European Directory of the Ocean-observing System (EDIOS)

EDIOS is the European Directory of the Ocean-observing System, a unique searchable metadatabase. The EDIOS directory provides a new internet-based tool for searching information on observing systems operating repeatedly, regularly and routinely in European waters. The EDIOS directory contains metadata on European observing systems such as platforms, repeated ship-borne measurements, buoys, remote imagery, etc. EDIOS is an initiative of the European Global Ocean Observing System (EuroGOOS). The directory was developed during the EDIOS project, co-funded by the European Commission Research Directorate General. The EDIOS directory currently holds well over 12,000 data entries, which are regularly updated. An up-to-date overview of included data holders can be found here. Not all collected information has been quality controlled and included in the Directory yet. The central objective of the EDIOS directory is to include and to present information on all European ocean-observing systems (sites and devices) in routine and repeated operation.