Copernicus Marine Service in support to France by Copernicus Marine_Service

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE IN SUPPORT TO FRANCE

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MARINE RESOURCES

WEATHER CLIMATE & SEASONAL FORECASTING

MARITIME SAFETY

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Supports coastal management and

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

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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Publishes report on the state of the ocean

WEATHER CLIMATE & SEASONAL FORECASTING

& health (with 20 years of historic data) and improves accuracy of seasonal forecasting

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Supports coastal management and environmental impact assessment

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OCEAN NOISE MAPPING IN SUPPORT TO EU AND INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS S E CAS E • UOVERVI EW

The adoption of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD 2008/56/EC) which descriptor 11 focuses on underwater noise, has given a great impulse to the market of underwater acoustic products and services. Quonops© Online Services, by Quiet-Oceans, provides noise monitoring and prediction tools. It produces an estimate of the spatio-temporal distribution of noise levels generated by human activities at sea and assesses source contributions to the global noise field. It provides for example real time noise and monthly statistical noise maps from shipping. It also allows mapping scenarios of noisy activities at sea to predict their impacts. The outputs are tailored to the requirements of regulations such as the EU MSFD directive. Based on physical acoustic propagation models, Quonops© considers the reality of the area through input data gathered from numerous sources. In particular, the Copernicus Marine Service temperature, salinity and surface roughness products are used to accurately compute the sound propagation and natural noise levels. More here: https://qos.quiet-oceans.com/qos/Copernicus_Marine_Service/index.html

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Global coverage

Service available 24/7

Near real time capacity

Service elaborated with the most accurate data

Supports national and regional authorities for EU

available nowadays. directive implementation

NOISE QUIET-OCEANS MSFD DESCRIPTOR 11 MONITORING NOISE FROM HUMAN ACTIVITIES

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The adoption of the Marine Directive which descriptor 11 focuses on underwater noise, has given a great impulse to the market of underwater acoustic. Attention has been raised on the topic of underwater noise and its effects on marine life . Yet, the effects of underwater noise are not fully understood. Some underwater noise can be heard by marine life over hundreds of kilometers. Sources of energy include (but is not limited to: 1) Shipping, 2) Oil&Gaz exploration sonar systems, 3) Construction of offshore Oil&Gaz platforms and wind farms, 4) Dredging for shipping lanes, sand mining and for laying pipes and cables, 5) Coastal developments, 6) Operation of offshore platforms.

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Copernicus Marine Service provides essential data that describes the physical marine environment: temperature, salinity, and surface roughness. These parameters of the ocean directly impact the propagation and the distribution of underwater noise in the marine environment.

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Quiet Oceans is a private company, French leader in passive acoustics, underwater noise prediction, monitoring and risk mitigation. It develops state-of-the-art risk assessment tools and management capabilities to help the oﬀshore industry to secure its projects. It also supports the industry with shaped and pragmatic methodologies and integrated tools adapted to the level of risk.

quiet-oceans www.quiet-oceans.com Contact Thomas Folegot sales@quiet-oceans.com

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TIDAL ENERGY ASSESSMENT - TIDEA

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To date, there is no global solution providing a first level of information for ocean renewable energy site assessments for tidal energy devices (tidal current speed, tidal elevation, tidal power). NOVELTIS has developed a unique solution to provide this information: TidEA, Tidal Energy Assessment. TidEA is a free of charge decision-making tool to identify the most suitable sites for the development of tidal energy and also to characterize in detail the resource of the various sites of interest through the provision of relevant indicators calculated by NOVELTIS teams and validated using products (in situ data, elevation data) provided by the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS, marine.copernicus.eu). TiDEA lists all the worldwide coastal regions and offers data up to 100 meters deep. For each selected site, you will find the maximum current speeds, the power density and the indicators of occurrence of some specific speed thresholds. TidEA is used by different types of end-users : NAVAL GROUP and SABELLA for the tidal energy project development and KRAKEN SUBSEA for their business development. More here: http://www.tidea.io/

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A first level of information concerning the worldwide tidal

Free of charge access

energy resource Global coverage

OCEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY TIDAL RESOURCE OCEAN ENERGY RESOURCES ASSESSMENT OCEAN FARM SITING TIDEA NOVELTIS

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Ocean energy technology is rapidly being developed to help meet Europe energy needs and reduce its fossil fuel footprint. Several technologies have emerged to harness the energy of the seas. The Copernicus Marine Service ocean products provide key input for such technologies, as they can be used to help estimate the ocean energy resources available and select the most interesting areas to develop the tidal energy projects in the world.

