Publications from the EU-Project "FerryBox"

Peer Reviewed Articles in Scientific Journals

2006

• Kelly-Gerreyn, B.A., Hydes, D.J., Fernand, L.J., Jégou, A.M., Lazure, P., Puillat, I., and C Garcia-Soto (2006). Low salinity intrusions in the western English Channel and possible consequences for biological production. Submitted to Continental Shelf Res., 51 pages.

2005

• Fleming V. and S. Kaitala (2005). Phytoplankton spring bloom intensity index for the Baltic Sea estimated for the years 1992 to 2003. Hydrobiologia 554, pp. 57-65.
• Hoteit, I., Korres, G. and G. Triantafyllou (2005). Comparison of Extended and Ensemble based Kalman filters with low and high resolution primitive equation ocean models. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 12, pp. 755-765.
• Korres, G., Hoteit, I. and G. Triantafyllou (2005). Data assimilation into a Princeton Ocean Model of the Mediterranean Sea using advanced Kalman filters. Journal of Marine Systems (accepted).
• Petersen, W., Wehde, H., Krasemann, H., Colijn, F. and F. Schroeder (2005). FerryBox and MERIS – Assessment of Coastal and Shelf Sea Ecosystems by Combining In-situ and Remote Sensed Data. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 77, 296-307.

2004

• Jaanus, A., Hajdu, S., Andersson, A., Kaitala, S., Kaljurand, K., Ledaine, I., Lips, I. and I. Olenina (2004). Distribution patterns of the red tide dinoflagellate Scrippsiella Hangoei in the Baltic Sea. Hydrobiologia, 554, pp. 137-146.

2003

• Kanoshina, I., Lips, U. and J.-M. Leppänen (2003). The influence of weather conditions (temperature and wind) on cyanobacterial bloom development in the Gulf of Finland (Baltic Sea). Harmful Algae, Vol. 2: pp. 29-41.
• Knight, P.J. and M.J. Howarth (2003). Towards a UK real-time coastal prediction system. Marine Scientist, 4, Q3, pp. 20-22.
• Korres, G., Nittis, K., Triantafyllou, G. and I. Hoteit (2003). Towards a data assimilation scheme for the POSEIDON hydrodynamic model (submitted).

2002

• Holley, S. and D.J. Hydes (2002). "Ferry-Boxes" and data stations for improved monitoring and resolution of eutrophication related processes: Application in Southampton Water UK a temperate latitude hypernutrified estuary. Hydrobiologia 475/476, pp. 99-110.

Dissertations

2005

• Lips, I. (2005). Abiotic factors controlling the cyanobacterial bloom occurrence in the Gulf of Finland. PhD thesis at Tartu University. Published in: Biol. Universitatis Tartuensis, 108, 47 pages, Tartu (Estonia).

2003

• Boyd, J. (2003). The development and evaluation of new technologies for the study of eutrophication in coastal waters. M.Phil. Thesis at University of Southampton, 142 pages, Southampton (UK).
• Eklof, L. (2003). Can recently developed autonomous observations such as satellite and FerryBox be useful tools within oceanography? BSc Dissertation at University of Southampton, 67 pages, Southampton (UK).
• Pihlajamaki, M. (2003). Seasonal cycles in the Baltic Sea based on data from the Finnish Institute of Marine Research FerryBox project 2000. BSc dissertation at University of Southampton, 104 pages, Southampton (UK).

Research Reports

2005

• Sørensen, K. (2005). Ferrybox data used in the REVAMP Atlas Chap 11. Comparison with in situ Chlorophyll-a samples. Part 3: Comparison from the Skagerrak area. In:. Peters et.al. (eds.), (2005) “Atlas of Chlorophyll-a concentrations for the North Sea based on MERIS imagery of 2003. The EU-project REVAMP. Published at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (the Netherlands).
• Sørensen, K. et. al. (2005). Testing of new sensors for satellite validation using the Ferrybox concept in the EU project DISMAR (for details refer to the DISMAR reports and the DISMAR project website http://www.nersc.no/Projects/dismar)

2004

• Holley, S.E., Purdie, D.A, Hydes, D.J and M.C Hartman (2004). 5 years of plankton monitoring in Southampton Water and the Solent including FerryBox, Dock Monitor and discrete sample data. Southampton Oceanography Centre Research & Consultancy Report No. 82, 72 pages, Southampton (UK).

