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Title

Synergistic satellite remote sensing of biotic and abiotic processes in marine and large fresh water bodies: Development of a methodology and application to some European seas and large lakes

Acronym

SYNERGISTIC SENSING

General Information
The objectives of this project include: (1) improvement and validation of algorithms for the retrieval of water quality parameters as well as for the delineation of spatial manifestations of biotic and abiotic processes in marine and inland waters from ENVISAT data in the visible to microwave spectral ranges with due account of atmospheric interferences; (2) development of an advanced synergistic methodology for the detection of biotic and abiotic processes in marine and fresh waters based on a comprehensive analysis of ENVISAT concurrent data in the visible to the microwave; (3) creation of time series of surface expressions of biotic and abiotic processes in some selected water bodies (White Seas, Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea, German Bight, Skagerrak and Norwegian Coastal Current); (4) application of the developed methodologies for the (i) detection and surveillance of (harmful) algae blooms in targeted water bodies, and (ii) assessment of freshwater quality and the influence of flooding events on it in central and northern Europe.
Start Date End Date Duration
June 2004 May 2007 36 months
EU-Programme Acronym and Subprogramme Area INTAS-2003
Project Type RTD
Contract Number 03-51-4494
Co-ordinator Max-Plank-Institut für Meteorologie (DE)
Total Eligible Costs (€) HZG Eligible Costs (€) EC Funding for HZG (€)
210.000 10.000 10.000
Contact Person at HZG Dr. Roland Doerffer, Institute for Coastal Research, KOF
Phone: +49 4152 87 1580, Fax : +49 4152 87 1596

e-mail Contact

Participants
Nansen Environmental and RemoteSensing Center (NO), Freie Universität Berlin (DE), Murmansk Marine Biological Institute (RU), Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre (RU), Saint-Petersburg State University (RU)
(completed May 2007)
Last Update: 29. October 2010