Objective Boreal forest is the largest terrestrial biome and will be strongly affected by climate warming, which is predicted to be strongest at high latitudes, with significant impacts on the European economy. North State will demonstrate how innovative methods applied to the new Sentinel data streams can be combined with models to monitor carbon and water fluxes for pan-boreal Europe, with intensive study sites in Finland, Iceland and Russia. This will reduce the high uncertainty in current estimates of flux rates.Key model parameters will be derived from Sentinel and other EO data, in situ and ancillary data, including relevant FP7 and ESA CCI projects. Parameter types include forest characteristics such as area and species, model drivers such as incoming radiation, and indicators of the dynamic state of the forest, such as fAPAR and tree height. Many of these parameters will also be applicable for other purposes, such as operational forest management.The project brings together leading experts and organisations, including an SME experienced in developing value adding services, needed to address key research challenges that require innovative remote sensing methods: adaptation of the carbon and water cycle models for effective use of EO data; effective pre-processing and data management techniques to exploit high temporal frequency time series; assessing the potential of hyper-spectral data; developing powerful data fusion techniques; and developing an intelligent, automated framework to learn from and interpret multi-source data to address a key societal problem. It responds to the Lund declaration and the recommendations of the Space Advisory Group. It will strengthen European leadership in the provision of EO-based services and will be a paradigm for exploiting opportunities offered by the new generation of EO satellites in developing products for future GMES services. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringsatellite technologyagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestrysilvicultureengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringremote sensingnatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems Programme(s) FP7-SPACE - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Space Topic(s) SPA.2013.1.1-07 - Remote sensing methods Call for proposal FP7-SPACE-2013-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY EU contribution € 757 866,00 Address TEKNIIKANTIE 21 02150 Espoo Finland See on map Region Manner-Suomi Helsinki-Uusimaa Helsinki-Uusimaa Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Tuomas Häme (Mr) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO Finland EU contribution € 157 860,00 Address YLIOPISTONKATU 3 00014 Helsingin Yliopisto See on map Region Manner-Suomi Helsinki-Uusimaa Helsinki-Uusimaa Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Kaisu Taskila (Ms) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD United Kingdom EU contribution € 277 400,00 Address FIRTH COURT WESTERN BANK S10 2TN Sheffield See on map Region Yorkshire and the Humber South Yorkshire Sheffield Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Joanne Watson (Mrs) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data NORUT NORTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE AS Norway EU contribution € 391 738,00 Address FORKSNINGSPARKEN I TROMSO 9294 TROMSO See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Camilla Hegrand (Mrs) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data SIMOSOL OY Finland EU contribution € 109 200,00 Address HAMEENKATU 10 11100 RIIHIMAKI See on map Region Manner-Suomi Etelä-Suomi Kanta-Häme Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Jussi Rasinmäki (Dr) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY OF KOMI SCIENTIFIC CENTRE OF THE URAL BRANCH OF THE RUSSAIN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Russia EU contribution € 44 910,00 Address KOMMUNISTICHESKAYA STR 28 167982 SYKTYVKAR See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Vladimir Elsakov (Dr) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data HASKOLI ISLANDS Iceland EU contribution € 254 048,00 Address SAEMUNDARGOTU 2 101 Reykjavik See on map Region Ísland Ísland Höfuðborgarsvæði Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Jón Atli Benediktsson (Prof) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data