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| Titel |
Norwegian Ocean Observatory Network (NOON) |
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Benedicte Ferre, Jürgen Mienert, Svein Winther, Anne Hageberg, Olav Rune Godoe, NOON Partners |
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EGU General Assembly 2010
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Englisch
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PDF |
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In: GRA - Volume 12 (2010) |
| Datensatznummer |
250040889
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| Zusammenfassung |
| The Norwegian Ocean Observatory Network (NOON) is led by the University of Tromsø and
collaborates with the Universities of Oslo and Bergen, UniResearch, Institute of Marine
Research, Christian Michelsen Research and SINTEF. It is supported by the Research
Council of Norway and oil and gas (O&G) industries like Statoil to develop science,
technology and new educational programs. Main topics relate to ocean climate and
environment as well as marine resources offshore Norway from the northern North Atlantic
to the Arctic Ocean. NOON’s vision is to bring Norway to the international forefront in using
cable based ocean observatory technology for marine science and management, by
establishing an infrastructure that enables real-time and long term monitoring of processes
and interactions between hydrosphere, geosphere and biosphere. This activity is in concert
with the EU funded European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) roadmap
and European Multidisciplinary Seafloor Observation (EMSO) project to attract international
leading research developments. NOON envisions developing towards a European Research
Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC). Beside, the research community in Norway
already possesses a considerable marine infrastructure that can expand towards an
international focus for real-time multidisciplinary observations in times of rapid climate
change.
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The presently established cable-based fjord observatory, followed by the establishment of
a cable-based ocean observatory network towards the Arctic from an O&G installation, will
provide invaluable knowledge and experience necessary to make a successful larger
cable-based observatory network at the Norwegian and Arctic margin (figure 1).
Access to large quantities of real-time observation from the deep sea, including high
definition video, could be used to provide the public and future recruits to science a
fascinating insight into an almost unexplored part of the Earth beyond the Arctic
Circle.
More information about NOON is available at NOON’s web site www.oceanobservatory.com.
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