The capabilities of LOFAR can be increased dramatically by broadening the scope to a European level, thus creating a European Sensor Network.

The European Gèant network is already being used to connect existing radio telescopes in the EVN program. It would be a natural next step to create a Europe-wide sensor grid for astronomy by adding LOFAR stations to these sites. As a European Sensor Grid, LOFAR could provide essential ground-based information complementary to earth-observation satellites, and would thus form an important contribution to the European Global Monitoring for the Environment and Security (GMES) program.

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