Objective ALERT aims to develop a radically different strategy for monitoring and managing the impact of climatic change and land-use practice on scarce water resources. Innovative ALERT technology will be designed that will allow the near real-time measurement of geoelectric, hydrology and hydro chemical properties, virtually "on demand, thereby giving early warning of potential threats to ecosystems, and vulnerable water systems. The project will focus primarily on coastal zones where aquifers are under threat from over-exploitation, rising sea levels, anthropogenic pollutants and seawater intrusion. New and proven sensors and data capture devices will be permanently deployed in-site, within a unified platform (ALERT hydro-station) at a test site in Algeria, Spain. The site will be interrogated from the office by novel modem/telemetric and satellite links to provide volumetric images of the subsurface at regular intervals; thereby obviating the need for expensive repeat surveys and manual intervention. New 3D/4D time-lapse image reconstruction algorithms will be developed for distributed buried and borehole arrays. The volumetric electrical images (in space and time) will be transformed into hydrology properties and processes through the further development of mathematical relationships, derived from controlled laboratory studies. These datasets will bemused to constrain a predictive hydrogelogical modelling capability. Innovative statistical techniques will be developed to assist up scaling from the site model to catchments scale. A web-based GIS will be designed with new data fusion, risk analysis and decision support tools to facilitate the sustainable management of water resources in coastal zones. Scenario modelling based on stochastic and Bayesian networks will address the wider societal implications of the proposed work, including the economic, cultural and political issues, in the context of current and planned EU directives. Fields of science natural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrologyengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringsatellite technologyengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringremote sensingnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changesengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringnatural resources managementwater management Keywords decision support tools hydrogeology hydrogeophysics monitoring technology risk telemetry Programme(s) FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SUSTDEV-2002-3.II.3.3.a - Technologies for monitoring and mitigating the impact of water scarcity SUSTDEV-2002-3.II.3.3 - Technologies for monitoring and mitigating the impact of water scarcity Call for proposal FP6-2002-GLOBAL-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL (NERC) Address Polaris house, north star avenue, wiltshire, Swindon United Kingdom See on map Links Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBH Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Leo-brandt strasse Juelich See on map Links Website Opens in new window KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET Denmark EU contribution € 0,00 Address Øster voldgade 10 Copenhagen k. See on map Links Website Opens in new window UNIVERSIDAD DE ALMERIA Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Campus universitario, la canada de s. urbano Almeria See on map Links Website Opens in new window ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address University campus Thessaloniki See on map Links Website Opens in new window INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR AUTOMATION AND MEASUREMENTS Poland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Al. jerozolimskie 202 Warsaw See on map Links Website Opens in new window ESCO SP. Z O.O Poland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Ul. sniadeckich 12/16 m. 69 Warsaw See on map Links Website Opens in new window GEOTOMOGRAPHIE Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Arm tonnenberg 18 Neuwied See on map Links Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITY CADI AYYAD OF MARRAKECH Morocco EU contribution € 0,00 Address Avenue amir moulay abdellah, 40000 Marrakech See on map Links Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN Belgium EU contribution € 0,00 Address Place de l'université' Louvain-la-neuve See on map Links Website Opens in new window
