Objective
The proposal is for a Concerted Action into the detection, monitoring andprediction of a algal blooms from Earth Observation (EO) data. The proposal issubmitted under Theme 3.1.1: Methodological Research. It aims ato bringtogether leading scientists and researchers is this field with end-users drawnfrom government departments and authori ties responsible for water qualityissues, from throughout Europe.
Within Europe, and globally, the problem of algal blooms in coastal waters iscommon to many nations and is currently the subject of much research.Many but not all, of these blooms are toxic. The toxic blooms have an impact olocal economies through their effects on shellfish production, fisheries manageand tourism. In particular, toxic cyanobacterial blooms are a health hazard,affecting livestock, pets and humans. Recent observations suggest an increasinfrequency of algal blooms.
In Europe, blooms routinely occur off the coasts of Norway, in the BalticSea, the Adriatic Sea and the Black Sea.
The proposed Concerted Action responds to one of the major recommendations of OCTOPUS study programme undertaken for the European Commission that investigateoperational uses of ocean colour data and recognised the potential use of satelbased data for monitoring algal blooms.
The objectives of the Concerted Action are:
* to advance the ability to detect and monitor algal blooms from EO data, and i so doing gain a greater understanding of the contributing factors to the initiation of algal blooms,
* to use this knowledge to formulate the requirements of future research progr targeted to address specific problems identified through the Concerted Actio* to increase the knowledge base and dissemination of research results throughsharing advances and breakthroughs made in a series of workshops,* to make recommendations to policy makers such as the European environmental A and the European Commission concerned with water quality matters, and to ens their directives and recommendations recognise the European perspective.The Concerted Action will take the form of a series of 8 workshops, with each focusing on a topic from the themes of algal bloom detection and algal bloom pParticipants will benefit through the sharing of advances made by other researthrough the contributions made by visiting scientists and end users.
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- agricultural sciences agriculture, forestry, and fisheries fisheries
- engineering and technology materials engineering colors
- natural sciences earth and related environmental sciences hydrology
- agricultural sciences animal and dairy science domestic animals animal husbandry
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United Kingdom
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