Improving Performance of EOV Observational Technologies

As part of the BioGeoSea project, funded under Horizon Europe, we aim to enhance observations of biogeochemical Essential Ocean Variables (EOV) for European and global assessments. As part of this effort, we are gathering input from the research community to improve the performance of Biogeochemical EOVs observational technologies. To support this we are organizing an online workshop in March 2026 and inviting submissions of information in response to the questions outlined below.

Survey contact: Trevor Sloughter, University of Exeter, [email protected]
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Which ocean observations do you make in relation to biogeochemical EOVs?
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Which biogeochemical technologies do you use? For each, please indicate how confident are you in the reliability of the technologies, techniques, and practices, on a scale from 1 (low) to 5 (high).
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What limitations do you identify in the EOV specifications? Please see: https://goosocean.org/what-we-do/framework/essential-ocean-variables/
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Any suggestions for improving the EOV specifications and descriptions (see again: https://goosocean.org/what-we-do/framework/essential-ocean-variables/) to improve observations?
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Do you know of observing networks, or platforms, for physics/biology that could have capacity to make BGC observation? One example is the ARGO floats which have expanded to include also biogeochemical variables.
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GDPR statement:
The information provided by you will be used for research purposes and the results will be used within the project to inform ongoing work on [e.g. EOV development]. The results will also form part of a report or research paper, which will later be published online and potentially be presented at conferences. Your personal information, including any individually identifiable information, will not be published. You may withdraw from the research at any time, and your personal data will be immediately deleted.

All personal data will be stored in a digital folder on the secured data server and only accessible to project staff. To ensure good scientific practice and for possible verifications, we reserve the right to save the documents in a separate digital folder on the institute’s server during the lifetime of the project and up to 5 years following.

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Would you like to be kept updated on the results of this survey? (Please provide an e-mail address above if so.)[Checkboxes]
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