COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE
COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE IN SUPPORT TO DENMARK
U SE CAS E EX A M PL ES COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT
MARINE RESOURCES
WEATHER CLIMATE & SEASONAL FORECASTING
MARITIME SAFETY
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TA B L E O F CO N TE N TS
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Supports coastal management and
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environmental impact assessment
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MARITIME SAFETY
Supports safety at sea and pollution response
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Supports sustainable management of marine resources
MARINE RESOURCES
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COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT
Supports coastal management and environmental impact assessment
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WISE-MARINE: A PLATFORM IN SUPPORT TO MSFD
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WISE-Marine is a portal and infrastructure for sharing information with the marine community on the marine environment at European level. Focusing on the state of the marine environment at the European scale, WISE Marine shows the information and knowledge gathered or derived through the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) process and other key marine policy drivers. It is developed in a partnership among Commission services (DGENV, DG-JRC), the European Environment Agency (EEA) and Eurostat. WISE-Marine presents available data related to the implementation of the MSFD in European Seas. WISE-Marine has developed a GIS map viewer displaying different layers originating from various sources, among which salinity and Chlorophyll-A from the Copernicus Marine Service. In the WISE-Marine map viewer, key topics can be explored and visualized spatially.This comprehensive knowledge base about the ocean is essential to support European marine policies and ocean governance.
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Web Map Service (WMS) is used here: it a standard protocol for
serving (over the Internet) georeferenced map images which a
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map server generates using data from a GIS database WMS fluxes allow to visualize on the WISE-Marine map viewer remote data from the Copernicus Marine Service portal
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Recognising both the ecological and economic importance of European seas, the EU has put in place a range of policies and measures, related to planning and regulating the sustainable use of European seas covering a number of activities such as fisheries, offshore energy production, and protection of marine biodiversity. The Marine Strategy Framework Directive, adopted in 2008, aims to ensure coherence between such EU policies and sets three goals for European seas: • to be productive • healthy • and clean. These efforts are also aligned with the EU's Blue Growth agenda.
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The Copernicus Marine Service Satellite Global monthly Ocean Colour data (Chlorophyll-A) is displayed in the WISE-Marine map viewer. The salinity fields extracted from the Copernicus Marine Service Global Ocean model is also displayed.
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The European Environment Agency (EEA) is an agency of the European Union. Its task is to provide sound, independent information on the environment. It is a major information source for those involved in developing, adopting, implementing and evaluating environmental policy, and also the general public.
water.europa.eu/marine
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Any question, please contact servicedesk.cmems@mercator-ocean.eu http://marine.copernicus.eu/
Copernicus Marine Service
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SUPPORTING DANEMARK WITH THE EUROPEAN HABITATS DIRECTIVE
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The marine landscape at the entrance of the Baltic Sea (Kattegat, Belt Sea, Danish straits) is characterised by a bed form called boulder reefs which are unique and ecologically distinct. They are defined as a rare and biologically important habitat by the EC Habitats Directive. Several boulder reef areas in Danish waters are a designated part of the Natura 2000 network. The species-rich vegetation and fauna associated with the reefs are exposed to strong variability of surrounding water properties and anthropogenic stress due to their proximity to heavily used shipping routes and sources of nutrient loads. Model products from Copernicus Marine Service in the Baltic Sea were analysed for a 5 month-reference period (April-August 2010) by the AAHRUS University to quantify natural variability patterns in the physical environment (temperature, salinity, currents) at 21 boulder reef areas in the Kattegat and Belt Sea. The analysis provided a detailed and coherent picture of the oceanographic setting of various Danish boulder reefs.
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Free and sustained information provision. Provision of merged satellite information along with in situ
information. Ready to use, global coverage, expertised ocean colour satellite products.
EU POLICY NATURA 2000 HABITATS DIRECTIVE BALTIC SEA
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The European Union's Habitats Directive came into force in 1992 and ensures the conservation of a wide range of rare, threatened or endemic animal and plant species. Some 200 rare and characteristic habitat types are also targeted for conservation. The conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora aims to promote the maintenance of biodiversity, taking account of economic, social, cultural and regional requirements. It forms the cornerstone of Europe's nature conservation policy with the Birds Directive and establishes the EU wide Natura 2000 ecological network of protected areas, safeguarded against potentially damaging developments.
