The list of international projects SAS
Earth Science Institute of the SAS
Adria Array
AdriaArray
| Duration: |
1.1.2022 - 31.12.2026 |
| Program: |
Multilateral - other |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Csicsay Kristián PhD. |
| Annotation: | The thematic focus of the AdriaArray Initiative is the understanding of active deformation of the “Adriatic plate and its surroundings”, referred to as “AdriaArray area” in the following. AdriaArray is an international initiative to foster collaborative research, capacity and community building, with a focus on the geodynamic processes and the associated geohazards. The AdriaArray initiative will further foster the scientific exchange and cooperation especially of early career scientists. |
European Alps Geoid
Európsky Alpský geoid
| Duration: |
1.1.2022 - 31.12.2027 |
| Program: |
Multilateral - other |
| Project leader: |
Mgr. Zahorec Pavol PhD. |
| Annotation: | The Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) have caused a fundamental and lasting change in the field of Geodesy. Due to the missing link to the gravity field of the Earth, GNSS measurements yield purely geometric heights relative to a reference ellipsoid. To derive physical heights, additional information is necessary that describe the undulations of the height reference surface. This information is computed from global or regional gravity field models and is denoted as geoid or quasigeoid models. The combination of GNSS measurements and geoid models provides an efficient tool to determine heights. However, it does not reach the accuracy of the traditional leveling methods. Height reference systems are therefore still measured on a national basis and by the use of precision leveling. The national height reference systems differ regarding the definition (height type), the applied numerical standards as well as the choice of the geodetic datum (zero level). In the geodetic practice this results in different height levels that become most apparent at the national borders, yielding up to about 50 cm (between France and Germany).
The cooperation is expected to enable the following achievements:
• Harmonization of the underlying data for regional geoid modeling in the border regions of the partnering countries,
• Determination of a joint geoid/quasigeoid model in the Alpine region (European Alps Geoid),
• Analysis of the datum differences between the national height reference frames of the partnering countries,
• Derive appropriate transformation rules between the national height reference frames,
• Validation of global and continental gravity field models.
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Hydrogen Energy Reservoir (IPCEI - important projects of common European interest)
Hydrogen Energy Reservoir (IPCEI-Významný projekt spoločného európskeho záujmu) IPCEI - Important Projects of Common European Interest),
| Duration: |
15.7.2022 - 14.7.2028 |
| Program: |
Other |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Kotulová Júlia PhD. |
| Annotation: | The project goal is to identify both an appropriate location for storing hydrogen mixed with natural gas and the maximum possible concentration that could be stored in a porous geological structure.
The first phase of H2I S&D has experts seeking an appropriate location for storing hydrogen mixed with natural gas. Having identified an appropriate underground geological structure, laboratory research is being carried out to define the maximum permitted concentration of hydrogen. A broad spectrum of parameters would be researched, such as possible geochemical and microbial reactions and changes in the rocks.
The second phase of the project involves constructing a pilot test of the technology to generate hydrogen through water electrolysis. The hydrogen would then be mixed with natural gas at concentrations defined in the first phase of the project, with the mixture stored in underground facilities. The objective is not one-cycle testing, but rather to test multi-cycle production and injection to obtain more data about the impact and behaviour of hydrogen stored underground, thereby creating a comprehensive image of how it can be stored in specific rock structures. Results from laboratory testing and the models thereby created will also be verified, with the models corrected by real data. |
Monitoring and analysis of seismically active zones focusing on the Hronov region in the Czech Republic and the Little Carpathians in Slovakia
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pan-EUROpean BioGeodynamics network
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| Duration: |
24.9.2024 - 23.9.2028 |
| Program: |
COST |
| Project leader: |
RNDr. Vozár Ján PhD. |
| Annotation: | Growing evidence indicates that the Earth’s interior and surface evolution is intrinsically interrelated with the evolution of its atmosphere, oceans, landscape and life. This lays down principal foundations of Biogeodynamics – an emerging scientific field that explores the interface of geodynamics, geomorphology, climate, ocean and atmosphere sciences, geobiology and ecology with special focus on how the evolution of the planetary interiors, surface, atmosphere, ocean, climate, and life is intrinsically interrelated. Despite its strong scientific and educational potential, Biogeodynamics has not been yet fully established as a new discipline and the progress in this direction in term of both science and education is relatively slow. An intrinsically cross-disciplinary character of Biogeodynamics creates organisational, educational and scientific challenges due to the necessity of truly collaborative research and education to efficiently combine scientific knowledge, research tools and training approaches from the very different research fields (such as Earth Sciences, Biology, Ecology, Climate Sciences, Planetology), which traditionally evolved independently from each other. To address the identified challenges, EUROBiG will establish the first pan-European Biogeodynamics network. This will accelerate the development of Biogeodynamics as a discipline in Europe and worldwide by supporting and linking the relevant communities, facilitating interactions to address the important scientific, methodological, educational and networking challenges of this new field. Conducting this COST Action on a pan-European level will allow establishing and maintaining European leadership in this new crucial scientific field with great future cross-disciplinary research, educational and societal potential. |
The total number of projects: 5
