WP3

• Leader: Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR); Co-leader: GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel
  Partners: Irish Marine Institute, Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), Instituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS), United Kingdom Research and Innovation, Sorbonne Université, Sistema de Observacion Costero de las Illes Balears (SOCIB), Euro-Argo ERIC, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Francais de Recherche Pour L’Exploitation de la Mer (Ifremer), AZTI Fundazioa, Puertos de L’Estado, Norsk Institutt for Vannforskning (NIVA), EMSO ERIC, Plataforma Oceanica de Canarias (PLOCAN), Universitaet Bremen, Universidade do Porto, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dorhn, Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI), ETT SPA, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

  WP3 improves and strengthens observing networks for their optimal use. WP3 targets observing network innovations and oversees key aspects of technological integration towards higher Technology Readiness Levels and efficient data delivery.

WP3 increases integration between ocean observing networks, improves their coordination and supports data quality control and dissemination. WP3 targets the following networks: Argo (including DEEP ad BGC extensions), underwater gliders, research vessels, eulerian observations, sea level platforms, high-frequency radars, and autonomous surface vehicles.

WP3 improves the integration of data from different networks and ensures that EuroSea new or consolidated data sets (physics, biogeochemistry) are ingested in the Copernicus Marine Service and EMODnet portfolios.

WP3 develops and implements a set of standard operating procedures for long-term omic observation aligned to the GOOS Essential Ocean Variables (e.g. microbial biomass and diversity) to augmenting marine LTERs.