Key Environmental monitoring for Polar Latitudes and European Readiness (KEPLER)
VII International Symposium on Marine Sciences (ISMS 2020), 1-3 July 2020 (Barcelona).-- 1 page The large changes in Arctic and Antarctic climate, on land, in the ocean and in the atmosphere, are contributing to an ‘opening up’ of the Polar Regions that has important socio-economic, environmental an...
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2020
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/228751 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 |
| Summary: | VII International Symposium on Marine Sciences (ISMS 2020), 1-3 July 2020 (Barcelona).-- 1 page The large changes in Arctic and Antarctic climate, on land, in the ocean and in the atmosphere, are contributing to an ‘opening up’ of the Polar Regions that has important socio-economic, environmental and security implications. The Arctic Ocean will be increasingly accessible and more broadly used by those seeking the its abundant resources and trade routes. Polar Regions remain a challenging operating environment with a harsh climate with sea ice and icebergs as a significant natural hazard that requires the need to; improve domain awareness, through EO services and products, to ensure the safe and efficient operations, including Search-and-Rescue, strong development of the predictive and monitoring capability for key climate indicators such sea ice extent and thickness, and further integration of the European Union’s policy for the Arctic. KEPLER is a multi-partner initiative, built around the operational European Ice Services and Copernicus information providers, to prepare a roadmap for Copernicus to deliver an improved European capacity for monitoring and forecasting the Polar Regions. Following the recommendations of the ‘Copernicus User Uptake’ review, KEPLER has 6 themes: 1) raising awareness for the Copernicus programme, 2) informing and educating Copernicus users, 3) engaging Copernicus users in public and private sector, 4) enabling access to Copernicus data and information, 5) identification of research gaps regarding integration/assimilation, and 6) improved sea-ice mapping and forecasting. KEPLER aims to release the full potential of Polar Regions Earth Observation, including from ESA and EUMETSAT. Our objective with KEPLER is to enable the broad range of Polar Regions stakeholders to be equipped with the most accurate and relevant, environmental information so that they can seize the many benefits that Copernicus products generate for society and economy Thanks to EU and H2020 program Peer ... |
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