Here you can find a list of the major data portals, categorized on different themes. This list is a collective effort, please add portals that you think are important!
For questions and information, mail to deltaresdataportal@deltares.nl.
Climate and Weather
Elevation
Satellite Imagery
Marine
Geology
General (National or Regional) Data Portals
Climate and Weather
Name | Area | Description |
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Weather Underground | World | Weather conditions world wide (measurements). Note: Includes unvalidated personal weather stations. |
KNMI Data Centre | Netherlands | The KNMI Data Centre (KDC) provides access to weather, climate and seismological datasets of KNMI. |
Copernicus climate | World, Europe | The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) will combine observations of the climate system with the latest science to develop authoritative, quality-assured information about the past, current and future states of the climate in Europe and worldwide. Note: service is development / pre-operational |
Copernicus atmosphere | World, Europe | The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) provides data on the composition of the atmosphere and solar radiation. |
Climatic Research Unit (CRU) | World | Past climate history and climate change. |
MERRA - NASA | World | MERRA is a NASA reanalysis for the satellite era using a major new version of the Goddard Earth Observing System Data Assimilation System Version 5 (GEOS-5). The Project focuses on historical analyses of the hydrological cycle on a broad range of weather and climate time scales and places the NASA EOS suite of observations in a climate context. |
ECMWF | World | The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) is an independent intergovernmental organisation supported by 34 states. Provides forecasts, climate reanalysis and atmospheric composition. |
Met Office - Hadley Centre | World | Researchers at the Met Office Hadley Centre produce and maintain a range of gridded datasets of meteorological variables for use in climate monitoring and climate modelling. This site provides access to these datasets for bona fide scientific research and personal usage only. |
Elevation
Name | Area | Description |
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ASTER and SRTM data | World | Portal for downloading ASTER and SRTM Global Digital Elevation Model (DEM) data. Free data, but registration required. |
AHN1 and AHN2 | Netherlands | Instructions and links to download and visualize the detailed Dutch digital elevation model. |
ALOS World 3D | World | Global DEM with a 5 m resolution created by the Japanese Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS); unfortunately, not for free. |
Copernicus Land | World, Europe | Includes digital elevation model of Europe and various 'land' data geospatial datasets. |
Satellite Imagery
Name | Area | Description |
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Satellietdataportaal | Netherlands | Satellite data from various instruments of multiple satellites, free registration required. |
Earth Explorer | World | Multiple global satellite datasets, from multiple instruments (e.g. MODIS, Landsat, ASTER, SRTM). Free registration required. |
Earth Engine | World | Google Earth Engine brings satellite imagery online with tools to mine this data to detect changes, map trends and quantify differences on the Earth's surface |
Sentinel Data Hub | World | The Sentinel Data Hub is a web based system designed to provide EO data users with distributed mirror archives and bulk dissemination capabilities for the Sentinels products. |
Marine
Name | Area | Description |
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| Europe | EMODnet: European Marine Observation and Data network. Bathymetry, coastlines, and geographical location of underwater features: wrecks. |
EMODnet Geology | Europe | Seabed substrate, sea-floor geology, coastal behaviour, geological events and probabilities, and minerals. |
EMODnet Seabed | Europe | Modelled seabed habitats based on seabed substrate, energy , biological zone, and salinity. |
EMODnet Chemistry | Europe | The concentrations of chemicals (pesticides, heavy metals, antifoulants) in water, sediments and biota. |
EMODnet Biology | Europe | Temporal and spatial distribution of species abundance and biomass from several taxa. |
EMODnet Physics | Europe | Salinity, temperature, waves, currents, sea-level, light attenuation, and FerryBoxes. |
EMODnet Human Act. | Europe | The intensity and spatial extent of human activities at sea |
US Ocean Data | United States | The place to search for data on US marine, coastal, and Great Lakes environments. |
MATROOS | North Sea | MATROOS (Multifunctional Access Tool foR Operational Oceandata Services): recent and historical model and monitoring data relevant to storm surge forecasts |
SeaDataNet | Europe | SeaDataNet infrastructure links oceanographic data centres and marine data centres from 35 countries riparian to all European seas. |
OBIS | World | OBIS (Ocean Biogeographic Information System) allows users to search marine species datasets from all of the world's oceans. |
NDBC | World | NDBC (National Data Buoy Center): get wave measurements for model input & calibration |
Coastdat | North Sea | wind, wave, current and water level data of the North Sea (hindcast database) |
ICES | World | ICES Oceanographic |
CMEMS | World | Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS) |
Geology
Name | Area | Description |
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OneGeology Portal | World | OneGeology is an international initiative of the geological surveys of the world to create a dynamic digital geological map data for the world. |
DINO Ondergrondmodellen | Netherlands | The 'DINOloket Ondergrondmodellen' contains a viewer where you can visualize and access data from the DGM, REGIS and GeoTOP geological models. |
DINO Ondergrondgegevens | Netherlands | Contains an extensive collection of soil and groundwater samples. |
General (national or regional) Data Portals
Name | Area | Description |
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Nationaal Georegister | Netherlands | Dutch national spatial data catalogue |
NEDData Hub | Netherlands | Dutch open data portal, including historical data. |
Data.gov.uk | United Kingdom | UK national data portal |
Data.gov | United States | US national data portal |
gob.es | Spain | ES national data portal |
ign.es | Spain | Spanish national geographic data portal. Includes high resolution DEMs. |
INSPIRE Geoportal | Europe | INSPIRE (Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community) contains European spatial data that may have an impact on the environment. |
European Environment Agency | Europe | Large collection of European environmental datasets |
Atlas Leefomgeving | Netherlands | Contains maps with information over health aspects of the (Dutch) environment |
Atlas Natuurlijk Kapitaal | Netherlands | Maps with information about the services that the natural environment delivers, such as forest, food, energy sources. |
OpenGeoCode.org | World | Extensive list of Open Data Portals, containing e.g. census/demographics, climate, health, education, commerce, agriculture/food portals. |