WIMO
Various impacts can be observed due to global climate change: rise in temperatures, alteration in marine fauna, harmful plankton blooms, a decrease in fish populations or changes in coastal properties of the North Sea. The increase in shipping traffic and offshore industry have also considerably impacted the ecosystem.
In order to shape utilisation of the German Bight sustainably, the WIMO (Scientific Monitoring Concepts for the German Bight) project alliance has been formed. The objective is to appraise the current condition of the German Bight.
WIMO initially identifies the relevant variables as well as their interactions in order to facilitate the actual description of the environmental condition. The next step is the regular and precise observation of conditions in the German Bight.
Information will be disseminated about this condition and quality developments in German marine regions. Furthermore, decision makers will obtain scientifically-based advice.
Information concepts for the public are developed and are presented in easily comprehensible formats.
Several departments at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon are involved in WIMO.
The Department of Remote Sensing is developing what is known as a WebGIS for the project. This enables data from various measurement instruments in different data formats, which are currently distributed across different Internet servers, to be compiled and linked into one computer program.
Contact

Head of Department
Optical Oceanography
Phone: +49 (0)4152 87-2028