News and events
Data management partnerships
10 June 2008
To encourage a coordinated approach to marine data management, BODC has forged partnerships with six of NERC's centres. More information can be found under ‘Partners’, a new section introduced to our web site.
The six centres are the
- British Antarctic Survey (BAS)
- National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS)
- Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML)
- Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory (POL)
- Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS)
- Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU)
Each centre has a BODC staff member who acts as their Laboratory Liaison Officer (LLO). The LLOs make regular visits to ensure that data collected can be identified. This allows them to be managed properly and curated for long-term use by the public, which is a prerequisite to all NERC funded research.
The current NERC funded Oceans 2025 research programme involves all of NERC's marine centres and national facilities, and draws together the strengths of the individual organisations. Its aim is to improve understanding of ocean behaviour, response to climate change and subsequent impacts on society through cross-disciplinary partnership research.
These partnerships have become increasingly important under the Oceans 2025 framework. They also help NERC and its research centres to meet their legal obligations under the Freedom of Information Act and Environmental Information Regulations.
The NERC-managed activity at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) and the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory (POL), Liverpool were bought together to form the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) on 01 April 2010.
Related BODC pages
| More news and events | Our partnership with NOC, Liverpool | |
| Our partnership with BAS | Our partnership with SAMS | |
| Our partnership with NOC, Southampton | Our partnership with SMRU | |
| Our partnership with PML | Freedom of Information |
Related external links
| British Antarctic Survey (BAS) | Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) | |
| National Oceanography Centre (NOC) | Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) | |
| Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) | Oceans 2025 |
