Month: February 2024

Antarctic Sea Ice Bulletin February 2024

News, Sea Ice Bulletin
  Key take-aways Sea ice cover in the Antarctic has reached its annual minimum extent on the 20th of February, 20% below the long-term average (1993-2010).Sea Ice volume is currently at 1.18 thousand km³, 47% lower the long-term average (1993-2010).February 2024…
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Credit: Sebastian Fahrni

Enhancing Coastal Observation and Forecasting with FOCCUS

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Mercator Ocean International is part of a 19-member consortium set to implement the EU-funded FOCCUS project kicking off on 6-8 March 2024 in Berlin – at the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Wissenschaftsforum.  FOCCUS (Forecasting and Observing the Open-to-Coastal Ocean for Copernicus Users)…
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NECCTON project – officially endorsed by the UN Ocean Decade

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The NECCTON project, which stands for “New Copernicus Capability for Trophic Ocean Networks”, is a pioneering four-year initiative funded under the Horizon Europe, the ambitious EU research & innovation framework programme for 2021-2027. NECCTON received an official endorsement by the…
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Marine heatwave bulletin – 6 February 2024

Marine Heatwave Bulletin
Mercator Ocean International (MOi) oceanographers examine marine heatwaves across the global ocean. They analyse a variety of datasets from observations (satellite sea surface temperature maps) to numerical model analyses (assimilating satellite and in situ observations) and derive forecasts for a…
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Marine heatwave bulletin – 30 January 2024

Marine Heatwave Bulletin
Mercator Ocean International (MOi) oceanographers examine marine heatwaves across the global ocean. They analyse a variety of datasets from observations (satellite sea surface temperature maps) to numerical model analyses (assimilating satellite and in situ observations) and derive forecasts for a…
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