Lead institution:
Instituto Hidrográfico – Portugal
National Oceanographic Data Centres (NODC) are national nodes of the International Oceanographic Data and Information (IODE) programme, the international collaborative effort to provide access and stewardship for the national resource of oceanographic data.
Albeit having one of the largest maritime areas in Europe, Portugal designated an NODC only in 2022, endorsed by the Portuguese Committee for the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, and bringing together the two main national marine data gathering institutions – the Portuguese Hydrographic Institute and the Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere.
The NODC-PT will provide the framework for promoting the gathering, quality control, processing, summarization, dissemination, and preservation of data generated by Portuguese agencies working on the North Atlantic. It will provide a point of access to data and information, contributing to the Blue Growth and the DITTO programme, and enhancing widespread ocean knowledge.
Start Date: 04/01/2023
End Date: 31/12/2030
Lead Contact: Telmo Geraldes Dias (geraldes.dias@hidrografico.pt)