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GKSS ICON
The GKSS Research Centre is in the process of setting up an automated observing network in the southern German Bight (2008-2010): ICON (=integrated coastal observational network).
The main objective is to consolidate,
to expand and to integrate network components developed at GKSS in
order to set up a system for documentation and description of the
environmental state and changes of: water quality and phytoplankton
dynamics on different regular ship routes (FerryBox) and on Wadden
Sea piles, Morphology in coastal location by radar remote sensing,
and Parameters controlling the North Sea ecosystem, e.g., algal
blooms, distribution of suspended matter and primary production, by
means of satellite remote sensing.
ICON consists of the following stationary systems for the measurement of time series: A stationary FerryBox system on the test platform FINO 1, A stationary FerryBox system at the mouth of the Elbe Estuary (on shore), X-band wave radar systems for the determination of bathymetry, HF radar (WERA) for the observation of wave and current fields in the German Bight, Several piles with automated equipment in the Wadden Sea, complemented by sub-surface bottom systems in winter and Wave rider buoys.
In addition, these stations will be complemented by a measuring system for atmospheric correction and in situ "ground truth" correction of bio-optical remote sensing, tests of AUVs for charting and detection of special phenomena and the set up of an efficient data management system.
One innovative technical component within the concept will be the development of new robust sensor systems which will be operated in the FerryBox systems (pCO2/alkalinity, optical absorption spectra of algal pigments, algal activity (FRRF), and gene-probes for algal species detection (with AWI).
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