Building the European Capacity in Operational Oceanography, Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Euro: GOOS

Content: Conference Organisers Pages v-vi Preface Pages vii-viii Conference Opening Page 1 Global Ocean Observing Systems and the challenges of the 21st century Original Research Article Pages 5-9 D. James Baker New European developments for Operational Oceanography Original Research Article Pages 10-15 Jean-François Minster The European contribution to GODAE Original Research Article Pages 16-21 Mike Bell, Pierre Bahurel A possible migration from marine scientific research to operational oceanography in the context of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) Original Research Article Pages 25-35 Peter Ryder Cyprus coastal ocean forecasting and observing system Original Research Article Pages 36-45 George Zodiatis, Robin Lardner, Georgios Georgiou, Encho Demirov, Nadia Pinardi MAMA—Towards a new paradigm for ocean monitoring in the Mediterranean Original Research Article Pages 46-56 S. Vallerga, A. Drago, T. Aarup, A. Abdelbaki, A. Abuissa, H. Awad, M.B. Awad, C. Beken, S. Besiktepe, A.F. Boargob, G. Brundrit, M. Capari, A. Carlier, B. Cermelj, G. Casazza, F.S. Civili, Y. Cohen, C. Tziavos, H. Dahlin, M. Dalla Costa, et al. Model-derived seasonal amounts of dust deposited on Mediterranean Sea and Europe Original Research Article Pages 57-63 G. Kallos, A. Papadopoulos, P. Katsafados Evaluation of POSEIDON forecasts in the Aegean Sea for a three-year period Original Research Article Pages 64-70 A. Papadopoulos, L. Perivoliotis, K. Nittis, P. Katsafados Fluorescence lidars and their potentials for the remote sensing of the marine environment Original Research Article Pages 71-77 Giovanna Cecchi, David Lognoli, Iacopo Mochi, Valentina Raimondi Long-term sustained observing system for climatic variability studies in the Mediterranean Original Research Article Pages 78-86 Alexander Theocharis, CIESM initiative group, A. Abdul Fattah, M. Astraldi, R. Boscolo, H. Bryden, G. Civitarese, J. Font, M. Gacic, G.P. Gasparini, D. Georgopoulos, I. Gertman, J. Gould, D. Jourdan, B. Klein, E. Kontar, A. Lascaratos, J.L. Lopez-Jurado, C. Maillard, P. Malanotte-Rizzoli, et al. Comparison of ECMWF operational surface meteorology and buoy observations in the Ligurian Sea Original Research Article Pages 87-91 R. Bozzano, A. Siccardi, M.E. Schiano, M. Borghini, S. Castellari Impact of climate change on Adriatic Sea hydrology Original Research Article Pages 92-96 Alfred Frasheri, Niko Pano Temperature sampling strategies assessment in the Mediterranean Forecasting System Original Research Article Pages 97-99 Fabio Raicich Water masses and diagnostic circulation west of Sardinia from 23 March to 4 April 2001 Original Research Article Pages 100-104 R. Sorgente, A. Ribotti, I. Puillat XBT observations in the Eastern Mediterranean: data analysis and assessment of numerical ocean forecasts Original Research Article Pages 105-108 Vassilis Zervakis, Kostas Nittis, Leonidas Perivoliotis, Christos Tziavos, George Papadoniou Marine meteorological and oceanographic services in the Hydrometcenter of Russia Original Research Article Pages 109-112 Z.K. Abousiarov, V.S. Krasjuk, E.S. Nesterov, S.T. Sokolov Measurement of wave groups using radar-image sequences Original Research Article Pages 115-121 H. Dankert, J. Horstmann, H. Günther, W. Rosenthal Synergy of remote sensing and numerical modelling for monitoring of suspended particulate matter Original Research Article Pages 122-127 A. Pleskachevsky, J. Horstmann, G. Gayer, H. Günther, W. Rosenthal Monitoring precipitation using underwater acoustic remote sensing Original Research Article Pages 128-134 T.H. Guymer, G.D. Quartly, K.G. Birch, J.M. Campbell, C.E. Jones, K.M. Shannon Marine SAR Analyses and Interpretation System— MARSAIS Original Research Article Pages 135-140 Johnny Johannessen, Torill Hamre, Rene Garello, Roland Romeiser, Stefan Kern, Bertrand Chapron, Ian Robinson, Susanne Ufermann, Valerie Cummins, Niamh Connolly, Kostas Nittis, Leonidas Perivoliotis, Dario Tarchi Study and monitoring of sea ice cover in the caspian and aral seas from TOPEX/POSEIDON microwave data Original Research Article Pages 141-145 Alexei V. Kouraev, Fabrice Papa, Petr I. Buharizin, Anny Cazenave, Jean-Francois Cretaux, Julia Dozortseva, Frederique Remy Oceanpal: an instrument for