Forecasting and observing the open-to-coastal ocean for Copernicus users
Start date - End date
1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2026
Type of Action
Horizon Europe Research and Innovation
Coordinator
HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM HEREON GMBH (Germany)
Consortium
19 partners from 11 countries
About the project
The Horizon Europe FOCCUS project will specifically address and enhance the coastal extension of Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service to better serve coastal users and Member States.
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Read all newsThe ambitious vision of FOCCUS is to upgrade the coastal dimension of Copernicus Marine Service to achieve a seamless monitoring and forecasting of the ocean from global to regional and coastal scales, by applying and improving state-of-the-art methods and through the development of new coastal products and capacity co-produced with Member States for an operational, fit-for-use coastal information service for Europe.
The main goal of FOCCUS is to improve and advance the coastal dimension of Copernicus Marine Service and demonstrate a convincing leverage and coupling of Copernicus Marine and Member States Coastal Services for advancing knowledge about the coastal environment and the co-designing of associated applications.
Explore our objectivesFOCCUS has three core pillars of ambition
Pillar 1
To support the exploitation of next generation coastal In situ and Remote Sensing data and link to hydrology data
Pillar 2
To leverage the development and demonstration of the first seamless end-to-end pan-European operational coastal models co-produced by Copernicus Marine Service and Member States using new technologies, digital innovations and facilities.
Pillar 3
To set the foundation of fully integrated Copernicus and Member State coastal systems.
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