AMRIT Project Ambition
AMRIT strives to become the catalyst for the development and consolidation of all EU Marine Research Infrastructures (MRIs) and be the cornerstone of the future European Ocean Observing System.
By building synergies and integration across MRIs, AMRIT's overall aims are to:
- develop operational and scientific cooperation between European MRIs,
- leverage the complementarity of various observation platforms,
- enhance the seamless operation of marine observation platforms,
- ensure the full utilisation and rapid evolution of sensors,
- maintain coherence in the ocean data value chain.
AMRIT Project Objectives
AMRIT’s specific objectives are to :
- develop a EOOS Digital Ecosystem for integrated metadata management of in situ observations of all MRIs,
- impact Essential Ocean Variables (EOV)* quality through improved data FAIRness**, quality and quantity,
- set up the EOOS Technical Support Centre (EOOS TSC) to service users.
This EOOS TSC provides integrated information services, standardised data acquisition methodologies, and a collaborative structure for service operation.
Overall, AMRIT services improve the data value chain for the benefit of the Copernicus services and beyond.
* An EOV is a physical, chemical, or biological variable or a group of linked variables that critically contributes to the characterization of the ocean state and dynamics.. EOVs data sets provide the empirical evidence needed to understand and predict the evolution of the ocean.
** FAIRness is the character of FAIR data. FAIR data is data that meets the FAIR principles (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability). The FAIR principles emphasize machine actionability, i.e. the ability of computer systems to find, access, interoperate and reuse data with little or no human intervention.