remote sensing of the ocean and other water surfaces using GNSS reflections Original Research Article Pages 146-153 Giulio Ruffini, Marco Caparrini, Bertrand Chapron, François Soulat, Olivier Germain, Leonardo Ruffini Monitoring of waves with X-band radar in the port of Sines Original Research Article Pages 154-160 P. Izquierdo, C. Guedes Soares, J.B. Fontes Performance of the PISCES HF radar during the DEFRA trials Original Research Article Pages 161-167 Lucy R. Wyatt, J. Jim Green, Lesley A. Binks, Mike Moorhead, Martin Holt Long-term changes in the Black Sea surface chlorophyll a according to in situ and modern satellite data Original Research Article Pages 168-173 Oleg A. Yunev, Vadim Suetin, Vyacheslav Suslin, Snejana Moncheva The role of synergy in developing a Marine SAR Analysis and Interpretation System Original Research Article Pages 174-179 Susanne Ufermann, Ian S. Robinson, Johnny A. Johannessen Routine scatterometer winds for the Mediterranean Original Research Article Pages 180-185 Ad Stoffelen Sea Surface Salinity mapping with SMOS space mission Original Research Article Pages 186-189 Jordi Font, Gary Lagerloef, Yann Kerr, Niels Skou, Michael Berger Sea level prediction at the Portuguese coast based on model and remote sensed data Original Research Article Pages 190-194 C. Guedes Soares, Hafedh Hajji, P. Sebastião The forecasting ocean assimilation model (FOAM) system Original Research Article Pages 197-202 Mike Bell, Rosa Barciela, Adrian Hines, Matt Martin, Michael McCulloch, David Storkey Coupled physical and biochemical data driven simulations of Black Sea in spring-summer: real-time forecast and data assimilation Original Research Article Pages 203-210 Sukru T. Besiktepe Data assimilation in an operational forecast system of the North Sea-Baltic Sea system Original Research Article Pages 211-217 J.V.T. Sørensen, H. Madsen, H. Madsen, H.R. Jensen, P.S. Rasch, A.C. Erichsen, K.I. Dahl-Madsen Impact of the progress in operational oceanography on oil spill drift forecasting in the Mediterranean Sea Original Research Article Pages 218-221 Pierre Daniel, Fabien Marty, Patrick Josse The study of seasonal variability in the Adriatic Sea with the use of EOF analysis Original Research Article Pages 222-225 A. Grezio, N. Pinardi, S. Sparnocchia, M. Zavatarelli AUVs: designing and operating next generation vehicles Original Research Article Pages 229-236 Gwyn Griffiths, Ia Edwards Sustainability analysis in marine research, monitoring and forecasting systems Original Research Article Pages 237-242 Jun She The use of HF radar networks within operational forecasting systems of coastal regions Original Research Article Pages 245-250 K.-W. Gurgel, H.-H. Essen, T. Schlick The DIADEM/TOPAZ monitoring and prediction system for the North Atlantic Original Research Article Pages 251-257 Laurent Bertino, Geir Evensen GAVDOS: A satellite radar altimeter calibration and sea-level monitoring site on the island of Gavdos, Crete Original Research Article Pages 258-264 S.P. Mertikas, E.C. Pavlis, P.G. Drakopoulos, K. Palamartchouk, E. Koutroulis EDIOS: European Directory of the Initial Ocean Observing System Original Research Article Pages 265-271 Jennifer Verduin, Johanne Fischer IOMASA-Integrated Observing and Modelling of the Arctic Surface and Atmosphere Original Research Article Pages 272-278 Georg Heygster, Søren Andersen, Nils Gustafsson, Klaus Kunzi, Thomas Landelius, Harald Schyberg, Leif Toudal Marine Environment and Security for the European Area, MERSEA Strand-1 Original Research Article Pages 279-284 J.A. Johannessen, P.-Y. Le Traon, I. Robinson, K. Nittis, M. Bell, N. Pinardi, P. Bahurel, B. Furevik Integrated marine science in European shelf seas and adjacent waters Original Research Article Pages 285-290 Jun She, Erik Buch ESONET—European Sea Floor Observatory Network Original Research Article Pages 291-294 Imants G. Friede, Juergen Mienert, Roland Person, Tjeerd C.E. van Weering, Olaf Pfannkuche, Nick O'Neill, Anastasios Tselepides, Laurenz Thomsen, Paolo Favali, Francesco Gasparoni, Nevio Zitellini, Claude Millot, Hans W. Gerber, Jorge Miguel Alberto de Miranda Use of a Ferry-Box system to look at shelf sea and ocean margin processes Original Research Article Pages 297-303 D.J. Hydes, A. Yool, J.M. Campbell, N.A. Crisp, J. Dodgson, B. Dupee, M. Edwards, S.E. Hartman, B.A. Kelly-Gerreyn, A.M. Lavin, C.M. González-Pola, P. Miller