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Journal of Marine Systems 94 (2012) S1

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Journal of Marine Systems


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Preface

Remote sensing, mathematical modeling and in-situ data for improving coastal
management supporting tools

This special Issue of the Journal of Marine Systems contains a collec- remote sensing, monitoring and modeling. This Special Issue is not a
tion of papers selected from the work developed during the project comprehensive overview of all current research undertaken during
INSEA — Data Integration System for Eutrophication Assessment in project INSEA, but draws from the diverse work undertaken and
Coastal Waters (www.insea.info) funded by the European Commission from some of the main outcomes. The work here presented adds to
under the Six Framework Program, GMES initiative. The project INSEA reference works dealing with similar topics recently published by
focused on the development of integrated management tools for the Journal of Marine Systems (Mooers et al., 2009; Alcantara-Carrio
coastal eutrophication assessment, combining models, remote sensing et al., 2010; Blackford et al., 2010; Delhez and Barth, 2011).
and in situ measurements. Three sites with different characteristics We are grateful to the authors for their contributions to this
have been selected as case studies in the project: the Tagus Estuary in Special Issue, to the reviewers for their rigorous work which led to
Portugal, the Gulf of Fos in France and Gulf of Pagasitikos in Greece. considerable improvements of all manuscripts, and to the editors of
In a broad sense, INSEA aimed to set-up and validate numerically the Journal of Marine Systems for their assistance and supervision.
robust ecological modeling systems in order to describe biogeo- We are deeply indebted to all for their support and collaboration.
chemical cycling of carbon and nutrients occurring under different Together with all the authors, we hope that this volume presents
hydrographical and trophic regimes, and to explore the system capa- update and insightful knowledge in the assessment of eutrophication
bilities in a forecast mode to support coastal zone management related processes in coastal waters, thereby stimulating its study.
issues. More specific objectives of the project were: (1) downscaling
physics from global to regional models and assimilating remote sens- References
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surements, (3) improve and develop new tools for processing and vations of marine systems: selected contributions from the ISMS '07, an Interna-
using remote sensing data (from Earth Observation), (4) improve tional Symposium by the Spanish Marine Science Community preface. Journal of
and validate the ecological models of the areas under investi- Marine Systems 80 (3–4), 143.
Blackford, J., Allen, J.I., Anderson, T.R., Rose, K.A., 2010. Challenges for a new generation
gation, with special emphasis for eutrophication related parameters, of marine ecosystem models: overview of the Advances in Marine Ecosystem
(5) demonstrate the potential of the combination of Earth Observa- Modelling Research (AMEMR) Symposium, 23–26 June 2008, Plymouth UK
tion data, numerical modeling and in-situ data for assessing eutrophi- preface. Journal of Marine Systems 81 (1–2), 1–3.
Delhez, E.J., Barth, A., 2011. Science based management of coastal waters. Journal of
cation in coastal areas and (6) explore the forecasting capabilities of Marine Systems 88, 1–2.
the modeling system achieved. Mooers, C.N.K., Chang, K.I., Ito, S., Yoon, J.H., 2009. Observation and modeling of
Remote sensing or local data acquisition can only give a brief the ocean circulation and marine ecosystem for CREAMS/PICES preface. Journal
of Marine Systems 78 (2), 195–199.
perspective of coastal system complexity due to their high spatial
(horizontally and vertically) and temporal dynamics. Satellite imag-
ery has the capability of describing spatial distributions but, inevita- Ramiro Neves⁎
bly, short term temporal phenomena (in the range of hours) and Marcos D. Mateus
vertical processes are impossible to track. On the other hand, local MARETEC — Marine Environment & Technology Center,
data measurements can show these short time trends but usually Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal
are unable to give a clear overview of spatial variation and have ⁎ Corresponding author at: IST — Maretec, Secção de Ambiente e
high costs. Adding to these two data sources, the capabilities of prop- Energia, Dpto de Mecânica, Av. Rovisco Pais,
er modeling tools provide means to fill the information gaps, thus cre- 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal. Tel.: + 351 21 8417397.
ating adequate managing tools. The selected papers included in this E-mail address: ramiro.neves@ist.utl.pt (R. Neves).
Special Issue of the Journal of Marine Systems address such issues.
The papers included in this Special Issue cover topics in physical
and biological oceanography, estuarine and coastal waters ecology,

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