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CMEMS Analysis and Forecast model products provide with 7day forecast of 3D ocean currents, temperature, salinity and sea ice parameters updated daily. Models over the Baltic sea are used in this application.
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Aarhus University is a Danish University which has its main campus in Aarhus, campuses in three other locations in Denmark and research activities at 18 different locations in Denmark, Greenland and on Tenerife. Its ambition is to be a globally-oriented university with a commitment to excellence in research and education and a strong engagement in the development of society.
www.au.dk
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MARITIME SAFETY
Supports safety at sea and pollution response
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U S E CASES
SUPPORTING DANISH DEFENCE IN THE BALTIC SEA
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The Danish Defence Centre for Operational Oceanography (FCOO) collects, validates, stores, and disseminates oceanographic, meteorological and hydrographical data-products that are available and used for civilians purposes. Accurate and reliable predictions are important to help the Danish Armed Force and civilians to navigate safely. FCOO forecasts, covering a total of 6 domains (Greenland, Faroe islands, Denmark, Mediterranean Sea, European Seas and Global Ocean), are used to improve safety at sea by providing online information for mariners. Search and rescue operations, oil spill predictions, ice reports and forecasts for the Danish waters are examples of use of FCOO data-products. Copernicus Marine Service In Situ observational data from BSH (buoy data), SMHI (vessel CTD data), SYKE (Argo) and other data providers (Sea Level) is periodically used for the validation of the three-nested setup General Estuarine Model that covers the Danish waters.
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Better knowledge and preparation to situation at sea. Open access and sustained information about many ocean parameters in present and future time windows (in Situ measurements and forecast)
BALTIC SEA SAFETY AT SEA DANISH DEFENCE CENTRE FOR OPERATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY IN SITU DATA
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Danish waters forecast are routinely used by the Vessel Traffic Services in the 2 main Baltic Sea Kattegat strait passages: the Great Belt and the Sound. The Danish Defence Centre for Operational Oceanography (FCOO) has developed a three-nested setup of the General Estuarine Model that provides information about a variety of oceanographic variables (currents, salinity, sea temperature) with a resolution of 600 m in this particular area (Belt Sea and South West Baltic).
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The Copernicus Marine Service in situ products are used for validation of the Baltic Sea numerical model run by FCOO.
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The Danish Defence Centre for Operational Oceanography (FCOO) collects in situ data, runs numerical models and validates and disseminates oceanographic, meteorological and hydrographical products used by the Danish Armed Forces or for civilian purposes.
fcoo.dk
Contact Johan Söderkvist jos@fcoo.dk
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MARINE RESOURCES
Supports sustainable management of marine resources
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OCEAN BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION SERVICE: OCEBIS
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OCEBIS is an open downstream service for the fishery industry
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sector. Its maps show where life conditions are best in the ocean, based on the knowledge of the different species in the ecosystem. Such map are based on Copernicus Marine Service operational physical and biogeochemical data products. Bottom-up ecosystem drivers sets the conditions for life in the ocean. For example, frontal and mesoscale structures, spatial biological indices and marine spatial connectivity are ecosystem drivers that influence life in the ocean. With the OCEBIS service, users can customize how to visualize oceanic data and freely download data/images seen in the browser. The OCEBIS operational web service provides continuous updated real-time maps of biologically relevant data layers. Its software components are available for free download, so users can explore their own hypotheses about life conditions in the ocean. Targeted users are scientists, fishermen, fish farmers, marine managers, students working with marine biology projects and NGO's.
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Free and sustained information about many ocean parameters. Spatial overview of important oceanographic bottom-up drivers for biological dynamics in the ocean
FISHERY INDUSTRY OCEANOGRAPHIC DRIVERS PHYSICS-BIOLOGY INTERACTIONS
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The landing value of fishery catch in the initial area of the demonstration (European North West Shelves) is roughly 1 billion Euros. It amounts to 7 billions Euros for the marine fish farming landing value. CMEMS products are currently underutilized in the fishery industry, science and management to optimize the revenue potential and sustainability of this economic sector. The OCEBIS service developed here aims at facilitating higher degree of user-uptake of this economic sector.
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Thanks to CMEMS biogeochemistry ocean models, DTU Aqua investigates the biology and population ecology of aquatic organisms, aquatic physical and chemical processes and ecosystem structure and dynamics.
