Atlantic Climate Change Program (ACCP)*
Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate (ATOC)*
Arctic Systems Science (ARCSS)*
Argo*
California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CALCOFI)*
Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR)*
Coastal Ocean Processes (CoOp)*
Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)*
Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX)*
Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (GoDAE)*
Global Oceanographic Data Archaeology and Rescue (GODAR)
Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Program (GTSPP)
Global Sea-Level Observing System (GLOSS)*
Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics (GLOBEC)*
Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)*
Integrated Global Ocean Services System (IGOSS)*
Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS)*
U.S. Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (US JGOFS)*
Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ)*
Louisiana-Alabama-Texas Experiment (LATEX)*
Louisiana-Texas Shelf Physical Oceanography Program (LATEX)*
Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)*
Past Changes in Climate (PAGES)*
Pilot Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic (PIRATA)*
Ridge Inter-Disciplinary Global Experiment (RIDGE)*
Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA COARE)*
Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Project (TOGA TAO)*
World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE)*

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DATA SOURCES AND SERVERS

National Biological Information Infrastructure*
JPL Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC)*

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OCEAN-RELATED EDUCATIONAL SITES

NOAA Education Resources
NOAA Library's Teachers' and Students' Corner
Ocean-Related Educational Site Links at NASA*

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U.S. ACADEMIC/RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS

Joint Oceanographic Institutions

OCEANIC - University of Delaware*
University of California at San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography*
Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory*
University of Hawaii, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology*
University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science*
Oregon State University, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences*
University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography*
Texas A&M University, Department of Oceanography*
University of Texas, Institute for Geophysics*
University of Washington, College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences*
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution*

Others

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences*
Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA)*
Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)*
Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education (CORE)*
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution (HBOI)*
Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University*
Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL)*
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)*
Mote Marine Laboratory*
National Association of Marine Laboratories (NAML)*

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INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)*

- International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE)*
International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES)*
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)*

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OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS OUTSIDE THE U.S.

Argentina

Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmosfera (CIMA)*
Centro Argentino de Datos Oceanograficos (CEADO)*

Australia

CSIRO Division of Marine Research*
Australian Oceanographic Data Centre (AODC)*

Brazil

Diretoria de Hidrografia e Navegacao (DHN)*

Canada

Bedford Institute of Oceanography*
Department of Oceanography - Dalhousie University*
Institute of Ocean Sciences*
OceansCanada - A Canadian Government Site with Links to all things ocean.*

Ecuador

Instituto Oceanographico de la Armada del Ecuador (INOCAR)*

Finland

Finnish Institute of Marine Research (Merentutkimuslaitos)*

France

Institut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)*
SOS Mer Propre*

Germany

German Oceanographic Data Center*
Alfred-Wegener-Institut fur Polar und Meeresforschung*
Institut fur Meereskunde, University of Hamburg*
Institut fur Meereskunde, Kiel*

Iceland

Marine Research Institute*

India

National Institue of Oceanography*

Japan

Japan Agency for Marine Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)*
Oceanographic Research Institute, University of Tokyo*
Japan Oceanographic Data Center*

Korea

Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute (KORDI)*

Netherlands

Netherlands Institute for Sea Research*

Russia

P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences*
All Russian Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information (RHIMI)*
Murmansk Marine Biological Institute (MMBI)*
Pacific Oceanology Institute*

Spain

Institute of Marine Sciences (Institut de Ciencias del Mar) (ICM)*

South Africa

South African Data Centre for Oceanography (SADCO)*

Sweden

Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI)*

Ukraine

Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine*
Marine Hydrophysical Institue, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine*

United Kingdom

British Oceanographic Data Centre*
Plymouth Marine Laboratory*
Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory *
Southampton Oceanography Center*

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