1. SADCO SADCO Southern African Data Centre for Oceanography: regional facility for storing and sharing marine environmental data Marten Grundlingh

3. SADCO: Target Area, data load 2001 Africa SADCO

4. SADCO: Target Area; all data

5. SADCO: data administration ORACLE DBMS, UNIX workstations Data can be flagged for security Daily backups for safety Quality control checks on all incoming data (IODE, WMO customised)

6. Vertical profiles (>200 000 stations): temperature salinity Nutrients, chemistry Currents Surface weather observations (6m reports, 45m observations) SADCO: data types (1)

7. Time series data: Currents Temperature AWS (land-based or buoy) Other Plankton (database may be remobilised for BCLME) SADCO: data types (2)

8. Web-enabled raw data extraction (standard & customised, off-line) Extractions by geographic area, cruise or deployment SADCO: products

9. Means, statistics Graphs, downloadable

10. Scout for data (insight into regional data) Existing public inventory of surveys sadco.csir.co.za SADCO: inventory

11. Examples of data use Climate changes, rainfall indices Maritime accidents Oceanographic research Environmental impact assessments School projects (outreach) Maritime consultancy

12. Quarterly newsletter Liaison visits, presentations Web site sadco.csir.co.za SADCO: communication

13. Stakeholders comprising all southern African marine organisations [MCM, SAN, CSIR, NRF (universities), NMFMR, SAWS, IMT, UCT] Stakeholders serve on Steering Committee to oversee data centre, and decide policy SADCO: management model

14. Manager DBA DBA2 Data proc1 Data proc2 SADCO configuration

15. SADCO IT Network Hardware FinancesHR Contracting Admin SADCO infrastructure (CSIR) (on site in Stellenbosch)

16. SADCO: development 2005 1. OBIS OBIS node for sub-Sahara Entrance into biodiversity domain Same management model (no full-time staff) Four main data providers (to date) Other data providers invited afrobis.csir.co.za:8000

17. 2. Trace metal data Regenerating chemical database Load data from CSIR Durban

18. 3. Regular data loading: Surface weather data CTD data (Namibia, MCM, France, Germany) GODAR data (WDC-Oceanography) AWS data (MCM) ADCP (ACEP) Ship-borne currents (CSIR)

19. 4. Possible expansions: Plankton data (BCLME) Involvement with SAEON Satellite data of suitable format (BCLME/SAEON) Production of environmental indices (BCLME) – indices to indicate the status of certain parameters (within a geographical area, depth interval, using algorithms defined by a user community) – Can be computed at given time intervals (e.g. quarterly), or for given cruises, etc.

20. Web access to Inventory Web access to data bases Downloadable data & products Off-line requests SADCO: access

21. Open on-line web access to Inventory Open web access to SADCO data bases only for funding organisations Off-line access to data Open access to OBIS Free data access

22. SADCO: Learning points Core data Cost efficiency Consistency Commitment

23. SADCO: Summary Existing, functional, web-enabled small data centre Cost-efficiency through collective funding, no full-time staff Range of services and data Stakeholder representation on Steering Committee Invitation to contribute data to OBIS