Programme: HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-01 (Innovative governance, environmental observations and digital solutions in support of the Green Deal)
Project title: Land-Sea interface: Let’s observe together!
Acronym: LandSeaLot
Duration: 01/02/2024-31/01/2028
Project budget: € 9.199.778,50
ISMAR budget: € 481.035,00
Web site: n.a.
Summary:
LandSeaLot links in situ, model and earth observations (EO) together and connects related communities, citizens and initiatives such as Copernicus, ESA, EEA, GEOSS, EMODnet and the European Digital Twin of the Ocean. All engage in a gap analysis used to co-design a joint and common land-sea interface observation strategy and its implementation plan. LandSeaLot experts simultaneously work on improving: in situ and EO capabilities, models to reduce the model/observations gap and the integration of model, in situ and satellite data. Observation capacity is mainly increased through tested, improved and guided use of low-cost sensors by citizens, facilitated by the network of European marinas. The sensors identified are piloted in Integration Labs (Ils) together with improved and integrated in situ and EO observations techniques and model outputs.
LandSeaLot ILs cover strategically selected areas in the Black, Aegean, Mediterranean, Atlantic, North and Baltic Seas, with a range of catchment, tidal and meteorological regimes In LandSeaLot experts and citizen science initiative leaders will work in the ILs together with Jerico-RI, Danubius-RI and Icos-RI and with regional policy makers and managers to tailor integrated observations that will provide them information to manage societal challenges. These include assessment of the lateral carbon fluxes and stocks, plastics transfer, nutrients impact on primary production and eutrophication, supporting biodiversity conservation, improving modeling capability and supporting climate change adaptation (storm surge, floods, heat waves, coastal erosion, saltwater intrusion). Data generated in the ILs will be made FAIR available via EMODnet and interoperability and semantic solutions for existing, international data flows will be developed. Relevant communities are engaged by workshops, conferences, trainings, a high-tech summit and by a communication strategy including videos and policy briefs to ensure LandSeaLot’s legacy.
Contact person in ISMAR: debora.bellafiore@cnr.it
Partnership:
- DELTARES (The Netherlands)
- CNR (Italy)
- Hereon (Germany)
- Ifremer (France)
- SMHI (Sweden)
- University of Stirling (UK)
- Covartec AS (Norway)
- Mariene Informatie Service Maris BV (The Netherlands)
- GeoEcoMar (Romania)
- HCMR (Greece)
- Norce (Norway)
- ULiege (Belgium)
- TransEurope Marinas (France)
- +Atlantic Associacao para um Laboratorio Colab (Portugal)
- Seascape Belgium (Belgium)
- Marine Laboratory Limited- PML (UK)
- ETT SPA (Italy)
- Brockmann Consult GMBH (Germany)
- Suomen Ymparistokeskus (Finland)
- CNRS (France)
