Operational Global Carbon Observing System

Project Information

GEOCARBON

Grant agreement ID: 283080

Project closed

Start date 1 October 2011

End date 31 December 2014

Funded under

• Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change)

Total cost € 8 672 736,19

EU contribution € 6 648 529,81

Coordinated by

FONDAZIONE CENTRO EURO-MEDITERRANEOSUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI
Italy

Objective

Today, countries use a wide variety of methods to monitor the carbon cycle and it is difficult to compare data
from
country to country and to get a clear global picture. The current global observational and modelling capabilities
allow us to produce estimates of carbon budget at different level (from local to global) but many uncertainties still
remain. Decision makers need now more than ever systematic, consistent and transparent data, information and
tools for an independent and reliable verification process of greenhouse gas emissions and sinks. Therefore
higher quality and quantity of CO2 and CH4 data, from different domains and with an enhanced spatial and
temporal resolution, need to be collected by a globally integrated observation and analysis system. This can be
obtained by the coordinated Global Carbon Observation and Analysis System that this project aims at designing,
addressing the climate targets of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) toward building a Global Earth
Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) for carbon.
Specific objectives of the GEOCARBON project are:
• Provide an aggregated set of harmonized global carbon data information (integrating the land, ocean,
atmosphere and human dimension)
• Develop improved Carbon Cycle Data Assimilation Systems (CCDAS)
• Define the specifications for an operational Global Carbon Observing System
• Provide improved regional carbon budgets of Amazon and Central Africa
• Provide comprehensive and synthetic information on the annual sources and sinks of CO2 for the globe
and for large ocean and land regions
• Improve the assessment of global CH4 sources and sinks and develop the CH4 observing system
component
• Provide an economic assessment of the value of an enhanced Global Carbon Observing System
• Strengthen the effectiveness of the European (and global) Carbon Community participation in the GEO
system

Programme(s)

• FP7-ENVIRONMENT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change)

Topic(s)

• ENV.2011.4.1.1-1 - Integration and optimisation of information for building a Global Carbon Observing System

Call for proposal

FP7-ENV-2011
See other projects for this call

Funding Scheme

CP-IP-SICA - Large-scale integrating project for specific cooperation actions dedicated to international cooperation partner countries(SICA)

Coordinator

FONDAZIONE CENTRO EURO-MEDITERRANEOSUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI

• EU contribution: € 854 978,03
• Address: VIA MARCO BIAGI 5 ; 73100 Lecce ; Italy
• Region: Sud › Puglia › Lecce
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Laura Panzera (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

Participants (26)

UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 299 381,60
• Address: EARLHAM ROAD ; NR4 7TJ Norwich
• Region: East of England › East Anglia › Norwich and East Norfolk
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Fiona Meardon (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH

Switzerland

• EU contribution: € 327 680,70
• Address: Raemistrasse 101 ; 8092 Zuerich
• Region: Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera › Zürich › Zürich
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Nicolas Gruber (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 571 632,45
• Address: DROEVENDAALSESTEEG 4 ; 6708 PB Wageningen
• Region: Oost-Nederland › Gelderland › Veluwe
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Wouter Peters (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 284 423,34
• Address: WELLINGTON SQUARE UNIVERSITY OFFICES ; OX1 2JD Oxford
• Region: South East (England) › Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire › Oxfordshire
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Gill Wells (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

STICHTING VU

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 319 182,00
• Address: DE BOELELAAN 1105 ; 1081 HV Amsterdam
• Region: West-Nederland › Noord-Holland › Groot-Amsterdam
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Yvonne Kops (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 565 244,09
• Address: WOODHOUSE LANE ; LS2 9JT Leeds
• Region: Yorkshire and the Humber › West Yorkshire › Leeds
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Martin Hamilton (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV

Germany

• EU contribution: € 850 163,75
• Address: HOFGARTENSTRASSE 8 ; 80539 Munchen
• Region: Bayern › Oberbayern › München, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Corinne Sacher (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITE DE VERSAILLES SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES.

