All NERC data and products are available to EuroGOOS members under the conditions of the EuroGOOS Data Policy and consistent with the overriding NERC Data Policy.

Data and products to be exchanged without charge and with no conditions on use

Tide Gauge Data

The Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL).  This is hosted by the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, (POL) and is the global data bank for long-term sea level change information from tide gauges.  As at February 2001, the database of the PSMSL contained over 47,000 station-years of monthly and annual mean values of sea level from over 1,800 tide gauge stations around the world received from almost 200 national authorities.  On average, approximately 2,000 station-years of data are entered into the database each year.

The UK National Tide Gauge Network.  This is also run by POL; 15-minute or hourly values of sea surface elevation collected by this network are archived by the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC).  Data collected from 1993 onwards have been quality controlled to modern standards; data collected prior to this are currently under review.  These data are available from BODC under the conditions of the NERC Data Policy.  Monthly and annual values of sea level are held by the PSMSL and can be downloaded from their web site (given above).

Sub-surface float data

NERC are partners in the UK's national contribution to Argo, alongside the Met Office and UK Hydrographic Office.  All UK Argo float data is available in real-time via the WMO Global Telecommunications System and over the internet from the UK Argo Data Centre at BODC.   Global Argo float data are also available via the 2 Global Argo Data Centres, Coriolis and USGODAE.

Data and products to be exchanged without charge but with conditions on use

Ocean analyses and forecasts

Analyses and forecasts from the Met Office's Forecasting Ocean-Atmosphere Model (FOAM) (global at 1° and North Atlantic at 1/9°) and north-west European shelf-seas model are available  for research and education users via the NERC Environmental Systems Science Centre internet-based Live Access Server (LAS).  Users may browse the data freely and view/save graphical products, but should register for the capability to download gridded data.  (Historical OCCAM assimilations are also available for download from the LAS without conditions.)
 
 

Updated: 22 November 2002