JERICO: an inter-linked Coastal Observatory Network for Europe (Abstract/Poster in convegno)

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  • JERICO: an inter-linked Coastal Observatory Network for Europe (Abstract/Poster in convegno) (literal)
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  • 2013-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • Stefania Sparnocchia, Michela Martinelli, Srdjan Dobricic, Rajesh Nair, Alessandro Crise, Patrick Farcy, Glenn Nolan, Joaquin Tintorè, JERICO Consortium (2013)
    JERICO: an inter-linked Coastal Observatory Network for Europe
    in III Convegno Nazionale di Oceanografia Operativa, Torregrande Oristano, 3-4-5 giugno 2013
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  • Stefania Sparnocchia, Michela Martinelli, Srdjan Dobricic, Rajesh Nair, Alessandro Crise, Patrick Farcy, Glenn Nolan, Joaquin Tintorè, JERICO Consortium (literal)
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  • JERICO: an inter-linked Coastal Observatory Network for Europe (literal)
Abstract
  • Existing coastal observatories in European waters are composed of fixed platforms, gliders, shore-based High Frequency radars, and 'ferryboxes' and other automated systems aboard ships of opportunity such as merchant vessels, liners and fishing boats. Although they all share the same objective, aiming to detect and investigate coastal processes and provide crucial operational data for assessment, model validation and assimilation purposes, their heterogeneity from the perspectives of the kinds of parameters handled, the frequency and geographical coverage of measurements, equipment maintenance practices, and the quality standards employed for sensors and data exchange is striking. The JERICO project aims to integrate key coastal observatories in Europe by addressing their future within a shared pan-European framework that will enhance performance and sustainability at the transnational level. It will provide a common, transparent platform for the identification and dissemination of best practices for the design, implementation and maintenance of such observatories, and will contribute to the definition of data quality and dissemination standards for coastal data. The harmonization and strengthening of the coastal observation systems within EuroGOOS regions is also a priority, as are interactions with, and contributions to, related initiatives such as the Pan-European Infrastructure for Ocean and Marine Data Management (SeaDataNet) and the EU Marine Core Service's MyOcean project. As an example of its potential as a resource to the wider user community, the infrastructures networked by JERICO are offering free access to raw data and metadata together with some other value-added information products. Furthermore, some of the facilities of the network are being opened to users through the JERICO Trans National Access programme for international research and technological development. This is helping to build long-term collaborations between users and JERICO partners, and is serving to create a distributed European facility for science dedicated to innovation and the transfer of know-how in the coastal marine sector that offers rich promise for the future. In order to optimize the returns on investments in coastal observing systems, JERICO is also evaluating the influence of individual observing platforms on the effective ability to follow processes in the coastal seas so that the suites and numbers of observations can be trimmed down to the bare essentials while keeping the information content as high and as multi-purpose as possible. This is being done through Observing System Experiments (OSE) and Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSE), which respectively estimate the impacts of existing observational systems and of planned observational data sets by combining the information from observations with model dynamics. The following presentation will give an overview of the JERICO project and its intended contributions to operational oceanography in Europe, with some examples from the Mediterranean Sea showing how developments in present observational approaches can affect process estimates and forecasts and their accuracies. Acknowledgements: JERICO - Towards a Joint European Research Infrastructure network for Coastal Observatories is funded by the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n° 262584. (literal)
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