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Metrology for Integrated Marine Management and Knowledge-Transfer Network

Deliverables

Framework setting for sampling and detecting plastics

Common reliable reproducible and costeffective procedures for sampling extraction and detection of plastic litter developed from the review of existing methods samplingextractionanalysis

Inter-comparison of methods for plastic identification/characterisation

Case study results from these studies of marine litter identification compiled to inter-compare methods for plastic identification/characterisation by researchers vs. citizen science sampling effort

EU white paper on advances in absolute salinity measurements

Inventory of the most relevant techniques and instruments for in situ measurements with their advantages and disadvantages to select the best technique to develop a European absolute salinometerdensitometer

Best practice guide on data harmonisation

Comprehensive guidance documentation on how to enable data harmonisation via specific interoperability standards and vocabularies

Roadmap for the long term engagement between ERANET EMN and the oceanographic community

Taking advantage of the participation of MINKE partners in the European Metrology Network (EMN) for Climate and Ocean Observation, metrology protocols will be compiled to be shared and adopted, and future common priorities will be identified

Analysis of metrological requirements of stakeholders and users

Compilation of the requirements of all relevant users to create a priorized agenda for their needs.

Best practice guidance on handling uncertainty information

Guidelines and proposals about how metrological information would be included within the metadata associated with the instrument and the produced data sets

Best practices sharing between networks

Best Practices which can be deployed in the repository of best practices documentation oceanbestpracticesorg that is part of the Ocean Best Practices System OBPS the latter provides a good forum for a coordinated improvement of ocean observing methods

Strategic Plan for the Exploitations and Dissemination of Results (PEDR)

Clear strategy to the widespread dissemination of the project outcomes and deliverables and the design of an exploitation strategy ensuring the longterm postgrant sustainability and replicability of the outcomes and the expansion of the enduser

General guidelines for the TNA/VA calls

General guidelines of how to implement the calls including what is going to be requested to the applicants the application template how the proposals are going to be evaluated general criteria and the evaluation procedure how the access is going to be provided and how the access is going to be monitored evaluated and reported

Compendium of measuring definitions and reference material for temperature, absolute salinity, currents, dissolved oxygen, pH, pCO2 and turbidity

Compilation and critical review of the measurand definitions and reference material relevant to temperature, absolute salinity, currents, dissolved oxygen, pH, pCO2 and turbidity, in order to describe their strengths and weaknesses, and highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of the state-of-the art

Improving calibration methods of current meters and current profilers

Report on the validation of calibration methods and definition of standards to validate current measurements by means of trials to define accuracy and uncertainties of results and the deviations between instruments

Common recommendations for Horizon Europe founding

Set of common recommendations for a strategy for Horizon Europe funding in the period 20212027 elaborated with the concerned communities such as JPI EUROGOOS NMIs

Enhancement of traceability of fluorometer calibration

Progress report, to be communicated to sensor manufacturers, sensor users and database managers, describing the available methodologies in traceable fluorescence calibration, benefits and difficulties of the calibration activities and the outcomes of the tests carried out, followed by a rigorous outlook and recommendations for future actions

Compilation of existing metrology infrastructures in terms of equipment, methods and variables

Analytical scanning of the existing metrology community with an extensive register of the variables treated the available equipment and the methods used in order to have a detailed mapping of the EU marine metrology landscape

Knowledge and learning portal for WP6 VA call

Knowledge and learning portal designed to engage and inform potential applicants to the WP6 VA call

Website, social media accounts, booklets,flyers and corporate image

Public communication channels and tools of the project including a website social media accounts booklets flyers and corporate image

Portfolio of TNA/VA installations, procedures and teams in charge of access provision

Detailed compilation the TNA and VA offered in MINKE including the legaladministrative rules both at the institutional and country level that has to be considered in the different installation that may be accessed during the project

First version of the data management plan

First step of the Data Management Plan for the project that will assess which data will be created or collected within the project the interoperability requirements eg necessary standards the principles of data management including ethics and review of possible privacy issues the necessary technical components and will define how data will be shared

Marine litter case study dataset

Case study data generated by collecting macroplastics on beaches by researchers and by citizen scientists

