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Nr. Acronym WEBSITE TITLE Short Summary Half page summary Problem to be solved
MIPAS on ESA's envisat will Changes in atmospheric Changes in atmospheric
1 AMIL2DA http://www-imk.fzk.de/imk2/ame/amil2da/ Advanced MIPAS Level-2 Data Analysis provide information on composition are important in composition are important in
athmospheric species relevant to the context of stratospheric the context of stratospheric
ASSET is a major European To meet its objectives, The motivation to carry out
2 ASSET http://darc.nerc.ac.uk/asset ASSimilation of Envisat daTa initiative to exploit and develop ASSET is divided into 4 the work in the ASSimilation
EO data using data workpackages (WPs): co- of Envisat daTa (ASSET)
The Common Market The work to be done in the Vineyard areas management
Methodological Approach for Vineyard Inventory and
3 BACCHUS http://www.bacchus-project.com Organisation for Wine (CMO) frame of BACCHUS relies in the European Union is the
Management
established that each EU Member essentially on a close responsibility of a wide range
Sub-gridscale parameterisation through the validation of CLOUDMAP2 aims to produce The work will proceed in the The Intergovernmental Panel
4 CLOUDMAP2 http://www-research.ge.ucl.ac.uk/cloudmap2/ data assimilation of cloud properties for weather and exploit value-added satellite following stages: . Data on Climate Change (IPCC)
prediction and climate modelling from fusion of EO and remote sensing data products on requirements will be specified have highlighted the large
To satisfy both scientific To satisfy scientific uncertaintyA monitoring system of CO2
5 COCO http://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/bgc-systems/Coco/ Measuring CO2 from space exploiting planned missions objectives and the political and the political imperatives of fluxes caused by emissions
2001-2004 imperatives of climate negotiation, climate negotiations, an and natural changes of the
The goal of the CROMA research Activities of the CROMA The problem to be solved is
6 CROMA http://www.astrium-space.com/croma/ Crop Reflectance Operational Models for Agriculture project is to go far beyond the project will be organised in the provision of relevant and
current usage of empirical indices four lines of activities, relating reliable biophysical
The CYCLOPES project will CYCLOPES is decomposed Europe has launched a
Satellite Products for Change Detection and Carbon
7 CYCLOPES http://medias.obs-mip.fr/postel/Projets/CYCLOPES/ develop and validate biophysical into four main tasks: series of large swath
Cycle Assessment at the Regional and Global Scales
products (albedo, LAI, fAPAR, 1- Development of generic sensors for the monitoring of
The overall objective of this The project will be run as a The oceans cover 71% of
Detection, Classification and Identification of Marine
8 DECLIMS http://intelligence.jrc.cec.eu.int/marine/declims/ project is to provide a focus for set of work packages: planet earth and were, until
Traffic from Space
research into the use of satellite recently, considered a
DEMETER objective is to Demeter objective is to Irrigated agriculture is the
Demonstration of Earth Observation Technologies in
9 DEMETER http://www.demeter-ec.net demonstrate, in an operative way, demonstrate, in an operative main water consumer in
Routine Irrigation Advisory Services
that the capacity and accuracy of way, that the capacity and Europe. The EC Water
The proposal designs, The project carries out the Soil hydrological processes
10 ELDAS http://www.knmi.nl/samenw/eldas/main.html Development of a European Land Data Assimilation implements and tests a flexible following tasks: have a strong impact on the
System to predict floods and droughts system for estimating soil (1) Preparation of forcing data occurrence of flooding, the
ENVISAT data will be used to The work is divided into nine In the mountainous areas
11 ENVISNOW http://projects.itek.norut.no/EnviSnow/ Development of Generic Earth Observation Based Snow develop, validate and bring into Work Packages . The end and in the whole North of
Parameter Retrieval Algorithms operational use multisensor and user requirements for Europe snowfall is a
Development and Application of Validated Geophysical With the launch of the ENVISAT The project will establish an The European coastal and
12 ENVIWAVE http://www.oceanor.no/projects/enviwave/ Ocean Wave Products from ENVISAT ASAR and RA-2 satellite, significant improvements updated global database of co- ocean areas are exposed to
Instruments in measuring global ocean wave located in-situ, an increasing pressure from
The aim of EON2000+ is to The project will focus on the Changes in the global
13 EON2000+ http://geospace.co.at/EON2000p/ Earth observation for Natura 2000+ integrate environmental state and development of generic environment, such as those
socio-economic pressure indicators of the state of the related to global warming,
The objective of the EUFOREO EUFOREO will build upon The mission of EUFOREO is
European FORum on EO use for Environment and
