Smith, Marie EVhengani, Lufuno M2024-10-252024-10-252024http://hdl.handle.net/10204/13786MARCOSIO, The Marine and Coastal Operations for southern Africa and the Indian Ocean project, is one of only two marine thematic consortia under the GMES & Africa programme. It represents twelve organization from eight countries around southern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean region – from Angola to Kenya and the Island states. The project provides daily-updated operational earth observation services that enables near-real time and long-term monitoring of sensitive coastal regions by providing relevant satellite-based information at appropriate latency and spatio-temporal scales, supporting decision-making, governance, and sustainable management of near-coastal marine industries and ecosystemsFulltextenMarine and Coastal Operations for southern Africa and the Indian OceanMARCOSIOOperational earth observation servicesConference Presentation