A Prototype for Multitrophic Oceanic Monitoring
MarinEye will develop an innovative multitrophic
autonomous system with adequate sensors and sufficient autonomy and robustness
to improve integrated physical-chemical and biological monitoring of the marine
environment. MarinEye is expected to provide information that could not be
obtained by satellites or aircrafts, by increasing the monitoring capacities
carried out by vessels, AUVs, oceanic and coastal platforms (fixed or mobile),
and observatories.
Furthermore, this system will contribute to the
assessment of the national marine environmental status of coastal waters and
remote oceanic areas (e.g. deep sea ecosystems). When operational, the
multitrophic autonomous system will be installed and used in several marine
observatories, namely the Cascais Watch station (in a coastal upwelling area),
the Berlengas Watch station (in a marine protected area), in the platform buoys
of the RAIA oceanic observatory (offshore the North West Iberian Atlantic
margin).
Once operational, data
collected by the MarinEye system will be disseminated through the National
Information Sharing Environment (NISE) contributing to the Integrated Maritime
Surveillance and Monitoring (NIPIM@R).
Reference:
PT02-0037
Duration: July 2015 to April 2017
Coordinator:
CIIMAR (Portugal)
Funding agency:
EEA Grants
Programme:
Integrated Marine and Coastal
Management (PT02)