Further developing the pan-European infrastructure for marine and ocean data management

SeaDataCloud

Further developing the pan-European infrastructure for marine and ocean data management

The SeaDataNet pan-European infrastructure has been developed by NODCs and major research institutes from 34 countries. Over 100 marine data centres are connected and provide discovery and access to data resources for all European researchers. Moreover, SeaDataNet is a key infrastructure driving several portals of the European Marine Observation and Data network (EMODnet), initiated by EU DG-MARE for Marine Knowledge, MSFD, and Blue Growth. SeaDataNet complements the Copernicus Marine Environmental Monitoring Service (CMEMS), coordinated by EU DG-GROW. However, more effective and convenient access is needed to better support European researchers. The standards, tools and services developed must be reviewed and upgraded to keep pace with demand, such as developments of new sensors, and international and IT standards. Also EMODnet and Copernicus pose extra challenges to boost performance and foster INSPIRE compliance. More data from more data providers must be made available, from European and international research projects and observing programmes. SeaDataCloud aims at considerably advancing SeaDataNet services and increasing their usage, adopting cloud and HPC technology for better performance. More users will be engaged and for longer sessions by including advanced services in a Virtual Research Environment. Researchers will be empowered with a collection of services and tools, tailored to their specific needs, supporting marine research and enabling generation of added-value products. Data concern the wide range of in situ observations and remote sensing data. To have access to the latest cloud technology and facilities, SeaDataNet will cooperate with EUDAT, a network of computing infrastructures that develop and operate a common framework for managing scientific data across Europe. SeaDataCloud will improve services to users and data providers, optimise connecting data centres and streams, and interoperate with other European and international networks.

November, 2016

October, 2020

9999000

96000

EU / Horizon 2020, European Research Infrastructures; Research and Innovation Action

Institut Francais de Recherche Pour L'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER), France

Johannes Karstensen

Scientific Information Systems for the SEA (IFREMER - SIMER), France
Marine Information Service (MARIS), Netherlands
British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC), UK
German Oceanographic DataCentre (NODC) (BSH), Germany
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Sweden
Spanish Oceanographic Institute (IEO), Spain
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR) / Hellenic National Oceanographic Data Centre (HNODC), Greece
Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale OGS), Italy
World Data Centre (RIHMI-WDC) National Oceanographic Data Centre (NODC), Russia
Centro Ricerche Ambiente Marino (ENEA), Italy
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Italy
Institute of Marine Sciences (METU-IMS), Turkey
Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI), Germany
Norwegian Marine Data Centre (NMD), Norway
Aarhus University (AU), Denmark
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Denmark
Joint Research Centre European Commission (EU-JRC), Italy
Marine Institute (MI), Ireland
Hydrographic Institute (IHPT), Portugal
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Netherlands
Belgian Marine Data Centre (RBINS-ODNATURE-BMDC), Belgium
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium
Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (MFRI), Iceland
Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Finland
Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMGW), Poland
Tallinn University of Technology (TALTECH), Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology (LHEI), Latvia
P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology (RAS)
Bulgarian National Oceanographic Data Centre (BGODC), Bulgaria
National Institute for Marine Research and Development "Grigore Antipa" (NIMRD), Romania
Centre of Relations with UNESCO Oceanological Research Centre and GeoDNA (TSU-DNA), Georgia
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (IOF), Croatia
NIBMarine Biology Station (NIB), Slovenia
University of Malta (UOM), Malta
Israel Marine Data Center (ISRAMAR), Israel
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Italy
Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), Poland
Mediterranean Marine and Environmental Research Centre (CSIC), Spain
Deltares, Netherlands
Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Finland
Ukrainian scientific center of Ecology of Sea (UkrSCES), Ukraine
ETT S.p.a., Italy
EuroGOOS AISBL, Belgium
German Climate Computing Center (DKRZ), Germany
CINECA, Italy
CSC - IT Center for Science Ltd. (CSC), Finland
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), UK
Greek Research and Technology Network (GRNET), Greece
University of Bergen (UiB), Norway
52°North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source Software GmbH, Germany
SHOM, Frane
ORION, Cyprus
Biological Station of ROSCOFF (CNRS), France
University of Bologna (UNIBO), Italy

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