EMSO-ERIC, the Pan-European Infrastructure of Seafloor and Water-Column Observatories Around the European Seas, Extends its Coverage to the Arctic

• Main Authors: Danobeitia, Juan José, Favali, Paolo, Beranzoli, Laura, Berry, Alan, Blandin, Jerome, Cannat, Mathilde, Carapuço, Mafalda, Castro, Ayoze, Coppola, Laurent, Delory, Eric, Del Rio Fernandez, Joaquin, Embriaco, Davide, Fer, Ilker, Ferré, Bénédicte, Fredella, Maria L., Gates, Andrew, Giuntini, Alessandra, Hartman, Susan, Lanteri, Nadine, Marinaro, Giuditta, Materia, Paola, Petihakis, George, Radulescu, Vlad, Rodero, Ivan, Sarradin, Pierre-marie, Stroynowski, Zuzia
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Fernandez Vicente, Lara-Lopez Ana, Eparkhina Dina, Cocquempot Lucie, Lochet Corine, Lips Inga (eds.) (2021). Proceedings of the 9th EuroGOOS International Conference ‘Advances in Operational Oceanography: Expanding Europe’s Observing and Forecasting Capacity’. 3 – 5 May 2021. EuroGOOS. Brussels, Belgium. 2021. pp.358-365 2021
• Subjects: European Research Infrastructure; ocean observation systems; interdisciplinarity; deep seafloor and water column; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Norway; Nordic Sea; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00804/91594/97537.pdf; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00804/91594/

EMSO is a distributed Research Infrastructure currently comprising nine Regional Facilities (RFs) and three shallow water test sites, strategically located all the way from the southern entrance of the Arctic Ocean across to the North Atlantic through the Mediterranean to the Black Sea. Since the beginning of 2021 Norway has been integrated as a new EMSO ERIC member, extending the geographical coverage to the Nordic Sea and the Arctic. EMSO’s extension will benefit from an experienced team managing moored observatories, ocean gliders and the Mohn Ridge Seafloor and Water Column Observatory.