Earthwatch, Oxford, United Kingdom.
ICM, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Barcelona, Spain.
PLoS One. 2020 Mar 26;15(3):e0230084. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230084. eCollection 2020.
The European-Commission-funded project 'Citclops' (Citizens' observatory for coast and ocean optical monitoring) developed methods, tools and sensors, which can be used by citizens to monitor natural waters, with a strong focus on long-term data series related to environmental sciences. The new sensors, based on optical technologies, respond to a number of scientific, technical and societal objectives, ranging from more precise monitoring of key environmental descriptors of the aquatic environment (water colour, transparency and fluorescence) to an improved management of data collected with citizen participation. The sensors were tested, calibrated, integrated on several platforms, scientifically validated and demonstrated in the field. The new methods and tools were tested in a citizen-science context. The general conclusion is that citizens are valuable contributors in quality and quantity to the objective of collecting, integrating and analysing fragmented and diverse environmental data. An integration of these data into data-analysis tools has a large potential to support authoritative monitoring and decision-making. In this paper, the project's objectives, results, technical achievements and lessons learned are presented.
欧盟委员会资助的项目“Citclops”(公民海岸和海洋光学监测观测站)开发了一些方法、工具和传感器,可供公民用于监测自然水域,重点是与环境科学相关的长期数据系列。这些新的基于光学技术的传感器响应了一系列科学、技术和社会目标,范围从更精确监测水色、透明度和荧光等水生环境的关键环境描述符,到更好地管理公民参与收集的数据。传感器已经经过测试、校准、集成到多个平台上,并在现场进行了科学验证和演示。新的方法和工具已经在公民科学的背景下进行了测试。总的结论是,公民在收集、整合和分析分散和多样化的环境数据方面,无论是在质量还是数量上,都是有价值的贡献者。将这些数据整合到数据分析工具中,具有很大的潜力来支持权威的监测和决策。本文介绍了该项目的目标、成果、技术成就和经验教训。