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DTU Aqua, National Institute of Aquatic Resources is an institute at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). DTU Aqua conducts research, provides advice, educates at university level and contributes to innovation in sustainable exploitation and management of aquatic resources. It investigates the biology and population ecology of aquatic organisms, aquatic physical and chemical processes.
www.aqua.dtu.dk Contact Asbjorn Christensen asc@aqua.dtu.dk
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MONITORING PORPOISE IN KATTEGAT NATURA 2000 PROTECTED AREA
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Store Middelgrund reef in Baltic Kattegat has been identified as harbour porpoise bycatch hot-spot. The reef has been designated as Natura 2000 protected area for harbour porpoises. Porpoises are present all year round on the reef, with a higher density from May to August and a peak in June. The most important drivers for harbour porpoise distribution are the bathymetry and chlorophyll-A concentration. The Aarhus University in Denmark, in the frame of a Natura 2000 project, has examined the harbour porpoise presence in the reef area over a period of one year (02/2016 to 01/2017) by combining habitat-based density models, passive acoustic detections and environmental background data. The project investigates relationships between the presence of harbour porpoises and variations of environmental conditions including salinity, temperature, water currents, Chlorophyll A and bathymetry. All environmental variables were obtained from the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service online data portal. The Baltic Sea physical and biogeochemical models were used more specifically for this project.
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Better understanding of the environmental conditions.
Decision-making support tool Free and sustained information about Baltic Sea oceanic
conditions Supports national and regional authorities for EU directive implementation.
HARBOUR PORPOISE KATTEGAT NATURA 2000 SCIENCE EU HABITATS AND SPECIES DIRECTIVE
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The harbour porpoise is the most commonly sighted and stranded cetacean in European waters throughout the year and is found widely distributed over the continental shelf of the eastern North Atlantic. Although considered abundant at this large scale, there has been considerable concern for its status in some regions due to apparent declines in numbers of sightings and strandings and impacts which include high levels of incidental catches in fisheries. The EU Habitats and Species Directive recognises harbour porpoises as species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.
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The Baltic Sea physical and biogeochemical models were used more specifically for this project. The spatial model resolution is 1 nautical mile and model data include hourly instantaneous values of all variables for the period 1-2-2016 to 31-1-2017.
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Aarhus University (AU) was founded in 1928 and today it has several world class research fields. It has a long tradition of partnerships with some of the world's best research institutions and university networks. AU has a strong commitment to the development of society that is realised through its collaboration with government agencies and institutions and the business community.
www.au.dk
Contact Lagemaa Priidik priidik.lagemaa@msi.ttu.ee
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SUPPORTING FISHERMEN IN THE BALTIC SEA
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In January 2015, in Vordingborg Kommune in Denmark, very high mortality was observed among Pike following a surge. Pike (Gedde in Danish) are a species of carnivorous fish, living typically in brackish and fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere. They have a long and distinguished history in cuisine and are popular fare in Europe. An investigation showed the high mortality of these fish to be related to high salinity levels and that the saline water intrusion had caused damage to the local fishing industry. The Baltic Sea forecasts of the Copernicus Marine Service were used to obtain salinity measurements in the relevant waters and were provided to the end-user local district authorities such as Vordingborg Kommune. In this case, Copernicus Marine Service BALTIC model products provided high quality data which met user needs. Physical conditions in the Baltic Sea have a significant impact on fishing.
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Better planning of the fish stock in the Baltic Sea.
Free and sustained information about Baltic Sea salinity.
Better understanding of the environmental conditions.
BALTIC SEA VORDINGBORG KOMMUNE FISH MORTALITY HIGH SALINITY FISHING SECTOR
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The Baltic Sea is a unique sea area. Even though the Danish straits connect it to the Atlantic Ocean, its salinity is very low : only about one fifth of the salinity of the oceans. The Baltic Sea is also shallow (Its average depth is about 54 metres) hence very sensitive to any saline or oxygenated water intrusion. The oxygen level in water also depend on its stratification and the occurence of winter convection which breaks through stratification. Better understanding the Baltic Sea water circulation is a necessary step for its sustainable management.
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CMEMS Analysis and Forecast model products provide with 7day forecast of 3D ocean salinity fields updated daily. Physics Model over the Baltic Sea is used in this application. It provides hydrodynamic forecast including high frequency processes of paramount importance to characterize regional scale marine processes.
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Vordingborg is located in Denmark, in the middle of the Kattegat strait at the entrance of the Baltic Sea.
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