Introduction

The Internet Resources

Organization Home Pages

• Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC - The mission of the Ocean Science Section is to promote and coordinate multinational cooperative investigations in the broad fields of oceanography and marine sciences.

• Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) - PMEL carries out interdisciplinary scientific investigations in oceanography and atmospheric science. PMEL is a leader in developiing ocean observational systems to address NOAA’s mission.

• Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) - This site provides ocean color data. The SeaWiFS Project has been designated to develop and operate a research data system that will gather, process, archive, and distribute data received from an ocean color sensor.

• Oceanography: An ONR Science and Technology Focus Site

• U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Water Science for Schools web site - Offers information on many aspects of water, along with pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center where you can give opinions and test your water knowledge.

What's it All Mean? - Glossaries

• Water Science Glossary of Terms - Glossary

• Ocean Link2 - Glossary

• UCSB Student Pages - Glossary

Access to the News

• The Environmental News Network (ENN) Online - News link

• NOAA News - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration posts daily news

• ScienceNews - weekly stories on breaking scientific discoveries and recent research in all areas of science

• The SeaWeb - monthly newsletter 'summarizing recent news, views and events concerning marine and coastal environments and wildlife'

• Scripps News - Scripps Institution of Oceanography

• Ocean-News - the latest ocean industry news

• Cornell Journals - references to journals

Go Check It Out

• The Cool Room - Coastal Ocean Observation Laboratory -- A MUST SEE! Real-time data-sets available!

• Ocean World - Activities on Ocean and Climate-- Pick a Topic and Explore!

• Neptune’s web - GET THE FACTS ON OCEANOGRAPHY—come frolic in the sea

• Undersea and Oversee - Online Exhibit includes student work

• Oceanography from the Space Shuttle - Oceanography from the Space Shuttle is a pictorial survey of oceanic phenomenon visible to the naked eye from space. Originally published in1989, it is now out of print and only available on this web site.

• Earthguide - Earth, marine, and environmental science resources for teachers and students.