EuroSITES

EuroSITES was a FP7 Collaborative Project which aimed to form an integrated European network of 9 deep-ocean (water depth >1000m) observatories. The EuroSITES network was coordinated by the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK and involves 13 Partners across Europe and the Cape Verde Islands.
 

EuroSITES has build on the work of FP6 EUR-OCEANS (Work Package 2.1 'Observing Systems') to integrate and enhance the existing European open-ocean observational capacity to encompass the ocean interior, seafloor and subseafloor. EuroSITES produced a more reliable ocean observatory network with common funding streams and data management systems.