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OPerational ECology: Ecosystem forecast products to enhance marine GMES applications
Start date:2012-01-01
End date:2014-12-31
Project Acronym:OPEC
Project status:Execution
Coordinator
| Organization name:PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Christopher |
Prospect Place, The Hoe PLYMOUTH UNITED KINGDOM Region:SOUTH WEST (UK) CORNWALL, DEVON Devon |
| Tel:+44-1752633123 | |
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| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.pml.ac.uk/ | Organization Type: |
Description
Objective:
OPEC will undertake research and development to develop Operational Ecology to augment the capabilities of the GMES Marine Service. Using the Marine Service as a framework, OPEC will OPEC will contribute to the establishment of innovative new GMES products or applications by establishing the infrastructure for the performance of ecology in the European Regional Seas by implementing a prototype regional ecological Marine Forecast System in 4 European Regions (NE Atlantic Baltic, Mediterranean and Black Seas, which include hydrodynamics, lower (plankton) and higher trophic (e.g. fish) and biological data assimilation. OPEC will deliver new products in terms of rapid environmental assessments as well as hindcasts for environmental management by providing regular geo-spatially referenced error quantified information products (ECVs and indicators of GES) for European Coastal Seas in both lower and higher trophic levels. By assessing the potential spatial and temporal scales of predictability of seasonal forecast appropriate to both lower and higher trophic levels OPEC will also lay the foundations for the next generation of operational ecological products. In doing so OPEC will provide high quality 3D ecosystem indicators covering a range of temporal and spatial scale appropriate for different policy needs as new service aimed at supporting policy, environmental management and other downstream services by providing error quantified hindcast estimates of the state of the environment in the recent past systems. OPEC will contribute directly to policy requirements such as the MSFD, CFP, the monitoring of climate change and to the assessment of mitigation and adaptation policies. Through engagement with SMEs, OPEC will implement new water quality related data products and delivery systems for implementation in downstream services. In addition OPEC will define and deliver the S&T Roadmap and make recommendations for future data requirements for Operational Ecology.
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Project Details
Start date:2012-01-01
End date:2014-12-31
Duration:36 months
Project Reference:283291
Project cost:2604649 EURO
Project Funding:1999678 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP7-SPACE
Programme type:Seventh Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:R&D to enhance future GMES applications in the Marine and Atmosphere areas
Contract type:Small or medium-scale focused research project
URL:http://marine-opec.eu/
Subject index:Scientific Research
Other participants
| Organization name:BROCKMANN CONSULT GMBH | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Desmond |
MAX-PLANCK-STRASSE 2 GEESTHACHT DEUTSCHLAND Region:HAMBURG |
| Tel:+49-4152889306 | |
| Fax:+49-4152889333 | |
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| URL:http://www.brockmann-consult.de | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET | |
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Name:Ole Henrik |
Anker Engelundsvej 1, Building 101A KONGENS LYNGBY DANMARK Region: |
| Tel:+45-35883393 | |
| Fax:+45-35883333 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.dtu.dk | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Steven |
Area 1A, Nobel House, Smith Square 17 LONDON UNITED KINGDOM Region:SOUTH EAST (UK) GREATER LONDON |
| Tel:+44-1502524229 | |
| Fax:+44-1502524569 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.defra.gov.uk | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:DANMARKS METEOROLOGISKE INSTITUT | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Torben S. |
Lyngbyvej 100 KOBENHAVN DANMARK Region: |
| Tel:+45-39157480 | |
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| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.dmi.dk | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE - OGS | |
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Name:Francesco |
Borgo Grotta Gigante 42/C SGONICO-TRIESTE ITALIA Region: |
| Tel:+39-0402140401 | |
| Fax:+39-0402140266 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.ogs.trieste.it | Organization Type:Research |
| Organization name:HELLENIC CENTRE FOR MARINE RESEARCH | |
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Name:Argyriou |
46,7Km avenue Athens-Sounio, (Mavro Lithari) 712 ANAVISSOS ATTIKI HELLAS Region: |
| Tel:+30-2291076327 | |
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| URL:http://www.hcmr.gr | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY | |
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Name:Baris |
DUMLUPINAR BULVARI 1 ANKARA TURKEY Region:BATI ANADOLU ANKARA |
| Tel:+90-3245212150 | |
| Fax:+90-3245212327 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.metu.edu.tr | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:PML APPLICATIONS LTD | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Timothy |
PROSPECT PLACE THE HOE PLYMOUTH UNITED KINGDOM Region:SOUTH WEST (UK) CORNWALL, DEVON Devon |
| Tel:+44-1752633412 | |
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Record control number:100881