2003

• Rantajärvi, E. (ed.) (2003). "Alg@line in 2003: 10 years of innovate plankton monitoring and research and operational information service in the Baltic Sea. Meri – Report Series of the Finnish Institute of Marine Research No. 48, 55 pages, Helsinki (Finland)

Published Conference Contributions and Non-refereed Scientific Articles

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2006

• Howarth, M.J., Proctor, R., Knight, P.J., Smithson, M.J. and D.K. Mills (2006). The POL Liverpool Bay Coastal Observatory. In: Proceedings of the World Maritime Technology Conference, 6-10 March 2006, London (UK).
• Lane, A., Howarth, M.J., Proctor, R., Knight, P.J. and D.K. Mills (2006). The POL Coastal Observatory – The Early Years. Proceedings of the 4th EuroGOOS Conference (in print), 6-9 July 2005, Brest (France).
• Proctor, R., Howarth, M.J., Knight, P.J., Holt, J.T., Siddorn, J. and D.K. Mills (2006). The Liverpool Bay Coastal Observatory – Analysis of Seasonal Cycles. In: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Estuarine and Coastal Modeling (in review), 3-5 November 2005, Charleston, South Carolina (USA).

2005

• Andreu-Burillo, I., Holt, J.T., Proctor, R. and I. James (2005). Assimilating thermal data into a high resolution coastal model using an Ensemble Kalman Filter. Proceedings of the 4th EuroGOOS Conference (in print), 6-9 June 2005, Brest (France).
• Dunning, J. and S. Hand (2005). Design, Manufacture, Servicing and Usage of FerryBox Systems. In: Proceedings of the 4th EuroGOOS Conference (in print), 6-9 June 2005, Brest (France).
• Howarth, M.J., Proctor, R., Smithson, M.J., Player, R. and P.J. Knight (2005). The Liverpool Bay Coastal Observatory. In: Proceedings of the IEEE/OES/CMTC 8th Current Meter Technology Conference, 28-29 June 2005, Southampton (UK).
• Kaitala, S., Fleming, V., Sørensen, K., Magnussen, J., Lips, I. and U. Lips (2005). A comparison of eutrophication processes and effects in different European marine areas based on the results of the EU FP-5 FerryBox Project. In: Proceedings of the 4th EuroGOOS Conference (in print), 6-9 June 2005, Brest (France).
• Kaitala, S. (2005). Multispectral calibration of MODIS satellite images with chlorophyll-a records from a Ferrybox fluorometer. Workshop of Remote sensing and bio-optical modelling of the Baltic Sea, 19 May 2005, Gdansk (Poland).
• Kaitala, S., Seppälä, J., Ylöstalo, P., Raateoja, M. and P. Maunula (2005). Recent advances in Operational Phytoplankton Monitoring System Alg@line. In: Proceedings of 31st International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment: Global Monitoring for Sustainability and Security, 20-24 June 2005, St. Petersburg (Russia), 4 pages.
• Kaitala, S., Seppälä, J. and P. Ylöstalo (2005). Calibration of MODIS satellite images for chlorophyll-a mapping for the Baltic Sea. 2nd Workshop of Remote Sensing of the Coastal Zone, 9-11 June 2005, Porto (Portugal).
• Kaitala, S., Fleming, V., Hällfors, S. and P. Maunula (2005). Occurrence of cyanobacteria in relation to nutrients and temperature. The 9th Symposium on Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 21-26 August 2005, Helsinki (Finland).
• Kaitala, S., Fleming, V. and S. Hällfors (2005). Phytoplankton community succession during summers 1997-2002 in the Baltic Sea. In: Proceedings of the 4th EuroGOOS Conference (in print), 6-9 June 2005, Brest (France).
• Korres, G., Nittis, K., Hoheit, I. and G. Triantafyliou (2005). A data assimilation tool for the Aegean Sea hydrodynamic model. In: Proceedings of the 4th EuroGOOS Conference (in print), 6-9 June 2005, Brest (France).
• Petersen, W., Colijn, F., Elliot, J., Howarth, M.J., Hydes, D.J., Kaitala, S., Kontoyiannis, H., Lavin, A., Lips, I., Pfeiffer, K.D., Proctor, R., Ridderinkhof, H. and K. Sørensen (2005). European FerryBox Project: From Online Oceanographic Measurements to Environmental Information. In: Proceedings of the 4th EuroGOOS Conference (in print), 6-9 June 2005, Brest (France).
• Petersen, W., Wehde, H., Schroeder, F., Petschatnikov, M., Gehrung, M. and F. Colijn (2005). FerryBox – An Observation System for the Assessment of the Coastal and Shelf Sea Ecosystem. LOICZ II Inaugural Open Science Meeting, 27-29 June 2005, Egmont aan Zee (the Netherlands).
• Pfeiffer, K.D., Schroeder, F., Wehde, H., Petersen, W., Colijn, F. and the FerryBox-Team (2005). Automated Observing Systems on Ferry Boats: Overview and Cost-Benefits. In: Proceedings of PACON 2005 International Symposium (in print), PACON 2005 International Symposium, Changhua Technical University, 6-11 November 2005, Changhua (Taiwan).
• Proctor, R., Howarth, M.J., Holt, J.T., Wolf, J., Knight, P.J., Allen, J.I. and M.W. Holt (2005). The synthesis of modelling and measurements in a coastal observatory. In: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Asian and Pacific Coasts (APAC 2005), 4-8 September 2005, Jeju (Korea), pp. 9-22, Hanrimon Publishing Co. (Korea), 698 pages.
• Ridderinkhof, H. (2005). Long-term ferry observations in the Marsdiep tidal inlet. LOICZ Newsletter No. 36, pp. 2-4.
• Wehde, H., Petersen, W., Callies, U., Reinke, S., Schrum, C., Alekseeva, I., Lübben, A. and A. Plüß (2005). FerryBox observations in the Southern North Sea – Application of numerical models for improving the significance of FerryBox data for the Southern North Sea region. General Assembly 2005 of the European Geosciences Union (EGU), 24-29 April 2005, Vienna (Austria).
• Wehde, H., Schroeder, F., Colijn, F. Callies, U., Reinke, S., Petersen, W. Schrum, C., Plüß, A. and D.K. Mills (2005). FerryBox observations in the Southern North Sea- Application of numerical models for improving the significance of the FerryBox data. In: Proceedings of the 4th EuroGOOS Conference (in print), 6-9 June 2005, Brest (France).
• Jaanus, A., Kaitala, S., Kaljurand, K. and I. Lips (2005). Summer phytoplankton in the Gulf of Finland; seasonal patterns and recommendations for monitoring design. 5th Baltic Sea Science Congress, 20-24 June 2005, Sopot (Poland).

