{"projectrec":{"ProID":591,"StandardTitle":"The multicoloured North Sea","OrigTitle":null,"Acronym":null,"AbstractEnglish":"The main goals of the proposal are to take advantage of the information available from ocean colour remote sensing satellites, to calibrate them in function of the specificities of the Belgian coastal waters, to use them in conjunction with biological models, and so to bring in elements of scientific answers to the debate presently held between riparian North Sea states about eutrophication problems, their geographical extension and the actions that have to be taken.\r\n\r\nThe proposal is composed of two main research packages:\r\n\r\n* In the first part we will develop state-of-the-art algorithms to extract chlorophyll, suspended matter and gelbstoff concentration from the measurements that will be made by the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeawiFs) to be launched by NASA in early 1997 (we will also use the public domain remotely sensed AHVRR data, processed to give \"turbidity index\"). These algorithms will be specifically tailored to the Belgian coastal zone and calibrated, i.e. the free constants of (possibly modified) algorithms developed by NASA and other groups will be determined using seaborne measurements. The most promising algorithms will then be compared to available in situ measurements so that their accuracy can be quantified.\r\n\r\n* The best of them will be applied to a series of SeawiFs images, approximately covering a one-year period. The observed spatial structures of chlorophyll will be interpreted using numerical simulations made with a coupled physical/biological model in order to explain these distributions in terms of physical and biological processes and to improve the model validation.","AbstractOtherLang":"De voornaamste doelstellingen van dit voorstel zijn de exploitatie van satellietinformatie die de kleur van de oceaan detecteren, om deze te kalibreren in functie van de specifieke eigenschappen van de Belgische kustwateren, zodat ze samen met biologische modellen gebruikt kunnen worden. Zo kunnen we elementen aanbrengen voor wetenschappelijke antwoorden op het huidige debat tussen oeverstaten van de Noordzee over eutrofiëringsproblemen, hun topografische bereik en de nodige actie.\r\n\r\nHet voorstel bestaat uit twee grote onderzoekspakketten:\r\n\r\n* In het eerste deel zullen we -state-of-the-art- algoritmen ontwikkelen om de concentratie van chlorofyl, suspensie en gelbstoff te berekenen uit metingen van de Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) gelanceerd door de NASA in 1997 (we zullen ook de publieke AHVRR teledetectiegegevens gebruiken, bewerkt om een \"turbiditeitsindex\" op te leveren). Deze algoritmen zullen speciaal aangepast worden aan het Belgische kustgebied en gekalibreerd worden, d.w.z. de vrije constanten van (eventueel gewijzigde) algoritmen ontwikkeld door de NASA en andere groepen zullen vastgelegd worden door metingen op zee. De meestbelovende algoritmen zullen dan vergeleken worden met beschikbare in situ metingen zodat hun precisie gekwantificeerd kan worden.\r\n\r\n* Het beste algoritme zal toegepast worden op een reeks SeaWiFS beelden die ongeveer een jaar bestrijkt. De waargenomen ruimtelijke structuren van chlorofyl zullen geïnterpreteerd worden met behulp van numerieke simulaties op basis van gekoppeld fysisch/biologisch model om deze verdeling in termen van fysische en biologische processen te verklaren en om de validatie van het model te verbeteren.","DateLastModified":{"date":"2025-07-02 