France

• EU contribution: € 805 571,02
• Address: AVENUE DE PARIS 55 ; 78035 VERSAILLES
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Yvelines
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Philippe Ciais (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

STICHTING SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 204 262,34
• Address: Sorbonnelaan 2 ; 3584 CA UTRECHT
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Sander Houweling (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DELLA CAMPANIA LUIGI VANVITELLI

Italy

• EU contribution: € 47 495,40
• Address: VIALE ABRAMO LINCOLN 5 ; 81100 Caserta
• Region: Sud › Campania › Caserta
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Gemma Marino (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 176 419,10
• Address: OLD COLLEGE, SOUTH BRIDGE ; EH8 9YL Edinburgh
• Region: Scotland › Eastern Scotland › Edinburgh
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Gordon Marshall (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

STIFTELSEN NANSEN SENTER FOR MILJOOG FJERNMALING

Norway

• EU contribution: € 66 670,79
• Address: JAHNEBAKKEN 3 ; 5007 Bergen
• Region: Norge › Vestlandet › Vestland
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Knut Holba (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DELLA TUSCIA

Italy

• EU contribution: € 152 190,00
• Address: VIA S MARIA IN GRADI 4 ; 01100 Viterbo
• Region: Centro (IT) › Lazio › Viterbo
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Marco Barbini (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN

Norway

• EU contribution: € 246 968,16
• Address: MUSEPLASSEN 1 ; 5020 Bergen
• Region: Norge › Vestlandet › Vestland
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Liv-Grethe Gudmundsen (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

GAMMA REMOTE SENSING RESEARCH AND CONSULTING AG

Switzerland

• EU contribution: € 57 006,00
• Address: WORBSTRASSE 225 ; 3073 Gumligen
• Region: Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera › Espace Mittelland › Bern / Berne
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Urs Wegmüller (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

CAMEROON BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION SOCIETY

Cameroon

• EU contribution: € 57 000,00
• Address: TSINGA YAOUNDE ; MESSA YAOUNDE
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Bonaventure Sonké (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

FASTOPT GMBH

Germany

• EU contribution: € 101 100,00
• Address: LERCHENSTRASSE ; 22767 HAMBURG
• Region: Hamburg › Hamburg › Hamburg
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Thomas Kaminski (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 2 505,38
• Address: BEACON HOUSE QUEENS ROAD ; BS8 1QU Bristol
• Region: South West (England) › Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area › Bristol, City of
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Audrey Michael (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

INTERNATIONALES INSTITUT FUER ANGEWANDTE SYSTEMANALYSE

Austria

• EU contribution: € 142 412,06
• Address: Schlossplatz 1 ; 2361 Laxenburg
• Region: Ostösterreich › Niederösterreich › Wiener Umland/Südteil
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Demetrio Soto Martinez (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGETICAS E NUCLEARES

Brazil

• EU contribution: € 161 595,00
• Address: AV. PROF. LINEU PRESTES 2242 ; 05508000 SAO PAULO
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Antonio Sergio Torquato (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Italy

• EU contribution: € 56 544,00
• Address: VIALE DELLE TERME DI CARACALLA ; 00153 Roma
• Region: Centro (IT) › Lazio › Roma
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Bart Vanommen (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES

Belgium

• EU contribution: € 117 324,00
• Address: AVENUE FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT 50 ; 1050 Bruxelles / Brussel
• Region: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest › Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest › Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Christine Courillon (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS

France

• EU contribution: € 89 629,20
• Address: RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 ; 75794 Paris
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Paris
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Philippe Cavelier (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITAET HAMBURG

Germany

• EU contribution: € 53 631,00
• Address: MITTELWEG 177 ; 20148 HAMBURG
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Simone Ludwig (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 37 520,40
• Address: THE QUEEN'S DRIVE NORTHCOTE HOUSE ; EX4 4QJ Exeter
• Region: South West (England) › Devon › Devon CC
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Sarah Hill (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK HOGER ONDERWIJS WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK EN PATIENTENZORG

Netherlands

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: De Boelelaan 1105 ; 1081 HV Amsterdam
• Region: West-Nederland › Noord-Holland › Groot-Amsterdam
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Hetty De Wilde (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data