Project
Satellite-based observations of Carbon in the Ocean: Pools, Fluxes and Exchanges (SCOPE)
In the Satellite-based observations of Carbon in the Ocean: Pools fluxes and Exchange (SCOPE) project, funded by the European Space Agency (ESA), we bring together an international team of experts to study the ocean carbon cycle from space to better understand how much carbon the ocean stores and how this changes over time.
We focus on producing climate-quality datasets, including error estimates, and on collaboration between remote sensing scientists, in situ data experts and biogeochemical modellers to advance our capability of monitoring the ocean carbon cycle.
SCOPE aims to provide the best possible characterisation of the ocean carbon budget from satellite observations and further the understanding of its variability in space and time. This is delivered through the development of new satellite-based ocean carbon products, with pixel-by-pixel uncertainty estimates, and through science case studies and an impact assessment. SCOPE will also bring present and past ESA and European developments together with other relevant new results from the scientific community through broad collaboration and partnership.
