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N Sensitivity Mapping North Sea 2003 - 2007: Partners, Objectives Concepts Data Retrieval Evaluation Model VPS.sensi
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O Sensitivity Mapping Baltic Sea 2001 - 2003: Partners, Objectives Concepts Data Retrieval Evaluation Model
Sensitivity Mapping North Sea: Concepts  
For the first step, individual soft bottom habitats, communities and stocks of saltmarshes, macrofauna, waterfowl and estuarine habitat types were evaluated and classified according to their vulnerability to oil pollution.

The sensitivity of each location was calculated using an automated expert system developed at GKSS and based on neural network techniques and advanced classification methods (treefit). The design of this model will enable the Central Command for Maritime Emergencies, as the main user and sponsor of the present project, to calculate the spatio-temporal sensitivity of intertidal areas without extensive further expert assistance.
 
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Through their continuous and intensive cooperation with the users and additional institutions, the staff of the Institute for Coastal Research succeeded in developing an operational monitoring system as an important basis for coastal management and which could be extended for the whole German Bight.

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