Synthesis of the fusion template and publication of the fusion variables

Combination of sparse measurements from the merger dataset with a dense template to produce the final high-quality fusion variables including error propagation for the case study

"Workshop ""Introduction to measurement uncertainty for young and early career marine scientists"""

Capacity-building event aimed at young and early career marine scientists/technologists/technicians to improve their understanding of basic metrological concepts and vocabulary, with an emphasis on their application to measurements of ocean variables

"Workshop ""Introduction to metrology for young and early career marine scientists"""

Capacity-building event aimed at young and early career marine scientists and technologists/technicians to improve their understanding of measurement uncertainty, with an emphasis on their application to measurements of ocean variables

Algorithm theoretical baseline document describing the methodology and the main findings in the case study

Algorithm Theoretical Baseline Document, describing the methodology and the main findings in the case study, including a unified/generalised reporting system on plastic litter data obtained from different methods

EOSC services for harmonised data access and guidance

Data publication workflows, provision of metadata, discovery of data sets, data access/download, and access control to enable the interoperable sharing of MINKE's data via the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC)

Publications

The POSEIDON Ocean Observing System: Technological Development and Challenges

Author(s): Manolis Ntoumas, Leonidas Perivoliotis, George Petihakis, Gerasimos Korres, Constantin Frangoulis, Dionysios Ballas, Paris Pagonis, Maria Sotiropoulou, Manolis Pettas, Evi Bourma, Sylvia Christodoulaki, Dimitris Kassis, Nikos Zisis, Spyros Michelinakis, Dimitra Denaxa, Antigoni Moira, Aspasia Mavroudi, Gerasimi Anastasopoulou, Athanasia Papapostolou, Charikleia Oikonomou and Natalia Stamataki
Published in: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Issue Vol. 10 (12), December 2022, 2022, ISSN 2078-2489
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/jmse10121932

The role of the marine research infrastructures in the European marine observation landscape: present and future perspectives

Author(s): Juan José Dañobeitia, Sylvie Pouliquen, Nicolas Pade, Christos Arvanitidis, Richard Sanders, Adrian Stanica, Claire Gourcuff, George Petihakis, Valentina Tegas and Paolo Favali
Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science, Issue Volume 10 - 2023, 2023, ISSN 2296-7745
Publisher: Frontiers
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1047251

Challenges for Marine Ecological Assessments: Completeness of Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable Biodiversity Data in European Seas

Author(s): Francisco Ramírez, Valerio Sbragaglia, Karen Soacha, Marta Coll and Jaume Piera
Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science, Issue 22967745, 2022, Page(s) p. 2038, ISSN 2296-7745
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.802235

Amounts, sources, fates and ecological impacts of marine litter and microplastics in the Western Indian Ocean region: A review and recommendations for actions

Author(s): Daniela Honorato-Zimmer, Eleanor A. Weideman, Peter G. Ryan, Martin Thiel
Published in: Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, Issue 00000000, 2022, Page(s) 535-592, ISSN 0000-0000
Publisher: CRC Press
DOI: 10.1201/9781003288602-11

Introducing temporal correlation in rainfall and wind prediction from underwater noise

Author(s): Andrea Trucco, Annalisa Barla, Roberto Bozzano, Sara Pensieri, Andrea Verri, and David Solarna
Published in: IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 2022, ISSN 0364-9059
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

How do schoolchildren perceive litter? Overlooked in urban but not in natural environments

Author(s): Diamela De Veer, Anthony Drouin, Jil Fischer, Camila Gonzalez, Geraldine Holtmann, Daniela Honorato-Zimmer, Ailin Leyton, Paloma Núnez, José Miguel Sepúlveda, Nelson Vásquez, Martin Thiel
Published in: Journal of Environmental Psychology, Issue 02724944, 2022, Page(s) Art. No. 101781, ISSN 0272-4944
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101781

A growing plastic smog, now estimated to be over 170 trillion plastic particles afloat in the world’s oceans—Urgent solutions required

Author(s): Marcus Eriksen, Win Cowger, Lisa M. Erdle, Scott Coffin, Patricia Villarrubia-Gómez, Charles J. Moore, Edward J. Carpenter, Robert H. Day, Martin Thiel, Chris Wilcox
Published in: PLoS ONE, Issue Vol. 18, March 2023, 2023, Page(s) Art. No. e0281596, ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281596

