SeaDataNet
SeaDataNet is an international project of oceanography.
Description
This project aims to provide a web service permitting to retrieve validated datasets (temperature, oxygen, salinity, nutrients, ...) from 45 differents National Data Centers of 35 countries having coasts along european seas. Therefore SeaDataNet is a standardized system for managing the large and diverse data sets collected by the oceanographic fleets and the automatic observation systems. Additional objectives consist in creating product with aggregated data such as climatologies. This european funded project has started in 2004, the project is currently in its second phase with fundings for 2012 to 2016. Most of the datasets are free of access, but some are restricted to institutes. In term of harmonization SeaDataNet has choosen standards, vocabularies, tools that are used in the different NODC(National Oceanographic Data Center). For example they use Ocean Data View to validate or visualize datasets, they also use DIVA codes to perfom Obective analysis. Datasets are covering the years 1800 up to 2012. In 2012 400 data originators are registered into Seadatanet project.
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