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Events: Major Conference in Ireland : "The Atlantic - A Shared Resource"

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 +0200

GALWAY Ireland, May 23rd and 24th : The objective of this event is to provide a vision for enhanced cooperation on both sides of the Atlantic and a set of jointly agreed priority actions. MyOcean consortium is part of this unique debate organised by the Marine Institute and the EC Directorate-General Research and Innovation.

News: Looking for the Great Pacific Garbage Patch !

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +0200

From May 20th onwards,the EXPEDITION "7th CONTINENT" will use MyOcean Daily Forecasts for identifying convergence areas of plastics.

News: InSitu Data : EEA-EuroGOOS agreement signature

Thu, 02 May 2013 00:00:00 +0200

On April 10th 2013 during the GISC Event "Monitoring matters" organised back to back to the MyOcean User Workshop, Jacqueline Mc GLADE (EEA Executive Director) and Peter EHLERS (Chair of EuroGOOS ) did sign a major Agreement related to InSitu Data.

Focus on: 2nd MyOCEAN USER WORKSHOP : A FULL-TIME and INTENSE LEARNING EXPERIENCE

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0200

The 2^nd MyOcean User Workshop took place on 9-10 April 2013 in Copenhagen. It was organised in close cooperation with EEA, a Key- MyOcean user and partner , in particular to analyse and discuss the MyOcean contribution to the marine environment monitoring activities.

Focus on: 2nd MyOCEAN USER WORKSHOP : A FULL-TIME and INTENSE LEARNING EXPERIENCE

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0200

Product Showcase: Rim Current variations in the Black Sea

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0100

Discover the seasonal variability of the Black Sea circulation.

Events: Have your date for the MyOcean User WORKSHOP

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0100

The 2nd MyOcean User Workshop will take place in Copenhagen on 9/10 April 2013. The event is organised in partnership with the European Environment Agency .

User newsletter: Issue 2 - January 2013

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0100

In the second MyOcean 4U issue :

Join us to the next MyOcean User Workshop
GMES renamed Copernicus
The Nicosia Declaration
MyOcean user portrait : a Brazilian case
Focus on MyOcean Service Monitoring report
Record Minimum Arctic Sea Ice
New MyOcean service release !
Coming soon : MyOcean product quality information

News: Greetings to MyOcean's previous project manager

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0100

What's new with Frédéric ADRAGNA, the previous MyOcean Project Manager ?

Events: Coming soon: The annual GMES User Forum in GERMANY

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0100

The next National GMES Symposium in Germany will take place on November 14th and 15th in Düsseldorf. The symposium will highlight the benefits of GMES services and bring together:
- public authorities,
- research institutions,
- enterprises working with Earth observation data.

Focus on: The NICOSIA DECLARATION: A major agreement for the future European Ocean Monitoring Service

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0200

On 10th October 2012, in the Cyprus Oceanography Centre of Cyprus University, under the auspices of the Cyprus presidency of the European Union, a long‐term Strategic Partnership agreement was worked out by the MyOcean2 board and the National Agencies & Institutes of Member States, members of EuroGOOS.

Events: MyOcean at the ESA/CNES Symposium

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0200

The "20 years of Progress in Radar Altimetry" symposium took place from Monday 24 to Saturday 29 September, 2012, in Venice-Lido, Italy. MyOcean was partner of this outsanting event co-organised by ESA and CNES.

Events: Launch Event “The Growing Use of GMES across Europe's Regions" 10th October 2012 - Brussels.

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0200

NEREUS, the Network of European Regions Using Space Technologies and ESA, the
European Space Agency are pleased to invite you to a special event on Wednesday, 10 October 2012 from 19.00 to 22.00 – European Parliament –Brussels to inaugurate the joint publication “The Growing Use of GMES across Europe’s Regions”.

User newsletter: Issue 1 - July 2012

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0200

Welcome to the first edition of the MyOcean User Newsletter “MyOcean 4U” which gives you a quick overview of the current MyOcean service, products and events, as well as a focus on product utility by introducing use cases and user portraits. We are planning to publish “MyOcean 4U” every 4 months and hope that the information provided will be useful to you.

News and Events: FP7 projects: to award competitive research funding on the basis of excellence!

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0200

On July 9th the European Commission adopted the 2013 Work Programme of the 7th Research Framework Programme (FP7).On this occasion, EC DG RTD have organized simultaneous press conferences in a dozen Member State Representations. MyOcean2 was invited to be part of it as an illustration of the way to follow.