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NOVELTIS is performing high resolution tidal atlases for the space agency and maritime industry. These atlases have been validated thanks to the best satellite data and in-situ observations procured by the Copernicus Marine Service allowing to provide some tidal energy parameters (Maximum current speed, Tidal power density etc...) all over the world.

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NOVELTIS, a french private company, supports its oﬀshore energy clients in their projects with resource assessment, site selection and metocean studies. It develops services for oﬀshore wind, tidal and wave energy. Their expertise in modelling, data and statistical analysis and in forecast services helps their clients in the design of projects and risk management.

NOVELTIS Contact Florian Jeliazovski ﬂorian.jeliazovski@noveltis.fr

www.tidea.io/

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SUPPORT TO RECREATIONAL BEACH SANITARY RISK

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Telespazio has developed a near-real time service for coastal to nearshore waters to warn users and stakeholders about water quality sanitary risk. They have developed a downscaling modeling suite where the Copernicus Marine Service model is used to provide boundary conditions for a higher resolution ocean model to monitor turbid plumes. Fed by CMEMS data, numerical models and optical imagery processing are coupled in order to improve the forecasting capacity. These tools are cross-validated by CMEMS and local insitu data. This service allows stakeholders to optimize preventive closure of recreational beaches in case of sanitary risk suspicion, e.g. bacterial -E. coli or coliform-contamination. In such case, the service also supports further the management of bathing water quality. In summary, it produces alerts in case of risk resulting in an efficient optimization of preventive beach closure, pollutant source identification, and finally aims to improve sewer system management. It also helps public stakeholders regarding health-care issues and limits impact on coastal zones economy, especially during the touristic summer period.

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Better optimization for preventive closure of recreational beaches

for stakeholders

Easier management of coastal zone economy Safer and healthier beaches for users

RECREATIONAL BEACH SANITARY RISK BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION WATER QUALITY MONITORING

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

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Microbial organisms, also referred to as pathogens, such as bacteria and viruses in water bodies can make waters unsafe for humans. Swimming and other recreational activities in water contaminated with pathogens can make people ill. Hence monitoring the microbial organisms in water bodies helps local authorities to protect human health.

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CMEMS Analysis and Forecast model products provide with 7-day forecast of 3D ocean currents, temperature, salinity and sea ice parameters updated daily. Models over the Altantic Ocean are used in this application.

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Telespazio is a private company built as a joint venture of Leonardo and Thales. It is a world-leading supplier of satellite-based services. Telespazio-France has 3 centres of excellence: Satellite Systems and Operations, Space Telecommunications and Geo-Information, delivering a unique range of radar and optical satellite imagery, and land- and ocean-monitoring products and services.

Telespazio www.telespazio.fr/en Contact Capo Sylvain Sylvain.Capo@telespazio.com

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE 12

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MET-OCEAN STUDIES AND KEY ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS FOR FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND TECHNOLOGY S E CAS E • UOVERVI EW

Floating wind turbines are an up-and-coming technology that can be installed in deeper and very windy water far from the shore. French Mediterranean coast is particularly well suited to the development of this renewable offshore energy source. In 2016, the French government has selected a pilot floating wind farm project called EFGL (Eoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion), conducted by joint venture comprised of ENGIE, EDP Renewables, Caisse des Dépôts, Eiffage, Principle Power and GE. Located 16 km off the coast of Leucate and Le Barcarès, EFGL project includes 4 GE Haliade TM 150-6MW turbines with semisubmersible floaters designed by Principle Power (Aix-enProvence) and built by Eiffage Métal (Fos-sur-Mer). NOVELTIS, a private service company in oceanography contracted by ENGIE will perform the metocean study and define environmental parameters at the wind farm location for offshore site characterization. These inputs are required for both engineering and environmental studies. NOVELTIS uses CMEMS ocean model temperature and salinity from 1955 up to 2015 to build a statistical analysis of the oceanic circulation patterns of the area.