Sea of plastic: representations of the sea and pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors regarding marine plastic pollution in Peru and Chile

Author(s): Fernanda Saavedra, Marisol Mego, Sofia Ticona, Martin Thiel, Jostein Baeza, Agustín Espinosa
Published in: Frontiers in Psychology, Issue Vol. 14, January 2024, 2024, Page(s) Art. No. 1308796, ISSN 1664-1078
Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1308796

What potential does the EU Single-Use Plastics Directive have for reducing plastic pollution at coastlines and riversides? An evaluation based on citizen science data

Author(s): Tim Kiessling, Mandy Hinzmann, Linda Mederake, Sinja Dittmann, Dennis Brennecke, Marianne Böhm-Beck, Katrin Knickmeier, Martin Thiel
Published in: Waste Management, Issue Vol. 164, June 2023, 2023, Page(s) Pages 106-118, ISSN 0956-053X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2023.03.042

Citizen science in environmental and ecological sciences

Author(s): Dilek Fraisl, Gerid Hager, Baptiste Bedessem, Margaret Gold, Pen-Yuan Hsing, Finn Danielsen, Colleen B. Hitchcock, Joseph M. Hulbert, Jaume Piera, Helen Spiers, Martin Thiel, Mordechai Haklay
Published in: Nature Reviews Methods Primers, Issue 26628449, 2022, Page(s) Art. No. 64, ISSN 2662-8449
Publisher: Springer Nature Limited
DOI: 10.1038/s43586-022-00144-4

Communication strategies in an international school citizen science program investigating marine litter

Author(s): Martin Thiel, Jostein Baeza Álvarez, Manuel Diaz, Diamela de Veer, Sinja Dittmann, Valeska Guevara-Torrejón, Geraldine Holtmann Ahumada, Daniela Honorato-Zimmer, Tim Kiessling, Ailin Leyton Muñoz, Ninoshka López-Xalín, Paloma Nuñez, José Miguel Sepúlveda, Nelson Vásquez
Published in: Frontiers in Environmental Science, Issue Vol. 11, November 2023, 2023, Page(s) Art. No. 1270413, ISSN 2296-665X
Publisher: Frontiers
DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2023.1270413

"""ENEA internal best practices for seawater total suspended solids measurement: experimental assessment of measurement uncertainty and correlation with turbidity. Test case in a near shore area (Ligurian Sea, La Spezia Gulf)"""

Author(s): Bordone, A.; Ciuffardi, T.; Raiteri, G.; Reseghetti, F.; Cerrati, G.; Conte, F.; Pennecchi, F.
Published in: Collection of the ENEA Technical Report (ENEA-IRIS Open Archive: https://iris.enea.it/handle/20.500.12079/61), Issue 24995347, 2022, ISSN 2499-5347
Publisher: ENEA

"""Use of ADCP acoustic backscatter to estimate seawater Total Suspended Solids in continuous along a transect.Test case in a near shore area (Ligurian Sea, La Spezia Gulf)"""

Author(s): Bordone, A.; Ciuffardi, T.; Raiteri, G.; Reseghetti, F.
Published in: Collection of the ENEA Technical Report (ENEA-IRIS Open Archive: https://iris.enea.it/handle/20.500.12079/61), Issue 00000000, 2022, ISSN 0000-0000
Publisher: ENEA

Transnational FerryBox Monitoring in the Baltic Sea: Common Measures for Quality Assurance

Author(s): Jukka Seppälä, Petri Maunula, Noora Haavisto, Gregor Rehder, Bengt Karlson, Anna Willstrand Wranne, Urmas Lips, Villu Kikas, Andres Jaanus, Lauri London, Lauri Laakso
Published in: 2021 International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea; Learning to Measure Sea Health Parameters (MetroSea), 2021, ISBN 978-1-6654-1458-6
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/metrosea52177.2021.9611608

LOS METADATOS: AMIGOS O ENEMIGOS

Author(s): Albert Garcia-Benadí, Enoc Martinez, Joaquín del Río
Published in: 7o Congreso Español de Metrología, Issue September 2022, 2022
Publisher: CEM

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