Ways to improve the description of the changing Polar Regions in the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS)
54 pages, 6 figures, tables, 6 annexes The European Commission has recently stressed (“Space solutions of a sustainable Arctic”, adopted by the Council at a meeting held on 29 November 2019) the crucial role played by space solutions for the integration of the EU Arctic policy. Considering that many...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English |
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2020
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/239868 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 |
| Summary: | 54 pages, 6 figures, tables, 6 annexes The European Commission has recently stressed (“Space solutions of a sustainable Arctic”, adopted by the Council at a meeting held on 29 November 2019) the crucial role played by space solutions for the integration of the EU Arctic policy. Considering that many of the challenges and needs of the Arctic are similar to those of other coastal and remote areas, high and increasing demands of Arctic information arise from different stakeholders: • High demands related to the poor knowledge of this harsh and rapid severe changing environment • High demands in terms of the relatively poor skills of current operational systems (weather, ocean, and land) compared to other regions. • Increasing demands related to sustainable economic development challenged by harsh environmental conditions. [.] Peer reviewed |
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