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| Project Metadata Element | Details |
| Project Title | Cost-Effective Sensors, Interoperable with International Existing Ocean Observing Systems, to Meet EU Policies Requirements |
| Research Area | Water |
| Project Acronym | COMMON SENSE |
| Principal Investigator or Lead Irish Partner | David Murphy (IE), Angela Lally (IE), Yassine Lassoued (IE), Mark Bowkett (IE) |
| Lead Institution or Organisation | AquaTT; Dublin City University (DCU); University College Cork (UCC); T.E. Laboratories Ltd |
| Lead Country | Ireland |
| Latitude, Longitude (of Lead Institution) | 53.33560, -6.26662; 53.38526, -6.25714; 51.89348, -8.49206 |
| Lead Funding Entity | European Commission |
| Approximate Project Start Date | 01/11/2013 |
| Approximate Project Finishing Date | 28/02/2017 |
| Project Website (if any) | www.commonsenseproject.eu |
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| Project Keywords | Marine Strategy Framework Directive; Monitoring marine environment; Sensors; Data management platform |
| Project Abstract | Many marine environments, including some of those in EU marine territories, face increasing challenges, such as loss of biodiversity and habitats, pollution, and the impacts of climate change. For Europe, increasing environmental interest and awareness in both public and private sectors is a strategic objective for sustainable development and for ensuring continuity of economic activities. To achieve this, and to improve EU competitiveness, new technologies and methods for monitoring the marine environment are required. COMMON SENSE is a new project that supports the implementation of European Union marine policies such as the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) and the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). The COMMON SENSE project will develop innovative, cost-effective sensors aimed at increasing the availability of standardised data on: eutrophication, concentrations of heavy metals, microplastic fraction within marine litter, underwater noise, and other parameters, such as temperature and pressure. Such sensors will represent an improvement in marine data management and will refine our ability to forecast and assess environmental conditions affecting the whole marine ecosystem. This will be beneficial for protecting marine life, mitigating the anthropogenic and climate change impacts and promoting basic research of marine science. Sensors currently used for these purposes are not generally designed for automatic or low maintenance use. In addition, they can be costly, energy demanding, too large, and not always interoperable with existing relevant observation systems. COMMON SENSE will develop prototypes of in-situ next generation sensors and integrate these sensors into different marine platforms in order to reduce significant sampling and monitoring costs. The next generation sensors will be able to share data with existing and new observing systems and will feed into the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) and the Global Earth Observing System of Systems (GEOSS). The project will also develop a data management platform which will help to protect the marine environment and enable the sustainable use of European marine waters. Through the development of automatic, low maintenance and efficient sensors, the tools provided by the COMMON SENSE project will support effective monitoring of our waters and so help protect the marine environment in Europe, enabling a sustainable use of them. COMMON SENSE is coordinated by the Leitat Technological Centre, Spain, and its consortium brings together 15 partners from seven different countries, encompassing a wide range of technical expertise and know-how in the marine monitoring area. |