EMSA’s Maritime Support Services (MSS)
EMSA’s Maritime Support Services (MSS)
Telephone
+351 211 209 415
Fax
+351 211 209 480
Email
MaritimeSupportServices@emsa.europa.eu
7.02 European Marine Observation and Data Network
Agency responsible
Data group
07. Meteorological and Oceanographic Data
Coast Guard Functions with access
Maritime Safety Including Vessel Traffic Management
Maritime Ship and Port Security
Maritime Customs Activities
Prevention and Suppression of Trafficking and Smuggling and Connected Maritime Law Enforcement
Maritime Border Control
Maritime Monitoring and Surveillance
Maritime Environmental Protection & Response
Maritime Search and Rescue
Ship Casualty & Maritime Assistance Service
Maritime Accident and Disaster Response
Fisheries Inspection & Control
Status of implementation
Available
Dissemination channels
Agency web interface
Point(s) of contact
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Description
The European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) is a network of organisations supported by the EU’s integrated maritime policy, observing the sea, processing the data according to international standards and making this information freely available as interoperable data layers and data products.
Data elements
The following datasets are available:
In-situ Platforms:
- Argo Floats/Profilers
- Bathymetry GTS
- Drift Buoys
- Positions
- Tracks
- Ferrybox
- Gliders
- HF Radars
- Positions
- Areas
- Marine Mammals
- Mini-Loggers
- Moorings
- Profiling Moorings
- River Stations
- TESAC Messages
- Tide Gauges
- XBT/XCTD Profiles
Sea-state Parameters:
- Waves
- Water Temperature
- Water Salinity
- Currents
- Optical Properties
- Sea Level
- Atmospheric
- Water Conductivity
- Winds
- Underwater Noise
Legal basis
The European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) is financed by the European Union under Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund.
Scope and source of data
In-situ time series and datasets are made available, as recorded by fixed platforms (moorings, tide gauges, HF radars, etc.), moving platforms (ARGO, Lagrangian buoys, ferryboxes, etc.) and repeated observations (CTDs, etc.). The available themes are the temperature of the water column, the salinity of the water column, horizontal velocity of the water column, sea level and sea level trends, wave height and period, wind and atmospheric pressure, optical properties (e.g. light attenuation, back scattering, turbidity, etc.), underwater sound pressure level (acoustic pollution), river runoff, other biogeochemical data (e.g. chlorophyll, dissolved oxygen, etc.), sea-ice coverage.
Technical implementation
The EMODnet information is provided through a WFS interface and is displayed “In-situ” data layers under the “Met-Ocean” layer of the SEG.
Conditions of access
The products delivered by EMODnet are provided free of charge and are available to all users. Hence, EMODnet data is available to EU Member States’ authorities executing functions in the maritime domain, ports, EMSA, EC and other EU bodies users.