Information and inventories
These tools allow you to search inventories, catalogues and directories maintained by BODC. You can find information describing all data sets either held by or known to us.
Biological and chemical data
An illustration of our biological and chemical data coverage is provided to enable you to see the data we hold. These data are available by request from the BODC Enquiries Officer. A limited amount of data collected by biological sensors, such as optical plankton counters or fluorometers, in time or depth series are now available for online delivery via our all data series facility.
Inventories, catalogues and directories
The tools listed here provide an interface to databases containing descriptive information (metadata records) on data collections.
- Cruise inventory
Access to a global first level inventory which provides information on who has collected what, where and when during research cruises. - European Directory of Marine Environmental Data (EDMED)
Access to information describing data sets held by more than 600 centres across Europe including those held by BODC. - Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS) Station Handbook
Details about the network of over 300 sea level recording sites distributed around the world that supply sea level data to the Permanent Service of Mean Sea Level (PSMSL). - NERC Data Catalogue Service
Access to information describing data held by all of the Natural Environment Research Council’s designated data centres including those held by BODC. - International current meters
Access to the international inventory of moored current meters, which comprises of over 32,000 records relating to current meter deployments by more than 140 organisations in 22 countries.
BODC also maintains the UK inventory of moored current meter data. - Summary of BODC holdings
Access to information describing data sets held by BODC — a subset of the information held in the EDMED.
Should you require further information concerning any entries, please contact the BODC Enquiries Officer.
Where to find more data
Data are provided by
Online delivery — search inventories and download data directly
Online request — search inventories and submit a request for the data to our Enquiries Officer who will service the request.
Related BODC pages
Related external links
| Permanent Service of Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) | NERC Data Centres |