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Free and sustained information provision. Ready to use, global coverage, expertised ocean products.

NOVELTIS MARINE RENEWABLE ENERGY FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND TECHNOLOGY GREEN ELECTRICITY METOCEAN STUDY ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

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Marine renewable energy is rapidly being developed to help meet Europe energy needs and reduce its fossil fuel footprint. Several technologies have emerged to harness the energy of the seas. The Copernicus Marine Service ocean models provide key input for such technologies, as they can be used to estimate the ocean energy resources available, to help minimize the risks for operations at sea and to provide key environmental parameters typically associated with metocean studies.

• CMEMS PRODU C T IN USE

CMEMS Mediterranean Sea reanalysis model provides 3D ocean temperature and salinity in the past starting in 1955 up to now. These environmental parameters are typically associated with metocean studies required by floating offshore wind projects.

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Noveltis is an innovative private company serving the space, environment and sustainable development. It offer services of scientific engineering, studies, and implementation of tailor-made operational solutions. it develops high-tech solutions that combine strong physical and environmental expertise in the fields of atmosphere, ocean and land.

Contact Jeliazovski Florian Florian.jeliazovski@noveltis.fr

www.noveltis.com

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE 14

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SUPPORTING EUROPEAN MEMBER STATES WITH THE MARINE STRATEGY FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE S E CAS E • UOVERVI EW

AquaMar, an FP7 research project (2009-2013), is the R&D branch of MarCoast and provides Earth Observation (EO) based water quality services to support European and national monitoring agencies and industries operating in coastal waters. It develops water quality downstream services supporting the EU Water Framework Directive, monitoring Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB), marine coastal infrastructure projects, aquaculture precision farming and bathing waters quality. The Copernicus Marine Service Ocean Colour satellite data are used by the MarCoast Ocean Colour Data service to provide value-added services to the public sector organisations responsible for implementing policies at European, national and regional levels.

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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.

AQUAMAR MSFD EU POLICY WATER QUALITY SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS OCEAN COLOUR MEMBER STATE EUTROPHICATION MARCOAST

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The aim of the European Union's ambitious Marine Strategy Framework Directive is to protect more effectively the marine environment across Europe. It came into force on June 2008 and was transposed into each member's state national legislation by mid 2010. It is the first EU legislative instrument related to the protection of marine biodiversity and aims to protect the resource base upon which marine-related economic and social activities depend.

• CMEMS PRODU C T IN USE

The Copernicus Marine Service Satellite Ocean Colour data are central for the MSFD, as it allows us to improve coherence in eutrophication assessments based on chlorophyll.

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AquaMar, Marine Water Quality Information Services, is a EU funded FP7 project (2010-2013), which has now ended. Its objective was to monitor water quality as well as to develop and provide downstream services turning Marine Core Service products into water quality services, demanded by end user.

cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/94247_en.html

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE 16

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A SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING GLOBAL AND REGIONAL TIDAL CURRENTS S E CAS E • UOVERVI EW

NOVELTIS is a private French service company specialized in space, environment, sustainable development and technological innovations. The company has developed a global and regional tidal currents prediction system called TIPS targeting the Marine Renewable Energy sector and its tidal turbines. NOVELTIS has built a regional tidal model that uses Data Assimilation Techniques to incorporate satellite and in-situ observations into their model. This technique can be used to correct the NOVELTIS ocean model to be closer to observed conditions and to improve forecasting accuracy. The NOVELTIS data assimilation system uses Satellite Sea Level data from the Copernicus Marine Service and uses in-situ observed Sea Level data, also from the Copernicus Marine Service, to validate the results. F. Jeliazovski from NOVELTIS says that "Satellite Sea Level data

from the Copernicus Marine Service are a great asset for our tidal system as this allows our tidal model to be as close as possible to real ocean conditions".

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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 satellite products.

