Data analysis: linking terrestrial and ocean data sets Thursday 11th October 2012, Brest, France
Within the framework of the FP7 EMSAC project, Pole Mer Bretagne, Europole Mer and its international partners invite delegates to participate in this event which is happening during Sea Tech Week 2012, to highlight the current situation of data management complexity between terrestrial, estuarine, coastal and ocean areas.
The event will take place from 1400 – 1800 (timings to be confirmed), Thursday October 11th, 2012 at Le Quartz, Congress Centre, Brest
Coastal areas host substantial economic and recreational activities, both maritime and terrestrial. These activities, along with climate change, present potential pressures and risks, such as point source, diffuse pollution from catchments, sea-level rise, aquifer submersion, coastline erosion or simply maritime accidents generating oil spills. Therefore, coastal areas are highly vulnerable and in order to mitigate and adapt to these risks efficiently, it is essential to understand how the coastal areas work.
Over the last two decades, models have contributed greatly to improving our understanding of coastal seas and rivers. Despite extensive monitoring data of all kinds (including teledetection data), linking properly together the watersheds, rivers, estuaries and coastal seas is still an issue. Indeed, the land-sea continuum is a rich and complex ecosystem controlled by strong exchanges of material and energy between land and sea that take place at different scales in space and time.
These issues are especially relavant to marine spatial planning (MSP) and integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) and to the recent EU Directives (e.g. Water Framework, Marine Strategy Framework) promoting good environmental status.
This workshop is an opportunity for experts (from scientific, engineering and commercial perspectives) to:
* Explore deficiencies in the current state-of-the-art,
* Consider the potential for advances in know-how and technology,
* Identify the major challenges to improve data management in the land sea continuum.
The workshop will:
* Promote dialogue, discussion and information-exchange on the topic
* Create a platform to strengthen cooperation between industry, academia and policy makers
* Develop a number of embryonic collaborative project ideas
Who should attend?
The workshop is aimed at an international audience of experts (scientists, engineers and decision-makers from private and public institutions) designing or using models coupling land-ocean and facing data management issues (in terms of data analysis and processing).
To attend, please register at: http://registration.europolemer.eu/STW2012-EMSAC/
For more information, please email: mailto:philippe.monbet@pole-mer-bretagne.com
For information about the EMSAC project please visit: http://www.emsacnet.eu
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