MarCoast

Description

Organisation:

MarCoast ESA GSE Stage 2 Project

Acronym:

MarCoast

Details

Mission and Objectives:

Provide a set of marine and coastal services, over all geographical areas. The MarCoast portfolio is composed of the 6 services: Oil Spill Detection (S1), Oil Spill Drift Forecast (S2), Water Quality Monitoring (S3), Algae Bloom (S4), Water Quality Assessment (S5), MetOcean Data (S6). Harmonisation of national datasets in the marine domain is an issue that shall be addressed, though several standards are already existing and used.

Formal Mandate:

None

Mandate:

We are members of a project, funded by ESA in the frame of the GSE Stage 2 programme.

Activities:

Release of technical notes

Membership:

32 partners compose the MarCoast consortium. All types of partners are represented: private companies (SME, large companies), institutional institute, users, ...

Typology:

Thematic

PROPOSED ROLE IN INSPIRE DEVELOPMENT

Which role(s) do you foresee for the SDIC in INSPIRE development

submit reference material as input to the Drafting Teams

yes

allocate experts to Drafting Teams

yes

participate in the review process

yes

contribute to awareness raising and training

yes

Geographic Domain

Europe

european waters, focus on regional waters

Societal Sector

private and public sector

Specific Expertise

Specific Expertise:

Metadata

Network Services

Monitoring and Reporting

Data Specifications

Data and Service Sharing

Previous Experience relevant for INSPIRE development

None

Environmental application domains

Monitoring Biodiversity, Monitoring Coastal areas , Monitoring Water pollution, Coastal Zone Management

Primary Business

remote sensing

INSPIRE Data Themes
Coordinator	Oceanographic geographical features, Sea regions, Bio-geographical regions
Producer	Oceanographic geographical features, Sea regions, Bio-geographical regions
User	Oceanographic geographical features, Sea regions, Bio-geographical regions

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