Note: Cover -- Table of Contents -- Conference Organisers -- Preface -- Conference Opening -- Part I: Current Developments in Operational Oceanography -- Chapter 1. Global Ocean Observing Systems and the challenges of the 21st century -- Chapter 2. New European developments for Operational Oceanography -- Chapter 3. The European contribution to GODAE -- Part II: Regional Systems I -- Chapter 4. A possible migration from marine scientific research to operational oceanography in the context of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) -- Chapter 5. Cyprus coastal ocean forecasting and observing system -- Chapter 6. MAMA „ Towards a new paradigm for ocean monitoring in the Mediterranean -- Chapter 7. Model-derived seasonal amounts of dust deposited on Mediterranean Sea and Europe -- Chapter 8. Evaluation of POSEIDON forecasts in the Aegean Sea for a three-year period -- Chapter 9. Fluorescence lidars and their potentials for the remote sensing of the marine environment -- Chapter 10. Long-term sustained observing system for climatic variability studies in the Mediterranean -- Chapter 11. Comparison of ECMWF operational surface meteorology and buoy observations in the Ligurian Sea -- Chapter 12. Impact of climate change on Adriatic Sea hydrology -- Chapter 13. Temperature sampling strategies assessment in the Mediterranean Forecasting System -- Chapter 14. Water masses and diagnostic circulation west of Sardinia from 23 March to 4 April 2001 -- Chapter 15. XBT observations in the Eastern Mediterranean: data analysis and assessment of numerical ocean forecasts -- Chapter 16. Marine meteorological and oceanographic services in the Hydrometcenter of Russia -- Part III: Remote Sensing Systems -- Chapter 17. Measurement of wave groups using radar-image sequences. , Chapter 18. Synergy of remote sensing and numerical modelling for monitoring of suspended particulate matter -- Chapter 19. Monitoring precipitation using underwater acoustic remote sensing -- Chapter 20. Marine SAR Analyses and Interpretation System„MARSAIS -- Chapter 21. Study and monitoring of sea ice cover in the Caspian and Aral Seas from TOPEX/ POSEIDON microwave data -- Chapter 22. Oceanpal: an instrument for remote sensing of the ocean and other water surfaces using GNSS reflections -- Chapter 23. Monitoring of waves with X-band radar in the port of Sines -- Chapter 24. Performance of the PISCES HF radar during the DEFRA trials -- Chapter 25. Long-term changes in the Black Sea surface chlorophyll a according to in situ and modern satellite data -- Chapter 26. The role of synergy in developing a Marine SAR Analysis and Interpretation System -- Chapter 27. Routine scatterometer winds for the Mediterranean -- Chapter 28. Sea Surface Salinity mapping with SMOS space mission -- Chapter 29. Sea level prediction at the Portuguese coast based on model and remote sensed data -- Part IV: Numerical Modelling and Data Assimilation -- Chapter 30. The Forecasting Ocean Assimilation Model (FOAM) system -- Chapter 31. Coupled physical and biochemical data driven simulations of Black Sea in spring- summer: real-time forecast and data assimilation -- Chapter 32. Data assimilation in an operational forecast system of the North Sea-Baltic Sea system -- Chapter 33. Impact of the progress in operational oceanography on oil spill drift forecasting in the Mediterranean Sea -- Chapter 34. The study of seasonal variability in the Adriatic Sea with the use of EOF analysis -- Part V: Next Generation Systems -- Chapter 35. AUVs: designing and operating next generation vehicles -- Chapter 36. Sustainability analysis in marine research, monitoring and forecasting systems. , Part VI: EC Operationl Forecasting workshop :Reports on EC Operational Forecasting Projects -- Chapter 37. The use of HF radar networks within operational forecasting systems of coastal regions -- Chapter 38. The DIADEM/TOPAZ monitoring and prediction system for the North Atlantic -- Chapter 39. GAVDOS: A satellite radar altimeter calibration and sea-level monitoring site on the island of Gavdos, Crete -- Chapter 40. EDIOS: European Directory of the Initial Ocean Observing System -- Chapter 41. IOMASA„Integrated Observing and Modelling of the Arctic Surface and Atmosphere -- Chapter 42. Marine Environment and Security for the European Area, MERSEA Strand-1 -- Chapter 43. Integrated marine science in European shelf seas and adjacent waters -- Chapter 44. ESONET„European Sea Floor Observatory Network -- Part VII: In Situ Monitoring -- Chapter 45. Use of a Ferry-Box system to look at shelf sea and ocean margin processes -- Chapter 46. Monitoring the marine environment operational practices in Europe -- Chapter 47. Smartbuoy: A marine environmental monitoring buoy with a difference -- Chapter 48. ARGOS capabilities for global ocean monitoring -- Chapter 49. FerryBox systems for monitoring coastal waters -- Chapter 50. Real-time oceanographic measurements using the M3A system -- Chapter 51. EGOS„European Group on Ocean Stations providing real time buoy observations from data sparse areas of the North Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas -- Chapter 52. CORIOLIS, a French project for in situ operational oceanography -- Chapter 53. ASSEM: Array of Sensors for long term SEabed Monitoring of geohazards -- Chapter 54. Adaptive sampling for coastal environmental monitoring using a geo-referenced mobile instrument platform and correlative data visualisation -- Chapter 55. A comparison with the Argo observing system„Gyroscope 0302 cruise. , Chapter 56. Coastal oceanographic station at the entrance of the Gulf of Trieste (Northern Adriatic) -- Chapter 57. The NOR-50: a fast research vessel for operational oceanography -- Chapter 58. Monte Carlo simulation of NaI(T1) gamma-spectra in sea water -- Chapter 59. In situ calibration of biofouling-prone oceanographic sensors in the framework of the POSEIDON project -- Part VIII: Waves Monitoring and Forecasting -- Chapter 60. Wave and current forecasting along the Spanish Catalan coast -- Chapter 61. Progress in building a wave climate database along the French coasts through numerical hindcast simulations over a 20-years period -- Chapter 62. Modelling of sea states sequence along a ship route using Markov theory -- Chapter 63. Real time monitoring of Spanish coastal waters: The deep water network -- Chapter 64. Adaptive neural network for wave forecasting -- Part IX: User Perspectives -- Chapter 65. Demand side "pull" for EuroGOOS products: Identifying market and policy decisions impacted by new environmental information -- Chapter 66. International public goods and operational oceanography -- Chapter 67. Global operational oceanography and the role of the Joint WMO/IOX Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology -- Chapter 68. The Global Ocean Observing System: design and implementation of the coastal module -- Chapter 69. High-resolution wind fields from synthetic aperture radars and numerical models for offshore wind farming -- Part X: EuroGOOS Task Teams -- Chapter 70. Towards NOOS„The EuroGOOS NW Shelf Task Team 19962002 -- Chapter 71. Present status of BOOS„Baltic Operational Oceanographic System -- Part XI: Regional Systems 2 -- Chapter 72. Review of the last 15 years with the Seawatch system -- Chapter 73. Real-time forecast modelling for the NW European Shelf seas. , Chapter 74. Arctic climate change„will the ice disappear this century? -- Chapter 75. Approach to the operational Ocean Observing System in the Yellow Sea through China- Korea bi-lateral cooperation -- Chapter 76. Operational products and services for the Belgian coastal waters -- Chapter 77. Co-ordinating UK inputs to EuroGOOS and GOOS -- Chapter 78. 3D, EOF-based spatial analysis of Gyroscope observations in the North Atlantic Ocean -- Chapter 79. A unified model system for the Baltic Sea -- Chapter 80. Alg@ line„joint operational unattended phytoplankton monitoring in the Baltic Sea -- Chapter 81. Pre-operational system for oil spill simulation -- Part XII: Coastal Systems -- Chapter 82. Monitoring the Norwegian Coastal Zone Environment (MONCOZE) -- Chapter 83. Sensing the coastal environment -- Chapter 84. The Bay of Biscay project -- Chapter 85. The POL Coastal Observatory -- Chapter 86. Optical variability associated with phytoplankton dynamics in the Cretan Sea during 2000 and 2001 -- Chapter 87. Contemporary problems of navigation safety and sea pollution in the Georgian Exclusive Economic Zone -- Chapter 88. Outfall of storm sewers in the sea„a technical review -- Chapter 89. Ferrybox and databuoy measurements of plankton blooms -- Chapter 90. Engineering-biological method for coastal protection -- Part XIII: Data-Products-Users -- Chapter 91. Defence-related applications for operational oceanography -- Chapter 92. The modelling system for simulation of the oil spills in the Black Sea -- Chapter 93. Society and sustainable use of the Exclusive Economic Zones -- Chapter 94. Society and sustainable use of mineral resources in the Exclusive Economic Zones -- Chapter 95. Applications and availability of ocean model products from the Met Office -- Chapter 96. CORIOLIS: Providing a data management infrastructure for operational oceanography. , Chapter 97. An approach to integration of oceanographic information production on the Web.