Project description
Coastal monitoring to save our shores
Coastal zones, renowned for their abundant habitats and valuable ecosystem services, are under pressure from human activities and resource exploitation. This leads to biodiversity loss, pollution, habitat destruction and conflicts over space usage. In this context, the EU-funded CoastObs project will leverage Earth Observation (EO) to provide a synoptic view and frequent coverage. With the launch of the Copernicus Sentinel satellites, CoastObs will develop a service platform for coastal water monitoring. By engaging users from various sectors, the project aims to create innovative EO-based products, including monitoring seagrass and macro-algae, phytoplankton size classes, primary production, harmful algae and more. The goal is to establish sustainable supply chains that will be integrated into users' systems.
Objective
Coastal zones are very productive areas, offering many valuable habitats and ecosystems services and attracting human settlements and activities. The intensive concentration of population and excessive exploitation of natural resources puts high pressure on coastal ecosystems leading to biodiversity loss, habitat destruction, pollution as well as conflicts between potential uses and space competition. Several European directives aim at sustainable management of coastal waters, retaining or restoring a high ecological status and safeguarding ecosystem services. Increasing pressure and stricter regulations increase the need for efficient monitoring solutions. Where traditional in situ sampling is insufficient to characterise the highly dynamic coastal environments, Earth Observation (EO) provides a synoptic view and frequent coverage. With the launch of the Copernicus Sentinel satellites, operational water quality services become a business opportunity.
CoastObs will develop a service platform for coastal water monitoring with validated products derived from EO. In dialogue with users from various sectors, CoastObs will develop innovative EO-based products: monitoring of seagrass and macro-algae, phytoplankton size classes, primary production, and harmful algae as well as higher level products such as indicators and integration with predictive models. CoastObs will establish sustainable supply chains that can be directly integrated into the users’ systems. The CoastObs consortium has the knowledge and ambition to develop services that are commercially viable, grow in capacity and thus create new jobs. The business case is to define user groups with common requirements, so tailored products can be developed at highly reduced costs per user. Setup of efficient data structures (array database) for smart (re)processing of data is part of this ambition. The commitment of 13 users to CoastObs demonstrates the need for such user-friendly and affordable coastal water services
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- natural sciences biological sciences marine biology
- natural sciences earth and related environmental sciences hydrology
- engineering and technology mechanical engineering vehicle engineering aerospace engineering satellite technology
- engineering and technology environmental engineering natural resources management water management
- natural sciences biological sciences ecology ecosystems coastal ecosystems
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H2020-EU.2.1.6. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies – Space
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H2020-EU.2.1.6.3. - Enabling exploitation of space data
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H2020-EU.2.1.6.1.2. - Boost innovation between space and non-space sectors
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IA - Innovation action
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(opens in new window) H2020-EO-2017
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6716 BR Ede
Netherlands
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