Development of a global network for the real-time detection of failures and extreme events in natural disasters

Project Information

MELINA

Grant agreement ID: 612590

Project closed

Start date 1 October 2013

End date 30 September 2017

Funded under

• Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Total cost € 151 200,00

EU contribution € 151 200,00

Coordinated by

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE
Greece

Objective

"The proposed MELINA project aims at bringing together experts in geodetic satellite positioning for precise earth-surface deformation monitoring related to natural disasters, like earthquakes, landslides, rockfalls, etc. The main objective is to develop statistical tools for early detection of failures or progressive secular changes of very small magnitude in geodetic monitoring signals, in a timely, precise, uniform and reliable manner to support early warnings. To accomplish this task this international consortium will collaborate to a) integrate existing and future global satellite navigation systems (e.g. GPS, Glonass, BeiDou, Galileo) established at different world locations and monitoring earth surface deformation, b) advance mathematical and physical modelling for developing these statistical tools, and c) validate the performance of newly developed algorithms for abrupt change detection in geodetic monitoring signals.

This exchange program will enhance each partner’s skills on a common and internationally-adopted basis to issue warnings when monitoring deformation of earth surface using global positioning satellite systems. This networking activity will be achieved by sharing knowledge, enhancing research training, and finally acquiring new techniques through algorithm development for quality control and deformation monitoring of signals produced by satellite positioning."

Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)

CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.

• engineering and technology › mechanical engineering › vehicle engineering › aerospace engineering › satellite technology
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › geology › seismology
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › physical geography › natural disasters
• social sciences › social geography › transport › navigation systems › satellite navigation system

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Programme(s)

• FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Topic(s)

• FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IRSES - Marie Curie Action "International Research Staff Exchange Scheme"

Call for proposal

FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IRSES
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Funding Scheme

MC-IRSES - International research staff exchange scheme (IRSES)

Coordinator

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE

• EU contribution: € 111 300,00
• Address: AGIOU MARKOU STR. ; 73132 CHANIA ; Greece
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: No data

Participants (1)

LATVIJAS UNIVERSITATE

Latvia

• EU contribution: € 39 900,00
• Address: RAINA BOULEVARD 19 ; 1586 RIGA
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: No data