2004

• Kaitala, S., Ylöstalo, P. and J. Seppälä (2004). Calibration of MODIS satellite images for chlorophyll-a estimates against automated fluorometer records with PLS analysis. BSRP SOOP Workshop, 14-15 October, 2004, Helsinki (Finland).
• Kelly-Gerreyn, B.A., Qurban, M.A., Hydes, D.J., Miller, P. and L. Fernand (2004). Coupled “FerryBox” Ship of Opportunity and satellite data observations of plankton succession across the European Shelf Sea and Atlantic Ocean. ICES Annual Science Conference 2004, 19-29 September 2004, Vigo (Spain), paper no. CM 2004/P:28, 21 pages, CD-ROM publication.
• Petersen, W., Petschatnikov, M., Schroeder, F., Wehde, H. and F. Colijn (2004). Thinking outside the FerryBox. FerryBox – automatic monitoring of water quality from ferryboats. In: Proceedings of Oceanology London 2004, 16-19 March 2004, pp. 64-65, London (UK).
• Proctor, R., Howarth, M.J., Knight, P.J. and D.K. Mills (2004). The POL Coastal Observatory – Methodology and some first results. In: Spaulding, M.L. (ed.), Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Estuarine and Coastal Modelling (ASCE) held in Monterey, California (USA), 3-5 November 2003, ASCE, 0-7844-0734-7, 2004, pp. 273-287, 1136 pages, Reston, Virginia (USA).
• Qurban, M.A., Hydes, D.J., Lavin, A.M., González-Pola, C.M., Kelly-Gerreyn, B.A. and P. Miller (2004). Sustained "Ferry-Box" Ship of Opportunity observations of physical and biogeochemical conditions across the Bay of Biscay. ICES Annual Science Conference 2004, paper no. CM 2004/N:09, 19 pages, CD ROM publication, Vigo (Spain).
• Wehde, H., Petersen, W., Petschatnikov, M., Schroeder, F. and F. Colijn (2004). Development and distribution of plankton observed with a FerryBox system for monitoring coastal waters. ASLO/TOS Ocean Research Conference, 15-20 February 2004, Honolulu, Hawaii (USA).

2003

• Hartman, S.E., Hydes, D.J., Mills, D.K., Wanieck, J. and D.B. Sivyer (2003). FerryBox and data buoy measurements of plankton blooms. In: Dahlin, H., Flemming, N.C., Nittis, K. and S.E. Petersson (eds.): Building the European Capacity in Operational Oceanography, Proceedings of the 3rd EuroGOOS Conference, EuroGOOS Publication No. 19, Elsevier Oceanography Series 69, ISBN 0-444-51550-X, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 568-573, 698 pages.
• Holley, S.E., Waniek J. and D.J. Hydes (2003). Ferrybox measurements of phytoplankton dynamics in a hypernutrified estuary (Southampton Water, UK).ICES Annual Science Conference 2003, 24-27 September 2003, Tallinn (Estonia), Paper no. CM 2003/L:02, 9 pages.
• Hydes, D.J., Hartman, S.E., Kelly-Gerreyn, B.A., Dodgson, J. Campbell, J.M., Crisp, N.A., Edwards, M., Dupee, B., Lavin, A.M. and C.M. Gonzalez-Pola (2003). Use of a FerryBox system to look at shelf sea and ocean margin process. In: Dahlin, H., Flemming, N.C., Nittis, K. and S.E. Petersson (eds.): Building the European Capacity in Operational Oceanography, Proceedings of the 3rd EuroGOOS Conference, EuroGOOS Publication No. 19, Elsevier Oceanography Series 69, ISBN 0-444-51550-X, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 297-303, 698 pages.
• Hydes, D.J., Bargeron, C.P., Kelly-Gerrein, B.A., Wehde, H., Petersen, W., Kaitala, S. (2003). Development of the operational observation system of harmful algal blooms as a BOOS project. ICES Annual Science Conference 2003, 24-27 September 2003, Tallinn (Estonia).
• Petersen, W., Petschatnikov, M., Schroeder, F. and F. Colijn (2003). Ferry-Box Systems for Monitoring Coastal Waters. In: Dahlin, H., Flemming, N.C., Nittis, K. and S.E. Petersson (eds.): Building the European Capacity in Operational Oceanography, Proceedings of the 3rd EuroGOOS Conference, EuroGOOS Publication No. 19, Elsevier Oceanography Series 69, ISBN 0-444-51550-X, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 325-333, 698 pages.
• Petersen, W., Petschatnikov, M., Schroeder, F. and F. Colijn (2003). FerryBox – A New System for Automatic Measurement of Biological-Chemical Parameters from Ferry Boats. Proceedings of OCEANS 2003, 22-26 September 2003, San Diego, California (USA).
• Proctor, R. and M.J. Howarth (2003). The POL Coastal Observatory. In: Dahlin, H., Flemming, N.C., Nittis, K. and S.E. Petersson (eds.): Building the European Capacity in Operational Oceanography, Proceedings of the 3rd EuroGOOS Conference, EuroGOOS Publication No. 19, Elsevier Oceanography Series 69. ISBN 0-444-51550-X, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 548-553, 698 pages.
• Pulliainen, J., Vepsäläinen, J., Kaitala, S., Kallio, K., Rantajärvi, E. and S. Koponen (2003). Spatial mapping of chlorophyll concentration in the Baltic Sea through the assimulation of satellite data with ship-of-opportunity observations. ICES Annual Science Conference 2003, 24-27 September 2003, Tallinn (Estonia).
• Ruokanen, L., Kaitala, S., Fleming, V. and P. Maunula (2003). Alg@line – Joint operational unattended phytoplankton monitoring system in the Baltic Sea. In: Dahlin, H., Flemming, N.C., Nittis, K. and S.E. Petersson (eds.): Building the European Capacity in Operational Oceanography, Proceedings of the 3rd EuroGOOS Conference, EuroGOOS Publication 19, Elsevier Oceanography Series 69, ISBN 0-444-51550-X, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 510-522, 698 pages.
• Schiller, H., Krasemann, H.L. and H. Wehde (2003). Application of Autoassociative NN’s for Monitoring and for Model Inversion. In: Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE Workshop on Advanced Environmental Sensing and Monitoring Technology, ISBN 88-7488-07, pp. 29-33, 24-25 July 2003, Como (Italy).
• Schroeder, F., Petersen, W., Petschatnikov, M. and F. Colijn (2003). A New Monitoring Tool: Automatic Measurements from Ferry Boats. In: K. Saxena (ed.), Recent Advances in Marine Science & Technology, 2002, Proceedings of PACON International 2002, pp. 207-219, Honolulu, Hawaii (USA).
• Rantajärvi, E., Ruokanen, L., Hällfors, S., Flinkman, J., Stipa, T., Suominen, T., Kaitala S. and P. Maunula (2003). Alg@line today. In Rantajärvi, E. (ed.), "Alg@line in 2003: 10 years of innovate plankton monitoring and research and operational information service in the Baltic Sea, pp. 9-16.
• Takio, T., Vepsäläinen, J., Kaitala, S. and V. Fleming (2003). Remote sensing of chlorophyll a in the Baltic Sea together with automated fluorometer measurements. ICES Annual Science Conference 2003, 24-27 September 2003, Tallinn (Estonia).
• Wehde, H., Petersen, W., Petschatnikov, M., Schroeder, F. and F. Colijn (2003). Development and distribution of plankton observed with a FerryBox system for monitoring coastal waters. ICES Annual Science Conference 2003, 24-27 September 2003, Tallinn (Estonia).

