Past Projects
Project Acronym: COOPEUS
Project Title: Building a Framework for a Sustainable, Transatlantic Cooperation in the Field of Environmental Research Infrastructures
Funding Programme: 7th Framework Programme (FP7)
Total Budget: €2.3m
Duration: September 2012 - August 2015
No. of Partners: 16 partners from 8 countries (Italy, Sweden, France, Spain, Netherlands, Finland, Ireland).
Coordinator: Dr. Christoph Waldmann University of Bremen, MARUM, Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences, Germany.
Website: http://www.coopeus.eu/
Project Aim
The key aim of COOPEUS was to bring together environmental research infrastructures from different science disciplines from both sides of the Atlantic in order to promote efficient access and open sharing of data. COOPEUS will enhance the exchange of data and information by easing data accessibility through harmonizing of data policies, data and instrument standards and QA/QC protocols.
Further information is available from Diarmuid Ó Conchubhair in the Marine Institute.
Project Acronym: EASYCO
Project Title: Collaborative Atlantic Space Biogeochemical Forecasting System
Funding Programme: INTERREG-1VB
Total Budget: €2,688,476
Duration: 2008-2011
No. of Partners: 9 partners from 5 countries (France, Ireland, Spain, United Kingdom, Portugal)
Coordinator: Ana Carla Garcia, Marine and Environmental Technology Centre (MARETEC),Technical University of Lisbon (Portugal)
Website: http://www.project-easy.info/
Project Aim
EASYCO aims to build a Polycentric Infrastructure for Operational Ocean Modelling in the whole Atlantic Space joining capacities from all the 5 countries to forecast hydrodynamics and biogeochemistry at the regional scale using grid sizes of a few km’s. EASYCO is a transversal project producing results for a wide range of users, including Navigation Safety, Fisheries, Aquaculture, Coastal Management and Meteorology. Direct end-users are institutions requiring results at the regional scale and indirect end-users are all the institutions requiring information at the local scale - e.g. Coastal managers, fish farmers, ports, water companies, water authorities - usually provided by SME’s.
Further information is available from Eleanor O’Rourke in the Marine Institute.
Project Acronym: ECOOP
Project Title: European Coastal-Shelf sea operational observing and forecasting system
Funding Programme: FP 6
Total Budget: €11.4m
Duration: February 2007 - April 2010
No. of Partners: 70
Coordinator: Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut
Website: www.ecoopproject.eu
Project Aim
The overall goal of ECOOP is to: Consolidate, integrate and further develop existing European coastal and regional seas operational observing and forecasting systems into an integrated pan- European system targeted at detecting environmental and climate changes, predicting their evolution, producing timely and quality assured forecasts, providing marine information services (including data, information products, knowledge and scientific advices) and facilitate decision support needs.
Further information is available from Eleanor O’Rourke in the Marine Institute.
Project Acronym: EMSO
Project Title: European Multidisciplinary Seafloor Observatory
Funding Programme: Seventh Framework Program (FP7) and the ESFRI Roadmap
Total Budget: €5.4m
Duration: April 2008 - September 2012
No. of Partners: 12 (France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and the United Kingdom)
Coordinator: Istituto Nazionale Di Geofisica E Vulcanologia, Via di Vigna Murata 605, 00143 Roma, Italy
Website: http://www.emso-eu.org/
Project Aim
The main objective of the EMSO-Preparatory Phase was to establish the legal and governance framework for the infrastructure serving scientists and other stakeholders in Europe and outside Europe for long-term deep water observation and investigation. This framework will enable the deployment of the infrastructure and its long-term management. Moreover, it will promote the catalytic process and synergic effort at EC and national levels, coordinating and harmonising all available resources.
Further information is available from Michael Gillooly in the Marine Institute.
Project Acronym: ESONIM
Project Title: European Seafloor Observatory Network Implementation Model
Funding Programme: FP6-SUSTDEV
Total Budget: €428K
Duration: September 2004 – May 2006
No. of Partners: 8 Partners from 5 countries
Coordinator: Marine Institute, Ireland
Website: http://www.esonet-noe.org/Associated-projects/ESONIM
Project Aim
The economical sustainability of a seafloor observatory network is a critical problem due to the high running costs of submersed technological platforms and the need for frequent servicing of critical components. ESONIM, a European Specific Support Action (SSA), took the ESONET/CA plan a step further by producing a practical and flexible business plan to establish a seafloor observatory based on the ESONET Porcupine site.
Further information is available from Michael Gillooly in the Marine Institute.
Project Acronym: ESONET
Project Title: European Seas Observatory NETwork
Funding Programme: Framework Programme FP6-SUSTDEV
Total Budget: €13.99m
Duration: March 2007 – February 2011
No. of Partners: 50 partners from 14 countries.
Coordinator: Imants G. Priede from the University of Aberdeen
Website: www.esonet-noe.org
Project Aim
The aim of ESONET is to create an organisation capable of implementing, operating and maintaining a network of ocean observatories in deep waters around Europe from the Arctic Ocean to the Black Sea connected to shore with data and power links via fibre optic cables. The fundamental scientific objective is to make continuous real-time observations of environmental variables over decadal, annual, seasonal, diel and tidal time scales.
Further information is available from Michael Gillooly in the Marine Institute.
Project Acronym: SIDERI
Project Title: Strengthening International Dimension of Euro-Argo Research Infrastructure
Funding Programme: Seventh Framework Program (FP7)
Total Budget: € 1.27m
Duration: December 2011 - November 2013
No. of Partners: 12 partners (Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom)
Coordinator: Institut Francais de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER), France
Website: www.euro-argo.eu
Project Aim
The objective of the SIDERI project was to strengthen the links and integration of the Euro-Argo European research infrastructure into the Argo international strategy of global ocean observations, and to seek participation by, and to develop cooperation with, potential participants in the European neighbouring areas which have a maritime interest.
Further information is available from Diarmuid Ó Conchubhair in the Marine Institute.
Project Acronym: FORCOAST
Project Title: Earth Observation services for wild fisheries, oysterground restoration and bivalve mariculture along European coasts
Funding Programme: Horizon 2020
Total Budget: €2.28 million
Duration: November 2019 – April 2022
No. of Partners: 21 (Belgian, Portugal, Spain, Bulgaria, Romania, Ireland, Denmark, Italy,
Coordinator: Stichting Deltares, Netherlands
Website: www.forcoast.eu
Project Aim: The FORCOAST project is funded under the H2020 space call, which seeks to foster market development exploiting the value of Copernicus Earth Observation Products. FORCOAST aims to provide information services that offer high resolution water quality and met-ocean indicators in coastal and nearshore areas, to improve operation, planning and management of different marine activities in the sectors of wild fisheries, oystergrounds restoration, and bivalve mariculture. FORCOAST information products and services will be co-designed with stakeholders, thereby ensuring that these products and services are tailored to meet their needs.
The Marine Institute’s main role is to develop ocean modelling services in support of native oyster restoration and bivalve mariculture in inner Galway Bay. The existing numerical model “Connemara” will be downscaled further to provide high resolution coverage of the pilot site. Further datasets from Copernicus, ESA, EUMETSAT and local in-situ measurements will be collated and included in the online platform along with the model outputs. The Marine Institute works closely with Cuan Beo, a local NGO, and will work with other stakeholders to define the requirements and co-develop this service. The parameters of interest include forecasts of physical (e.g. temperature and salinity), biogeochemical (e.g. chlorophyll) and water quality (e.g. coliforms) parameters.