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OAS project Detail for BOUSSOLE
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| Code: | 543 |
| Acronym: | BOUSSOLE |
| Name: | Buoy for the acquisition of a long-term optical series |
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| Comments: | The purpose of the BOUSSOLE project is to establish a time series of optical properties in oceanic waters, in support to bio-optics research, to calibration of ocean color satellite observations, and to validation of the products derived from these observations.
BOUSSOLE is a joint effort by multiple organizations, which are pooling together the work of a lot of people, and is funded and supported by the following agencies and academic or governmental institutes: - European Space Agency (ESA), - Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), - Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers (INSU), - Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), - Observatoire Oceanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer. (http://www.obs-vlfr.fr/Boussole/html/project/introduction.php) |
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| Metadata version: | 0 |
| Keydate: | 2007-12-17 13:32:30.173898+00 |
| Editdate: | 2007-12-17 13:32:30.195561+00 |