Developing applications for the benefit of the citizens

Please find below information on projects co-financed by the European Commission under FP6 in the areas of Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES), Satellite Telecommunications, and Space Transportation. A brochure providing an overview of all these projects [3 MB] is also available.

Global Monitoring for Environment Security

• AMFIC [2 MB] - air quality monitoring and forecasting in China
• ASSIST [2 MB] - alpine safety, security and information services and technologies
• AWARE [599 KB] - a tool for monitoring and forecasting available water resources in mountainous environments
• BOSS4GMES [975 KB] - building operational sustainable services for GMES
• CASCADOSS [287 KB] - development of a trans-national cascade training programme on open source geographical information systems and remote sensing software for environmental applications
• DRAGONESS [2 MB] - DRAGON in support of harmonising European and Chinese marine monitoring for environment and security systems
• EAGLE [2 MB] - Exploitation of AnGular effects in Land surfacE observations from satellites
• GEMS [764 KB] - global and regional Earth-system monitoring using satellite and in-situ data
• GENACS [2 MB] - GMES European-wide network assistance and coordination support
• GEOLAND [2 MB] - GMES products & services, integrating Earth observation monitoring capacities, to support the implementation of European directives and policies related to "land cover and vegetation"
• GMES-POLAND [936 KB] - promoting Polish participation in GMES
• GMOSS [847 KB] - Global monitoring for security and stability
• GNU [920 KB] - GMES network of users
• GOCINO [1018 KB] - GOCE in ocean modelling
• GOSIS [446 KB] - GMES organisation and systems integration scenarios
• HALO [317 KB] - Harmonised coordination of the Atmosphere, Land and Ocean-integrated projects of the GMES backbone
• HAWKEYE [420 KB] - thermal infra red hyperspectral sensing assistance for clandestine weapon surveillance under working conditions linking fixed airborne or space borne systems
• HUMBOLDT [2 MB] - development of a framework for data harmonisation and service integration
• INSEA [386 KB] - data integration system for eutrophication assessment in coastal waters
• INTEGRAL [2 MB] - interferometric evaluation of glacier rheology and alterations
• LIMES [937 KB] - land and sea integrated monitoring for European security
• MERSEA [306 KB] - marine environment and security for the European area
• MONRUK [2 MB] - monitoring the marine environment in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan using Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite
• MOTIIVE [2 MB] - marine overlays on topography for Annex II valuation and exploitation
• NAVOBS [410 KB] - a support measure to boost the business prospects of GMES and telecom satellites through focused and innovative RTD work involving SMEs
• NAVOBS PLUS [557 KB] - expanding the existing NAVOBS network of GMES users in order to factor out common needs and instigate economies of scale in service delivery which will help SMEs (GMES service providers or customers)
• PEARL [2 MB] - port environmental information collector
• PREVIEW [812 KB] - prevention, information and early warning pre-operational services to support the management of risks
• RISE [3 MB] - reference information specifications for Europe
• SCHEMA [2 MB] - scenarios for hazard emergencies management
• SEOS [2 MB] - science education through Earth observation for high schools
• VGT4-AFRICA [838 KB] - distribution of vegetation data in Africa through EUMETCAST

Satellite telecommunications

• AFSAGA [862 KB] - African satellite communication and Galileo applications
• BASE2 [2 MB] - broadband access satellite enabled education
• HEALTHWARE [2 MB] - standard and interoperable satellite solution to deploy healthcare services over wide areas
• MOWGLY [2 MB] - mobile wideband global link system
• NET-ADDED [2 MB] - new technologies to avoid digital division in e-divided areas
• RURAL WINGS [456 KB]
• SATMAC [422 KB] - satellite communication market assessment and cost benefit
• SISTER [432 KB] - satcomms in support of transport on European roads
• TANGO [358 KB] - telecommunications advanced networks for GMES operations
• TWISTER [911 KB] - terrestrial wireless infrastructure integrated with satellite telecommunications for e-rural applications

Space transportation

SOYMANTRY [690 KB] - Soyuz at CSG programme management and launch system telemetry and remote adaptations