2002

• Colijn, F. and W. Petersen (2002). Collecting Oceanographic Data from Ferries. ICES Newsletters, 39, pp. 3-5.
• Colijn, F., Petersen, W., Petschatnikov, M. and F. Schroeder (2002). A New System for Automatic Measurements of Biological-Chemical Parameters from Ferry Boats. ICES Annual Science Conference 2002, 1-5 October 2002, Copenhagen (Denmark).
• Hydes, D.J. (2002). Summary of the operations of the EU FP5 project “Ferry-Box”. In: C.B. Miller (ed.), PICES Report No. 21, PICES-GLOBEC International Program on Climate Change and Carrying Capacity, Report of the PICES 2002 Volunteer Observing Ship Workshop, Appendix 4, 14 pages.
• Schroeder, F., Petersen, W., Petschatnikov, M. and F. Colijn (2002). A New Monitoring Tool: Automatic Measurements from Ferry Boats. Recent Advances in Marine Science & Technology. Proceedings PACON International 2002 (in print), 21-26 July 2002, Chiba (Japan).

2000

• Schroeder, F. and W. Petersen (2000). The Ferry-Box as a Monitoring Tool for Marine Waters – Concepts and Technical Solutions of European Systems. Proceedings of Techno-Ocean 2000 International Symposium, Vol. 3, 9-11 November 2000, Kobe (Japan).