News and Events: Join the 2nd "MyOcean Science Days"Edition, 19-21 Nov.2012, Germany

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0200

The 2nd edition of the "MyOcean Science Days" will be held on 19-21 November 2012 in Geesthacht near Hamburg in Germany, in the premises of HZG ( Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht ). "MyOcean Science Days" (MSD) welcome the whole Scientific community concerned by R&D activities on ocean observing and forecasting systems.

Focus on: UPDATE ON SATELLITE DATA SUPPLY TO MyOcean2

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0200

Space-based observation systems and data are essential for GMES in general and for MyOcean services in particular. What about the recent EnviSat end of mission? What impacts on MyOcean services and products for users?

News: Visit to MyOcean of Dr Paul Weissenberg, Deputy Director General of the EC Enterprise and Industry DG

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0200

On June 26th , Dr Paul Weissenberg, Deputy Director General of the EC Enterprise and Industry DG (responsible for Space, Security and GMES and for GALILEO programme) visited Mercator Ocean (near Toulouse in France), coordinator of the MyOcean and MyOcean2 projects.

Focus on: MyOcean2 GOT OFF TO A GOOD START !

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0200

On March 31st 2012, the MyOcean project gave way to MyOcean2. The European Ocean Monitoring Service has just entered its pre-operational phase. From March 27th to 29th, a dedicated event for the MyOcean Closure and MyOcean2 Kick-Off took place in Brussels.

News and Events: Costa Concordia: MyOcean on alert to help control potential oil spill

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0100

When the cruiser Costa Concordia ran aground off the Italian coast in January 2012, MyOcean started to provide the Italian Coast Guard Operational Centre with daily valuable information on currents in the Mediterranean Sea.

Events: Marine Monitoring Service: A GMES Workshop on Jan25th

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100

A preparatory workshop for the MARINE MONITORING SERVICE will take place in Brussels on January 25th in the frame of the next GMES USER FORUM.

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION : JANUARY 18th

Product Showcase: La Niña, the terrible Sister

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100

Following its elder brother (El Niño) from mid-2010, La Niña has in turn wreaked havoc on Pacific coasts (and more). Catastrophic flooding in Australia, in particular , occurred in December 2010-January 2011.

A new La Niña episode is ongoing, even if less intensive than last year one. It is expected to continue up till March-April-May 2012.

Focus on: EuroGOOS Regional Operational Oceanographic Systems and In-Situ Observations

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100

MyOcean does not operate in situ observing systems but collect observations from data providers outside MyOcean, and mainly from EuroGOOS which have contributed significantly to structure the Operational Oceanography community as an efficient network.

FOCUS ON A MyOcean KEY-SUPPLIER and KEY-PARTNER.

Events: MyOcean at the first Innovation Convention organised by the European Commission (DG RTD).

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The very first Innovation Convention organised by the European Commission took place in Brussels on 5/6 December. The MyOcean project was honoured to have been selected by the Directorate-General for Research & Innovation to be part of this outstanding event.

Events: THE NEXT NATIONAL GMES SYMPOSIUM FOR GERMAN USERS

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100

On November 24th and 25th 2011, the 2nd national GMES User Symposium will continue the GMES-dialogue in Germany,. The Federal Government of Germany duly follows the recommendations issued from the 1st national GMES User Forum, which took place last year in Berlin.

Events: The First symposium on the "Future of Operational Oceanography", 25th to 27th October, Hamburg

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0200

The German MyOcean partner BSH (Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie) organizes the 1st symposium "The Future of Operational Oceanography" from 25th to 27th October 2011 in Hamburg, Germany.

Focus on: Leafing through the MyOcean Success Book

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0200

A new MyOcean publication to record MyOcean success stories.

The "MyOcean Success book" has been created to record memorable MyOcean pages in terms of Users’ feedback or Use cases.

It provides to any visitor, keen to know more about MyOcean’s benefits, with some valuable examples, easy to understand.

Events: A SUCCESSFUL FOCUS ON THE IBI AREA

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0200

The IBI area was at the forefront of an event organized on Friday 14th October 2011 by Puertos del Estado, the Spanish national Port authorities and MyOcean partner, in Santiago de Compostela.

Events: DORIS_Net: GMES in the Regions

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0200

"Stimulating the creation of partnerships for a sustainable development of GMES downstream services", the next DORIS_net brokerage event in Brussels on November 8/9th.

Product Showcase: Rounding a Mediterranean Gyre

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0200

To study one of the best-known oceanic feature of the Mediterranean Sea, the Ierapetra gyre (South-East of Crete), the use of several kind of data, as MyOcean provides, is a definite plus.

