List of databases in the world
List of databases
| Alpha- betical |
Data Base Name | Provider | Comments | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | Black Sea MOU database | Black Sea MOU (Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control) | The Black Sea Information System (BSIS) is developed and hosted by the Russian Federation. The BSIS is aimed to collect Port State Control (PSC) inspection data from the BSMOU member Authorities and to provide information exchange by PSC data within the region. | http://www.bsmou.org/database/ |
| B | BODC (British Oceanographic Data Centre) Database | NOC (National Oceanography Centre) | The self-service tools provided below allow you to retrieve data directly from our web site. Data are provided in a variety of formats and are available for you to download or, in the case of large requests/files, collect from our ftp site. Clear instructions will be provided whatever the method of supply. | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/bodc_database/ |
| C | CEP (UN Environment; Caribbean Environment Programme) Document Database | Caribbean Environment Programme | http://www.cep.unep.org/publications-and-resources/databases/document-database | |
| C | Chesapeake Bay Program; Data | Chesapeake Bay Program | This interface provides access to several types of data related to the Chesapeake Bay. Bay Program databases can be queried based upon user-defined inputs such as geographic region and date range. | https://www.chesapeakebay.net/what/data |
| C | Coastal Habitats in Puget Sound (CHIPS); Puget Sound Publications | U.S. Geological Survey | This bibliography contains references to published reports, maps, journal articles, and proceedings related to the restoration and preservation of Puget Sound as published by the U.S. Geological Survey, or in cooperation with other Federal or State agencies. | https://puget.usgs.gov/pubs.html#top |
| C | Comprehensive Information on Ocean (Ocean Health Check Table) | JMA (Japan Meteorological Agency) | Waves, tides, temperature, currents etc. in Japanese coastal waters, north west pacific, tropical, and global seas. | http://www.data.jma.go.jp/gmd/kaiyou/shindan/ (Japanese) |
| C | COPEPOD (the Coastal and Oceanic Plankton Ecology, Production, and Observation Database.) | NOAA | Database of plankton taxa distribution maps, photographs, biometric traits, and genetic markers | https://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/copepod/ |
| D | DIAS (Data Integration and Analysis System) | DIAS | Data Integration and Analysis System provided by research organizations in Japan | http://www.diasjp.net/en/ |
| E | Earth: An animated map of global wind and weather | Climate Literacy & Energy Awareness Network | Global map animation on wind, currents, etc. For education. | https://earth.nullschool.net/ |
| E | EMODnet (European Marine Observation and Data Network) | European Marine Observation and Data network | Your gateway to marine data in Europe. This net provides data on bathymetry, geology, seabed habitats, chemistry, biology, physics, and human activities. | http://www.emodnet.eu/ |
| E | Environmental Information Network in North west Asian region | NPEC (Northwest Pacific Region environmental Cooperation Center) | Social and environmental database | http://www.npec.or.jp/northeast_asia/en/ |
| E | ESPON 2013 Database | ESPON (European Territorial Observatory Network) | The ESPON 2013 Database provides fundamental regional information provided by ESPON projects and EUROSTAT. This information can be used to support territorial development analysis at different geographical levels. The Database aims to contribute to a better understanding of the potentials and development perspectives of regions in the European context and globalised world. | https://www.espon.eu/tools-maps/espon-2013-database |
| E | European Data Center | EEA (European Environment Agency) | The Environmental data centre website is the coordinated entry point for European data relevant to the selected theme and products related to the indicators. It provides users with easy searching, viewing and download functions. It also gives links to involved partners and supporting documents. | https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/european-data-centres |
| F | Flightrader24 | Flightradar24 AB | Real time aircraft position map. Basic use is free of charge. | https://www.flightradar24.com/ |
| F | FORA-WNP30 | JAMSTEC/CHEIST | Four-dimensional Variational Ocean ReAnalysis: A 30-year high-resolution dataset in the Western North Pacific | http://synthesis.jamstec.go.jp/FORA/e/index.html |
| G | Global Environmental Database | Center for Global Environmental Research | Various information on the global environment is collected, processed, archived and provided in an easy-to-use way to researchers as well as to the general public. | http://www.cger.nies.go.jp/en/activities/database.html |
| G | Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network Explorer | GOA-ON | Carbonate system data from stationary and mobile platforms in the world. | http://portal.goa-on.org/Explorer |
