European Directory of Marine Environmental Data (EDMED)

'Free search' - enter a word or simple phrase — the character string may contain A-Z, a-z, 0-9 and white space only. The database is searched for occurrences of this string. All records containing the string are returned in the results table. The free search is applied to the following fields in the database: data set name and summary, geographical coverage, parameters and instruments.

Each data set is keyed with one or more entries from this menu list. The list contains classifications at multiple levels - the first reflects the marine discipline associated with the data set, while this is further categorized by the type of data within the discipline.
If the type of data you are seeking does not fall naturally under one of the data theme keys on the menu, then you should select keys at the discipline level.

Each data set is keyed with one or more entries from this menu list. The list contains types of instrument/gear or methodology used to collect the data represented within the data set.
Multiple instrument themes may be selected. The default is set to match any data set irrespective of its instrument theme.

The names and limits of oceans and seas used in this table are taken from the 3rd Edition of International Hydrographic Bureau Special Publication No.23 published in 1953.
Each data set is linked to one or more sea areas. Note that an ocean or ocean region is only named if the data set has ocean-wide coverage, in which case the individual sea area within the ocean is not named. For data sets that have world coverage, select the 'Worldwide' option. To select all data sets for a whole ocean, whether or not the data sets have ocean wide coverage, 'multiple select' all options for that region.
The default is set to match any data set irrespective of its sea area

Select one or more projects from the list box.
The default is set to match any data set irrespective of project.

Restricts your search to EDMED entries from data holding centres and data originators located in the specified country. Specifying a host country automatically restricts the list of data holding centres available for selection in the 'Data holding centre' box and data orginators in the 'Data originators' box. These may be used to further refine your search. The default 'ALL' will return records irrespective of country.

Restricts your search to EDMED entries returned by one or more data originators. The list may be shortened by specifying a 'Host country'. The default (no originator selected) will return records irrespective of data originator. Use CTRL+click to unselect.

Restricts your search to EDMED entries returned by one or more data holding centres. The list may be shortened by specifying a 'Host country'. The default (no centre selected) will return records irrespective of data centre. Use CTRL+click to unselect.

It is the role of the national 'Collating centres' to construct the necessary standard keywords and administrative fields that are essential for user-searching through EDMED entries. The default will match any data set irrespective of the responsible Collating Centre.