Atlantic Ocean Data Integration ...

• Main Authors: Koop-Jakobsen, Ketil, Atlantos Wp7 Partners
• Format: Book
• Language: unknown
• Published: AtlantOs 2018
• Subjects: South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.13155/59503; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00483/59503/

In order to explore ways for better Integration of EU and North American data for the Atlantic Ocean, AtlantOS WP7 organized a 2-day international workshop in Brussels on June 7-8, 2017. As AtlantOS has established collaborations with organizations around the entire Atlantic Ocean, we expanded the international outlook to also include South America and Africa in order to better cover the South Atlantic Ocean. The workshop had representation from all bordering continents, and provided an overview of the Atlantic Ocean data landscape identifying key-organizations working with Atlantic Ocean data. Current impediments of transcontinental data exchange and readiness to share data on each continent were discussed from a technical as well as a political viewpoint. Most importantly the workshop established personal contacts among people from different continents, which made the grounds for new collaborations, some which are initiated under AtlantOS. Recommendations The data land-scape exploration exercise performed ...