| G | Global Tropical Moored Buoy Array | NOAA | 3-D animation on El Niño and La Niña monitoring data. | https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/drupal/ani/ |
| G | GOM (Gulf of Mexico) Monitoring | NOAA/AOML | We present here products and analysis focused on the monitoring of the ocean conditions in the Gulf of Mexico, in response to selected extreme events, such as: Mississippi River water discharge during May, June and July of 2011 and Deepwater Horizon oil spill during the summer of 2010. | http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/dhos/index.php |
| G | GOOS (Global Ocean Observing System) | IOC-UNESCO | Ocean observation data database. Global system is managed by IOC. | http://www.goosocean.org/ |
| H | HELCOM Data & Map Services | HELCOM (Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission – Helsinki Commission) | Helcom Map and Data service contains spatial data collected within HELCOM data collection framework and related projects as outlined in HELCOM Monitoring and Assessment Strategy. | http://www.helcom.fi/baltic-sea-trends/data-maps/ |
| I | ICES Dataset Collections | ICES/CIEM | ICES has a well-established Data Centre, which manages a number of large dataset collections related to the marine environment. | https://www.ices.dk/marine-data/dataset-collections/Pages/default.aspx |
| I | ICSU (International Council for Science) World Data System | ICSU | Retrieval of datasets from World Data System Members. At present data portal is at prototype stage. | https://www.icsu-wds.org/ |
| I | International Projects for Ocean Mapping | NOAA/NCEI | IHO Data Center for Digital Bathymetry operated by NOAA NCEI | https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/aboutmgg/oceanmapping.html |
| I | IOOS (Integrated Ocean Observation System) | NOS/NOAA/Dep. Comm./USA | USA subset of GOOS. IOOS consists of 11 regional observation system such as NANOOS. | https://ioos.noaa.gov/ |
| J | Japan ARGO Real Time Data Base | JMA | Graphical temperature and salinity data from surface to 2000 m depth of each Argo monitoring equipment. | http://ds.data.jma.go.jp/gmd/argo/data/index.html |
| J | Japan Argo Delayed Mode Data Base | JAMSTEC | More detailed data on Argo observation. Trajectory of each Argo is displayed. Data can be downloaded in netCDF format. | http://www.jamstec.go.jp/ARGO/argo_web/ancient/argo/index_e.html |
| J | JASMES (JAXA Monitoring for Environmental Studies) Map Monitor | JAXA | Satellite data including surface temperature, chlorophyll a, and photosynthetically available radiation. | https://www.eorc.jaxa.jp/JASMES/index_map.html |
| K | 環境総合データベース | 環境省 | インターネット上に公開されている環境関連の情報であって、環境省などで継続的に調査を実施し、または情報を更新している数値情報、地図情報、事例情報又は辞典的情報を内容とするものを検索することができます。 | http://www.env.go.jp/sogodb/ (Japanese) |
| K | 環境数値データベース | 国立環境研究所 | 大気汚染状況の常時監視結果と公共用水域の水質測定結果の閲覧やダウンロードができる。 | https://www.nies.go.jp/igreen/ (Japanese) |
| K | Kuroshio-Oyashio Watch | JAMSTEC | 1-2 months prediction on current meandering | http://www.jamstec.go.jp/aplinfo/kowatch/?lang=en |
| M | Marine Environmental Protection of Northwest Pacific Region | MOE Japan/NPEC/ CEARAC | Satellite remote sensing data including water temperature, phytoplankton concentration, sea-surface altitude, oceanic winds, currents of the Northwest Pacific. | http://ocean.nowpap3.go.jp/?page_id=862 |
| M | Marine Litter Portal Site | NPEC | Information on the initiatives against marine litter in Japan, links to organizations in and out of Japan, marine litter reports, etc. | http://www.npec.or.jp/umigomiportal/mltlng/en/ |
| M | Marine Page (海洋情報クリアリングハウス) | 海上保安庁 | 海洋調査研究・海事産業の発展に資するため、国内の各機関がそれぞれ保有し提供している海洋情報やデータを容易に検索し利用できるよう、それら海洋情報の概要や入手方法などの所在情報をデータベース化し、インターネットを通じて提供するシステムです。 | https://www.mich.go.jp/ (Japanese) |
| M | MarineTraffic | MarineTraffic | Real time ship position map. Basic use is free of charge. | https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ |
| M | 水環境総合情報サイト | 環境省 | 日本全国の公共用水域水質、広域総合水質および水浴場水質の測定データのデータベース | https://water-pub.env.go.jp/water-pub/mizu-site/ (Japanese) |
| N | National water Quality Monitoring Council; Water Quality Data | ACWI (Advisory Committee on Water Information) | The Water Quality Portal (WQP) is a cooperative service sponsored by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the National Water Quality Monitoring Council (NWQMC). It serves data collected by over 400 state, federal, tribal, and local agencies. | https://www.waterqualitydata.us/portal/ |
| N | NEAR-GOOS RDMDB (NEAR-GOOS Regional Delayed Mode Data Base) | JODC (Japan Oceanographic Data Center) | As a regional pilot project of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), the North-East Asian Regional GOOS (NEAR-GOOS) is being implemented by China, Japan, the Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation. NEAR-GOOS is intended to provide a regional framework for gathering and distributing oceanographic data in the North-East Asian region, in enabling participating countries to make better use of their investments in ocean observations and research towards the establishment of the Global Ocean Observing System. | https://near-goos1.jodc.go.jp/index.html |
