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    OBJECTIVES

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    OBJECTIVES

    TRICUSO’s overall objective is to connect three European Research Infrastructures (RIs) to the WMO Global Greenhouse Gas Watch (G3W) to jointly improve our ability to quantify the Southern Ocean carbon sink. This will be achieved by the following supporting objectives:

    • Enable high quality ocean carbon observations on citizen science and autonomous platforms

    Innovate and miniaturise existing sensors and integrate them into floats, autonomous surface vessels, racing yachts and other ships of opportunities for trial.

    • Deploy and test new sensors

    Conduct long-term laboratory trials in Southern Ocean conditions, as well as an at-sea intercomparison between platforms (autonomous vessels, racing yachts and cruise vessels) in the South Atlantic.

    • Define a roadmap for the delivery of the optimal surface ocean pCO2 observing system

    Determine how the European Research Infrastructure Consortiums (ICOS ERIC, EMBRC-ERIC and Euro-Argo ERIC) in collaboration with the GOOS networks can deliver the optimised system, and quantify the added value the new platforms bring to the system.

    • Integrate biological observations into the EU Research Infrastructure landscape

    Build a strong collaboration between the RIs and GO-SHIP to contribute toward a Bio-GO-SHIP strategy that demonstrates how systematic, whole-ocean observations, key to the understanding of ocean carbon cycling, can be supported in the current observation system.

    •  Build on the ICOS experience

    Support the initiation of an international surface ocean pCO2 observing network that integrates pCO2 observing efforts across multiple platforms.

    • Share knowledge and best practices

    Provide training to members of RIs and other stakeholders undertaking marine observations on best practices for autonomous carbon observations and data handling to enhance the quality of generated data products.

    • Engage with business and citizens

    Collaborate with European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and citizen science organisations through the co-development and evaluation of technologies for ocean carbon observing.

    • Demonstrate how European Ocean observing can integrate into the WMO G3W

    Develop a comprehensive cost plan with the information the Global Carbon Project (GCP) requires, based on the capabilities represented by the RIs.

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