14 EUFOREO http://www.cs.telespazio.it/earsc/EUFOREO/ Thematic Network (TN) is to initial work made by the Global to set up an European forum
Security - A Thematic network
establish a European Forum Monitoring for Environment linking representatives of the
We address the issues under Work is structured along six Rainfall represents an
European Satellite rainfall analysis and monitoring at the
15 EURAINSAT http://www.isao.bo.cnr.it/~eurainsat/ "1.1.4.-7.2. The development of distinct lines: 1) Data important component of
geostationary scale
generic Earth observation collection and preparation of a everyday’s weather and a
Global Satellite Observation of Greenhouse gas The Kyoto Protocol, which the EU The EVERGREEN work The Kyoto Protocol, which
16 EVERGREEN http://www.knmi.nl/evergreen emissions (EnVisat for Environmental Regulation of has recently ratified, calls for a consists of three main tasks the EU has recently ratified,
Greenhouse gases) quantitative reduction in linked to the specific calls for a quantitative
This multi-disciplinary project will Existing marine gravity data It is very possible that as
17 GOCINA http://www.gocina.dk Geoid and Ocean Circulation in the North Atlantic develop generic tools for and new airborne gravity data global warming takes hold,
simultaneous analysis of sea for the North Atlantic region the climate of Northern
Earth observation has the The ISOCrop project aims to The ISOCrop project
18 ISOCROP http://www.infoterra-global.com/isocrop/ Integration of SAR and Optical products for Crop potential to bring about innovation bring together existing addresses the problems of
Management in European agriculture, allowing European SAR and Optical environmental pressure
Development and Implementation of a Generic marine Almost 10 years of continuous MARSAIS will adopt the The demand on coastal
19 MARSAIS http://marsais.ucc.ie SAR Analyses and Interpretation System for Application global SAR coverage (since ERS- current status of the basic ocean monitoring and
to the Coastal Zones 1 in 1991) has advanced our scientific research and management system,
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Nr. Acronym WEBSITE TITLE Short Summary Half page summary Problem to be solved
The aim of NAOC is to provide NAOC will use advanced The aim of NAOC is to
20 NAOC http://www.ipsl.jussieu.fr/NAOC/ Neural network Algorithm for Ocean Color advanced algorithms for better neural methodology which are provide advanced algorithms
exploiting the information well suited to deal with multi- for better exploiting the
Development of Operational Monitoring System for The goal of the OMEGA project is The rapid retreat or advance The rapid retreat or advance
21 OMEGA http://omega.utu.fi European Glacial Areas - synthesis of earth observation to develop an operational of glaciers is a potential of glaciers is a potential
data of the present, past and future monitoring system for European economic and environmental economic and environmental
REVAMP aims at supporting the REVAMP will be divided in 6 Knowledge of phytoplankton
22 REVAMP http://ivm5.ivm.vu.nl/revamp Regional Validation of MERIS Chlorophyll Products in monitoring of the eutrophication work packages: dynamics and distributions in
North Sea Coastal Waters state of the North Sea by WP1: Collect and analyse North Sea coastal waters is
The overall objective of SIBERIA- The scientific objective of this SIBERIA-II aims at
23 SIBERIA-II http://www.siberia2.uni-jena.de/ Multi-Sensor Concepts for Greenhouse Gas Accounting II is to demonstrate the viability of project is to integrate Earth understanding the
of Northern Eurasia full carbon accounting (including observation and climate greenhouse gas budget and
The proposed project is focused For European environmental
24 SPIN http://www.spin-project.org Spatial Indicators for European Nature Conservation on the development and testing of policy the implementation of
a coherent spatial indicator the habitat directive
Measurements of the atmospheric Optimise the assimilation of Knowledge of the
Targeting Optimal Use of GPS Humidity measurements
25 TOUGH http://tough.dmi.dk/ delays of radio signals from ground-based GPS in NWP atmospheric distribution of
in meteorology
navigation system satellites, such models. The research will water vapour is of key
The LEWIS project develops a The LEWIS project is focused The LEWIS project is
26 LEWIS http://www.kinoa.net/lewis/ Landslide Early-Warning Integrated System new integrated Earth Observation on landslide warning, hazard focused on landslide
(EO) approach for producing assessment and mitigation. warning, hazard assessment
The project is aimed at improving The project work a grouped in The project MUSCL
Monitoring Urban Subsidence, Cavities and Landslides
27 MUSCL http://dude.uibk.ac.at/Projects/MUSCL/ the capabilities for assessment several main blocks of addresses one of the
by remote sensing
and monitoring of hazards from activity, dealing with strategic goals of the 5th
SPREAD provides a framework SPREAD provides a
Forest Fires are a major
28 SPREAD http://www.adai.pt/spread/ for the development and framework for the
Forest Fire Spread Prevention and Mitigation hazard in Europe.
