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Earth Observation based services for Monitoring and Reporting of Ecological Status

acronym: EOMORES
start: 2016-12-01
end: 2019-11-30
 
programme: H2020 - Horisont 2020
sub-programme: LEIT - Juhtkoht tööstustehnoloogias
instrument: IA
call identifier: H2020-EO-2016
project number: 730066
duration in months: 36
partner count: 11
 
abstract: EOMORES (Earth Observation-based Services for Monitoring and Reporting of Ecological Status) aims to develop new highly efficient commercial services for operational inland and coastal ecological water quality monitoring. Inland and coastal water bodies constitute essential components of ecology and biodiversity, they buffer climate change and influence many aspects of economy (recreation, fisheries) and human welfare (e.g. drinking water supply). Knowledge about the state of these waters is therefore of great importance. This is recognized by the Water Framework Directive (WFD) requiring the EU member states to monitor and improve the status of these water bodies. EOMORES will develop fully-automated commercial, reliable and sustainable services based on the integration of Earth observation (Sentinel 1, 2 and 3), in situ monitoring using optical in situ sensors with integrated GNSS positioning, and ecological modeling. The validated data from these components will be flexibly combined into higher-level products to fit the users’ information needs. Three service concepts are envisaged: 1) operational water quality monitoring and forecasting for operational water management, 2) implementation of validated EO-based water quality indicators for WFD and other reporting and 3) historic compilation of data for specific ecological analysis. The target users of EOMORES are international, national and regional authorities responsible for monitoring and management of water quality and for WFD reporting. Additional targeted users are private entities dealing with water quality. Thirteen users from six countries have committed to collaborate with the consortium to define and evaluate the EOMORES services. The services are expected to result in lower operational costs, more reliable and more timely water quality datasets for water managers. By introducing these services into the worldwide market, an increase in annual turnover of €3.000.000 by 2020 is expected.
partner no and role partner name country contact person web page
1 coordinator WATER INSIGHT BV NL Annelies HOMMERSOM www.waterinsight.nl
2 partner BLUELEG MONITOR B.V. NL www.bluelegmonitor.com
3 partner STICHTING DELTARES NL www.deltares.com
4 partner CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE IT www.cnr.it
5 partner SUOMEN YMPARISTOKESKUS FI www.syke.fi
6 partner Tartu Ülikool EE www.ut.ee
7 partner KLAIPEDOS UNIVERSITETAS LT www.ku.lt
8 partner THE UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING UK www.stir.ac.uk
9 partner PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY UK http://www.pml.ac.uk/
10 partner EVENFLOW BE www.evenflowconsulting.be