significant archives for environmental data on Earth. Through the Center for Weather and Climate and the Center for Coasts, Oceans, and Geophysics, we provide over 37 petabytes of comprehensive atmospheric, coastal, oceanic, and geophysical data.
Permanent Service for Mean Sea LevelPSMSL is the global data bank for long term sea level change information from tide gauges and bottom pressure recorders.
SeaDataNetThe SeaDataNet infrastructure links 80 national oceanographic data centres and marine data centres from 35 countries riparian to all European seas. The data centres manage large sets of marine and ocean data, originating from their own institutes and from other parties in their country, in a variety of data management systems and configurations. A major objective and challenge in SeaDataNet is to provide an integrated and harmonised overview and access to these data resources, using a distributed network approach.
World Ocean Circulation Experiment [WOCE]The WOCE data set is the most comprehensive data set ever collected from the global ocean. This site provides access to the final (3rd) version of the data set collected during the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (1990-1997).
World Ocean DatabaseThe World Ocean Database (WOD) is the world's largest publicly available collection of subsurface ocean profile data. It is a powerful tool for oceanographic, climatic, and environmental research, and the end result of more than 20 years of coordinated efforts to incorporate data from institutions, agencies, individual researchers, and data recovery initiatives into a single database. WOD data spans from Captain Cook's 1772 voyage to the contemporary Argo period, making it a valuable resource for long term and historical ocean climate analysis. Original versions of the 20,000+ datasets in the WOD are available through the NCEI archives.
Polar
Antarctic Digital Database [ADD]The SCAR Antarctic Digital Database (ADD) is a seamless compilation of topographic data for the continent of Antarctica to 60°S. The SCAR ADD consists of geographic information layers including coastline, ice-shelf grounding line, rock outcrop, elevation data and human-presence features such as Research Station locations.
It is derived from a wide variety of sources and aims to provide the best currently available data in Antarctica. All data are provided at the original scale of the source data and as generalised data suitable for smaller map scales of 1:1 million and 1:10 million. Users should note that the resolution of the original data varies widely, with source data ranging from 1:10,000 scale maps to much coarser sources.
Australian Antarctic Data Centre [AADC]The Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AADC) was established in response to Australia’s participation in the Antarctic Treaty System - (ATS — http://www.ats.aq)
The Centre is committed to the free and open exchange of scientific data and is working collaboratively with international centres, networks and scientists to build a sustainable polar data commons (http://www.polarcommons.org).
British Antarctic SurveyData, Information and Mappings Services.
View a detailed catalogue of available data, information and mapping services. Access metadata, data, geographic information and collections, oceanographic, atmospheric, and all other data holdings
Polar Data Centre [PDC]The Polar Data Centre (PDC) coordinates the management of data collected by UK funded scientists in the polar regions, and replaces the Antarctic Environmental Data Centre (AEDC) from 1st April 2009.
The PDC is based within the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and is part of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) network of data centres. It is the UK’s National Antarctic Data Centre in the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Data Management (SCADM).
Catalogue of LifeThe Catalogue of Life is the most comprehensive and authoritative global index of species currently available. It consists of a single integrated species checklist and taxonomic hierarchy. The Catalogue holds essential information on the names, relationships and distributions of over 1.5 million species. This figure continues to rise as information is compiled from diverse sources around the world.