implementation of an integrated development and
The proposed Automated Fire The proposed Automated Fire The project has been
29 AUTOHAZARD-PROhttp://geo-fire1.lesvos.aegean.gr/autohazard/ Automated Fire and Flood Hazard Protection System and Flood Hazard Protection and Flood Hazard Protection designed to improve the
System (AUTO-HAZARD PRO) System (AUTO-HAZARD level of technological
Critical assessment of Available Radar Precipitation CARPE DIEM aims to improve Flooding is a major world-
30 CARPE DIEM http://carpediem.ub.es/ Estimation techniques and Development of Innovative real-time estimation of radar wide problem which seems
approaches for Environmental Management rainfall fields for flood and flash- to have increased in severity
EFFS developed a prototype of a National water authorities are To take advantage of
31 EFFS http://effs.wldelft.nl/ A European Flood Forecasting System European flood forecasting model normally able to provide flood currently available Medium-
system for 4-10 days in advance, warnings between one and Range Weather Forecasts (4
Near real-time flood forecasting, warning and The main objective of this project Floods cause large
32 FLOODMAN http://projects.itek.norut.no/floodman/ management system based on satellite radar images, is to develop, demonstrate and economical losses in many
hydrological and hydraulic models and in-situ data validate a prototype information parts of Europe and a lot of
REaL-tImE Flood Decision Support System Integrating The main objective of FLOODRELIEF will be Floods are the most
33 FLOODRELIEF http://projects.dhi.dk/floodrelief/ Hydrological, Meteorological and Remote Sensing FLOODRELIEF is to address the undertaken by a group of 7 common natural disasters in
Technologies limitations of current flood European partners with Europe and in terms of
The principal objective of the Research is needed to Advanced radar systems can
Microwave Attenuation as a New Tool for Improving
34 MANTISSA http://prswww.essex.ac.uk/mantissa/ MANTISSA Project is to carry out determine whether it is the differentiate rain from clutter,
Stormwater Supervision Administration
field experiments, based upon hydrostatic assumption or the hail, and bright-band echoes,
The MUSIC project aims at In the last twenty years many
Multi-sensor precipitation measurements integration,
35 MUSIC http://www.geomin.unibo.it/orgv/hydro/music/ improving the reliability of rainfall research projects have dealt
calibration and flood forecasting
estimation techniques based on with the possibility of
The evaluation of climatic trends In the Mediterranean area
Validation of multi-sensors precipitation fields and
36 VOLTAIRE http://www.voltaireproject.org/ depends, among others, on an the climatic effects of the
numerical modelling in Mediterranean test sites
accurate estimate of intrinsically distribution of precipitation is
The CLEOPATRA objective is to Pollution in the
37 CLEOPATRA http://www.eurimage.com/cleopatra/ ChemicaL Effluent & Oil Pollution Alert and TRAcking achieve an integrated chain Mediterranean is a threat
(covering research on input data, which recognizes no
In the European Mediterranean, After a long history of
Geomatics in the Assessment and sustainable
38 GEORANGE http://www.georange.org/ large rangeland areas are utilisation, large areas of
Management of Mediterranean Rangelands
affected from transitional Mediterranean rangelands
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Nr. Acronym WEBSITE TITLE Short Summary Half page summary Problem to be solved
The LADAMER project shall In the five EU countries of
39 LADAMER http://www.ladamer.org/ Land degradation assessment in Mediterranean Europe contribute to the protection of the the Mediterranean Basin
natural environment by providing natural resources are
As a result of market reforms, DARCA (Desertification and As a result of market
Desertification and Regeneration: Modelling the Impact
40 DARCA http://www.mluri.sari.ac.uk/darca/ private flock owners in Central Regeneration: Modelling the reforms, private flock owners
of Market Reforms on Central Asian Rangelands
Asia now decide how many Impact of Market Reforms on in Central Asia now decide