NOVELTIS TIDAL CURRENTS SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS ALTIMETRY GLOBAL OCEAN OCEAN ENERGY TIDAL TURBINES

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

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Coastal areas and Offshore platforms are constantly being extended and adapted in order to meet economic demand. Private companies such as NOVELTIS help project developers and government authorities with the design, construction, monitoring and servicing of coastal or offshore infrastructure. Their knowledge about waves, morphology, hydrodynamics, water quality and ecology allows to advise clients. The use of the free and sustained Copernicus Marine Service products is an asset for such private companies.

• CMEMS PRODU C T IN USE

The global Ocean satellite sea level anomaly maps in real time and in the past are used for this application. It merges data from several satellites among which Sentinel-3.

• CUMEMS SER

Noveltis is an innovative private company serving the space, environment and sustainable development. It offers services of scientific engineering, studies, and implementation of tailor-made operational solutions. It develops high-tech solutions that combine strong physical and environmental expertise in the fields of atmosphere, ocean and land.

Noveltis www.noveltis.com/

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

Contact Jeliazovski Florian Florian.jeliazovski@noveltis.fr

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SUPPORTING FRANCE WITH THE EUROPEAN MARINE STRATEGY FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE

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The European Water Framework (hereafter WFD) and Marine Strategy Framework (hereafter MSFD) Directives both require EU Member States to take the necessary measures to achieve a good coastal and oceanic environmental status by 2020. In France, IFREMER is one of the national agencies in charge of implementing such measures. For MSFD, 11 Descriptors have been defined for monitoring the environmental status of the oceans in terms of: • marine biodiversity • eutrophication • contaminants • marine litter • and submarine noise. The Copernicus Marine Service Ocean Colour Satellite data as well as biogeochemical models and in-situ data are key inputs for monitoring some of the 11 Descriptors, especially Descriptor 5, which deals with eutrophication. Francis Gohin from IFREMER has stated that "the

Copernicus Marine Service Ocean Colour data are central for the MSFD, as it allows us to improve coherence in eutrophication assessments based on chlorophyll, using satellite-derived chlorophyll provided by CMEMS ".

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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.

WFD MSFD IFREMER EU POLICY EU MEMBER STATES FRANCE WATER QUALITY EUTROPHICATION SATELLITE OBSERVATION OCEAN COLOUR

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

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• CMEMS PRODU C T IN USE

The Copernicus Marine Service Satellite Ocean Colour data are central for the MSFD, as it allows us to improve coherence in eutrophication assessments based on chlorophyll.

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IFREMER is a French institute that undertakes research and expert assessments to advance knowledge on the oceans and their resources, monitor the marine environment and foster the sustainable development of maritime activities.

IFREMER wwz.ifremer.fr/

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE 20

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MET-OCEAN CONDITIONS FOR THE OIL & GAS INDUSTRY AND OCEAN ENERGY SECTOR S E CAS E • UOVERVI EW

OPEN OCEAN develops tools and services for offshore oil & gas, wind, and wave and tidal energy applications. OPEN OCEAN has developed a dashboard called "Metocean Analytics", combining information about both meteorological and oceanic conditions and collecting data from various sources in order to contribute to the study and monitoring of specific sites. Renaud Laborbe from OPEN OCEAN says that "thanks to our

Metocean Analytics tool, the Copernicus Marine Service data can now be used to obtain a complete Met-Ocean study in 5 minutes and provide a comprehensive study of a specific area of the global ocean for many applications in the offshore oil & gas, wind, and wave and tidal energy sectors". Metocean Analystics now delivers services over the Australian area, of interest for the Australian renewable energy sector.

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High quality information allowing realistic applied results. Ready to use, global coverage, expertised ocean products. Useful, free and sustained information provision.

OPENOCEAN PRIVATE COMPANY GLOBAL OCEAN OIL&GAS COASTAL ENGINEERING RENEWABLE MARINE ENERGY MET-OCEAN DASHBOARD CMEMS MODEL/SATELLITE/INSITU PRODUCTS

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

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A decision support system is a computer-based information system that supports business or organizational decision-making activities, typically resulting in ranking, sorting, or choosing from among alternatives. It serves the management, operations, and planning levels of an organization and help people make decisions about problems that may be rapidly changing and not easily specified in advance. Decision support systems can be either fully computerized, human-powered or a combination of both.

