HCMR

The Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR) was set up as a single institution in order to integrate government-funded marine science research in Greece. Formally established by government decree on June 3 2003, it combines the former research institutes NCMR and IMBC, together with their respective field stations.

Its present structure consists of five institutes, which carry out research into specific thematic areas:

• Institute of Oceanography
• Institute of Aquaculture
• Institute of Marine Biological Resources
• Institute of Inland Waters
• Institute of Marine Biology and Genetics

The user requirements of HCMR within the GlobWave project are:

• Long term time series of Hs, Tp, (swell and wind-wave) for stochastic modelling and extreme value prediction
• Directional/non-directional wave spectra
• Sea surface elevation
• NRT info on spectra
• Any info on roughness