The Global Monitoring for the The European environment
Linking Pan-European Landcover Change to Pressures
41 BIOPRESS http://www.creaf.uab.es/biopress/ Environment and Security is continually undergoing
on Biodiversity
(GMES) programme aims at change caused by a
The OCEANIDES project aims to OCEANIDES addresses a OCEANIDES addresses a
Harmonised monitoring, reporting and assessment of
42 OCEANIDES http://oceanides.jrc.cec.eu.int/ identify and assemble the number of scientific number of scientific
illegal marine oil discharges
knowledge required to establish a uncertainties that make uncertainties that make
MAMA is a 3-year EU-funded
Mediterranean network to Assess and upgrade
43 MAMA http://www.ifremer.fr/mama/ project, with a partnership from all
Monitoring and forecasting Activity in the region
the riparian countries, that aims to
The aim of ESONET is to The aim of ESONET is to The submarine terrain
44 ESONET http://www.abdn.ac.uk/ecosystem/esonet/ The European Sea Floor Observatory Network establish the basis for a marine establish the basis for a around Europe from the
component of GMES (Global marine component of GMES continental shelves to 4000m
The overall objective of MERSEA In spite of the considerable
Marine EnviRonment and Security for the European
45 MERSEA http://www.nersc.no/~mersea/ is to integrate existing spaceborne advances in the integration
Area
observations with data from in-situ of numerical models and
Delivery of AErosol proDucts for Assimilation and The goals of the CREATE and Atmospheric aerosols
DAEDALUS-
46 http://www-loa.univ-lille1.fr/Daedalus/Daedalus/ environmentaL Use - Construction, use and delivery of a DAEDALUS projects are to (tropospheric and
CREATE
European aerosol database advise on the optimum use of stratospheric) are of great
APMoSPHERE is a thematic The policy need
Air Pollution Modelling for Support to Policy on
47 APMOSPHERE http://www.apmosphere.org/ project, funded under the Global Air pollution is a major
Health and Environmental Risk in Europe
Monitoring for Environment and source both of environmental
EU/Russia is a major global
48 Meth-MonitEUr http://www.gl.rhul.ac.uk/METH/MonitEUr/ Creating a pan-European methane monitoring program methane source. Meth-MonitEUr
will supply data for modelling
The main objective is to develop a
Global Monitoring for Environment and Security - Global
49 GMES-GATO http://www.nilu.no/gmes-gato/ strategy for global observations of
Atmospheric Observations
atmospheric composition (GHG,
A Network for: Natural resource degradation and Start and end of rainy
CLIMAG West
50 http://www.ibimet.cnr.it/programmi/Pcase/climag/ HARMONISATION OF CLIMATE PREDICTION FOR vulnerability of human populations season in West Africa is not
Africa
MITIGATION OF GLOBAL CHANGE IMPACT IN to food insecurity induced by known. Farmer waste a lot of
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Scientific objectives and
Acronym Expected impacts Theme EO sensor/data
approach
Instead of merging the These activities are the basis to
AMIL2DA contributions of all participants to better exploit existing MIPAS data Stratospheric ozone ENVISAT/MIPAS
one data analysis algorithm which by inferring vertical profiles of
The specific objectives of ASSET The deliverables from ASSET will
ASSET are: (1) assess the strategies for contribute toward improving efforts Ozone assimilation AATSR-GOMOS-MERIS-MIPAS-SCIAMACHI (Envisat)
exploiting research satellite data to understand, simulate, predict
The main scientific objective of Bacchus will develop a
BACCHUS Bacchus project, which is aimed to methodology for vineyard Vineyard inventory and management IKONOS, QUICKBIRD, Aerial Photography
achieve, is to provide to vineyard inventory and management, which
The first objective of the The measurable and verifiable
CLOUDMAP2 CLOUDMAP2 project is to develop targets are the:1) development of Cloud properties and surface radiation ATSR-2, AATSR, MERIS, MISR, MODIS, MOS, SEVIRI
the technology, including semi- fully automated processing
The objective of the COCO project A minimal impact of the project, if
