A French research infrastructure for Coastal Ocean and Seashore Observations

Type Poster
Date 2022-06-02
Language English
Other localization https://2022-sealevel.sciencesconf.org/
Author(s) Cocquempot LucieORCID1, Thomas AmandineORCID2, Delacourt ChristopheORCID3, Paillet JeromeORCID4, Burden Joanne2, Charria GuillaumeORCID4
Affiliation(s) 1 : Département Océanographie et Dynamique des Ecosystèmes - Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER) , France
2 : UMS 3113 - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
3 : Geo-Ocean - Université de Brest, France
4 : Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale - Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER) , France
Meeting Sea Level Workshop "from Global to Coastal, from Past to Future". 1-3 June 2022, Brest
Abstract

ILICO, the French Research Infrastructure for Coastal Ocean and Nearshore Observations, is a notable example of national and pan-institutional efforts to expand knowledge of the complex processes at work within the critical coastal zone in line with the European Ocean Observing System perspective.

At the interface between land and sea, ILICO is necessarily multiscale and pluri-disciplinary. It federates complementary distributed observation services (networks) monitoring coastline dynamics, sea level evolution, physical and biogeochemical water properties, coastal water dynamics, phytoplankton, benthos composition and coral reef health in order to monitor and detect episodic events (e.g. extreme events), understand physics-biology multi-scale coupling and answer operational needs and societal demands.

Each network is accredited and receives funding from the French Ministry for Higher Education, Research and Innovation and national public research institutions. In addition to the sustained and long-term nature of its time-series data, ILICO's observation sites have unique geographical coverage spanning both metropolitan coastlines and those of overseas national territories.

Significantly, although its scope is not strictly limited to coastal marine systems, ILICO is the French-node of the Joint European Research Infrastructure for Coastal Marine systems (JERICO-RI) led by France. ILICO's latest advances include the implementation of an open data strategy, aggregating multisource data to ensure optimal access and re-use by the scientific community, for operational ocean observing and forecasting, and by public authorities and citizens.

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Cocquempot Lucie, Thomas Amandine, Delacourt Christophe, Paillet Jerome, Burden Joanne, Charria Guillaume (2022). A French research infrastructure for Coastal Ocean and Seashore Observations. Sea Level Workshop "from Global to Coastal, from Past to Future". 1-3 June 2022, Brest. https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00775/88652/