NOAA Ocean Exploration strives to make data collected during expeditions on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer available to scientists as soon as possible. Data are typically available in NOAA's archives 60-90 days after an expedition. The NOAA Ocean Exploration Data Management Team creates ISO standard metadata for all Okeanos Explorer data in the archives.
NOAA Ocean Exploration ensures public access to the diverse scientific data and information collected during ocean expeditions that we support, including those on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. Digital data collections typically include oceanographic and geophysical parameters, video, images, documents, and other information, provided in a range of data formats and held in NOAA archives. Physical samples are archived with established repositories.
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The primary tools for accessing data collected during NOAA Ocean Exploration-supported expeditions, and archived at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), are the NOAA Ocean Exploration Data Atlas, the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer data landing pages, and the NOAA Ocean Exploration Video Portal.
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NCEI’s NOAA Ocean Exploration Data Management Team is committed to providing reliable, timely access to data produced aboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. If you’re not able to find what you’re looking for, you can request assistance by submitting a data request or sending an email to oer.info.mgmt@noaa.gov. Questions and suggestions are welcome.