Mercator Ocean International

Copernicus information and training session

A “Copernicus information and training session” is organized on 23 and 24 November 2017 in Paris – La Défense (on the roof of the Grande Arche) by the Ministry of the Ecological and United Transition and the Copernicus Support Office, driven by the European Commission. It will provide information and training regarding: – the European […]

New Frontiers in Operational Oceanography, 2017 GOV International Summer School

Last week marked the wrap-up of the 2017 GODAE Ocean View International School, hosted in Mallorca, Spain. The summer school, which took place from October 2nd to the 13, is one of the main educational activities supported by GODAE OceanView.  During the intense two-week school session, there were 54 lectures, poster sessions, workshops, debates, visit to SOCIB […]

NEW SATELLITE WAVE PRODUCT RELEASED

On July 18th, 2017, the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS) released the first real-time global wave product based on satellite data. It came after the launch last April (2017) of the wave product based on models, and is part of a series of releases listed in the WAVE product roadmap (see figure below). This […]

Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) pre-operational seasonal prediction systems launch

From the beginning of March 2017, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has launched its pre-operational state-of-the-art seasonal prediction systems. The products will be available on the 15th of each month. The forecasts are updated every month and cover a time range of 6 months and cover variables such as air, sea-surface temperature, atmospheric circulation. […]

The NAOS project #6 newsletter is now online!

About NAOS Argo is an international array of 3000 profiling floats that measure temperature and salinity throughout the deep global oceans, down to 2,000 metres. Argo is the first-ever global, in-situ ocean-observing network in the history of oceanography, providing an essential complement to satellite systems, to understand the role of the ocean on the earth’s […]

CMEMS and Mercator Ocean are showing the way for OceanoScientific and Boogaloo

What the expedition does : It deploys scientific instruments in maritime zones hard to reach by research boats, automatically collects data sent to a satellite almost near real time and makes them available to the international scientific community. What the goal is : To take part in making a unique database for the international scientific […]

Kostas Nittis Medal awarded to Angélique Melet from Mercator Ocean

Angélique Melet, young researcher from Mercator Ocean, has been awarded the 2016 Kostas Nittis Medal. The Kostas Nittis Medal scheme was launched at the European Maritime Day 2015 by the European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Karmenu Vella. The Kostas Nittis Medal applications are open to young marine professionals within the operational oceanography […]

EMFF will allow 7,5M€ to boost Blue Growth projects – Calls for Proposals are open

This year, three calls for proposals are open under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund to foster blue growth across Europe. The European Commission organised a Launch Event on 5 April 2016 to present those calls. With a budget of over 7,5M€, the calls ‘Blue careers‘, ‘Blue Labs‘ and ‘Blue Technology‘ will respectively help enhancing career […]

NAOS project 2016 Newsletter

The latest NAOS project 2016 Newsletter is hot off the press! Main themes :  Observation of the global ocean – Preparation for the new decade of Argo Read previous newsletters on the NAOS project website    

Sentinel-3A Delivers First Images

Only a couple of weeks after launch, the Sentinel satellite has already begun delivering exclusive images for the EU’s Copernicus programme.  Sentinel-3A’s very first image, captured at 14:09 GMT on February 29, shows the transition from day to night over Svalbard, Norway. The image shows the snow-covered archipelago, as well as Arctic sea ice and […]