| N | NOAA’s Adopt a Drifter Program | NOAA | Animation and mapping of ocean currents | https://www.adp.noaa.gov/Resources/InformationonCurrents.aspx |
| N | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | NOAA | Entrance to various databases including World Ocean Atlas | https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/ |
| N | NOAA Ocean Prediction Center | NOAA | 0-72 hour forecast ocean currents for Northern Pacific and Northern Atlantic seas | http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/Current_fcasts.shtml |
| O | OBIS (Ocean Biogeographic Information System) | UNESCO/IOC/IODE | A gateway to the world’s ocean biodiversity and biogeographic data and information | http://www.iobis.org/ |
| O | Ocean Data Viewer | UNEP | World mapping on cold-water-corals, mangrove, seagrasses, etc. | http://data.unep-wcmc.org/ |
| O | ODIMS (OSPAR Data & Information Management System) | OSPAR | ODIMS is a fully featured platform for accessing OSPAR’s geospatial maps, data and metadata. OSPAR is the mechanism by which 15 Governments & the EU cooperate to protect the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic. | https://odims.ospar.org/ |
| O | One Shared Ocean | UNESCO | Integrate assessment of open ocean and 66 Large Marine Ecosystems | http://onesharedocean.org/ |
| O | OPRI Database | OPRI (The Ocean Policy Research Institute) | The OPRI database enables easy-to-use and comprehensive data searches in all research and development activities, proposals, and publications of OPRI, as well as information about the ocean policies of individual countries collected at this OPRI website. | https://www.spf.org/en/_opri/projects/database.html |
P |
Puget Sound Regional Council；Data and Resources | OPRI Database | PSRC provides data to help local planners and decision-makers better understand the region and visualize its future. | https://www.psrc.org/data-and-resources/data-psrc |
| S | Sea Around Us | University of British Columbia | Time series of fish catch by taxa for the seas of country EEZ etc. | http://www.seaaroundus.org/ |
| S | 瀬戸内海の環境データベース | 国土交通省中国地方整備局港湾空港部 | 瀬戸内海の環境修復に関する情報の公開・共有化を通じて、実際の取り組みや効率化を図る | http://www.pa.cgr.mlit.go.jp/chiki/suishitu/seto/index.html (Japanese) |
| S | 瀬戸内海総合水質調査ホームページ | 国土交通省中国地方整備局港湾空港部 | 国土交通省では、海洋環境整備事業の一環として瀬戸内海の水質や底質を調査し、海洋の環境保全に役立てる。 | http://www.pa.cgr.mlit.go.jp/chiki/suishitu/ (Japanese) |
| S | SFEI (San Francisco Estuary Institute) & the Aquatic Science Center: Data Center | SFEI | SFEI is the regional data center for the San Francisco Bay-Delta and northern montane regions. The Institute manages water quality, tissue, wetlands, historical, and spatial data, and develops tools for uploading, accessing, and visualizing data. | https://www.sfei.org/sfeidata.htm |
| S | SIMWESTMED Data Portal | SIMWESTMED (Supporting Implementation of Maritime Spatial Planning in the Western Mediterranean Region) | The SIMWESTMED data portal demonstrator aims to publish an overview of available data for MSP of the Western Mediterranean area fulfilling some INSPIRE requirements, and to allow the exploration of existing barriers and gaps to data sharing. | https://simwestmed.eu/index.php/data-portal/ |
| S | SOCAT (Surface Ocean CO₂ Atlas | BCDC/ICOS | Quality-controlled, surface ocean fCO₂ (fugacity of carbon dioxide) observation data obtained by ships, moorings and drifters | https://www.socat.info/ |
| S | South China Sea | The Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library | An online resource for students, scholars and policy-makers interested in South China Sea regional development, environment, and security issues. | http://www.southchinasea.org/ |
| W | WEPA Database | WEPA (Water Environment Partnership in Asia) | WEPA is a knowledge network programme established in 2004, with 13 countries in Asia as partners. This program aims to improve the water environment in Asia by providing partner countries with necessary, relevant information and knowledge to strengthen water environmental governance. | http://www.wepa-db.net/database.html |
| W | Wise Marine | EU/EEA | Data related to the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive in Europe’s seas. Map viewer provides visual spatial data. | https://water.europa.eu/marine |
| W | World Ocean Atlas 2013 | NOAA | A set of objectively analyzed (1° grid) climatological fields of in situ temperature, salinity, etc. | https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/OC5/woa13/ |
| W | World Ocean Database Select and Search | NOAA/Dep. of Comm. | Database retrieved by temperature, salinity, phytoplankton, cruise, etc. | https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/OC5/SELECT/dbsearch/dbsearch.html |
| Y | Yellow sea Regional Database System | CKJORC (China-Korea Joint Ocean Research Center) | This system takes advantage of spatial information technology to input, manage, query and display the multi-source and heterogeneous information of the Yellow Sea region and provide convenient and effective data sharing services through World Wide Web. | http://www.ysdb.org/index.jsp |