Documents
Project deliverables
Work Package 1 - Policy, Stakeholders and Service Analysis
- D1 (1.1) List of stakeholders.
- D2 (1.2) Sectoral policies and legislation.
- D3 (1.3) Links between missions, services & applications.
- D4 (1.4) End-user needs and requirements .
- D5 (1.5) Innovation needs and opportunities .
- D6 (1.6) Links and gaps between satellite EO and water related SDGs and climate indicators.
Work Package 2 - Water Quality Continuum
- D7 (2.1) Water Quality Working Group .
- D8 (2.2) Analysis of current Copernicus water quality portfolio.
- D9 (2.3) Atmospheric Corrections..
- D10 (2.4) Higher-level biogeochemical products and gaps in current Copernicus water quality portfolio.
- D11 (2.5) Technical needs for future Sentinels .
Work Package 3 - Water Quantity
- D 12 (3.1) Workshop WP3/5 - Water quantity and modelling and data assimilation.
- D13 (3.2) Review document on Copernicus products related to the hydrological water balance.
- D14 (3.3) Review document and recommendation on the use of Copernicus products and services supporting water management.
Work Package 4 - Aligning in situ and Earth Observation activities
- D 17 (4.1) Creation of an international “live” working group of experts in in situ and satellite EO monitoring.
- D 19 (4.3) Report on recommendations for the storage of data.
- D 20 (4.4) Report on recommendations for the uptake of alternative monitoring methods.
- D 21 (4.5) Potential new higher-level products for Copernicus water research .
Work Package 5 - Modelling and Data Assimilation
- D 23 (5.1) Copernicus EO needs assessment for modellers and decision makers.
- D 24 (5.2) Technical recommendations report on Copernicus services and the related data in order to improve the monitoring and modelling of water bodies.
- D 25 (5.3) Exploring the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Optimize the Exploitation of satellite EO and modelling data
- D 26 (5.4) Value of satellite EO-enhanced models for policy and decision making .
Work Package 7 - Dissemination and Communication
- D 32 (7.1) Project Dissemination and Communication Plan.
- D 33 (7.2) Project Web Page.
- D 34 (7.3) Workshop materials .
- D 35 (7.4) Events dissemination and communication.
Work Package 8 - Coordination and Management
- D 36 (8.1) Management Structures. Executive and Advisory Board.
- D 37 (8.2) Interim Technical Report.
- D 38 (8.3) Templates for task planning and WP Progress Reports.
- D 39 (8.4) Project implementation plan and milestones.
- D 40 (8.7) First Data Management Plan.
- D 41 (8.8) Second Data Management Plan.
Project newsletters
Newsletter #1 (April 11, 2022)
Newsletter #2 (August 30, 2022)
Newsletter #3 (September 14, 2023)
Newsletter #4 (October 5, 2023)
Peer Review Publications
De Keukelaere, L.; Moelans, R.; Knaeps, E.; Sterckx, S.; Reusen, I.; De Munck, D.; Simis, S.G.H.; Constantinescu, A.M.; Scrieciu, A.; Katsouras, G.; Mertens, W.; Hunter, P.D.; Spyrakos, E.; Tyler, A. Airborne Drones for Water Quality Mapping in Inland, Transitional and Coastal Waters—MapEO Water Data Processing and Validation. Remote Sens. (2023), 15, 1345. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15051345
Nkwasa, A., Chawanda, C. J., Jägermeyr, J., and van Griensven, A.: Improved representation of agricultural land use and crop management for large-scale hydrological impact simulation in Africa using SWAT+, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 71–89, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-71-2022, 2022.
Free, G., et al. Shorter blooms expected with longer warm periods under climate change: an example from a shallow meso-eutrophic Mediterranean lake. Hydrobiologia (2022), https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10750-021-04773-w
Amadori, M., et al. Multi-scale evaluation of a 3D lake model forced by an atmospheric model against standard monitoring data. Environmental Modelling & Software 139 (2021): 105017, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364815221000608
Amadori, M., et al. Monitoring Lakes Surface Water Velocity with SAR: A Feasibility Study on Lake Garda, Italy. Remote Sensing 13.12 (2021): 2293, https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/12/2293
Pinardi, M., et al. Exploiting high frequency monitoring and satellite imagery for assessing chlorophyll-a dynamics in a shallow eutrophic lake. Journal of Limnology 80.3 (2021), https://jlimnol.it/index.php/jlimnol/article/view/2033
El Serafy, G.Y.H.; Schaeffer, B.A.; Neely, M.-B.; Spinosa, A.; Odermatt, D.; Weathers, K.C.; Baracchini, T.; Bouffard, D.; Carvalho, L.; Conmy, R.N.; Keukelaere, L.D.; Hunter, P.D.; Jamet, C.; Joehnk, K.D.; Johnston, J.M.; Knudby, A.; Minaudo, C.; Pahlevan, N.; Reusen, I.; Rose, K.C.; Schalles, J.; Tzortziou, M. Integrating Inland and Coastal Water Quality Data for Actionable Knowledge. Remote Sens. 2021, 13, 2899. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13152899
Cesana, I., et al. Preliminary Investigation on Phytoplankton Dynamics and Primary Production Models in an Oligotrophic Lake from Remote Sensing Measurements. Sensors 21.15 (2021): 5072, https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/15/5072
General media publications
'The view from above: Harnessing the capabilities of satellites to monitor inland waters from space'. Harriet Wilson, Andrew Tyler and Evangelos Spyrakos at UN Environmental Programme.
'H2020 WaterForCE – un nou proiect pentru îmbunătățirea instrumentelor folosite în studiul și managementul apei'. Adriana Maria Constantinescu at Edupedu
Other publications
Kazlouskaya, M., Bocin-Dumitriu, A., van Duivenbode, L., Spyrakos, E., Kutser, T., Georgantzis, N., Agnoli, L., Cillero, C. (2022) 'European and international policy drivers in water scenarios for Copernicus Exploitation'.
Project Working Documents
Analysis of current Copernicus water quality portfolio
Review Document on Copernicus products related to the hydrological water balance, Services Inventory