Toward a Comprehensive and Integrated Strategy of the European Marine Research Infrastructures for Ocean Observations
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Date | 2020-03 | ||||||||
Language | English | ||||||||
Author(s) | Dañobeitia Juan Jose1, 2, Pouliquen Sylvie![]() ![]() |
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Affiliation(s) | 1 : European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water-column Observatory (EMSO ERIC), Rome, Italy 2 : Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC-UTM), Barcelona, Spain 3 : European Contribution to the Argo Programme (Euro-Argo ERIC), Brest, France 4 : Institut Français De Recherche Pour L’Exploitation De La Mer (IFREMER), Brest, France 5 : Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS-ERIC), Helsinki, Finland 6 : Geophysical Institute, UniversEUROPEAN E-INFRASTRUCTURE ON BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH (LIFEWATCH ERIC)ity of Bergen, Bergen, Norway 7 : European e-Infrastructure on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research (LifeWatch ERIC), Seville, Spain 8 : Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy 9 : Equipe de Géosciences Marines, Université de Paris, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), Paris, France 10 : Integrated Systems for Marine Environmental Infrastructures, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Rome, Italy 11 : Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Rome, Italy 12 : Plataforma Oceánica de Canarias (PLOCAN), Telde, Spain 13 : SARTI Research Group, Electronics Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain 14 : European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC), Stazione Zoologica “Anton Dohrn” (SZN), Naples, Italy 15 : European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC-ERIC), Paris, France 16 : European Global Ocean Observing System (EuroGOOS), Brussels, Belgium 17 : Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Athens, Greece 18 : Institute of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (INAR), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland 19 : National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom |
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Meeting | Oceanobs'19: An Ocean of Opportunity | ||||||||
Source | Frontiers In Marine Science (2296-7745) (Frontiers Media SA), 2020-03 , Vol. 7 , P. 180 (8p.) | ||||||||
DOI | 10.3389/fmars.2020.00180 | ||||||||
WOS© Times Cited | 14 | ||||||||
Keyword(s) | European marine Research Infrastructures (RIs), multi- and inter-disciplinary ocean observing systems, global change, geo-hazards, marine ecosystem | ||||||||
Abstract | Research Infrastructures (RIs) are large-scale facilities encompassing instruments, resources, data and services used by the scientific community to conduct high-level research in their respective fields. The development and integration of marine environmental RIs as European Research Vessel Operators [ERVO] (2020) is the response of the European Commission (EC) to global marine challenges through research, technological development and innovation. These infrastructures (EMSO ERIC, Euro-Argo ERIC, ICOS-ERIC Marine, LifeWatch ERIC, and EMBRC-ERIC) include specialized vessels, fixed-point monitoring systems, Lagrangian floats, test facilities, genomics observatories, bio-sensing, and Virtual Research Environments (VREs), among others. Marine ecosystems are vital for life on Earth. Global climate change is progressing rapidly, and geo-hazards, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis, cause large losses of human life and have massive worldwide socio-economic impacts. Enhancing our marine environmental monitoring and prediction capabilities will increase our ability to respond adequately to major challenges and efficiently. Collaboration among European marine RIs aligns with and has contributed to the OceanObs’19 Conference statement and the objectives of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030). This collaboration actively participates and supports concrete actions to increase the quality and quantity of more integrated and sustained observations in the ocean worldwide. From an innovation perspective, the next decade will increasingly count on marine RIs to support the development of new technologies and their validation in the field, increasing market uptake and produce a shift in observing capabilities and strategies. |
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