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Marine Information Service (MARIS)
Infrastructure Profile
Data Center Profile
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Country
Netherlands
Organisation & Address
Marine Information Service (MARIS) / Mariene Informatie Service, Gildeweg 7A, 2632BD, Nootdorp, Netherlands
Website
Contact email
info[at]maris.nl
EDMO ID
Description
General Information
MARIS originates from a Netherlands’ governmental initiative to improve overview and access to marine expertise, information and data related to the sea and its uses and to stimulate its wider use by governmental departments, scientific institutes and industrial companies. Started in 1985 as a governmental project, MARIS is operating since the end of 1989 as an independent foundation. In 1996 the foundation has established the MARIS BV (private company) as working party for the foundation, however still with strong links to the Netherlands’ government and institutes.
Activities include:
- Development, coordination and management of national and international marine data & information projects;
- Marine data & information management, retrieval and brokerage services;
- Electronic publisher of various websites and databases, dealing with marine environmental research, water management, offshore and dredging industry;
- Design & development of marine, coastal and riverine environmental data & information management systems, including GIS and Internet applications;
- Advisor and website manager for the Netherlands Oceanographic Data Committee;
- Technical coordinator of the SeaDataNet consortium of national oceanographic data centres of 35 countries around European seas;
- Technical operator of the CDI Data Discovery & Access service of the pan-European SeaDataNet infrastructure for ocean and marine data management.
These services are performed on the basis of an extensive network of contacts with organisations managing data, information & expertise, in the fields of oceanography, marine environment, climate, marine geology, water management, water technology, offshore industry, dredging industry, coastal zone management and others, nationally and internationally. These organisations involve government, research sector and private industry. To fulfill its tasks, MARIS is skilled in information analysis and development of information systems for acquisition, storage, analysis, presentation and dissemination of marine and environmental data by Internet.
Furthermore, MARIS is skilled in “building bridges” between data producing organisations and information technology.
MARIS is well engaged in European projects. Currently, MARIS is involved in the following EU projects:
- EMODnet Ingestion – coordinator
- EMODnet Bathymetry – technical coordinator
- EMODnet Chemistry – technical coordinator
- EMODnet Physics – partner
- EMODnet Biology – partner
- Blue-Cloud 2026 – technical coordinator
- iMagine – scientific coordinator
- SIMORC – coordinator
- AQUARIUS – partner and leader WP on Data Management and Open Science
- FAIR-EASE – partner and leader WP Discovery, Access and FAIR Data services
- LandSeaLot – partner and leader WP Data Management and Services
- EFFECTIVE – partner and leader WP Blue Parks Digital Twin and spatial-temporal modelling/li>
- MARINERGi – partner and leader WP ICT, E-Infrastructure & Data Protocol Development
- IRISCC – partner and leader WP Harmonisation and technical interoperability]
- MACH-CS – partner and leader WP Harmonising MCS data collection and management
- AARC-TREE – partner
- ClimateEurope2 – partner
- DTO-BioFlow – partner
- ENVRI-Hub-Next – partner
- ECOBPSS – partner
Data Information
Data Disciplines (P08)
Biological oceanography (DS01), Chemical oceanography (DS02), Physical oceanography (DS03), Marine geology (DS04), Atmosphere (DS05), Administration and dimensions (DS07), Terrestrial (DS08), Cryosphere (DS09), Environment (DS10), Human activities (DS12)
Data categories (C77)
Alkalinity (H27), Ammonia (H76), Atmospheric chemistry (M71), Benthic bacteria/micro-organisms (B16), Biochemical measurements (eg lipids, amino acids) (B72), Bottom deposits (P12), CTD stations (H10), Carbon dioxide (H74), Chlorinated hydrocarbons (P04), Contaminants in organisms (P13), Core – rock (G03), Core – soft bottom (G04), Crustaceans (B21), Current meters (D01), Current profiler (eg ADCP) (D71), Demersal fish (B19), Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC) (B06), Eggs and larvae (B13), Grab (G02), In-situ seafloor measurement/sampling (G71), Isotopes (H32), Mammals and reptiles (B26), Molluscs (B20), Nitrate (H24), Nitrite (H25), Optics (eg underwater light levels) (H17), Other biological/fisheries measurements (B90), Other chemical oceanographic measurements (H90), Other contaminant measurements (P90), Other dissolved gases (H33), Other dissolved substances (P05), Other geological/geophysical measurements (G90), Other meteorological measurements (M90), Other physical oceanographic measurements (D90), Oxygen (H21), Particulate organic matter (inc POC, PON) (B71), Pelagic bacteria/micro-organisms (B07), Pelagic fish (B14), Phosphate (H22), Phytobenthos (B17), Phytoplankton (B08), Phytoplankton pigs (eg chlorophyll, fluorescence) (B02), Primary productivity (B01), Routine standard measurements (M06), Sea level (inc. bot. press., inverted echosounder) (D09), Seston (B03), Silicate (H26), Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements (H11), Subsurface temperature measurements (H72), Surface drifters/drifting buoys (D05), Surface measurements underway (T,S) (H71), Suspended matter (P01)
FAIR data repositories
SeaDataNet
EMODnet Ingestion
EurOBIS
EMODnet Chemistry
EMODnet Bathymetry
EMODnet Biology