Regional groups for products

Because the regional knowledge of the water bodies is of primary importance for the quality of the data sets and products, the generation of SeaDataNet 2 products will be conducted at regional level (sea basins) by Regional groups.

Each Regional group will involve a leading team of one or more partners, complemented by SeaDataNet data centres around the defined basins contributing with data and being involved in the quality assurance process. The Regional groups will undertake their activities in communication with the existing regional organisations (BlackSeaGOOS, MedGOOS, BOOS, NOOS, MOON, etc.) and on-going projects (e.g. MyOcean) in order to develop true synergies at regional level.

Each regional group is coordinated by a regional coordinator (RC) that leads the activities.

6 regional groups are defined:

Sea region	Regional coordinator	Involved partners
Arctic waters	IMR	RIHMI, ULG, ICES, MRI, SIO-RAS, UniHB
North Atlantic Ocean	IFREMER	BODC, BSH, IEO, RIHMI, INGV, ULG, IMR, NERI, ICES, MI, IHPT, NIOZ, MRI, UniHB
Mediterranean Sea	INGV	IFREMER, IEO, HCMR, OGS, ENEA, INGV, METU-IMS, ULG, IOF, NIB, IOU-MOC, OC-UCY, IOLR, CNR, TUBITAK
Black Sea	METU-IMS	RIHMI, INGV, METU-IMS, ULG, SIO-RAS, MHI, IO-BAS, NIMRD, TSU-DNA, IBSS, TUBITAK
North Sea	MUMM	IFREMER, BODC, BSH, INGV, ULG, IMR, NERI, ICES, NIOZ, MUMM, VLIZ, MRI, UniHb
Baltic Sea	SMHI	BSH, INGV, ULG, NERI, ICES, FMI, IMGW, MSI, LHEI, EPA, SIO-RAS, UniHB