INTRODUCTION

MAURITANIAN NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER (NODC) - ODINAFRICA

MAURITANIA

ELECTRONIC REPOSITORY OF OCEAN PUBLICATIONS. Research & Publications in Marine Science in digital form, including preprints, published articles, technical reports, working papers and more.

http://193.191.134.12/afrilib/

The African Marine Atlas http://www.africanmarineatlas.net developed by ODINAFRICA provides substantial maps, images, data and information to coastal resource managers, planners and decision-makers from various administrative institutions and specialized agencies in Africa. The Atlas will be of immense benefit to national institutions and a variety of users such as environmentalists, local administrators, park managers, the scientific community, fishing cooperatives, tourists, hotel keepers, teachers, NGOs, the general public, and any other interested persons. It has over 800 downloadable data products derived from the marine geo-sphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, geopolitical fields as well as the human socio-economic dimensions.

Ocean Data and Information Network for Africa (ODINAFRICA) an invaluable contribution to improve the management of coastal and marine resources and the environment for member state institutions.

The project has been implemented to improve the management of coastal and marine resources and the environment in participating countries by: enhancing data flow into the national oceanographic data and information centers in the participating countries as well as strengthening the capacity of these centers to analyze and interpret the data so as to develop products.

The Marine Information Management (MIM) Programme within IODE focuses on the implementation of regional Ocean Data and Information Centers. In particular, it focuses on the provision of technical training for national centers that prepare marine information products. MIM promotes the training of Information Professionals from centers in developing countries and conducts courses and workshops for information professional trainees and other users of this information, including courses on the application of marine information to meet specific user needs.

http://iodeweb1.vliz.be/odin/

The Mauritanian National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) - ODINAFRICA – Mauritania provides products that are user friendly and supply quality data for all the institutions of the network who are members of the Odinafrica project.The Information center has:

(www.nodc-mauritania.org)

MARINE ENVIRONMENT• MAURICAT : Data-bases of more than 5000 references

• Access to Regional and international maritime environ

• A database in full text on the marine ecosystems under

• Access to specialized reviews in the marine field.

and CD-ROM on fishing and marine and coastal activities;

ment and coastal databases;

the northern African western area;

The center offers information services in order to improve access to information. Its services include:

• Research and access to the full text of the IMROP

• Research and supply of information at the local, regional

• Consultation services of the available databases and

• Selective dissemination of Information; • Production of bibliographies on specific sets of themes; • Access and supply of information: articles from more

• AGORA.

publications via Oceandocs.

and international level;

other documentation;

than 100 specialized on-line marine-science reviews;

This is the combined library holding database of all marine partner libraries in Africa.

Données marégraphiques de la station au port de Nouakchott le 06.07.2008.

Carte de température de surface produite par le modèle ROMS.

Funded byGovernment of Flanders

United NationsEducational, Scientific and

Cultural Organization,

DINAFRICAIntergovernmentalOceanographicCommission

CONTACT INFORMATION:Mauritanian National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) – ODINAFRICAAssane FALL Marine Information ManagerBP.22 IMROP-SICTél. +222 574 51 24Fax : +222 574 50 81 Email : assanefallus@yahoo.com, afall@imrop.mr

Institut Mauritanien de Recherches Océanographiques et de Recheches (IMROP)Mr. Mohamed Ould-EL MahfoudhB.P 22 Nouadhibou - MauritanieEmail: mohamed_mahfoudh@yahoo.fr