08:33:20.809226","timezone_type":1,"timezone":"+02:00"},"ParentProID":null,"BeginYear":1996,"EndYear":1999,"BMonth":12,"EMonth":3,"BeginMonth":"December","EndMonth":"March","OrigTitleLangCode":null,"OrigTitleLangID":null,"OrigTitleLangNL":null,"OrigTitleLang":null,"OtherAbstractLangCode":"nl","OtherAbstractLangID":41,"OtherAbstractLang":"Dutch","OtherAbstractLangNL":"Nederlands","Progress":"Completed","ProgressNL":"Afgelopen","PublicFlag":1,"CheckedFlag":0,"ND":"2003-11-26","UD":"2007-07-04","DMPFlag":0,"Budget":null,"BudgetCurrency":null},"parent":null,"persons":null,"projects":null,"events":null,"datasets":null,"institutes":[{"instituterec":{"Acronym":"KBIN-BMM","ProPartID":696,"PublicFlag":1,"OrigNameLangCode":"en","OrigNameLangID":15,"FullOrigName":"Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences; Marine Ecosystem Management; Management Unit of the North Sea Mathematical Models; Brussel","Line1":"Gulledelle 100","Line2":"1200 Brussel","Line3":null,"Line4":null,"InsID":17,"FullStandardName":"Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen; Departement Beheer van het Mariene Ecosysteem; Beheerseenheid Mathematisch Model Noordzee en Schelde-estuarium; Brussel","Role":null,"RoleID":null,"EncAddress":"Gulledelle 100, 1200 Brussel, Belgium"},"parent":null,"institutes":null,"references":null,"conferences":null,"datasets":null,"persons":[{"Surname":"Pichot","Firstname":"Georges","Initials":"G.","LeaderFlag":0,"PersID":26,"Role":"Promotor","RoleID":8,"PastInstitute":1,"BeginDay":null,"BeginMonth":null,"BeginYear":null,"EndDay":null,"EndMonth":null,"EndYear":null}],"pastpers":null,"subpers":null,"projects":null,"urls":null,"pictures":null,"published":null,"affrefs":null,"collections":null,"thesterms":null,"taxterms":null,"geoterms":null,"thestermsFRIS":null,"nXtins":null,"previns":null,"spcols":null,"resmessage":"no id specified","complete":0,"participantrec":null,"peerrevs":null,"urlmaps":null},{"instituterec":{"Acronym":"BELSPO","ProPartID":5196,"PublicFlag":1,"OrigNameLangCode":"nl","OrigNameLangID":41,"FullOrigName":"Federaal Wetenschapsbeleid","Line1":"WTC III - Simon Bolivarlaan 30","Line2":"1000 Brussel","Line3":null,"Line4":null,"InsID":120,"FullStandardName":"Belgian Science Policy","Role":"Sponsor","RoleID":3,"EncAddress":"WTC III - Simon Bolivarlaan 30, 1000 Brussel, Belgium"},"parent":null,"institutes":null,"references":null,"conferences":null,"datasets":null,"persons":[],"pastpers":null,"subpers":null,"projects":null,"urls":null,"pictures":null,"published":null,"affrefs":null,"collections":null,"thesterms":null,"taxterms":null,"geoterms":null,"thestermsFRIS":null,"nXtins":null,"previns":null,"spcols":null,"resmessage":"no id specified","complete":0,"participantrec":null,"peerrevs":null,"urlmaps":null}],"refs":null,"urls":null,"thesterms":[{"ThesaurusTerm":"ANE, North Sea, Southern Bight","ThestID":182113,"ThesTypID":34,"ThesType":"ASFA Geoterms","OrigThesTerm":"ANE, North Sea, Southern Bight","DutchTerm":null,"Code":null},{"ThesaurusTerm":"Chlorophylls","ThestID":1537,"ThesTypID":1,"ThesType":"ASFA Thesaurus List","OrigThesTerm":"Chlorophylls","DutchTerm":"Chlorofyl","Code":"c_1577"},{"ThesaurusTerm":"Eutrophication","ThestID":2932,"ThesTypID":1,"ThesType":"ASFA Thesaurus List","OrigThesTerm":"Eutrophication","DutchTerm":"Eutrofiëring","Code":"c_2734"},{"ThesaurusTerm":"Models","ThestID":5270,"ThesTypID":1,"ThesType":"ASFA Thesaurus List","OrigThesTerm":"Models","DutchTerm":"Modellen","Code":"c_4881"},{"ThesaurusTerm":"Nutrients (mineral)","ThestID":5629,"ThesTypID":1,"ThesType":"ASFA Thesaurus List","OrigThesTerm":"Nutrients (mineral)","DutchTerm":"Nutriënten","Code":null},{"ThesaurusTerm":"Remote sensing","ThestID":6864,"ThesTypID":1,"ThesType":"ASFA Thesaurus List","OrigThesTerm":"Remote sensing","DutchTerm":"Teledetectie","Code":"c_6498"},{"ThesaurusTerm":"Suspended matter","ThestID":8279,"ThesTypID":1,"ThesType":"ASFA Thesaurus List","OrigThesTerm":"Suspended matter","DutchTerm":"Zwevende stof","Code":null}],"taxterms":null,"geoterms":[{"GeoTerm":"Southern Bight","GeoObjectID":2399,"OrigGeoTerm":"Southern Bight","DutchTerm":"Zuidelijke Bocht"}],"funderids":[{"FunderID":"T4/DD/44","ThestID":181476,"FunderType":"Other contract id"}],"othtermsFRIS":null,"pictures":[],"spcols":[{"SpColID":38,"SpName":"Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning"}],"resmessage":"","complete":1}