COCO is to use satellite data for the of limited success, will be a SCHIAMACHY (Envisat), IASI, AMSU, AIRS (NASA NOAA +
estimation of vertical column CO2 rational assessment of methods to Air, CO2 future EPS)
The studied innovative The benefits expected from the
CROMA methodologies are built on (i) project are the development of Terrestrial systems SPOT
advanced and generic crop new information products and the
The CYCLOPES project aims at The CYCLOPES project will
Land products from coarse resolution
CYCLOPES bridging the gap between satellite mainly provide: VEGETATION, POLDER, MERIS, MSG, AVHRR
satellites
data suppliers and users. It will A methodology to derive
The scientific objective is to The benchmark results will be
DECLIMS understand in detail the vessel evaluated within the consortium. Maritime vessel detection RADARSAT, ASAR (ENVISAT), IKONOS, SPOT-5
detection and classification on This will contribute in improving
DEMETER is designed to assess Present IAS methodology is
DEMETER and demonstrate how the strictly based on standards Irrigation Advisory Services LANDSAT, ERS, SPOT, ASTER
performance and cost- recommended by the Food and
State of the art forecasting The project aims at the design
ELDAS systems for floods and droughts and implementation of a system to
need to be updated by information blend all routine information that is Land, hydrology Validation: MSG, ground based RADAR, in situ precipitation
Sub-objectives: The project will enhance the
ENVISNOW 1. Improve the understanding of European capability of utilising EO Validation: MERIS-AATSR-ASAR(Envisat), MODIS-MISR-
microwave interaction with snow data in operational applications for Snow ASTER (Terra), ADEOS II, AQUA
The main scientific objective of the This proposal will aim towards
ENVIWAVE project is in general terms to improving national coastal and Oceans and climate
improve the usefulness of EO data offshore forecasting in at least 3 ASAR, RA-2 (Envisat)
The aim of EON2000+ is to This project will enhance the
EON2000+ integrate environmental state and quality of life of European citizens Terrestrial systems SPOT, LANDSAT, IRS, IKONOS
soci-economic pressure indicators by contributing directly to the
1. Based on projects For Step 1, a study report is
EUFOREO undertaken in the last 10 years, the available “Matching demand and Global environment monitoring Info on all EO sensors used in past EU projects
“Hindering Factors” to the use of supply for EO data and
The key objective of the project is The consortium has two aims in
SEVIRI, TRMM, SSM/I, MSG; Validation: ground based
EURAINSAT the development of algorithms for mind: a) solve a scientific Cloud properties and surface radiation
RADAR, in situ precipitation
rapidly updated satellite rainfall problem, that is obtain more
The main objective of It is expected that this project will
EVERGREEN EVERGREEN is to employ make a direct contribution to EU Air, GHGs SCHIAMACHY-MIPAS (Envisat)
ENVISAT satellite measurements policies with respect to the Kyoto
The aim of the GOCINA project is GOCINA will develop generic tools
GOCINA to enhance European capacity in to enhance ocean analysis using Sea + geoid ERS, TOPEX/POSEIDON, ENVISAT, JASON-1
Earth observation technologies by Earth observation data from
The primary aims of the ISOCrop ISOCrop will fill the gap between
ISOCROP project are to develop techniques SAR and optical capabilities, Validation:TerraSAR -Xstar - Cosmo-SkyMed with air-borne
to retrieve crop parameters from advancing retrieval techniques to Land, agriculture SAR data
The design and implementation of MARSAIS will ensure better
MARSAIS a prototype generic Marine SAR provision of scientific results into Oceans and climate ERS, JERS, RADARSAT, ENVISAT
Analysis and Interpretation System new or existing applications and
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Scientific objectives and
Acronym Expected impacts Theme EO sensor/data
approach
Spaceborne ocean colour sensors The NAOC products would
NAOC which are now operational or under improve the accuracy of existing Oceans and climate MODIS, MERIS (Envisat), SeaWIFS
preparation, have a large number ocean colour products.