Monitoring the marine environment operational practices in Europe Original Research Article Pages 304-310 Jacques Legrand, Marta Alfonso, Roberto Bozzano, Gérard Goasguen, Henrik Lindh, Alberto Ribotti, Ignacio Rodríguez, Christos Tziavos Smartbuoy: A marine environmental monitoring buoy with a difference Original Research Article Pages 311-316 D.K. Mills, R.W.P.M. Laane, J.M. Rees, M. Rutgers van der Loeff, J.M. Suylen, D.J. Pearce, D.B. Sivyer, C. Heins, K. Platt, M. Rawlinson ARGOS capabilities for global ocean monitoring Original Research Article Pages 317-324 Christian Ortega FerryBox systems for monitoring coastal waters Original Research Article Pages 325-333 Wilhelm Petersen, Michail Petschatnikov, Friedhelm Schroeder, Franciscus Colijn Real-time oceanographic measurements using the M3A system Original Research Article Pages 334-339 I. Thanos, K. Nittis, C. Tziavos EGOS—European Group on Ocean Stations providing real time buoy observations from data sparse areas of the North Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas Original Research Article Pages 340-344 Volker Wagner, Anne A. Hageberg, Christian Michelsen CORIOLIS, a French project for in situ operational oceanography Original Research Article Pages 345-348 S. Pouliquen, T. Carval, Y. Desaubies, L. Petit de la Villéon, G. Loaec, L. Gourmelen ASSEM: Array of Sensors for long term SEabed Monitoring of geohazards Original Research Article Pages 349-352 J. Blandin, R. Person, J.M. Strout, P. Briole, V. Ballu, G. Etiope, M. Masson, S. Smolders, V. Lykousis, G. Ferentinos Adaptive sampling for coastal environmental monitoring using a geo-referenced mobile instrument platform and correlative data visualisation Original Research Article Pages 353-355 T.O. Ojo, M. Sterling, J.S. Bonner, F.J. Kelly, C.A. Page, J. Perez, C. Fuller A comparison with the Argo observing system—Gyroscope 0302 cruise Original Research Article Pages 356-360 Gregorio Parrilla-Barrera, Manuel Vargas-Yáñez, Pedro Vélez-Belchi, Alicia Lavín, César González-Pola, Eugenio Fraile, Alonso Hernández-Guerra, Elena Tel, Daura Vega Coastal oceanographic station at the entrance of the Gulf of Trieste (Northern Adriatic) Original Research Article Pages 361-365 V. Malačič, D. àonc, B. Petelin The NOR-50: a fast research vessel for operational oceanography Original Research Article Pages 366-369 Philippe Marchand, Jacques Servain Monte Carlo simulation of Nal(TI) gamma-spectra in sea water Original Research Article Pages 370-372 D.S. Vlachos, C. Tsabaris In situ calibration of biofouling-prone oceanographic sensors in the framework of the POSEIDON project Original Research Article Pages 373-375 Vassilis Zervakis, Eva Krasakopoulou, Georgia Assimakopoulou, Panagiotis Renieris, Dionysios Ballas, Aggelos Mallios, Emmanuel Papageorgiou Wave and current forecasting along the Spanish Catalan coast Original Research Article Pages 379-385 A. Sanchez-Arcilla, M. Espino, R. Bolaños, J. Gomez, G. Jorda, S. Ponce de Leon, A. Sairouni Progress in building a wave climate database along the french coasts through numerical hindcast simulations over a 20-years period Original Research Article Pages 386-391 M. Benoit, D. Violeau, J-C. Fournier, J. L'Her, G. Goasguen Modelling of sea states sequence along a ship route using markov theory Original Research Article Pages 392-397 Chrysoula Diamanti, Takvor Soukissian Real time monitoring of Spanish coastal waters: The deep water network Original Research Article Pages 398-402 E. Alvarez Fanjul, M. Alfonso, M.I. Ruiz, J.D. López, I. Rodríguez Adaptive neural network for wave forecasting Original Research Article Pages 403-406 D.S. Vlachos, A. Papadopoulos Demand side “pull” for eurogoos products: identifying market and policy decisions impacted by new environmental information Original Research Article Pages 409-421 Mary G. Altalo, Colin Summerhayes, Nicholas Flemming, Patricio Bernal International public goods and operational oceanography Original Research Article Pages 422-429 Martin Brown Global operational oceanography and the role of the joint WMO/IOX technical commission for oceanography and marine meteorology Original Research Article Pages 430-441 Peter Dexter, Johannes Guddal The Global Ocean Observing System: design and implementation of the coastal module Original Research Article Pages 442-449 Thomas C. Malone High-resolution