National Marine Facilities

National Marine Facilities is an integral part of the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS). Established in Sep 2005, NMF Division incorporates a wide range of services and capabilities to support marine science research within the UK.

 
27th September 2007
Click here to view the Briefing note for Scientists, Technicians, Agency staff and Shore Personnel sailing or organising cruises on RRS James Cook and RRS Discovery
 

Collage of images illustrating range of NMF activities
Underwater Systems Laboratory - USL
Undertaking development, demonstration and evaluation of marine research technologies

Sea Systems
Providing research platforms, hardware, expertise and services to the UK's marine scientists.
Collage of RRS James Cook and mooring deployment activity on board ship
Public - home page
Professionals - home page
Marine Facilities Planning
This provides an interface between scientists and NMF to administer the planning and execution of a cruise on a research vessel and/or the usage of equipment.

NMF Sea Systems Information Portal
This is the link to NMF Sea Systems web applications.

A BOSCORF core
British Ocean Sediment Core Research Facility - BOSCORF
The UK national deep sea sediment core repository

National Marine Coordination Office - NMCO

 

Download the NMF brochure (4.3Mb pdf)