GMES DOLPHIN

DOLPHIN Project Kick-Off meeting

The DOLPHIN project formally started on the 1st of June 2011. The commencement of the project was marked by a meeting of the consortium partners and the Research Executive Agency's Project Officer in Rome, Italy.

First DOLPHIN User Advisory Board meeting

The first DOLPHIN User Advisory Board (UAB) meeting was held on the 14th December 2011. The aim of the meeting was to discuss operational scenarios for the Border Surveillance, Traffic Safety and Fisheries Control policy areas that will be tested and validated during the lifetime of the project.

Second DOLPHIN Milestone Review meeting held

The DOLPHIN Consortium held its second Milestone Review meeting on 15th December 2011, in Lisbon, Portugal. The aim of the meeting was to bring key project actors together, review progress, and undertake planning and steering activities. The meeting was hosted by EMSA.

DOLPHIN article in Parliament Magazine

DOLPHIN was featured in a special Space edition of Parliament Magazine, published on the 7th of November.

Adoption of the Communication on the GMES programme and its operations from 2014 onwards

On 30/11/2011, the European Commission adopted its Communication on the "European Earth monitoring programme (GMES) and its operations (from 2014 onwards) (COM(2011) 831). Please see here for more information.

DOLPHIN: New capabilities for safer seas

DOLPHIN is an EU GMES research and development project which aims to improve space-based maritime surveillance techniques in order to support activities in the areas of Border Surveillance, Traffic Safety and Fisheries Control.

The DOLPHIN project will identify and develop new capabilities which cannot be fulfilled by currently available technology and space-based assets, such as:

detecting very small and/or fast boats such as those used for drug smuggling;

reconstructing a ship’s route, to determine its point of origin, or points of transition;

monitoring a ship’s route, by means of forward tracking techniques;

reliably discriminating between small and large boats, in order to detect rendezvous;

detecting and classifying objects other than ships, such as icebergs.

DOLPHIN stands for "Development of Pre-operational Services for Highly Innovative Maritime Surveillance Capabilities".

dolphin in a nutshell

DOLPHIN is an EU GMES research and development project in the field of Maritime Surveillance. Over its 30-month duration, the DOLPHIN project will develop new methods and algorithms for processing satellite radar and optical images in order to improve the detection and monitoring of seafaring vessels.

GMES

GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) is a joint programmatic effort of the European Union and the European Space Agency, aimed at establishing sustainable, autonomous European information services for monitoring and forecasting the state of the environment on land, at sea and in the atmosphere, responding to emergencies and improving the security of citizens.