Remote sensing applications for the ecosystem-based management process implementation in the Romanian Black Sea Coastal Zone

Abstract

The marine and coastal spatial data & information management actions within the Romanian research & development institutions, formed towards the implementation of Coastal ecosystem based management standards include RS data validation, QC-QD procedure and Web-GIS services. The RS & GIS complementary actions, among other areas, are developed in order to provide a modern scientific and technical instrument toward the extension of an operational informational system. The paper presents certain national consortium actions that are developed as implementing activities of the international/European RS applications to coastal complex waters studies development, including the calibration and validation of RS algorithm extensions, Web-GIS systems/services as support tools for the ICZM implementation process in the Romanian Black Sea area. The results presented in this work are related to the development of a Marine & Coastal GIS able to accommodate the data exchange and integration, from several sources, which, associated in databases, can constitute the engine of a dynamic and efficient decision system for a specific area of the Romanian Coastal Zone based on its case study.