INFORM

Improved monitoring and forecasting of ecological status of European INland waters by combining Future earth ObseRvation data and Models

Coordinatore	VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK N.V.    more  Organization address address: Boeretang 200 city: MOL postcode: 2400 contact info Titolo: Dr Nome: Ils Cognome: Reusen
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Belgium [BE]
Totale costo	2˙609˙191 €
EC contributo	1˙991˙902 €
Programma	FP7-SPACE Specific Programme "Cooperation": Space
Code Call	FP7-SPACE-2013-1
Funding Scheme	CP-FP
Anno di inizio	2013
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2013-10-07   -   2018-01-01

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK N.V.  Organization address address: Boeretang 200 city: MOL postcode: 2400 contact info Titolo: Dr Nome: Ils Cognome: Reusen	BE (MOL)	coordinator	676˙888.61
2	THE UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING  Organization address city: STIRLING postcode: FK9 4LA contact info Titolo: Mr Nome: Eric Cognome: Gibb	UK (STIRLING)	participant	305˙409.52
3	CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE  Organization address address: Piazzale Aldo Moro 7 city: ROMA postcode: 185 contact info Titolo: Dr Nome: Mariano Cognome: Bresciani	IT (ROMA)	participant	260˙206.90
4	STICHTING DELTARES  Organization address address: Rotterdamseweg 185 city: DELFT postcode: 2629HD contact info Titolo: Dr Nome: Miguel Cognome: Dionisio	NL (DELFT)	participant	237˙601.23
5	PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY  Organization address address: Prospect Place, The Hoe city: PLYMOUTH postcode: PL1 3DH contact info Titolo: Mr Nome: Christopher Cognome: Taysom	UK (PLYMOUTH)	participant	158˙209.05
6	INSTITUT ROYAL DES SCIENCES NATURELLES DE BELGIQUE  Organization address address: RUE VAUTIER 29 city: BRUXELLES postcode: 1000 contact info Titolo: Dr Nome: Dimitry Cognome: Van Der Zande	BE (BRUXELLES)	participant	150˙654.04
7	EOMAP GmbH & Co.KG  Organization address address: Friedrichshafener Str. 1 city: Gilching postcode: 82205 contact info Titolo: Dr Nome: Thomas Cognome: Heege	DE (Gilching)	participant	128˙330.88
8	KLAIPEDOS UNIVERSITETAS  Organization address address: Herkaus Manto 84 city: KLAIPEDA postcode: 92294 contact info Titolo: Ms Nome: Jurgita Cognome: Marackinaite	LT (KLAIPEDA)	participant	41˙886.80
9	MAGYAR TUDOMANYOS AKADEMIA OKOLOGIAI KUTATOKOZPONT  Organization address address: KLEBELSBERG KUNO UTCA 3 city: TIHANY postcode: 8237 contact info Titolo: Dr Nome: Matyas Cognome: Presing	HU (TIHANY)	participant	32˙715.94

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'INFORM aims to develop novel and improved user-driven products for inland water quality monitoring by using innovative methods integrated into biogeochemical models which fully exploit the capabilities of upcoming earth observation missions. Remote sensing is dramatically underutilized for the monitoring of inland waters mainly due to the complexity of these waters, the lack of adequate analysis methods allowing to deal with this complexity and the lack of adequate low-cost EO data for the often small or irregular shaped water bodies. INFORM aims to fill this gap by the development of new analysis methods and products for several upcoming satellites (e.g. Sentinel-2, Sentinel-3, EnMAP) which will provide a wealth of new data at increased spatial, spectral and temporal resolutions. The broader spectral coverage towards the UV and SWIR will be exploited e.g. to improve atmospheric correction and TSM retrieval in turbid waters and improve the retrieval of yellow matter. Hyperspectral signatures will be exploited by new analysis methods to derive e.g. phytoplankton functional types and their percentage in the total biomass and discrimate between macrophyte species. To develop these products, a large suite of in-situ and airborne hyperspectral images of European inland waters is already available for INFORM. The APEX hyperspectral airborne sensor with new in-situ measurements will be used for simulation of the upcoming satellite missions, algorithm development and product validation. INFORM products will be used as input and for calibration of models which simulates the dynamics of nutrients, phytoplankton, including phytoplankton types and dissolved oxygen. End-user interaction will steer new data gathering and algorithm development to guarantee uptake of INFORM products by modelers, water managers and policy makers. Validated INFORM RS-model products will form a basis for future GMES products to assess e.g. the implementation of the Water Framework Directive. '