External data products






NW European Shelf model
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.

Copernicus Earth Observation
Earth obs.

Copernicus Marine Earth Observation

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

Plymouth Sound
Model

Plymouth Sound operational model (MyCoast)

Detailed local forecasts of water and atmospheric conditions, pollution risk, and drifting object tracking for the Plymouth region.

PML model data portal
Model

PML model data portal

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

Western Channel Observatory buoy
In situ

Western Channel Observatory

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

Atlantic Meridional Transect
In situ

Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT)

Biological, chemical and physical oceanographic data from annual voyages between the UK and the South Atlantic.

C3S Ocean Colour
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.

NEODAAS
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.

ESA Ocean Colour CCI
Earth obs.

ESA Ocean Colour CCI

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

ESA Lakes CCI
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.

BODC
Archive

BODC — British Oceanographic Data Centre

The UK national oceanographic data centre; MEDIN-accredited archive for marine environmental data and information.

KRILLBASE
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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