FOCCUS

Ensemble modeling
Forecasting and observing the open-to-coastal ocean for Copernicus users

FOCCUS - Forecasting and observing the open-to-coastal ocean for Copernicus users

January 2024 - December 2026

Summary

FOCCUS aims at enhancing CMEMS (Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service), integrating Copernicus and European Member states coastal services, through seamless and fit-for-use monitoring and forecasting of the ocean from global to regional and coastal scales. Novel approaches (i.e. new space and in-situ observations, innovation in data fusion, processing and visualisation, numerical coastal predictions with interfaces for downscaling from CMEMS) will be used for effective uptakes from the Member states to ensure a more sustainable Blue Economy and coastal resilience to climate change.

Team members involved

Arthur Capet – Florian Ricour

ECOMOD tasks and responsabilities

  • Task 6.1. Design and test modelling interfaces between CMEMS and MSCS

    • Subtask 6.1.2 Implementation of new nesting capabilities

  • Task 6.2. Implement new modelling techniques for use in operational production chains

    • Subtask 6.2.1 Ensemble approaches

  • Task 7.1. Validation and demonstration of modelling interfaces improvements

    • Subtask 7.1.1 MSCSs performance assessment
    • Subtask 7.1.2 Transfer of knowledge across system
    • Subtask 7.1.3 Demonstration cases

  • Task 7.2. Assess and demonstrate the added value of new modelling techniques

    • Subtask 7.2.1 Ensemble evaluation

  • Task 10.1. Communication, Dissemination, and Management of Project Results Exploitation

  • Task 10.2. Member states - Copernicus engagement

    • Subtask 10.2.1 Inventory of MS coastal systems

Partners

  • Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon GmbH (HEREON)
  • Mercator Ocean (MOi)
  • Fondazione Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC)
  • Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine (SHOM)
  • Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS)
  • SOCIB - Consorcio para el diseño, construcción, equipamiento y explotación del sistema de observación costero de las Illes Balears (SOCIB)
  • Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)
  • Stichting Deltares (DELTARES)
  • Stiftelsen Nansen Senter for Miljø og Fjernmåling (NERSC)
  • Meteorologisk Institutt (MET.NO)
  • Sveriges Meteorologiska och Hydrologiska Institut (SMHI)
  • Atlantic Associacao para um Laboratorio Colaborativo do Atlântico (+ATLANTIC)
  • Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (RBINS)
  • Maritime Hydrographic Directorate (MHD)
  • European Global Ocean Observing System (EUROGOOS)
  • Brockmann Consult GmbH (BC)
  • Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut (DMI)
  • Institut Francais de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer (Ifremer)
  • Seascape Belgium (SSBE)

Funding and contract

This project is funded by the European Commission