Emodnet Physics: Benefits from Marine Data Sharing
Volume 1 - Issue 5
Giuseppe MR Manzella*, Antonio Novellino and Paolo D Angelo
Received: May 22, 2018; Published: May 29, 2018
DOI: 10.32474/MAOPS.2018.01.000124
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Abstract
Access to marine data is of vital importance for marine research and a key issue for various studies, from climate change
prediction to off shore engineering. Giving access to and harmonising marine data from different sources will help industry, public
authorities and researchers find the data and make more effective use of them to develop new products, services and improve our
understanding of how the seas behave. The European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) is a long term program
to deliver a marine observation infrastructure that offers the most effective support to the marine and maritime economy whilst
supporting environmental protection needs. The paper is presenting the activities achieved by the EMODnet Physics. EMODnet
Physics provides a combined array of services and functionalities (facility for viewing and downloading, dashboard reporting and
machine-to-machine communication services) to obtain, free of charge data, meta-data and data products on the physical conditions
of European sea basins and oceans. Moreover, the system provides full interoperability with third-party software through WMS
services, Web Services and Web catalogues in order to exchange data and products according to the most recent standards.
Keywords: Marine Data Management; Data Portal; Data Services; Interoperability
Abbrevations: CF: Climate and Forecast; IAPB: International Arctic Buoy Programme; IMOS: Integrated Marine Observing System;
NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; NetCDF: Network Common Data Form; SOAP: Simple Object Access
Protocol; WFS: Web Feature Service; WMS: Web Map Service.
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