Building the European Capacity in Operational Oceanography

Conference Organisers. Preface. Conference Opening. Current Developments in Operational Oceanography. Global Ocean Observing Systems and the challenges of the 21st century (D.J. Baker). New European developments for Operational Oceanography (J.-F. Minster). The European contribution to GODAE (M. Bell, P. Bahurel). Regional Systems I. A possible migration from marine scientific research to operational oceanography in the context of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) (P. Ryder). Cyprus coastal ocean forecasting and observing system (G. Zodiatis, R. Lardner et al.). MAMA - Towards a new paradigm for ocean monitoring in the Mediterranean (The MAMA Consortium). Model-derived seasonal amounts of dust deposited on Mediterranean Sea and Europe (G. Kallos, A. Papadopoulos, P. Katsafados). Evaluation of POSEIDON forecasts in the Aegean Sea for a three-year period (A. Papadopoulos, L. Perivoliotis et al.). Fluorescence lidars and their potentials for the remote sensing of the marine environment (G. Cecchi, D. Lognoli et al.). Long-term sustained observing system for climatic variability studies in the Mediterranean (A. Theocharis and the CIESM initiative group). Comparison of ECMWF operational surface meteorology and buoy observations in the Ligurian Sea (R. Bozzano, A. Siccardi et al.). Impact of climate change on Adriatic Sea hydrology (A. Frasheri, N. Pano). Temperature sampling strategies assessment in the Mediterranean Forecasting System (F. Raicich). Water masses and diagnostic circulation west of Sardinia from 23 March to 4 April 2001 (R. Sorgente, A. Ribotti, I. Puillat). XBT observations in the Eastern Mediterranean: data analysis and assessment of numerical ocean forecasts (V. Zervakis, K. Nittis et al.). Marine meteorological and oceanographic services in the Hydrometcenter of Russia (Z.K. Abousiarov, V.S. Krasjuk et al.). Remote Sensing Systems. Measurement of wave groups using radar-image sequences (H. Dankert, J. Horstmann et al.). Synergy of remote sensing and numerical modelling for monitoring of suspended particulate matter (A. Pleskachevsky, J. Horstmann et al.). Monitoring precipitation using underwater acoustic remote sensing (T.H. Guymer, G.D. Quartly et al.). Marine SAR Analyses and Interpretation system - MARSAIS (J. Johannessen, T. Hamre et al.). Study and monitoring of sea ice cover in the Caspian and Aral Seas from TOPEX/POSEIDON microwave data (A.V. Kouraev, F. Papa et al.). Oceanpal: an instrument for remove sensing of the ocean and other water surfaces using GNSS reflections (G. Ruffini, M. Caparrini et al.). Monitoring of waves with X-band radar in the port of Sines (P. Izquierdo, C. Guedes Soares, J.B. Frontes). Performance of the PISCES HF radar during the DEFRA trials (L.R. Wyatt, J.J. Green et al.). Long-term changes in the Black Sea surface chlorophyll a according to in situ and modern satellite data (O.A. Yunev, V. Suetin et al.). The role of synergy in developing a Marine SAR Analysis and Interpretation System (S. Ufermann, I.S. Robinson, J.A. Johannessen). Routine scatterometer winds for the Mediterranean (A. Stoffelen). Sea Surface Salinity mapping with SMOS space mission (J. Font, G. Lagerloef et al.). Sea level prediction at the Portuguese coast based on model and remote sensed data (C. Guedes Soares, H. Hajji, P. Sebastião).Numerical Modelling and Data Assimilation. The Forecasting Ocean Assimilation Model (FOAM) system (M. Bell, R. Barciela et al.). Coupled physical and biochemical data driven simulations of Black Sea in spring-summer: real-time forecast and data assimilation (S.T. Besiktepe). Data assimilation in an operational forecast system of the North Sea-Baltic Sea system (J.V.T. Sørensen, H. Madsen et al.). Impact of the progress in operational oceanography on oil spill drift forecasting in the Mediterranean Sea (P. Daniel, F. Marty, P. Josse). The study of seasonal variability in the Adriatic Sea with the use of EOF analysis (A. Grezio, N. Pinardi et al.).