1. Short-term scientific Missions (STSM) STSM manager: Agnieszka Beszczynska-Moeller (Poland)

2. ESSEM Action ES0904 EGO – European Glider Observatories Network Short Term Scientific Missions 29 STSMs granted in 2011-2014, including one reciprocal STSM Duration from 5 days to 84 days, on average 17 days, in total 495 days of scientific missions in the ES0904 Grants from 950 to 2500 Euro, on average 1800 Euro, in total 52.100 Euro granted to STSMs Host institutions from 10 countries, grantees from 7 countries, in total 12 countries took part in STSMs: Spain, France, Italy, UK, Cyprus, Germany, Norway, Finland, Greece, Israel, Australia, South Africa.

3. ESSEM Action ES0904 EGO – European Glider Observatories Network Short Term Scientific Missions Cyprus Italy Spain France UK Israel Finland UCY NATO-STO CMRE FMI Hebrew University PLOCAN, IMEDEA, SOCIB IFREMER, UMPC, ENSTA UEA, NOCS

4. ESSEM Action ES0904 EGO – European Glider Observatories Network Short Term Scientific Missions Cyprus Italy Spain France UK Israel Finland Cyprus Italy Spain France UK South Africa Germany Australia Greece Norway HZG, GEOMAR UCY NATO-STO CMRE PLOCAN, IMEDEA IFREMER, UMPC SAMS, BODC CSIR UWA HCMR UiB UCY NATO-STO CMRE FMI Hebrew University PLOCAN, IMEDEA, SOCIB IFREMER, UMPC, ENSTA UEA, NOCS

5. ESSEM Action ES0904 EGO – European Glider Observatories Network Short Term Scientific Missions Cyprus Italy Spain France UK Israel Finland Cyprus Italy Spain France UK South Africa Germany Australia Greece Norway HZG, GEOMAR UCY NATO-STO CMRE PLOCAN, IMEDEA IFREMER, UMPC SAMS, BODC CSIR UWA HCMR UiB UCY NATO-STO CMRE FMI Hebrew University PLOCAN, IMEDEA, SOCIB IFREMER, UMPC, ENSTA UEA, NOCS

6. ESSEM Action ES0904 EGO – European Glider Observatories Network Main topics/goals of STSMs Combined participation in joint field experiments (MED-REP13, MED- REP14, “Eye of levantine”), glider fleet experiments Gliderport organisation (logistics, infrastructure, staff, budget, schedules) Exchange of knowledge on glider technology, integration of new sensors, sampling patterns, piloting strategies Joint data analysis from glider field experiments (including data corrections) Data flow, processing steps, data management, visualization tools, common data formats, quality control procedures, national data bases Development of processing tools for glider data Prepare scientific projects involving glider data Methods of improvement of forecast models with glider data Participation in joint workshops

7. ESSEM Action ES0904 EGO – European Glider Observatories Network Summary on STSM STSMs have been proven an important tool to strengthen existing and to establish new connections between partner countries participating in ES0904