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We are #hiringπŸ’Ό

The British Oceanographic Data Centre are expanding our team of Marine Data Managers with 2 positions available🌊

πŸ“Location: Southampton or Liverpool
πŸ“…Closing date: 26th March 2026

Find out more and apply here➑️ careers.noc.ac.uk/vacancy/mari...

#marinedata #hiring #oceancareers

26.02.2026 10:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans World Bathymetry map, Bonne (World) projection

General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans World Bathymetry map, Bonne (World) projection

#LoveDataWeek at BODC! 🌏

We projected the GEBCO 2025 bathymetric grid into a heart using the Bonne projection for Love Data Week πŸ’™

🌐https://lnkd.in/eYc86p8D

Find out more about our work with Seabed 2030 @seabed2030.bsky.social: seabed2030.org

#OceanMapping #Bathymetry #GEBCO #Seabed2030 #Maps

09.02.2026 19:54 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Research Data Management Training - March 18th 10:00 AM

Research Data Management Training - March 18th 10:00 AM

The NERC Environmental Data Service (EDS) training & skills team is hosting a FREE webinar on research data management.
This session will be hosted in a friendly environment for learning and provide a refresh of the principles of data management! 🌊
Register here πŸ‘‰ eds.ukri.org/training/ner...

28.01.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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BODC are one of the Natural Environment Research Council's (NERC) five accredited Data Archive Centres, forming the Environmental Data Service (EDS). Read about our new tools developed for marine imagery and annotation management on the NERC EDS website:
eds.ukri.org/news/impacts...

28.01.2026 14:01 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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🌊 The 2nd BGC-Argo DMQC Workshop is underway at @imev-mer.fr !

The workshop brings together ~60 participants and aims to foster capacity building for BGC-Argo data management in a relaxed and collaborative atmosphere.

Thanks to @euro-argo.eu for his financial support.

#OneArgo #Argofloat

27.01.2026 11:17 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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25 years of @ukargo.bsky.social !πŸŽ‰

967+ floats; ~145k profiles; One global ocean!

From core Argo to biogeochemical, deep-ocean and polar missions, the UK continues to support the transition to #OneArgo β€” a next-generation, full-depth, multidisciplinary ocean observing system.
πŸŒŠπŸ›°οΈπŸ“ŠπŸŒŽ

15.01.2026 15:22 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Thanks to Nathan Briggs @natebriggs.bsky.social & the RRS James Cook crew for recovering πŸ‡«πŸ‡· Deep #Argofloat 6902895 on the ReBELS-2 cruise in the Labrador Sea.
🌊 Recovered floats are key to sustainable ocean observation.
#Argofloats #ArgoRecovery #EAONE #Crossroad2 @noc.ac.uk @ifremer.bsky.social

08.12.2025 10:45 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#BODCDataAdvent, day 19!❄️ He'll be coming down the Chimney in less than 1 week!πŸŽ…

Take a look at this bathymetric data from the 'Characterisation of major overburden leakage pathways above sub-seafloor CO2 storage reservoirs in the North Sea' (#CHIMNEY)😜 project!

www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documen...

19.12.2025 11:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Day 18 of #BODCDataAdvent, which means only 1 week to go...πŸŽπŸŽ…πŸŽ„

Check out the #GEBCO gridded bathymetry data for the world's oceans, held here at BODC, to track the oceans that Santa will be flying over next weekπŸŒβœ¨πŸŽ…πŸ›·πŸŒ›

betadownload.gebco.net

18.12.2025 13:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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On day 17 of #BODCDataAdvent we're choosing to ignore the rain.β˜” Instead we're dreaming of a white Christmas by looking at the Concentration of Biogeochemical Components of Marine Snowβ„οΈβ˜ƒοΈCatcher particulate samples (CUSTARD-DY111) dataset.✨
Take a look for yourselfπŸŽ„:
www.bodc.ac.uk/data/publish...

17.12.2025 13:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We're back with day 16 of #BODCDataAdvent! πŸŽ„πŸŽ…β„οΈ

Explore the distribution & composition of microplastics on GalΓ‘pagos beaches, including SantaπŸŽ… Cruz. Discover the data behind this critical environmental research.🌍🏝️🌊

Check it out: www.bodc.ac.uk/data/publish...

16.12.2025 11:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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On day 12 of #BODCDataAdvent, the BODC data elves bring to you model outputs containing seabed mobility projections from the North Western European sh'elf'πŸ˜‰ from 1992-2093 (version 2). Check it out for yourself: www.bodc.ac.uk/data/publish...
β„οΈπŸŒŸπŸŒŠπŸŽ…πŸŽ„

12.12.2025 22:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It's day 10 of #BODCDataAdvent and we're heading back to Christmas Island to keep us feeling festive!πŸŽ„πŸοΈ
Christmas Island has its own code in the C32 controlled vocabulary for International Standards Organisation countries.πŸŽ„πŸŽ… 🏝️
Explore the rest of C32πŸ‘‡
vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/C...

