Physical and Technological Oceanography

The MEDOSMoSIS objective is the development of a number of modules/applications regarding Maritime Surveillance activities
and to facilitate information exchanges that will support the further development of a regional/local smart plug-in capability
supporting interoperable, transnational sectoral systems, ensuring their regional, deployable and mobile interface, in order to
Enhance in-situ Situational Awareness, wherever needed in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic approaches. It will explore the
application of the current guidelines and capabilities of the ongoing evolution of the CISE data exchange model.
It will carry pilot activities and capitalization actions to test,disseminate and distribute tools and protocols among partners
either as being potential users but also as intermediaries to reach no participant entities.

As the MED Program aims to benefit from appropriate tools and mechanism to ease the implementation of better governance
and thematic integration in the Mediterranean and contribute to shared operational plans on the overall area in key sectors of
maritime surveillance, it is an enormous and challenging opportunity to seek for the demands among the National authorities
carrying out Maritime Surveillance functions in the needs of operational infrastructure that cover marine spatial information
obligations stemming from European Directives, initiatives and policies, in terms of maritime surveillance and safety.

INTERACT aims at new Earth Observation (EO) variables and at operational and climate applications, based on the capability capitalization of three teams (CSIC, UPC and USAL) with long joint research trajectory on satellite remote sensing (RS). The cornerstones of INTERACT are i) the definition of new EO concepts based on the synergy of missions, variables and applications, creating new, added-value assets; ii) the capitalization of the RS expertise of the teams; and iii) the integration of such assets in the Barcelona Expert Center (BEC) production and distribution system to reach the community at large. In an age of intense and rapid changes in the economy and the environment, INTERACT aim is beyond established, monolithic paradigms of single missions, single variables, to better respond to the societal needs. Synergy at all levels (instrumental, variable, application) is the leitmotiv of INTERACT. Thanks to this synergistic approach, INTERACT gathers together the expertise on data processing and aims at a new generation of EO products, with a special focus on long-term series of enhanced spatio-temporal resolution variables: sea surface salinity on semi-enclosed seas and polar regions, sea ice parameters, wind forcing, coastal and extreme ocean winds, chlorophyll concentration, water quality, vegetation optical depth, plant water content, vegetation biomass, etc. New and enhanced information content is generated to address crucial scientific questions: Which changes are taking place on the ocean surface due to climate change? How are fast mesoscale convective systems affecting the atmospheric flow? Can we forecast the next crop yield with good accuracy? Which is the impact of the changes in land runoff? Are climate patterns modifying soil moisture, affecting vegetation hydric stress and favoring risks like wildfires, floods and disease spread? The vertex of this synergistic, integrative effort of INTERACT is the assembling of some major pieces of the Earth system (interactions between ocean, atmosphere and land), aiming at variables never previously described by RS means.