Federal scientist joins ONC citizen scientists’ ocean monitoring efforts

Data collected by ONC’s ocean observing networks are freely available through our Oceans 3.0 data portal. 


Our dashboards and tools help users find the data they need. 


Find by Location

Filter data by instrument type and location.

Find by Instrument

A suite of Oceans 3.0 web services help users navigate ONC’s vast data archive.

Web Services

Find Data

Visually track, analyse and display oceanographic data, earthquake data and more.

Standard time series plots are generated daily to reveal the state of the ocean at several sites.

State of the Ocean Plots

An interactive way to explore recent earthquakes near Vancouver Island and around the world. 


Earthquake Data Dashboard

A mobile app that puts ocean data collection tools into the hands of coastal communities and citizen scientists.

Community Fishers Data

Localized systems for continuous, real-time ocean monitoring in Canada’s coastal communities.

Community Observatory Data

Oceanographic radar systems provide real-time information about surface currents and waves

Real-Time Surface Currents Data

Data Dashboards

We provide high quality, tested & vetted data that is ready to be integrated into research, classrooms & decision making. 

Data Quality

We provide specific guidelines on how to cite ONC data.  

How to Cite ONC

Our data are machine-readable, freely shared, used and built on without restrictions.


Data Policy

Data

ONC is committed to providing free, tested and vetted, long-term data that have undergone rigorous quality assurance/quality control (QAQC). Our data are ready to be integrated into research, classrooms and decision making. 

For scalar data, our aim is to meet the guidelines of the Quality Assurance of Real Time Oceanographic Data (QARTOD) group. We strive to adhere to QARTOD's ‘Seven Laws of Data Management’ to provide trusted data to the scientific community.



View ONC's data quality control process and specific tests

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As part of ONC's ongoing commitment to leading the way in data stewardship, we recently endorsed a new set of best practices for digital data repositories. 