Completed projects

ArMOC

Arctic climate is changing rapidly and it is currently unknown what effect these changes have on ocean currents in the region. The project "Overturning circulation in the new Arctic" aims to find out how the ocean currents in the Arctic will change in the future.

IceCastNet

The project "IceCastNet Artificial intelligence based Forecast of Arctic sea ice at high-resolution" aims to deliver high-resolution, AI-based sea-ice forecasts for the Arctic at 1km resolution and up to 10 days in advance. It will produce near-real-time forecasts, leveraging machine learning to emulate sea-ice dynamics, enhance model accuracy. IceCastNet will be demonstrated in operational context and will provide forecast for sea-ice drift, concentration and thickness.

SoS

The objectives of the project "Future Earth Observation System Architecture – System of Systems analyses from a science need perspective" (SoS) are to analyse in detail the measurement requirements of selected science questions, and identifying the extent to which the planned constellation of Earth observations satellites and other measurements in the coming decade can satisfy the needs and requirements. Among the SQ are: How has the ocean carbon cycle responded to anthropogenic CO2 and climate change?; What are the key drivers for the mass balance change in the ice sheet, the ice shelves and the glaciers?; Where and how are the ecosystem undergoing critical transitions?    

Blue-Cloud2026

In the project "A federated European FAIR and Open Research Ecosystem for oceans, seas, costal, and inland waters", an existing cloud platform is to be further developed so that researchers get the best possible access to data and services. The research fields that are supported by the development focus on the sea and other water on the globe.

SICAP

The "Sea Ice model Calibration for improved Arctic Predictions" project aims to develop an innovative parameters optimization tool for sea-ice models, with two distinct tuning algorithms - the Green's Function and the Dual One-Step-Ahead Ensemble Smoother. This tool will improve the quality of Arctic sea ice predictions and regional/global reanalyses and extend the contribution to the Copernicus Marine Service portfolio.

OTC25

The "Ocean Training Course 2025" is part of the One Ocean Expedition, which is a scientific and educational voyage around the Northern Hemisphere oceans, aboard the tall ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl, in 2025-2026.  The expedition aims to create attention and share knowledge about the ocean’s crucial role for a sustainable future, as part of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. The ship is equipped with state-of-the-art ocean science instruments and will collect data on ocean physics, chemistry and biology throughout the journey. The expedition will also serve as a floating university, bringing students and young leaders together, and as a platform for outreach, inspiration and engagement for the ocean.   

WATER

The "Wide-swath Altimetry for Eddy Reconstruction" project aims to quantify and enrich the active mesoscale content that can be extracted from conventional altimetry maps and experimental SWOT-enriched ones.

MuSIC

Our sea-ice model neXtSIM receives quality assurance through adaptation of the model to satellite observations and through the use of new machine learning methods in the "Multi-scale sea ice code" project. The model has great potential to represent sea-ice conditions in the best possible way and can improve climate models that struggle with realistic representation of sea ice.

Icebergs Monitoring and Forecasting

The project "Icebergs Monitoring and Forecasting" aims to analyze and evaluate datasets from the Copernicus Program, particularly from the Copernicus Climate Change Service and the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service. These datasets will be integrated into the OpenBerg model to generate iceberg risk maps. The demonstration will feature two use cases—one focused on Greenland and the other on the Barents Sea.

Voyage - Doppler 

During the 6-week sail voyage from Tromsø via Reykjavik to Nice in April to June 2025, in-situ ocean data will be collected in the Norwegian Sea, the North Atlantic, and the Mediterranean Sea. This is part of the second One Ocean Expedition. The "Voyage - Doppler" project aims to compare these data with ocean surface current radial velocities derived from Sentinel-1 SAR Doppler shift signals obtained during the same period, to validate these satellite-based data. During the sail voyage, the project will also contribute to the Advanced Ocean Training Course 2024-2025  for around 50 students in collaboration with ESA and NASA.