Name
National Oceanography Centre
What We Do
About the National Oceanography Centre (NOC)

The UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is one of the world’s top ocean research institutions. NOC’s scientists work around the globe, uncovering links between the ocean, climate change and biodiversity loss, to help every living thing on our planet flourish.

NOC solves challenging multidisciplinary, large scale, long-term marine science problems to underpin international and UK public policy, business and societal outcomes.

NOC is a company limited by guarantee set up under the law of England and Wales (11444362) and registered as a charity (1185265).

NOC operates the Royal Research Ships James Cook and Discovery and develops technology for coastal and deep ocean research.

Working with its partners NOC provides long-term marine science capability including: sustained ocean observations, mapping and surveying; data management; modelling and scientific research and advice.

Among the resources that the NOC provides on behalf of the UK are the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC), the Marine Autonomous and Robotic Systems (MARS) facility, the National Marine Equipment Pool (NMEP), the National Tide and Sea Level Facility (NTSLF), the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) and British Ocean Sediment Core Research Facility (BOSCORF).

Founded
11-01-2019
Categories
Academic University/Institution, Communication Systems, Data Management, Analysis, and Visualization, Geophysical Equipment/Instrumentation, Geophysical Services, Government Agency, Imaging Systems, Instrumentation, Modeling Systems, Physical Sampling Equipment, Sensors, Unmanned Systems, Unmanned Systems Components, Vehicles & Vessels
Address
European Way
Southampton, Hampshire SO14 3ZH
United Kingdom