Marine Environment and Security for the European Area, MERSEA Strand-1

The current capacity in provision of real time marine environmental information to different users occupied with aspects of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) are planned to be examined and classified by MERSEA Strand-1, notably within application sectors such as: maritime transports, naval operation, tourism, exploitation and management of ocean resources, environmental issues, and research and development. The expected outcome will document that integrated systems (in situ data, EO data and models) are cost-effective and greatly needed for hindcast, nowcast and forecast purposes in the context of specific GMES requirements including development, mitigation and assessment of policy agreements. Moreover, it will highlight the need to provide an information exchange platform between industry, research organisations, value adding companies and customers in order to make data, information and services more readily accessible.