External data products

Model
Copernicus Marine NW European Shelf model
Reanalysis and operational models covering the NE Atlantic–NW European shelf region, part of a Met Office-led consortium.

Earth obs.
Copernicus Marine Earth Observation
Chlorophyll concentration, phytoplankton functional types, and ocean monitoring indicators for the Atlantic and Arctic in near real-time.

Model
Plymouth Sound operational model (MyCoast)
Detailed local forecasts of water and atmospheric conditions, pollution risk, and drifting object tracking for the Plymouth region.

Model
PML model data portal
Summary view of key model data holdings: NW European Shelf, Bay of Bengal, Mediterranean, and global simulations.

In situ
Western Channel Observatory
Oceanographic time-series and biodiversity data from stations L4 (weekly) and E1 (fortnightly) in the Western English Channel.

In situ
Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT)
Biological, chemical and physical oceanographic data from annual voyages between the UK and the South Atlantic.

Climate
Copernicus C3S Ocean Colour & climate projections
Climate-quality multi-mission chlorophyll at 4 km, plus downscaled sea projections under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 using NEMO-ERSEM.

Earth obs.
NEODAAS — AI/ML Earth observation service
AI-assisted EO processing: chlorophyll, SST, hyperspectral airborne data, and access to a £1M GPU cluster via PML-hosted facility.

Earth obs.
ESA Ocean Colour CCI
PML leads ESA’s Ocean Colour climate change initiative, contributing to Lakes, Sea State, and Sea Level themes.

Earth obs.
ESA Lakes CCI & Copernicus Global Land
PML co-leads the Lakes CCI project, contributing inland water data to the Copernicus Global Land Service.

Archive
BODC — British Oceanographic Data Centre
The UK national oceanographic data centre; MEDIN-accredited archive for marine environmental data and information.

In situ
KRILLBASE — Southern Ocean zooplankton
Open-access database of Antarctic krill and salp distributions and population structure from net sampling, 1926–2016.
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