10.12.2025 09:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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On the 9th day of #BODCDataAdvent, BODC give to you another festive data present!🎁 Check out these historical sea level observations from SantaπŸŽ…nder, Spain (1876-1928)!

www.bodc.ac.uk/data/publish...
πŸŽ„βœ¨β„οΈπŸŒŠπŸŽ…

09.12.2025 10:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Day 8 of #BODCDataAdventπŸŽ…πŸŽ„
Ever wondered what's on the seabed beneath the Arctic Circle? Check out #IBCAO gridded bathymetry dataβ˜ƒοΈβ„οΈ
Download subset regions of the IBCAO grid on our new beta data download service: betadownload.gebco.net, or download the whole grid: data.ceda.ac.uk/bodc/gebco/i...

08.12.2025 10:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ””πŸ›·πŸŽ„ Sleigh bells ring for Day 7 of #BODCDataAdvent β€” but in a scientific sense of course! Today we highlight Seaglider observations collected in the Belgica Trough and across the continental slope of the 'Bell'πŸ””πŸ˜œingshausen Sea, Antarctica, during February–March 2020. πŸŽ…
www.bodc.ac.uk/data/publish...

07.12.2025 22:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy day 6 of #BODCDataAdventπŸŽ…! Today BODC give to you an image of a 'Christmas' treeπŸŽ„ created using attenuation, fluorometry and transmittance underway data from Changing Arctic Oceans Cruise (CAO) cruise JR18007.
Find out more about this cruise: hubs.la/Q02_z7g80
πŸŽ„πŸŽβ„οΈβ˜ƒοΈπŸŽ…

06.12.2025 19:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Not feeling festive yet? Take a look at the Snow NERC controlled vocabularies, classifying snowfall❄️, and that's bound to make you feel merrier on the 5th day of #BODCDataAdvent! β„οΈβ˜ƒοΈπŸŒŸ
vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P...
vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P...
vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P...
β„οΈβ˜ƒοΈβœ¨πŸŽ„

05.12.2025 10:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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On day 4 of #BODCDataAdvent, our data elves present(🎁) to you model outputs containing seabed mobility projections from the North Western European sh'elf'πŸŽ„πŸ˜‰ from 1992-2093 (version 2). Take a look for yourself: www.bodc.ac.uk/data/publish...
βœ¨πŸŒŠπŸŽ„β„οΈβ˜ƒοΈπŸŽ…

04.12.2025 08:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It's day 3 of #BODCDataAdvent and we're thinking of a white Christmas after looking at this EDMED for sea ice, snow and snow ice thickness at Finnish ice observation stations dating all the way back to 1880! β„οΈβœ¨β˜ƒοΈπŸŽ„
Check it out for yourself: www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/in...

03.12.2025 13:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Day 2 of #BODCDataAdvent and of course there's only one thing on our minds... Christmas (Island)!πŸŽ„πŸŽ…πŸŽπŸŒŸ
Check out these ChristmasπŸŽ… Island sea level datasets, dating all the way back to 1955!
www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documen...
www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documen...

02.12.2025 08:35 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy 1st December from BODC!πŸŽ„πŸŽ…πŸŽβ˜ƒοΈ
We thought it would be appropriate to kick off the first day of #BODCDataAdvent by sharing this festive cruise track that forms a star, this is the JC071 PAP cruise.⭐🌟✨
Check out more cruises at: www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/in...

01.12.2025 11:59 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Danielle Wright presenting updates on new Argo vocabulary changes in the NERC Vocabulary Service (NVS) at #ADMT26, hosted by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution β€” helping keep Argo terms consistent, current, and interoperable.
#Argo #ADMT #NVS

24.10.2025 14:40 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today marks the end of #ADMT26, the annual Argo Data Management Team Meeting, hosted by @whoi.edu in Woods Hole, MA πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ. This major event brings together Argo teams from around the world to discuss Argo data management. 🀝 A key moment for the global #Argo programme!

#OneArgo #Argofloats #Oceanscience

24.10.2025 12:10 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kamila Walicka and Matt McCormack are presenting the Argo metadata validator tool for checking the consistency of JSON metadata with the NVS Argo schema, crucial for improving consistency and reliability of Argo metadata.
#Argo #ADMT26 @ukargo.bsky.social

23.10.2025 15:44 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kamila Walicka and Matt McCormack are presenting the Argo metadata validator tool for checking the consistency of JSON metadata with the NVS Argo schema, crucial for improving consistency and reliability of Argo metadata.
#Argo #ADMT26 @ukargo.bsky.social

23.10.2025 15:44 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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James Clare presenting the new Argo Community Toolbox API. This has been built to improve the ease of use for both the Coriolis Argo Data Processing Chain and the Argo NETCDF File Format Checker.
#Argo #ADMT26 @whoi.edu

23.10.2025 15:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Huge thank you and congratulations to Jon Turton as he retires from the UK Met Office!

His dedication and hard work on the UK Argo programme for over 25 years have been truly remarkable. His commitment and expertise have made a great contribution to the global Argo array.

22.10.2025 18:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Day 3 of the #ADMT26 meeting at @whoi.edu is in full swing!

We dove deep into critical updates from the #BGC Argo mission, covering #OneArgo sensor frameworks for new sensors and mission parameters, documentation and procedures updates, and a review of the #BGC Argo products!

22.10.2025 15:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nathan Briggs is presenting the working group’s scientific assessment and recommendations on the ECO 3rd channel of the bio-optical sensor at the #ADMT26 meeting hosted by @whoi in Woods Hole, MA. #BGCfloats #ArgoFloats #Argo #OneArgo

21.10.2025 19:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0