icm.edu.pl/eng/ IF PUinS Institute of Physics of the Pomeranian University in Słupsk IMCS US Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences of the Szczecin University

Interkosmos The Soviet space programme of the late 1960s and 1970s and 1980s IO PAN Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences IOP Inherent optical properties of the basin IO UG Institute of Oceanography, University of Gdansk IR Infrared radiation METEOSAT Geostationary meteorological satellites operated by EUMETSAT under the Meteosat Transition Programme (MTP) and the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) program signaling pathway MICORE Project Morphological Impacts and COastal Risks induced by Extreme storm events – Framework Programme (www.micore.eu) MNiSW Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Poland) MODIS/AQUA The MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a payload scientific instrument launched into Earth orbit by NASA in 2002 on board the AQUA (EOS PM) satellite MSG (currently METEOSAT 9) Meteosat Second Generation

PD-0332991 research buy (MSG) is a significantly enhanced, follow-on system else to the previous generation of Meteosat (MFG). MSG consists

of a series of four geostationary meteorological satellites that will operate consecutively N, P Nutrients: nitrate, phosphorus NLSST Nonlinear algorithm for sea surface temperature retrieval from AVHRR/NOAA data NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the USA PAR Photosynthetic Available Radiation – the radiation in the spectral range ca 400–700 nm POM Princeton Ocean Model, developed by Prof. G. Mellor and Dr. A. F. Blumberg at Princeton University at the end of the 1970s POP Parallel Ocean Program PP Primary production ProDeMo Production and Destruction of Organic Matter Model – a 3-dimensional coupled hydrodynamic-ecological model PSR Photosynthetically Stored Radiation PUR Photosynthetically Utilized Radiation SatBałtyk The research project ‘Satellite Monitoring of the Baltic Sea Environment’ (2010–2014) SBOS SatBałtyk Operational System SeaWiFS/OrbView 2 Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor. Radiometer working on board the OrbView-2 (AKA SeaStar) satellite SEVIRI Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager.