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February 25, 2025

Advancing Ocean Monitoring with Data Assimilation

Advancing Ocean Monitoring with Data Assimilation
New research shows that merging biogeochemical observations with models improves the simulation of phytoplankton phenology and reduces uncertainty in plankton community structure & production. However, chlorophyll assimilation may increase uncertainty in trophic efficiency & POC.
The study highlights the need for controllability assessments as a standard practice in operational ocean modeling, ensuring more accurate ecosystem indicators for marine monitoring & climate studies.

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NEWS AND PROJECT UPDATES

March 12, 2026|News

NECCTON Launches Advanced Ocean Viewer, Bringing Europe’s Next-Generation Marine Ecosystem Data to the World

The NECCTON project has reached a major milestone with the public release of the NECCTON Ocean Viewer, an open, interactive web platform designed to transform how users explore, understand, and apply cutting edge marine ecosystem information. Now live at https://data.neccton.eu , the viewer delivers unprecedented access to a rapidly expanding catalogue of harmonised, cloud optimised datasets that ...

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March 3, 2026|Project Update

NECCTON Highlights Ecosystem Forecasting Developments at European Ocean Days

NECCTON Presented at European Ocean Days: Supporting Ecosystem Forecasting for EU Marine Policy During the Marine Knowledge for Ocean Health session at European Ocean Days, the coordinator of the NECCTON project outlined how Europe is developing the capacity to produce operational marine ecosystem forecasts and why this capability is increasingly relevant for policy and management....

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February 27, 2026|Project Update

NECCTON Co-Organises Marine Ecosystem Modelling Session at OSM26

At the Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026 in Glasgow (22–27 February 2026), NECCTON co-organised the session “Advancing Marine Ecosystem Modeling for a Predictable and Sustainable Ocean” together with OceanPredict’s Marine Ecosystem Analysis and Prediction Task Team. ...

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