wind fields from synthetic aperture radars and numerical models for offshore wind farming Original Research Article Pages 450-457 S. Lehner, J. Horstmann, C. Hasager Towards NOOS—the eurogoos nw shelf task team 1996–2002 Original Research Article Pages 461-465 Martin Holt Present status of BOOS— baltic operational oceanographic system BOOS Steering group: Original Research Article Pages 466-471 E. Buch, J. Elken, J. Gajewski, B. Hakansson, K. Kahma, K. Soetje Review of the last 15 years with the seawatch system Original Research Article Pages 475-483 Svein Erling Hansen Real-time forecast modelling for the NW european shelf seas Original Research Article Pages 484-489 Martin Holt, Zhihong Li, Jeff Osborne Arctic climate change—will the ice disappear this century? Original Research Article Pages 490-496 Ola M. Johannessen, Martin W. Miles, Anne-Mette Olsen, Lennart Bengtsson, Cathrine Myrmehl Approach to the operational Ocean Observing System in the Yellow Sea through China-Korea bi- lateral cooperation Original Research Article Pages 497-502 D.Y. Lee, G.K. Tan, C.S. Kim, J.Y. Han Operational products and services for the Belgian coastal waters Original Research Article Pages 503-509 Virginie Pison, José Ozer Co-ordinating UK inputs to EuroGOOS and GOOS Original Research Article Pages 510-512 M.J. Cowling, I.H. Townend 3D, EOF-based spatial analysis of gyroscope observations in the north atlantic ocean Original Research Article Pages 513-515 S. Ruiz, D. Gomis, J. Font A unified model system for the Baltic Sea Original Research Article Pages 516-518 Lennart Funkquist Alg@line—joint operational unattended phytoplankton monitoring in the Baltic Sea Original Research Article Pages 519-522 Lotta Ruokanen, Seppo Kaitala, Vivi Fleming, Petri Maunula Pre-operational system for oil spill simulation Original Research Article Pages 523-526 P. Sebastião, C. Guedes Soares Monitoring the Norwegian Coastal Zone Environment (MONCOZE) Original Research Article Pages 529-534 J.A. Johannessen, B. Hackett, E. Svendsen, H. Søiland, G. Evensen, L.P. Røed, N. Winther, J. Albretsen, M. Skogen, L. Pettersson, D. Durand, D. Obaton Sensing the coastal environment Original Research Article Pages 535-541 J.S. Bonner, F.J. Kelly, P.R. Michaud, C.A. Page, J. Perez, C. Fuller, T. Ojo, M. Sterling The Bay of Biscay project Original Research Article Pages 542-547 Jean Boucher, Philippe Marchand The POL Coastal Observatory Original Research Article Pages 548-553 R. Proctor, M.J. Howarth Optical variability associated with phytoplankton dynamics in the Cretan Sea during 2000 and 2001 Original Research Article Pages 554-561 Panos Drakopoulos, George Petihakis, Vasilis Valavanis, Kostas Nittis, George Triantafyllou Contemporary problems of navigation safety and sea pollution in the Georgian Exclusive Economic Zone Original Research Article Pages 562-563 George Metreveli, Kakhaber Bilashvili Outfall of storm sewers in the sea—a technical review Original Research Article Pages 564-567 J.D. Demetriou Ferrybox and databuoy measurements of plankton blooms Original Research Article Pages 568-573 S.E. Hartman, D.J. Hydes, D.K. Mills, J. Waniek, D.B. Sivyer Engineering-biological method for coastal protection Original Research Article Pages 574-576 Dimitar Parlichev, Georgi Parlichev Defence-related applications for operational oceanography Original Research Article Pages 579-585 Didier Jourdan, Christel Lucion The modelling system for simulation of the oil spills in the Black Sea Original Research Article Pages 586-591 I. Brovchenko, A. Kuschan, V. Maderich, M. Shliakhtun, S. Yuschenko, M. Zheleznyak Society and sustainable use of the Exclusive Economic Zones Original Research Article Pages 592-597 Jan H. Stel Society and sustainable use of mineral resources in the Exclusive Economic Zones Original Research Article Pages 598-604 Jan H. Stel, Tjerk Homminga, Henk van Muijen Applications and availability of ocean model products from the Met Office Original Research Article Pages 605-610 Jon Turton CORIOLIS: Providing a data management infrastructure for operational oceanography Original Research Article Pages 611-614 L. Petit de la Villéon, Th. Carval, P. Blouch, E. Duporte, Coriolis project group An approach to integration of Oceanographic information production on the Web Original Research Article Pages 615-620 Evgeny Vyazilov, Nickolay Mikhalov, Sergey Belov