The Satellite Event ‘Monitoring the Ocean’ took place on 8 April in Barcelona, Spain, as part of the Ocean Decade Week. The event was hosted by ICM – Institute of Marine Sciences, and was co-organised by TipESM, with the participation of projects GHRSST, OCEAN:ICE, ObsSea4Clim and Clim4Cities.

The event brought together experts from different areas of climate and marine science to unpack the importance of monitoring the ocean – from satellites and in-situ observations – for predicting changes in the Earth system and the climate. Together, experts gave inputs from their domains followed by a panel discussion with inputs from the audience.

ObsSea4Clim presentations

ObsSea4Clim contributed with two presentations, which you can now re-watch in our YouTube channel, and below:

Ana Oliveira, from ObsSea4Clim partner +ATLANTIC, is an earth observation (EO) researcher specializing in Machine Learning (ML)-based applications for climate change hazard mapping and impact assessment. As part of the panel discussion, she presented the following topic: From climate science to decision-making: how policymakers & final users benefit from research

Chiara Bearzotti, from the Danish Meteorological Institute’s Project Office, is responsible for project management and complicance for ObsSea4Clim as well as projects OCEAN:ICE, TipESM. As part of the panel discussion, she presented the following topic: Complementarity of ocean observations (in situ) for monitoring the ocean from the ocean?

Panelists

The panel was moderated by Cristina González Haro (ICM-CSIC, Teledetect, GHRSST, ICATMAR). The full panel included the following talks and experts:

• ESA Earth Observation for Ocean Sciences and Climate by Roberto Sabia (European Space Agency – ESA)
• Complementarity of ocean observations (in situ) for monitoring the ocean from the ocean? by Chiara Bearzotti (OCEAN:ICE, ObsSea4Clim, Danish Meteorological Institute)
• Improving the predictability of climate tipping points, ENSO prediction and disease models with an enhanced ocean-observing system by Xavier Rodo (ISGlobal, TipESM)
• How can supercomputers aid in modeling and what are the current and future challenges of HPC for weather, ocean, and climate, supported by ESiWACE? by Mario Acosta (Barcelona Supercomputing Center – BSC)
• Monitoring the ocean, a regional perspective from Catalonia by Jordi Isern Fontanet (ICM-CSIC, ICATMAR)
• From Climate Science to Decision-making: how policymakers and final users can benefit from research outcomes by Ana Oliveira (+Atlantic, ObsSea4Clim, GHRSST)

Exhibition: Behind the scenes: Monitoring the Ocean

After the panel discussion, attendees could explore a photo exhibition from ‘Behind the Scenes’ of activities, research projects and fieldwork focused on monitoring the health of the ocean.

You can now access this exhibition too by following this link