Data held at the ICES Data Centre are used in various assessments for Working Groups and Commissions. In order to ensure comparable data with high quality, guidelines have been developed.

ICES Data Centre: Guidelines on data

The ICES Working Group on Data and Information Management has developed guidelines to assist those involved in the collection, processing, quality control and exchange of various types of (mainly) physical oceanographic data, for example, Moored Current Meter, Shipborne ADCP, Seasoar, Chlorophyll and Nutrient data. These guidelines have been adopted by the ICES Data Centre and are recommended to the ICES Community.

OSPAR Guidelines

The ICES Data Centre hosts a database for the OSPAR Commission's Joint Assessment and Monitoring Programme (JAMP). OSPAR strives to coordinate cooperation in monitoring programmes, joint quality assurance procedures, development of guidelines and scientific assessment tools.

HELCOM Guidelines

The ICES Data Centre hosts a database for the HELCOM COMBINE Programme for the Baltic. The COMBINE Programme quantifies the impacts of nutrients and hazardous substances in the marine environment, also examining trends in the various compartments of the marine environment.

Other guidelines

AMAP - Trends and Effects Programme
ICES Times guidelines
ISO - Water quality TC147
BEQUALM - Biological Effects Quality Assurance in Monitoring Programmes
QUASIMEME

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