Events: MyOcean improves Service to Users on July 5th 2011

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0200

In anticipation of the GMES Marine Service, MyOcean is working towards deploying a strong and reliable capacity for Ocean Monitoring and Forecasting in Europe. The MyOcean objective to offer a sole, homogeneous and interoperable system for the provision of ocean observation and forecast is making good progress through regular improvement phases.

The latest improvement phase took place on July 5th 2011 at 8 am (UTC).

Events: Towards a European knowledge-based service to support climate actions.

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200

The conference "GMES and Climate Change" organised by the European Commission will take place at the Finnish Meteorological Institute of Helsinki on 16 and 17 June. This conference is the opportunity to discuss the extent of existing information for climate change monitoring and debate on the present and future users needs. MyOcean - the GMES Marine Service- will be present to support the definition of the GMES Climate Service.

Focus on: A powerful user-oriented service ? Snapshots from the first MyOcean User Workshop

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200

The first MyOcean User Workshop took place in Stockholm from 7 to 8 April 2011.On this occasion, four MyOcean users working in different areas of benefit were interviewed and gave their live testimony.

News and Events: Let's embrace Space - FP7 Space Conference 2011

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200

In the mid-term of the current 7th Research Framework Programme, the European Commission, supported by the Hungarian EU Presidency, organised an international Conference on Space Research to provide the opportunity for Community financed research consortia to present their achievements from first years of space research under FP7.

Pierre Bahurel, project coordinator presented the MyOcean project achievements.

Events: The first MyOcean User Workshop: A fruitful event.

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0200

As part of its user-driven approach, MyOcean has organised its first User Workshop that aims to connect MyOcean Users and MyOcean experts, to collect users’ feedback and next requirements and also to present the long term MyOcean User strategy.

The event took place in Stockholm on April 7th and 8th 2011.

Events: EuroSites. Enhancing Europe's capability for in-situ ocean observation

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100

MyOcean currently attend the final EuroSITES meeting in Crete (Heraklion) between 22-24 March 2011.

Product Showcase: Influences on the North-West Shelves

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The weather in Britain is notorious for being unpredictable. However, it is not only the lands that show changes with the weather. The ocean also reacts quickly to the weather, initially at the surface but also affecting the seabed, and economic and biological activities can be impacted.

News and Events: MyOcean Physical Systems in Regional Seas - A focus of Mercator Ocean's quarterly Newsletter(Issue 39)

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Laurence Crosnier (WP17), head of the editorial team of Mercator Ocean's Quarterly Newsletter, proposes to discover the latest issue focusing on the MyOcean Physical Systems within the Regional Seas.

Events: MyOcean Science Days 2010

Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100

MyOcean Science Days, the first European Colloquium on the scientific challenges facing the GMES Marine Service, took place in Toulouse (France) at the Météo France International Conference Centre on December 1st and 2nd, 2010.

Focus on: Operational oceanography, a state-of-the-art contribution to oil spill management & mitigation

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Monitoring and forecasting the physical state of the oceans (such as temperature, salinity, ice coverage, sea level and currents in particular) serve many marine applications, and are particularly useful in the case of some of the worst types of maritime pollution.

News: An IT Service Management Champion among MyOcean partners

Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Clare Hubbard, Met Office Service Management Team Manager, has been recognised as SERVICE MANAGEMENT CHAMPION at the IT Service Management Awards Dinner, held on 8th November in London.

Product Showcase: Crossing Gibraltar Strait

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Gibraltar Strait is of major importance, oceanographically, strategically... It is where colder Atlantic Ocean waters enter the warmer Mediterranean Sea. A map of Sea Surface Temperature (SST) illustrates the wealth of marine features visible in this area.

Product Showcase: El Niño is back – again

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Cyclones have increased in the Pacific whereas the last Atlantic hurricane season showed a decrease in events. El Niño, this ocean/climate phenomenon, is back -- wreaking havoc on climate worldwide.

Product Showcase: Arctic ice on the move

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Ice extent record minima, the opening of the Northeast or Northwest Sea Passages… The Arctic is often in the news these days. Modelling and forecasting its moves as well as its reaction to climate change are important issues.

Product Showcase: Amazon freshens up the waters

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

When it comes to studying the ocean, it is important to know the quantity of salts in the water. Either modelled or observed, in-situ or by satellite, salinity varies all over the globe, especially at the mouth of a river as powerful as the Amazon.