Resources - Links
Links to Swedish and international data and information resources.ECDS aims to provide a gateway to relevant information in the field of environment and climate. Below we have started to compile links to external data and information resources.
Swedish data and information resources
Bert Bolin Centre for Climate Research
The role of the Bert Bolin Centre is to conduct fundamental research on critical processes in the climate system.
Bert Bolin Centre for Climate Research
SND
SND is a service organisation for Swedish research within the humanities, social sciences and health sciences.
SND
Geodata - Sweden bit by bit
Geodata.se is a Swedish portal for web based geodata and services, in line with requirements of the INSPIRE-directive.
Geodata - Sweden bit by bit
ArtDatabanken
The Swedish Species Information Centre (ArtDatabanken) works with biodiversity, serving as the focal point for information on threatened species and biodiversity in Sweden. Artdatabanken leads the Swedish activities in the European framework of Lifewatch.
ArtDatabanken
Swedish Lifewatch
The Swedish LifeWatch project is to establish a national e-infrastructure for integration and analysis of biodiversity data.
Swedish Lifewatch
Swedish Forest Maps
Swedish Forest Maps is a service for the geospatial analysis of forest and its characteristics in a given area. The service is provided by SLU and addresses the needs of forest owners, timber buyers, biofuel investigators, researchers, and officials in environmental protection, nature conservation and forestry.
Swedish Forest Maps
Swedish Research Council
The Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) is a government agency that provides funding for basic research of the highest scientific quality in all disciplinary domains. The agency is a key sponsor of the SND-KM initiative and provides dedicated funding opportunities for the publication of scientifically relevant datasets.
Swedish Research Council
International data and information resources
National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
NCDC is the world's largest active archive of weather data. NCDC produces numerous climate publications and responds to data requests from all over the world.
National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
GeoPortal
The GEO-portal provides access to a vast array of Earth observations, comprising both information, data and services.
GeoPortal
The INSPIRE geoportal
Provide the means to search for spatial data sets and spatial data services, and subject to access restrictions, view and download spatial data sets from the EU Member States within the framework of the Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) Directive.
The INSPIRE geoportal
GEO Data Portal - United Nations Environment Programme
The GEO Data Portal is the authoritative source for data sets used by UNEP and its partners in the Global Environment Outlook (GEO) report and other integrated environment assessments.
GEO Data Portal
NERC Data Services
The UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is commited to managing the increasing wealth of data and information used and collected by the scientists it funds. NERC Data Services provide access to a huge array of environment data.
NERC Data Services
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The IPCC assesses the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant for the understanding of the risk of human-induced climate change. IPCC is the autoritative voice in climate change science and provides a wealth of publications and data online.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
European Environment Agency
The European Environment Agency (EEA) is the authoritative voice on the state and outlook of the Environment. The EEA provides a wealth of environmental information and knowledge in the form of reports and assessments, indicators, data and maps.
European Environment Agency
CMIP5
Under the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) the Working Group on Cloupled Modelling (WGCM) established the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) as a standard experimental protocol for studying the output of coupled atmosphere-ocean general circulation models (AOGCMs).
CMIP5-Data Access
OBIS - Ocean Biogeographic Information System
OBIS allows users to search marine species datasets from all of the world’s oceans. OBIS is part of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO, under its International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) programme.
OBIS - Ocean Biogeographic Information System