Abstract of the project
The EU and China signed a 'Blue Partnership for the Ocean' agreement in 2018, marking the start of a new phase in EU-China strategic ocean relations. One of the main results of this partnership is EMOD-PACE (EMODnet PArtnership for China and Europe), a collaborative project focusing on marine knowledge exchange and diplomacy supported by the Partnership Instrument (PI) of the EC.
EMOD-PACE promotes international ocean governance and supports the implementation of global commitments of the EU and China by facilitating the sharing of marine observation data and expert knowledge, developing new information products and establishing a close working relationship between the National Marine Data and Information Service of China (NMDIS) and the European Marine Data and Observation Network (EMODnet).
CNR-IIA has employed and advanced the Discovery and Access Broker (DAB) technology to achieve the project objectives, among which:
• analyze the service interfaces, and data models and metadata made available by the Chinese services and requested by the EMODnet portal
• design and develop accessor and profiler software components to be integrated into the DAB framework for the mediation of the service interfaces identified in the previous point
• production of an instance of the DAB system including the components developed in point II which creates interoperability between the EMODnet Central Portal and the NMDIS web services
• Facilitate bilingual access to data and products currently available in the European and Chinese marine data portals (EMODnet and NMDIS), as well as those developed during the project.
• Create interoperable maritime data information systems between the EU and China.
• Develop an intermediary service for access to data and products available between EMODnet and NMDIS.
• Examine the similarities and differences between European and Chinese ocean circulation models and reanalysis products.
• Compare the European and Chinese numerical models used for seabed habitats and ecological carrying capacity by analyzing the applicability of the respective models in different areas.
• Provide data and information products for 'Maritime Silk Road' seas on sea level changes, coastal erosion, wetland degradation and vessel traffic density.
Fundación AZTI – AZTI Fundazioa (AZTI) - Spain
Foundation Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) - Italy
Business Management Consultants (COGEA) - Italy
Stichting Deltares (Deltares) - Netherlands
Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut (DMI) - Denmark
EOMAP GmbH & Co. KG (EOMAP) - Germany
ETT SpA (ETT) -Italy
Geologian tutkimuskeskus (GTK) - Finland
Hellenic Center for Marine Research (HCMR) - Greece
Institute français de recherché pour l'exploitation de la mer (IFREMER) - France
Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) - United Kingdom
Mariene Informatie Service BV (MARIS) - The Netherlands
National Institute of Oceangraphy and Experimental Geophysics (OGS) - Italy
Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine (SHOM) - France
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) - Sweden
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ) - Belgium
Bibbomatica SA - Spain
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) - Denmark
TNO (TNO) - Netherlands
National Research Council, Institute on Atmospheric Pollution (CNR-IIA) - Italy
Henry Boldrini
Robert Roncella
Fabrizio Papeschi
Massimiliano Olivieri
Matthias Santoro
Lena Rettori
Paul Mazzetti