INFORMATION SHEET ON NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTRE NORWAY

Name of Centre:
Norsk Oseanografisk Datasenter (NOD)

Full Address:
Nordnesgaten 50
P.O.Box 1870
N-5024 Bergen
Norway

Communication:
Telephone: +47 55 23 85 00 (switchboard) / +47 55 23 84 66 (direct)
Telex: 42297 ocean n
e-mail: nod@imr.no

Contact Person:
Harald Loeng

Background and role:
NOD is established as a part of the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) with support from the University of Bergen.The main task of NOD is to provide data and information from coastal and ocean areas which are of particular interest to Norway.

National activities:
Archiving of oceanographic data,and information about available data, observed by Norwegian institutions.
User services.

International activities:
International data exchange.

Plans for new activities:
There is a plan to increase the activity and to be a data center for all marine data. The data centre also has a plan to publish all data from standard sections and fixed stations on WWW from 1998.

Data/Information Products:
Observed data and/or calculated values on printouts or electronic exchange media.

General description of the data bank:
The data system is a networked UNIX system.An integrated data base, TINDOR, based on the INGRES-system, is installed. All data of IMR and NOD will be incorporated in TINDOR upon completion of quality control.

Data-Holdings (digital):

• 11500 CTD/Nansen casts from 8 fixed coastal stations, partly dating back to 1935.
  
• Another 170000 STD/CTD/CTDOs and Nansen casts done by Norwegian research vessels.
  
• Surface temperature and salinity from coastal liners at 28 positions, partly dating back to 1936.
  
• Several sets of hydrographic stations done by foreign institutions in oceans surrounding Norway.