Ecoop

The overall goal of ECOOP (European Coastal-shelf sea operational observing and forecasting system) was to consolidate, integrate and further develop existing European coastal and regional seas operational observing and forecasting systems into an integrated pan-European system targeted at: (i) detecting environmental and climate changes, (ii) predicting their evolution, (iii) producing timely and quality assured forecasts, (iv) providing marine information services (including data, information products, knowledge and scientific advices) and (v) facilitate decision support needs.
During the E – Coop project the existing coastal and regional sea observing (remote sensing, in-situ) networks were integrated into a pan-European observing system as well as existing coastal and regional sea forecasting systems were also integrated into a pan-European forecasting system and assimilate pan-European observation database into the system.