Objective: At present there are a number of fixed point observatories that autonomously measure biological, chemical and physical variables in the oceans around Europe. These operate at various levels of sophistication but in a largely uncoordinated and fragmented manner. There is no agreed set of basic variables and common data protocols are not followed. EuroSITES has two main objectives: 1: To enhance the existing deep ocean observatories thus forming a coherent European network. This will then provide a clear and relevant description of the time varying properties of the ocean system. 2: To perform a small number of specific science missions that will, in the future, form the basis for greatly improved and novel monitoring capability. The work we propose addresses directly and explicitly the vision of GEOSS. We will address this in the context of the time changing properties of the ocean interior, seafloor and sub seafloor around Europe.
The Marine Data Portal is a product of the “Underway”- Data initiative of the German Marine Research Alliance (Deutsche Allianz Meeresforschung - DAM) and is supported by the marine science centers AWI, GEOMAR and Hereon of the Helmholtz Association. This initiative aims to improve and standardize the systematic data collection and data evaluation for expeditions with German research vessels and marine observation. It supports scientists in their data management duties and fosters (data) science through FAIR and open access to marine research data. AWI, GEOMAR and Hereon develop this marine data hub (Marehub) to build a decentralized data infrastructure for processing, long-term archiving and dissemination of marine observation and model data and data products.
The Marine Data Portal provides user-friendly, centralized access to marine research data, reports and publications from a wide range of data repositories and libraries in the context of German marine research and its international collaboration.
The Marine Data Portal is developed by scientists for scientists in order to facilitate Findability and Access of marine research data for Reuse. It supports machine-readable and data driven science. Please note that the quality of the data may vary depending on the purpose for which it was originally collected.