NAUTILOS D2.1 – A review and prospectus of the mandate for marine environmental monitoring systems: technology challenges and opportunities
Stefania Sparnocchia (1) and Antonio Novellino (2) and Anna Gianvincenzo (2) and Evangelia Chatzinikolaou (3) and Manolis Ntoumas (3) and Michela Martinelli (4) and Giuseppe Suaria (1) and Katerina Vasileiadou (3) and Christina Pavloudi (3) and Julie Duchene (5) and Helene Frigstad (6) and Jukka Seppala (7) and Kristian Spilling (7);
This report will compile the outcomes of the work performed in Task 2.1 (Political and societal drivers and requirements), informing on the potential of evolving trends in technological progress in advancing contemporary marine environmental monitoring practices and examining the role any resulting changes in established operating paradigms could play in shaping the socio-political framework defining ocean observing needs at the global and European levels.
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