The Liverpool site for NOC replaces the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory. The Laboratory
is a component body of the Natural Environment Research Council. Research is carried
out on the dynamics of the seas over the continental shelf and its margins, and on
sea levels, ocean topography and tides, worldwide. The British Oceanographic Data
Centre (BODC) and the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) are housed at the
Laboratory. NOC's scientific research focuses on oceanography encompassing global
sea-levels and geodesy, numerical modelling of continental shelf seas and coastal
sediment processes.This research alongside activities of surveying, monitoring, data
management and forecasting provides strategic support for the wider mission of the
Natural Environment Research Council. NOC is a leading world centre in tidal prediction
(with related interests in earth tides and storm surges) and a leading European centre
in modelling and forecasting shelf sea dynamics.