The aim of the project is to develop The monitoring system and glacier
OMEGA an accurate long-term operational database is aimed at the support Terrestrial systems, Glaciers LANDSAT, ERS, IKONOS
monitoring system for European of natural exploration, socio-
REVAMP will develop an improved REVAMP conforms to several EU
REVAMP product from MERIS, namely an policies and directives mainly
atlas containing maps of validated regarding the need for monitoring Sea Validation: MERIS(Envisat), SeaWifs
The scientific objective of this The project’s socio-economic ASAR, MERIS, AATSR (Envisat), ERS SAR + scatterometer,
SIBERIA-II project is to integrate Earth impacts: 1) quality of life and QuickSCAT, JERS-1 SAR, Terra MODIS, Landsat 5 TM,
observation and climate models preserving the environment by Land, Forest, GHG RESURS Meteor-3M, SPOT VGT, ERS2 ATSR2, NOAA
The overall objective is to develop The project will provide a
SPIN and test an EO based and spatial significant improvement of Terrestrial systems AVHRR, VEGETATION, IRS1C, LANDSAT, SPOT, IKONOS
explicit indicator system to support monitoring and management
The GENERAL OBJECTIVES for After the project, the resulting
TOUGH the project are to improve the use methodologies can be utilised by Air humidity analysis, weather forecast Ground-based GPS
of GPS data for numerical weather European weather forecast
The main objective of the LEWIS LEWIS, through its emphasis on
LEWIS project is the development of a EO data for the detection of Terrestrial systems, Landslides Ikonos, QuickBird, Landsat TM
prototype landslide warning service ground surface changes will
In order to advance the An integrative system for the
MUSCL assessment and monitoring of detection of hazard zones and the Terrestrial systems, Landslides ERS, SPOT, LANDSAT, IKONOS
hazards from landslides and buried monitoring of precursors to failure
The main objective of the Spread As a result of this research better
SPREAD project is to increase knowledge of decision support systems and Forest Fire AVHRR, LIDAR, SPOT, Ikonos
the phenomena that influence services shall be developed. A
The objective of AUTO-HAZARD The system will be supported by
AUTOHAZARD-PRO PRO is to integrate real-time and an operational weather forecasting Forest Fire, Flooding Ikonos, QuickBird, Landsat TM
on-line fire and flood hazard system that will supply regular 72-
The prediction and management of CARPE DIEM's main goal is to
CARPE DIEM rainfall-induced flood events improve the overall quality of flood Flooding Ground based Weather Radar, in situ rain gauges
requires a complex strategy. Many and flash-flood forecasting. The
Development and application of The EFFS project aims at
Validation: SAR, Ground Based Weather Radar, in situ rain
EFFS downscaling techniques for developing a prototype of an Flooding
gauges
weather forecasts that can be used European flood forecasting
The performance and quality of The successful results of the
FLOODMAN existing operational flood warning project will benefit the operative Flooding SAR, RADARSAT, in situ rain gauges
services could be significantly monitoring and management of
The main objective of The benefits expected from this
FLOODRELIEF FLOODRELIEF is to address these project are increased lead-time Flooding SAR, ground based RADAR, in situ rain gauges
limitations by developing and and accuracy of both quantitative
The objectives can be summarised The expected scientific and
SAR, ground based GPS, ground based Weather Radar, in situ
MANTISSA as follows: technological achievements are Flooding
rain gauges
- To develop and apply a stochastic defined as:
The basic role of any real-time For each of the remote sensing
MUSIC quantitative precipitation and flood technologies used the project will Flooding SAR, MSG, ground based weather Radar, in situ rain gauges
forecasting system lies in its develop improved precipitation
The objectives of the project are: One workpackage is entirely
VOLTAIRE - to compare data quality insurance devoted to data quality control of Flooding TRMM, ground based weather Radar, in situ rain gauges
