Description du projet
Développer un logiciel qui fournit un meilleur accès aux données sur les fonds marins
Le changement climatique étant une menace planétaire qui se fait sans cesse plus alarmante, les efforts d’atténuation, de protection et d’adaptation figurent au premier rang des priorités mondiales. Les écosystèmes océaniques et, plus particulièrement, l’activité des fonds marins sont des paramètres qui peuvent s’avérer très précieux pour la surveillance des océans. Pour cette raison, les méthodes de surveillance des fonds marins qui se concentrent sur les habitats benthiques, la morphologie, la profondeur et d’autres changements sont importantes. Le projet 4S, financé par l’UE, s’efforcera de perfectionner la boîte à outil actuelle d’observation des océans et des fonds marins. Pour ce faire, il développera un logiciel en nuage, appelé 4S (Satellite Seafloor Survey Suite), qui utilisera les données LiDAR des satellites américains et de Copernicus ainsi que l’imagerie par drone pour fournir aux utilisateurs une abondance de données sur l’activité des fonds marins.
Objectif
4S will address a current data and solution gaps from coastal and offshore stakeholders, which are the ability to generate and access spatial and recent information on seabed, such as benthic habitat, morphology, depth and change and trends. Digital information on these are crucial to respond to EC maritime directive, environmental impact studies and engineering offshore activities. We will address this gap by developing an online, cloud based software, named 4S – Satellite Seafloor Survey Suite – which empowers the users to benefit from satellite capabilities and specific aquatic EO algorithms. 4S Suite will have APIs allowing to integrate it into hydrographic software and user’s workflows, as will developed and demonstrated. 4S will harness Copernicus data together with US satellite lidar data and – optionally – integrate client airborne (drone) imagery and on-site data. The underlying algorithms, which will reach highest TRL level during the project duration, will address aspects of physical modelling, machine learning and sensor fusion procedures and will introduce breakthroughs of the current state of the art. Both, algorithm innovations and the webapp, will be jointly designed and evaluated with the users, of which some are part of the project team. Other stakeholders, many of which have signed supporting letters, will participate in 7 use cases which cover four countries, the Caribbean and several selected sites globally. With this intense evaluation and co-design we will achieve a reliable evaluation of the process and global outreach to the offshore and coastal stakeholders. The development of a sustainable business based on 4S will be driven by the industry partners, which contribute with 52% of the workload. Based on the existing solution gap we expect a continuous and strong increase in the user uptake and thus economic sustainability, which will lead to the growth of the European blue economy and, as social benefit, directly respond to the UNSDG 14.
Champ scientifique
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftware
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringsatellite technology
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringroboticsautonomous robotsdrones
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
Programme(s)
Régime de financement
IA - Innovation actionCoordinateur
82229 Seefeld
Allemagne
L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.