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PAPA: Programme for a bAltic network to assess and upgrade an oPerational observing and forecAsting System in the region

Typ des Eintrags:	Projekt
Dauer:	11/2002 - 10/2005

Beschreibung:	Objectives: build the basin-wide network for ocean monitoring and forecasting, linking all the Baltic countries, broadening and strengthening the existing network of national institutions already established by PAPA partners; identify the gaps in the monitoring systems in the region and in the capability to measure, model and forecast the ecosystem, taking stock of current RTD projects and of the EuroGOOS and BOOS activities; build capacities for expertise in the setting up and running of observing platforms, in managing data, in modelling and forecasting the ecosystem; design an effective observing and forecasting system, inter-comparing experiences and standardising practices, towards the co-ordinated upgrading of the observing and forecasting capabilities in all Baltic countries; raise awareness on the benefits of ocean forecasting at local, regional and global scales, involving stakeholders and disseminate PAPA results and products.
Partner:	Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) Denmark The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) Germany Centre of Marine Research (CMR) Lithuania Marine Systems Institute (MSI) Estonia Finnish Institute of Marine Research (FIMR) Finland Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) Finland Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMWM) Poland Institute of Oceanology (IOPAS) Poland Institute fur Ostseeforschung Warnemunde (IOW) Germany Latvian Hydrometeorological Agency (LHMA) Latvia Maritime Institute of Gdansk (MIG) Poland North-West Regional Administration for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (NWAHEM) Russia Royal Danish Administration of Navigation and Hydrography (RDANH) Denmark Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) Sweden University of Latvia (UL) Latvia