Completed projects

CMEMS SI TAC 25-28

The EU's Earth observation program Copernicus has various working groups, and in the project "Copernicus Sea Ice Thematic Assembly Center" work is being done to deliver products that include sea ice satellite data such as weather forecasting in polar regions and marine safety for ships.

UAK-2

The project "Useful Arctic Knowledge: Training, Collaboration, and Innovation in ocean observing" is a continuation of the UAK project and will support long-term collaboration between teaching and research institutions in Norway, the USA and Canada within selected themes in the Arctic.

C3-eKerala

In the project "Climate change impact on the marine coastal ecosystem of Kerala", researchers from the Nansen Center and India investigate how climate change, through sea-level rise and waves, affects the coasts and ecosystems along the coast in the state of Kerala in India. They want to find out more about the changes so that authorities and societal actors can better plan climate adaptation measures.

HiAOOS

The Arctic Ocean is an exciting area for researchers. Increased knowledge about the Arctic is of great importance because climate models can be improved if we get more data from the region. In order to obtain better information about the sea under the ice, new technologies will be developed in the project "High Arctic Ocean Observation System".

ForWArd

With the decline in Arctic sea ice in the last decades, and the trend expecting to continue in the future, the Arctic Ocean is more and more exposed to larger waves due to winds. In the "Forecasting wave impact as Arctic sea ice declines" project,  the impact of waves on sea-ice evolution in the rougher and rougher Arctic Ocean will be assessed.    

DRAGON6

"DRAGON 6 - Lofoten eddies on Atlantic Water" is a collaborative program between ESA and MOST (Ministry of Science and Technology) in China with a focus on using measurements from satellites (Copernicus Sentinels, ESA, Chinese) in geoscience and monitoring. There are Chinese and European collaborative teams participating that address different topics within Earth system research, including oceanography, meteorology, geology, ecosystem, environment and climate.

FAIR2Adapt

The multidisciplinary project "FAIR to Adapt to Climate Change" is geared towards transforming data into actionable knowledge to shape climate adaptation strategies. By transforming data into flexible, practical, and resilient climate adaptation strategies, FAIR2Adapt will construct a scalable and extensible model for data sharing that can be adapted to multiple climate adaptation scenarios.    

Euro-Argo ONE

The international Argo program is a major component of both the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) and the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS). OneArgo is an upgrade of the Argo program designed to intensify the monitoring of climate change and ocean health. The upgrade includes the Polar Argo mission and BGC Argo programs. The project "Euro-Argo ERIC scaling up for OneArgo Network Extension" aims to set in place the necessary evolutions and step changes towards OneArgo array implementation.

SAMOS

The aim of the "South African Master of Ocean Sciences" (SAMOS) project is to establish a master's degree that is internationally recognised, innovative and of high quality. The master's degree will educate researchers who can contribute to the development of a sustainable blue economy, thereby strengthening regional capacity to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

UpperDyn

The "Upper Ocean Dynamics" project will deliver new capabilities for assessing variability and uncertainty in upper ocean dynamics. It will provide decision makers a means of quantifying the effects of local patterns of sea level rise, heat uptake, carbon storage and change of oxygen content and pH in the ocean. The project's approach will account for transport on scales that are currently not always well represented in computer simulations, yet are observable by satellites, drifters and floats and expected to significantly contribute to the ESA Digital Twin Components for the Ocean.