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Satellite-based ocean forecasting (SOFT)
Start date:2001-01-01
End date:2004-06-30
Project Acronym:SOFT
Project status:Completed
Coordinator
| Organization name:CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Rolf |
INSTITUTO MEDITERRANEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS - IMEDEA Edifici Mateu Orfila, Campus Universitat de les Il 07171 PALMA ESPAÑA Region: |
| Tel:+34-91-5855000 | |
| Fax:+34-91-4113077 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL: | Organization Type:Research,Other |
Description
Objective:
Reliable forecasts of the ocean variablity provide enormous benefits on human activities related to the sea and is one of the present challenges in operational oceanography. The goal of SOFT is to develop, validate and apply an operational tool to forecast future states of the ocean based on satellite imagery. This task will be accomplished by using recent developments in non-linear time series analysis as well as artificial intelligence techniques such as genetic algorithms. In addition to its direct implementation, the tool will be used to provide synthetic data to be assimilated by numerical ocean circulation models, improving their forecasting power. Potential end-users of the output of this project include scientists, engineers, decision-markers, managers, navies and governments.
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Project Details
Start date:2001-01-01
End date:2004-06-30
Duration:42 months
Project Reference:EVK3-CT-2000-00028
Project cost:1530912 EURO
Project Funding:883098 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP5-EESD
Programme type:Fifth Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:Key action Sustainable Marine Ecosystems
Contract type:Cost-sharing contracts
URL:http://130.206.32.165/Natural/goi/oceanography/projects/soft/index.html
Subject index:Forecasting, Environmental Protection, Resources of the Sea, Fisheries
Other participants
| Organization name:NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:David |
THE SOUTHAMPTON OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE Empress Dock, European Way SO14 3ZH SOUTHAMPTON UNITED KINGDOM Region:SOUTH EAST (UK) HAMPSHIRE, ISLE OF WIGHT Hampshire |
| Tel:+44-17-93411694 | |
| Fax:+44-17-93411550 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL: | Organization Type:Research,Other |
| Organization name:UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Willy |
INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS GEOHYDRODYNAMICS AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH LABORATORY Place du VI Août 17 - bèt B5 4000 LIEGE BELGIQUE-BELGIË Region:RÉGION WALLONNE LIÈGE Liège (Arrondissement) |
| Tel:+32-43-662111 | |
| Fax:+32-43-665700 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL: | Organization Type:Education |
| Organization name:SACLANT UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTER | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Umberto |
Viale San Bartolomeo 400 19138 LA SPEZIA ITALIA Region:NORD OVEST LIGURIA La Spezia |
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| URL: | Organization Type:Research |
| Organization name:SAFEGE CETIIS S.A. | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Alain |
OCEANOGRAPHY ENVIRONMENT Avenue H. Malacrida 30 Aix Métropole, Bètiment D 13100 AIX EN PROVENCE FRANCE Region:MÉDITERRANÉE PROVENCE-ALPES-CÔTE D'AZUR Bouches-du-Rhône |
| Tel:+33-44-2936510 | |
| Fax:+33-44-2936515 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL: | Organization Type:Other |
Record control number:56955
