DHI has won a contract with the ESA funded MarCoast Project

MarCoast (Marine & Coastal Environmental Information Services) is a three year GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) project funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) with the aim of establishing a durable network of marine and coastal information services.

Marcoast project was initiated in November 2005. DHI has, along with GRAS and ORBICON, won an extension service activity under the MarCoast umbrella with the aim to further utilizing earth observation and in-situ measurements for assimilation and validation in the existing Water Forecast service in the North Sea, Baltic Sea and Danish Waters. A HAB risk forecasting facility will be developed for the Danish Waters. (HAB – Harmful Algal Blooms that produce potent toxins that can cause massive fish kills, marine mammal death and human illness).  

Danish national users representing the sea farming industry, several local environmental authorities and the Danish Environmental Protection Agency will be actively involved in the validation activities and in guidance of the future developments.

The project will run until November 2008.