26 December Tsunami
IODC
Physical Variables
Biological Data
NICMAS (Library)


The Indian Oceanographic Data Centre (IODC) was established in 1964. The IODC assists national and international users in developing and enlarging their competence in the field of marine science. IODC plays a dual role, one by dissemination of data / information to the user communities and the other is to assist the data personnel in processing, validating, reformatting different types of data generated from the Indian Ocean region. The main responsibilities of IODC are:
  • acquire oceanographic data and information for the Indian Ocean
  • reformat, and perform quality control checks on data
  • develop /update databases
  • develop value -added data / information products
  • disseminate data / information to users community, and
  • provide training in oceanographic data/ information management

For further information: Jaswant Singh Sarupria, Head, IODC (sarujs@nio.org)