British Oceanographic Data Centre

23/04/2025

Charlotte Miskin-Hymas and Justin Buck are attending The Marine Ecological Time Series (METS) RCN workshop in Bermuda. 🌴

The METS RCN will support coordination efforts that bring together different cross-sections of the METS community (data producers, users, scientists, and managers) in large and small group formats to foster the necessary dialogue to develop FAIR data solutions and practices.

Yesterday, Charlotte presented her poster on Porcupine Abyssal Plain - Sustained Observatory Data (delayed mode and near real time), and Justin presented "Sharing discovery metadata to the Ocean InfoHub in a world of federated networks".

Today, the group are working on metadata templates to ensure interoperable datasets, better data management and easier data submissions for data sharing. 📊🌊

Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, ASU Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, British Antarctic Survey, National Oceanography Centre, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), MBARI, GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

09/04/2025

It's a busy and sunny day at Ocean Business in . We popped down to see and Seabed 2030.

The new GEBCO bathymetry grid is due to be released in June. The Seabed 2030 team are working on making more bathymetry metadata available and making it easier to download the data.

Lots of the sensor data we receive comes from the organisations attending Ocean Business, it's great to meet the people creating the sensors we know so well!

National Oceanography Centre

20/03/2025

The Digital Ocean group came together in Southampton for our second Away Day - an opportunity to collaborate, share ideas, and reflect on how we can continue contributing to the work and goals of the National Oceanography Centre.

Engaging discussions and valuable insights made for a productive and inspiring event!

14/03/2025

This week, representatives from BODC and MEDIN participated in the third edition of the International Ocean Data Conference (IODC-3) and the 28th International Oceanographic Data & Information Exchange (IODE-28) in Santa Marta, Colombia 📊🌊

An excellent opportunity to promote our work and strengthen our global partnerships. We thank our hosts Invemar for their warm welcome and kind hospitality 🌍

UNESCO Ocean

13/02/2025

We are here today at The National Oceanography Centre for The University of Southampton School of Ocean and Earth Science careers fair.

Come and say hello to find out about:
🌊The roles and responsibilities of a Marine Data Manager at BODC
⚓The types of data we archive and deliver to the marine community
🐙Good data management practices during the data life cycle
🐠How BODC work within the National Oceanography Centre

17/01/2025

NERC-funded environmental data delivers many benefits to all including:

🏘️Helping to reduce costs, risks and environmental impacts of house building and infrastructure developments
🔋Enabling the UK to be a world-leader in offshore wind energy while protecting marine species and habitats
🌊Increasing resilience to natural hazards amongst UK communities
🌍Driving international climate action and the UK's journey to net zero

Read more in this article below 👇

Long-term Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) investment in data boosts the UK economy, builds resilience and protects the environment.

15/01/2025

📢 Job Opportunity Deadline Extended 📢

📅 Closing date now Monday 3rd February 2025 📅

Salary: Grade 9 (£58,596 – £67,757 p.a. depending on experience) This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working...

08/01/2025

Jordan from BODC took part in the DY186 RAPID research cruise in December 2024. Here are some photos giving an insight into some of the ongoings of the cruise:

🛳️Mooring deployment
🌊Water sampling
📊Salinity measurement calibrations

Watch this space for an account of a Data Manager's role at sea, coming soon

08/01/2025

Update: Job Opportunity Deadline Extended!

Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Environmental Data Service (EDS) Head – Integration and Engagement

📅Closing date: Monday 3rd February 2025 at Midnight

Find out more and apply ➡️ https://bit.ly/40pUAE6

Salary: Grade 9 (£58,596 – £67,757 p.a. depending on experience) This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working...

31/12/2024

The NERC Environmental Data Service (EDS), which includes the British Oceanographic Data Centre, plays a vital role in making environmental data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR).

Day-to-day, the EDS provides access to a wide range of datasets and assigns Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) to ensure data are discoverable and citable.

With expertise in scientific data collection, advanced management techniques, preservation techniques, and application development, the EDS team shares knowledge through training, outreach, and user support on both national and international levels.

Discover the 2023-24 statistics that highlight the NERC EDS's work here: https://hubs.la/Q02_TRkc0

25/12/2024

Merry Christmas from everyone at BODC! 🎄 ✨🌟🎅

This beautiful tree was created using attenuation, fluorometry and transmittance underway data from Changing Arctic Oceans Cruise (CAO) cruise JR18007.

Find out more about this cruise: https://hubs.la/Q02_z7g80

24/12/2024

Santa and his reindeer are almost ready for their long journey to deliver all the presents. This year, they can use the GEBCO_2024 map to navigate when flying over the oceans and land! 🎅🦌🗺️

N.B. the GEBCO_2024 grids should not be used for human navigational purposes

https://hubs.la/Q02_z2v20

https://hubs.la/Q02_z1620

23/12/2024

Did you know? 🤔🎄

Christmas Island has its own code in the C32 controlled vocabulary for International Standards Organisation countries. Explore the rest of C32 for your metadata 👇
https://hubs.la/Q02_f79_0
https://hubs.la/Q02_f7870

22/12/2024

Data from sea gliders deployed near Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean as part of the Equatorial Line Observations (ELO), January-April 2019 is Day 22! 🌊🎄✨

Download the data from the DOI here 👇
https://hubs.la/Q02_dKsm0

21/12/2024

🌨️Today is the Winter Solstice!🌨️
Celebrate by checking out the SOLSTICE-WIO project➡️https://hubs.la/Q02_6bwM0
Bathymetry, water sample and more project data are unrestricted from the BODC All Series site (filter by project 'SOLSTICE-WIO')➡️https://hubs.la/Q02_67Jb0

20/12/2024

Day 20 of ☃️🦌
❄️Oh the weather outside is frightful, but not as cold as the South Pole❄️
Check out the biological, chemical and physical oceanographic data from the ICEBERGS project🌊⬇️
https://hubs.la/Q02_dwSj0 (filter by project 'NERC-CONICYT_ICEBERGS')

19/12/2024

Day 19 of ☃️🎄
A festive sounding ship, the decommissioned vessel of opportunity 'British Holly' became ‘Sea Holly’ in 2016 ➡️ https://hubs.la/Q02_5nL30
Explore all the ICES Platform codes here ➡️https://hubs.la/Q02_5s2D0

18/12/2024

❄️The discovery metadata record for the MAYFROST project is day 18 of ❄️
This record consists of STD, current meter and underway airborne and ship temperature data from the frontal system east of Malta in May 1971. Check it out below ⬇️
https://hubs.la/Q02_4Pv_0