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Data Southern Oceans Now Freely Available

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)Ref: https://www.csir.co.za/data-southern-oceans-now-freely-available

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This is a CSIR news article announcing that the Southern African Data Centre for Oceanography will make its data freely and openly available from 8 June 2010. The data covers multidisciplinary marine information from areas around southern Africa and is relevant to understanding climate change, weather and human impacts on the sea.

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free and open access to its data

SADCO is making its oceanographic data freely and openly available for use, including information collected from research vessels, vessels-of-opportunity, moored instruments and floating buoys.

Who it is for: the public, governments and other decision-makers
How to act on it: Access the data through the Southern African Data Centre for Oceanography (SADCO); the document does not specify a separate application or submission process.

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On World Ocean Day (8 June 2010), the Southern African Data Centre for Oceanography (SADCO) will start providing free and open access to its data.

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https://www.csir.co.za/data-southern-oceans-now-freely-available

Key Takeaways

Southern African Data Centre for Oceanography (SADCO) will provide free and open access to its data
Access starts on 8 June 2010, World Ocean Day
Data concerns multidisciplinary marine information from areas around southern Africa
Dr Marten Gründlingh manages the data centre
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Southern African Data Centre for Oceanography (SADCO)
Dr Marten Gründlingh