International and National Organisations

• International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans
• CSIRO Division of Oceanography (Australia)

• The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture (UK)

• American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (US)

• Chinese-American Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (US)
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association.(US)
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (US)

Research Centres and Projects

• Natural Environmental Research Council Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory: Strategic research in oceanography with special focus on shelf seas processes, global sea levels and tides. Strategic Research Projects:Projects in coastal and shelf sea interactions, ocean interactions.(UK)

• Alfred Wegener Institute Oceanography and Marine Research: Themes include North Sea research, contributions to marine biological monitoring, marine pollution research, investigation of naturally occurring marine substances and technical marine developments. (Germany)
• Netherlands Institute for Sea Research: Pursues multidisciplinary marine research related to phenomena and mechanisms in coastal and shelf seas as well as the open ocean.(Netherlands)

• The Marine Environmental Research Institute: Dedicated to protecting the health and biodiversity of the global marine environment. Research centers around sewage contamination; reproductive impairment and declining populations of seabirds; immunodeficiency disease and viral epidemics in marine mammals. (US)

• University of Newcastle upon Tyne Ocean Research Group: Details of current research as well as previous research projects (UK)
• University of Plymouth Institute of Marine Studies: Studying the use and resources of oceans. Major importance is attached to environmental protection issues, which include physical, chemical, legal, operational and many other practical aspects relating to the marine environment. (UK)
• University of Southampton and Natural Environment Research Council Southampton Oceanography Centre: Studying the functioning of the earth and its oceans as a physical, biological, geological and chemical system on a global scale.(UK)

• American Meteorology Society The Maury Project: A comprehensive programme of teacher enhancement based on studies of the physical foundations of oceanography. (US)
• The University of Tokyo Ocean Research Institute: Promotes basic and comprehensive research in oceanography and marine sciences specific to Japanese waters. (Japan)
• University of California Centre for Coastal Studies: Coastal environment, the development of data acquisition systems and research instrumentation, and advising on coastal protection and sediment management. Research revolves around studies of waves, currents, and tides in nearshore and estuarine waters; sediment transport by waves, winds, and rivers; fluid-sediment interactions; and marine archaeology. (US)

Data/Information Libraries

Data Libraries

• Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Global Oceanographic Data Set Atlas: Provides global gridded, synoptic analysis or synoptic sort, sea or oceanographic analysis - gridded xsect, oceanography - chem circ depth ecolo hydro ice pollu seanal seaob seasfc ship sound tide topo turbid, sea surface or land surface analysis - gridded. (US)
• NOAA Real-time Ocean Data: Data are received daily via satellite from the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean array in the pacific ocean. (US)

• Australian Oceanographic Data Centre: The national data centre for the acquisition, archival and management of physical oceanographic data in Australia and the focal point for international data exchange.
• South African Data Centre for Oceanography: Stores, retrieves and manipulates multi-disciplinary marine information from the areas around Southern Africa. (Africa)

• Southampton Oceanographic Centre National Oceanographic Library: Containing a library database, library catalogues and publication listings, an extremely detailed and useful UK resource. (UK)

• Naval Oceanographic Office Data Warehouse: Provides world-wide coverage of temperature, salinity, gridded bathymetry and sound velocity profiles. (US)
• North Carolina State University Sea Surface Temperatures: Climatic and oceanic observations recorded using satellite imagery. (US)

• The Office of Naval Research World-wide Oceans Optics Database: Collection of several hundred ocean optics data sets gathered over time that encompass many of the world's oceans. (US)

• Proudman Oceanic Laboratory British Oceanic Data Centre A collection of data resources indexed by geographical coverage. (UK)

• Osservatorio Geofisico Sperimentale European Directory of Marine Environmental Data: A large collection of data (transcribed in english) collected by the department of oceanology and environmental geophysics. (Italy)

• Aquatic Network: Covers subjects such as aquaculture, conservation, fisheries, limnology, marine science and oceanography, maritime heritage, ocean engineering, and seafood. (US)

Education Materials

• NOAAs El Nino page: Holding information on the current status of El Nino, impacts on climate and weather and finally, future predictions and forecasting. (US)

• Satellite Observation Systems: Provides high-quality data services and expert consultancy on the use of satellite information for operations in the marine environment. (UK)

• Oceanographic Company of Norway: Development of multi-parameter marine environmental monitoring and forecasting systems. (Norway)

• University of East Anglia Oceanography: The university's research projects, experiments and models, ranging from a marine cycling of carbon dioxide project to the ocean circulation and climate advanced modelling project. (UK)

• Missouri Botanical Gardens Marine Ecosystems: Introductory marine on-line resource discussing ocean currents, tides and waves and also shores and estuaries. (US)
• Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command Neptune's Web: An introductory oceanography teaching source providing an encyclopedia of oceanography, ocean trivia and quizzes testing knowledge of oceanography. (US)
• Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research OAR On-line: Providing science students and teachers with research and investigation experiences using on-line resources. (US)
• Virginia Institute of Marine Science Virtual Marine Education Center: Teachers and students can find information and on-line resources for learning about the marine environment. (US)

Electronic Journals

• American Geophysical Union Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics: Abstracts freely available, full text versions downloadable. (US)
• American Geophysical Union Oceanology: Abstracts freely available, full text versions downloadable. (US)
• American Society of Liminology and Oceanography Limnology and Oceanography: All published articles are listed by title and author, but abstracts and full-text articles are only available through subsription. (US)