Project title: A new hyperspectral radiometer integrated in automated networks of water and land bidirectional reflectance measurements for satellite validation
Acronym: FORCOAST
Duration: 1/11/2019 – 30/04/2022
EU contribution: EUR 2.288.911
ISMAR budget: EUR 81.250
Web site: at work
Summary:
The FORCOAST project addresses the topic “DT-SPACE-01-EO-2018-2020 COPERNICUS MARKET UPTAKE” which seeks to foster market development exploiting the value of Copernicus Earth Observation Products. FORCOAST aims to provide information services that offer high resolution water quality and met-ocean indicators in coastal and nearshore areas, to improve operation, planning and management of different marine activities in the sectors of wild fisheries, oystergrounds restoration, and bivalve mariculture. FORCOAST information products and services will be co-designed with stakeholders, thereby ensuring that these products and services are tailored to meet their needs.
FORCOAST is developing, testing and demonstrating, in operational mode, novel Copernicus-based downstream information services that will incorporate Copernicus Marine, Land and Climate Services Products, local monitoring data and advanced modelling in the service. The services will integrate Copernicus Earth Observation Products with local models and other diverse data sources (local, regional or global) with ICT (enhancing new frontiers opened by web, and use of cloud) across the different market segments. FORCOAST will provide consistent coastal data products, based on a standardized data processing scheme. FORCOAST is supporting the concept of developing an advanced platform and cloud computing for Copernicus-based downstream services utilizing one of the DIAS systems. The availability and accessibility of data and derived products generated will stimulate their exploitation by a wide range of user communities in the targeted sectors. FORCOAST will provide those services in eight pilot service uptake sites covering five different regional waters (North Sea, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and the coastal Atlantic Ocean).
Contact person in ISMAR: federico.falcini@cnr.it
Partnership:
1) Stichting Deltares (Netherlands)
2) Eurogoos (Spain)
3) Instituto Superior Tecnico (Portugal)
4) Exporsado – Comercio e Industria de Produtos do Mar Sa (Portugal)
5) Fundacion Azti – Azti Fundazioa (Spain)
6) Marine Instruments Sa (Spain)
7) Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski (Bulgaria)
8) Terrasigna Srl (Romania)
9) Marine Institute (Ireland)
10) Cuan Beo Environmental Company LBG (Ireland)
11) Universite de Liege (Belgium)
12) Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare Marina Grigore Antipa (Romania)
13) Jailoo Srl (Romania)
14) Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (Belgium)
15) Eigen Vermogen Van Het Instituut Voor Landbouw- En Visserijonderzoek (Belgium)
16) Brevisco (Belgium)
17) Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut (Denmark)
18) Aarhus Universitet (Denmark)
19) Oyster Boat Aps (Denmark)
20) Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)
21) Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (Italy)