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The eSurge project aims to increase the usage of satellite Earth Observation data in storm surge modelling and forecasting, by making it easier for the community to access and use this data[1].
The project is currently in its development phase, but once operational it will allow users easy access to a range of satellite and in-situ data sets for a selection of historical storm surge events, as well as providing data for new surge events in near real time. It will also run a series of outreach and training events to help users to make use of the project data and tools.
This project is funded by the European Space Agency through its DUE programme, and is being developed by a consortium consisting of Logica (UK), NOC(UK), DMI (Denmark), CMRC (Ireland) and KNMI (NL).
The project is still in its development phase, however the data expected to be made available include[2]:
Most of the data will be for historical storm surge, but some near real time information will also be available during surge events.