UNITED KINGDOM
UK/NERC/POL
The Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory?s scientific research focuses on oceanography encompassing global sea levels and geodesy, numerical modeling 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. POL is a leading world centre in tidal prediction (with related interests in earth tides and storm surges) and a leading European centre in modeling and forecasting shelf sea dynamics. Website: "http://www.pol.ac.uk/" [Summary provided by the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory.]