Project description - DESAMBEM Project

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A national project funded by State Committee for Scientific Research (now Ministry of Science and Information Society Technologies).

No. PBZ-KBN 056/P04/2001

Project leaders:

Project coordinator - Prof. Bogdan Woźniak, Institute of Oceanology, Sopot,

Project v-ce coordinator & contact person - Dr. Mirosława Ostrowska,, Institute of Oceanology, Sopot,

Prof. Adam Krężel, University of Gdańsk,

Dr. Dariusz Ficek, Pomeranian Pedagogical University, Dept. of Environmental Physics, Słupsk,

Prof. Zbigniew Witek, Sea Fisheries Institute in Gdynia,

Project duration:

April 1, 2002 - September 30, 2005

Project Budget:

1 200 000 €

Scientific task:

Development of bio-optical models as a base of modern procedures for the Baltic ecosystem remote sensing monitoring.

Utilitarian task:

Development of operational algorithm for the Baltic ecosystem remote sensing.

Research fields:

Empirical investigation and modelling in the following fields: satellite data processing, atmospheric correction, solar radiation transfer in the sea water, bio-optical properties of sea water, photosynthesis processes in marine phytoplankton.

Priorities:

Assessment of temperature, chlorophyll concentration and total primary production of organic matter and oxygen in the Baltic Sea.

Radiant energy inflow and utilisation in the Baltic ecosystem.

Ability to predict the Baltic Sea ecosystem changes.