Programme: Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service – Tender
Project title: Innovation and Networking for the Integration of Coastal Radars into European Marine Services
Acronym: INCREASE
Duration: 01/03/2016 – 28/02/2018
EU contribution: EUR 120.000
ISMAR budget: EUR 18.831
Web site: http://www.cmems-increase.eu/
Summary:
The accurate monitoring of surface transport, which is inherently chaotic and depends on the details of the surface velocity field at several scales, is key for the effective integrated management of coastal areas, where many human activities concentrate. This has been the driver for the growth of coastal observatories along the global ocean coasts. Among the different measuring systems, coastal High Frequency Radar (HFR) is the unique technology that offers the means to map ocean surface currents over wide areas (reaching distance from the coast of over 100km) with high spatial (a few kms or higher) and temporal resolution (hourly or higher). Consequently, the European HFR systems are playing an increasing role in the overall operational oceanography marine services. Their inclusion into CMEMS is crucial to ensure the improved management of several related key issues as Marine Safety, Marine Resources, Coastal and Marine Environment, Weather, Climate and Seasonal Forecast. In this context, INCREASE will set the necessary developments towards the integration of the existing European HFR operational systems into the CMEMS, following four main objectives: (i) Provide HFR quality controlled real-time surface currents and key derived products ; (ii) Set the basis for the management of historical data and methodologies for advanced delayed mode quality-control techniques; (iii) Boost the use of HFR data for improving CMEMS numerical modelling systems; and (iv) Enable an HFR European operational node to ensure the link with operational CMEMS.
Contact person in ISMAR: carlo.mantovani@sp.ismar.cnr.it
Partnership:
- Marine Research (AZTI), (Spain)
- National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Marine Sciences (CNR-ISMAR),(Italy)
- EuroGOOS AISBL, (Belgium)
- ETT, (Italy)