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The Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer MERIS forms part of the core instrument payload of ESA's environmental research satellite ENVISAT-1. MERIS is funded by ESA. The demands of the European scientific community for a global environmental monitoring system, whose technical characteristics enable the extraction of quantitative information from ocean colour data, as well as for documentation of the state and evolution of the atmosphere and land surfaces, led to the conception of MERIS. The oceanographic mission is radiometrically the most demanding in terms of low radiance levels and their associated high signal-to-noise ratios. The instrument will be capable of detecting the low levels of radiation emerging from the ocean(linked to the water constituents by the processes of absorption and scattering), in addition to acquiring information about the atmospheric medium through which the observation is made as well as terrestrial environments. The characteristics of MERIS will also be of great value for the retrieval of information on land surfaces, in particular that of global biomass.  5, record 1, English, - medium%20resolution%20imaging%20spectrometer%20MERIS

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MERIS-spectrometer. These sensors with nearly global daily coverage employ visible wavelength channels of observation with spectral characteristics suited for water quality monitoring of turbid lakes and coastal regions. Turbidity is one of the essential water quality indicators as it describes, in practise, the integrated amount of algae biomass and suspended matter.  2, record 1, English, - medium%20resolution%20imaging%20spectrometer%20MERIS

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... the MERIS imager which will have the advantages of higher spatial resolution, and flexible band placing. MERIS should also detect bright plankton blooms (red-tide events) through the peak radiance in a band at 708 nm.  6, record 1, English, - medium%20resolution%20imaging%20spectrometer%20MERIS

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L'un des dix instruments embarqués à bord d'ENVISAT, le spectromètre imageur MERIS mesure la «couleur» de l'océan, permettant ainsi de quantifier la concentration de chlorophylle. Les concentrations de phytoplancton élevées dans les zones de remontées d'eau froide ont ainsi été détectées le long des côtes de l'Afrique de l'Ouest dès le lendemain de la mise en service de l'instrument. Cet instrument est capable de fournir des informations continues, synoptiques pour l'océan mondial et en particulier sur les zones dynamiques de remontée d'eau froide, comme celles de la Mauritanie.  1, record 1, French, - spectrom%C3%A8tre%20imageur%20MERIS

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Le MERIS, spectromètre imageur (une sorte de caméra), créera des images en couleur de la surface des mers et des nuages qui renseigneront sur le réchauffement global. Il détectera aussi des pollutions océaniques ou des changements climatiques localisés grâce aux proliférations d'algues.  4, record 1, French, - spectrom%C3%A8tre%20imageur%20MERIS

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The Environmental Monitoring Division participates in the international marine program and specifically the systems for marine and ocean observation and data collection project. With the support of the Canadian Coast Guard/Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the division maintains a network of nine moored ODAS(Ocean Data Acquisition Systems) buoys along the coasts of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. The buoys collect and transmit hourly weather and sea state data 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Data is transmitted to the GOES satellite then relayed to earth stations where it is entered into the Global Telecommunications System(GTS). Archiving of data is done by the Marine Environmental Data Service(MEDS) of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and by Environment Canada.  1, record 2, English, - Ocean%20Data%20Acquisition%20Systems

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La Division de la surveillance de l'environnement participe à un programme international d'observation et, en particulier, à un projet d'observation et de collecte de données en mer. La Division a un réseau de neuf bouées SADO (Système d'acquisition de données océaniques) ancrées le long des côtes de Terre-Neuve et de la Nouvelle-Écosse, qu'elle entretient avec l'appui de la Garde côtière canadienne et de Pêches et Océans. Ces bouées recueillent des données sur l'état de la mer et les transmettent toutes les heures, 24 heures sur 24 et sept jours sur sept. Ces données sont captées par satellite GOES qui les renvoient à des stations à terre, où elles passent dans le Système global de télécommunications (SGT). L'archivage des données est effectué par le Service des données sur le milieu marin (SDMM) du ministère des Pêches et par Environnement Canada.  1, record 2, French, - Syst%C3%A8me%20d%27acquisition%20de%20donn%C3%A9es%20oc%C3%A9aniques

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Programme set up to gather environmental data systematically from national bodies, the specialized agencies and UNEP [United Nations Environment Programme].  3, record 3, English, - Global%20Environment%20Monitoring%20System

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Established 1974, by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).  4, record 3, English, - Global%20Environment%20Monitoring%20System

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Programme des Nations Unies pour l'environnement.  2, record 3, French, - Syst%C3%A8me%20mondial%20de%20surveillance%20continue%20de%20l%27environnement

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The Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment, convened by the United Nations in 1972 to consider the condition of the environment, called for an international mechanism for the exchange of environmental information. The result was The International Referral System(IRS), later renamed INFOTERRA, The Global Environmental Information Exchange Network, established in 1975 by a decision of the third session of the Governing Council of UNEP. Together with IRPTC, the Global Environmental Monitoring System(GEMS) and the Global Resource Information Database(GRID), INFOTERRA is a complement of UNEP's Earthwatch Programme and therefore plays an important part in fulfilling UNEP's global mandate of monitoring, assessment and dissemination of information on the environment, catalysing and spurring others to action at international, regional and national levels.  1, record 4, English, - The%20Global%20Environmental%20Information%20Exchange%20Network

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GEMS(Global Environmental Monitoring System).  1, record 5, English, - Programme%20Activity%20Centre

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United Nations.  2, record 6, English, - Global%20Environmental%20Monitoring%20System%20Programme%20Activity%20Centre

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Nations Unies.  2, record 6, French, - Centre%20d%27activit%C3%A9%20du%20programme%20pour%20le%20Syst%C3%A8me%20mondial%20de%20surveillance%20continue%20de%20l%27environnement

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