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CMEMS Analysis and Forecast model products provide with 7-day forecast of 3D ocean currents updated daily relevant for many sectors as for example Ocean Energy or the Oil&Gas industry.

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Open Ocean is an innovative company based in Brest and Paris, which conceives since 2011 online decision-making solutions for industrial marine activities. Its highly qualified team of oceanographers is specialized in high resolution modelling, statistical analysis and data mining. Its "Metocean Analytics" dashboard is the first online offer for metocean study on-demand.

OPEN OCEAN www.openocean.fr/en/

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

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COMBATING MARINE LITTER POLLUTION S E CAS E â&#x20AC;˘ UOVERVI EW

The 7th Continent Expedition aims to build up awareness amongst general public, students as well as local industry and political stakeholders about the devastating impact of plastic waste dispersion in the ocean. Having studied plastic waste dispersion and accumulation in the ocean, the organisation strongly believes that public awareness and mobilisation must go hand-in-hand with research in order to put an end to this type of pollution. According to Patrick Deixonne, 7th Continent Expedition founder -

We must all spread awareness about our impact on the ocean. Alexandra Ter Halle, CNRS chief scientist of the 7th Continent Expedition testifies that "Plastic debris is fragmented into tiny

pieces (less than a millimetre) and is responsible for animal entanglement and the transport of invasive species and chemicals. CMEMS ocean model currents and sea level satellite maps allow us to locate plastic debris trapped in oceanic eddy structures, in order to sample and study its fragmentation".

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High quality information allowing realistic applied results. Ready to use expertised ocean products. Useful, free and sustained information provision to find plastic convergence zones.

7TH CONTINENT EXPEDITION PLASTIC WASTE DISPERSION PUBLIC AWARENESS MARINE LITTER POLLUTION

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

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For more than 50 years, global production and consumption of plastics have continued to rise. Plastic has many attractive qualities which have led to an over-consumption of plastic goods. However, durable and very slow to degrade, plastic materials have ultimately become waste with staying power. Plastic litter has become a large source of pollution, lethal to nature. The annual plastic production has increased globally of + 620% in the last 70 years. During year 2014, 311 million metrics tons of plastic were produced. In 2015, 5 to 13 million metric tons of plastic waste were available to enter into the ocean, through river discharge mainly.

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CMEMS Analysis and Forecast model products provide with 7-day forecast of 3D ocean currents updated daily relevant to find plastic convergence zones in the oceans. The global Ocean satellite sea level anomaly maps in real time and in the past are also used to find plastic convergence zones. It merges data from several satellites among which Sentinel-3.

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www.septiemecontinent.com/

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COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE 24

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SEAWATER AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION S E CAS E • UOVERVI EW

DEPROFUNDIS is specialised in SWAC systems. SWAC (Sea-water air conditioning) aka DWSC (Deep water source cooling) is an innovative and ecological Air Conditioning technology which uses the renewable source of cold oceanic water. It is particularly fitted to islands in the tropical belt where air conditioning is needed and where a vast reservoir of cold oceanic water is available close by. Deep cold sea water is pumped to the surface and passes through a heat exchange system to cool down the air conditioning network. The pumped water is finally released back into the ocean. Adrien Depaillat from DEPROFUNDIS testifies that "CMEMS

temperature fields from ocean models and in-situ observations are crucial for our business in order to qualify the potential for SWAC around the world. CMEMS ocean currents are also key for securing the kilometres of underwater cables and pipes used to pump deep sea water."

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High quality information allowing realistic applied results. Ready to use expertised ocean products. Useful, free and sustained information provision for cable laying.

DEPROFUNDIS DPI PRIVATE COMPAGNY GLOBAL OCEAN OTEC SWAC RENEWALE MARINE ENERGY CMEMS MODEL PRODUCTS

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Renewable energy allows energy saving and lower CO2 emission. SWAC system provides low operating costs for residential and commercial coastal buildings/facilities. SWAC saves energy consumption from 80 to 90% compared to regular Air Conditioning systems.