schemes for ground and space time variable data., which is one of
The objective of CLEOPATRA is Through the integrated use of
ENVISAT/ASAR, ENVISAT/MERIS, RADARSAT, MODIS, in
CLEOPATRA an integrated chain, covering Space Technologies, Oil and chemical spill Monitoring, Oceans
situ observations
research on input data, modelling Meteo/Ocean Scientific algorithms
The GeoRange approach is The integration of the knowledge
GEORANGE explicitly based on an adequate of specialists in different fields of Terrestrial systems, Desertification LANDSAT MSS and TM, in situ vegetation data
consideration of the multi- science with the demands of land
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Scientific objectives and
Acronym Expected impacts Theme EO sensor/data
approach
The project encompasses two The required base data for the
LANDSAT TM/ATM, ASTER, SPOT VEGETATION, AVHRR,
LADAMER separate phases. The first phase LADAMER project largely exist but Terrestrial systems, Desertification
MODIS, MERIS (Envisat), in situ validation
will start with the procurement and are scattered across various
• Satellite imagery will be used to • Satellite and ground-based
DARCA trace the interactive effects of desertification monitoring for Terrestrial systems, Desertification AVHRR-NDVI, in situ vegetation data
climate and randge use on rangeland sites in Kazakhstan and
The initial focus of BIOPRESS is to The land cover change and
Terrestrial systems, land cover,
BIOPRESS develop a standardised historical pressures on biodiversity products Aerial photographs
biodiversity
(1950 – 2000) land cover change of BIOPRESS are aimed at the
OCEANIDES uses both satellite OCEANIDES will specifically use
OCEANIDES and airborne oil pollution current and traditional Oil Spill Monitoring, Oceans ENVISAT, RADARSAT, aircraft data, in situ monitoring
surveillance services and satellite/airborne oil pollution
build the basin-wide network for Expected long-term results: -
MAMA ocean monitoring and forecasting, strengthen the co-operation of all Ocean water quality NRT satellite, in situ buoys/sensors/observing platforms
linking all the Mediterranean the Mediterranean countries
The objective is to produce a An Atlas of European Margin
ESONET practical plan for long term assets and hazards, model Sub-sea ocean monitoring in situ platforms, sensors on sea floor
monitoring of the ocean margin products from existing
The overall objective of MERSEA Provision of real time marine Satellite: ENVISAT, SEAWIFS, VEGETATION, MODIS,
Monitoring of European marine
MERSEA is to integrate existing spaceborne environmental information to AVHRR, ATSR, SAR, Altimeter, Scatterometer, SSM/I, TRMM;
environments and ecosystems
observations with data from in-situ different users will be in situ: Fixed monitoring stations, VOS, Fery Boxes, ARGO,
The goals of the CREATE and 1. Information products : Satellite RS: ATSR-2, POLDER, METEOSAT, AVHRR,
DAEDALUS-
DAEDALUS projects are to advise - Provision of an aerosol database Atmosphere, Aerosols MODIS, TOMS, POAM, and SAGE, Ground based RS: Lidar,
CREATE
on the optimum use of aerosol in- in NARSTO data exchange in situ: GAW and EMEP Sunphotometer, Radiometer
Key objectives of APMoSPHERE Assessment of the air pollution
APMOSPHERE are: situation in the EU, and Atmosphere, Air pollution Satellite: GOME-2, ENVISAT, LANDSAT, IKONOS; in situ: AIRBASE, EMEP
- to produce a detailed (1km) implications for future air quality
Meth-MonitEUr Atmosphere, Methane in situ observations: GAW + national stations
Specific objectives Strategy for global observations of
GMES-GATO - To make an inventory of and atmospheric composition (GHG, Atmosphere, Ozone, GHG, UV, Air quality Exploitation of measurements from ground-based, air and satellite systems
define a strategy for the network of stratospheric ozone, tropospheric
Increasing climate-mediated food Main goal is to deliver info on the
CLIMAG West
insecurity and natural resource onset date of rainy season and its Climate, Rainfall, Food Satellite: LANDSAT, MODIS, NDVI; in situ observation data
Africa
degradation is among the most variability to the local farmers. As
