DEVELOPMENT OF A VIRTUAL RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT FOR NOISE MAP VISUALIZATION AND DATA PROCESSING IN THE NORTH-EAST ATLANTIC REGION

As part of the JONAS (Joint Framework for Ocean Noise in the Atlantic Seas) project, PLOCAN will develop a Virtual Research Environment (VRE) for the capitalization (gathering) of the results generated by the different Work Packages. Among these results, we will find the noise and species maps. These maps need to be gathered at a computing facility, for processing and display as required by the stakeholders. Also, it is required the processing of acoustic data to generate different metrics. The area of study for the JONAS project comprises the North-East-Atlantic region. There are six areas of special importance to the project which are designated Jonas 1 to 6 and shown in the same figure. Theses areas are: 1- Ireland-West of England-. 2- East of France. 3- The Azores. 4- Canary Islands. 5- South of Portugal. 6- North of Spain. These areas are studied in greater detail (higher resolution) in the
project. In this poster we will describe the main steps incurred in creating the JONAS VRE.