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Ocean CIRculation from ocean COLour observations (CIRCOL)

Prime company: CNR – INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT (IREA) (IT)

The monitoring of the oceanic surface currents is a major scientific and socio-economic challenge. Ocean currents represent one of the fundamental elements that modulate natural and anthropogenic processes at several different space and time scales, from global climate change to local dispersal of tracers and pollutants, with relevant impacts on marine ecosystem services and maritime …

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Quantifying the impact of linear regression model in deriving bio-optical relationships: the implications on ocean carbon estimations

Recent research by ESA Living Planet Fellow Marco Bellacicco in the frame of project PHYSIOGLOB gives new insights on how the choice of the regression method influences the derived bio-optical relationships in optical and satellite oceanographic studies. The authors compare the results obtained with diverse regression methods on the same bio-optical data set and quantify …

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GHRSST International Science Team (G-XX)

June 3, 2019 - June 7, 2019
ESA-ESRIN, Largo Galileo Galilei, 1
Frascati, RM 00044 Italy

On the occasion of the 20th meeting of the GHRSST International Science Team, this event will focus on future perspectives for GHRSST – most notably with respect to a mix of microwave and thermal infrared satellite capability. The purpose of the meeting is to: Bring together scientific and operational SST users and producers to review progress …

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SMOS and extreme events

Experiments show that SMOS can help improve errors in extreme events forecast lead times by 36–72 hours in the extratropics.

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Audrey Hasson

After the end of the Living Planet Fellowship, Audrey was the EU coordinator for the GEO Blue Planet Initiative, hosted by Mercator Ocean International as part of the EU4OceanObs FPI Action funded by the European Union.  

SMOWS: Satellite Mode Waters Salinity, in synergy with Temperature and Sea Level

Prime company: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) (FR)

Living Planet Fellowship research project carried out by Audrey Hasson. Mode waters (MWs) transport a large volume of heat, carbon and other properties across basins at seasonal to longer time-scales and thus play a major role in the modulation of the Earth climate. In the context of anthropogenic global warming, unlocking the understanding of the MWs transport …

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Sargassum monitoring service

Prime company: CLS COLLECTE LOCALISATION SATELLITES (FR)

The project objective is to develop and implement an innovative automated service based on Earth Observation (EO) data to monitor floating Sargassum algae in the Caribbean area, estimate their drift and eventual landings on the coasts, and provide dedicated bulletins to the end-users.

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Monitoring sargassum drift with Sentinel-3 and MODIS

Since 2011, sargassum rafts of unprecedented size have had been found on Caribbean shores, with a strong impact on tourism, fisheries and wildlife. As sargassum decomposes on beaches, it releases disagreeable odours. Removal is time-consuming and expensive as mats can be several meters thick. Tourists are bothered by sargassum, and incoming rafts smother sea grasses …

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