AQUARIUS Analysis of data gaps

This deliverable is the contribution from AQUARIUS project Task 6.1 one of the key tasks within the Data Management and Open Science Practices work package, towards serving the targets of the Mission ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030’, the European Partnership ‘A climate neutral, sustainable and productive Blue Economy’ and associated initiatives and projects. The task involves analyzing data gaps and data availability. This analysis will aid in formulating the AQUARIUS Transnational Access(TA) Calls for proposals and selecting proposals for each TA call by identifying the most useful and relevant data to collect for each lighthouse region. It is composed of:1) Analysing knowledge targets of the Mission ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030’, the European Partnership ‘A climate neutral, sustainable and productive Blue Economy’, the ‘Marine Strategy Framework Directive’ and the ‘Green Deal’.2) Reviewing existing and known data availability for European waters in RIs, EMODnet, Copernicus, and beyond, for supporting research into the knowledge targets, identifying data gaps that might be included as targets in the TA project Calls. This task is complementary to AQUARIUS Task 3.1 and provides and Analysis on data gaps for the four Lighthouse regions.