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CMEMS Analysis and Forecast model products provide with 7-day forecast of 3D ocean temperature and currents updated daily. It provides temperature gradient and deep ocean current information relevant to cable laying in the ocean.

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Deprofundis is a rpivate company specialised in SWAC systems, i.e. ecological air conditioning technology using cold water. The group also offers consulting services to analyse the energy consumption of a given building or larger area and then bring various solutions thanks to renewable energies.

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE 26

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HYDRODYNAMIC DOWNSCALING FOR COASTAL STUDIES

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ARTELIA Group develops tools and services for various markets among which are maritime and port engineering, coastal environment and marine energy. In the case of port engineering for example, ARTELIA provides design and construction services for port extensions in various locations around the world. In such contracts, robust knowledge and expertise of the local hydrodynamics is required. CMEMS ocean model products are used to build a statistical analysis of the general and seasonal circulation patterns of the considered area. CMEMS ocean models are also used as boundary conditions for higher resolution ocean models: dynamical downscaling is a method for obtaining high-resolution local models from lower resolution CMEMS models as forcing conditions. Florence Gandilhon from ARTELIA says that "Downscaling the

CMEMS regional ocean dynamics enables us to take into account its impact on considered coastal areas. We follow CMEMS product developments closely, as they help us develop new markets and studies".

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High quality information allowing realistic applied results. Ready to use expertised ocean products. Useful, free and sustained information provision for downscaled coastal modelling.

ARTELIA PRIVATE COMPANY GLOBAL OCEAN WATER QUALITY COASTAL ENGINEERING RENEWABLE MARINE ENERGY DOWNSCALING CMEMS MODEL PRODUCTS

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

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Ports, waterways and locks are constantly being extended and adapted in order to meet economic demand. Private companies such as ARTELIA help project developers and government authorities with the design, construction, and servicing of ports. Their knowledge about waves, morphology, hydrodynamics, water quality and ecology allows to advise clients and to optimise the design of ports. The use of the free and sustained Copernicus Marine Service products is an asset for such private companies.

• CMEMS PRODU C T IN USE

CMEMS Analysis and Forecast model products provide with 7-day forecast of 3D ocean currents updated daily. Physics Model over the Global Ocean 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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Artelia is a private company born from union of Coteba and Sogreah. European leader in engineering, Artelia offers its public and private clients an original approach to Engineering, project management and consulting. Artelia carries out its missions in nine areas of activity: building, water, environment, energy, maritime, city, transport, industry, multi-sites.

ARTELIA www.arteliagroup.com/

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COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE 28

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MONITORING AND FORECASTING NEARSHORE WATER QUALITY S E CAS E • UOVERVI EW

The SUEZ center RIVAGES PRO TECH develops tools and services for real-time monitoring and forecasting of the nearshore environment for empowered decision making. For example, local authorities in charge of bathing water quality and coastal waters as well as beach users benefit from RIVAGES PRO TECH services. RIVAGES PRO TECH collects data, runs detailed ocean models and provides synthetic indicators for decision making support. Matthias Delpey from RIVAGES PRO TECH says that "Downscaling

the CMEMS regional ocean dynamics model enables us to account for its impact in coastal and nearshore regions. CMEMS ocean models are used as boundary conditions for higher resolution ocean models: dynamical downscaling is a method for obtaining high-resolution local models from lower resolution CMEMS models as forcing conditions".

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High quality information allowing realistic applied results. Ready to use expertised ocean products. Useful, free and sustained information provision for downscaled coastal modelling.

RIVAGES PRO TECH SUEZ GLOBAL OCEAN WATER QUALITY COASTAL ENGINEERING DOWNSCALING CMEMS MODEL PRODUCTS

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AND • FACTS KEY N U MBER S

• CMEMS PRODU C T IN USE

CMEMS Analysis and Forecast model products provide with 7-day forecast of 3D ocean currents updated daily. Physics Models for the Iberia Biscay Irish sea is used for this application. It provides hydrodynamic forecast including high frequency processes of paramount importance to characterize regional scale marine processes.

• CUMEMS SER

RIVAGES PRO TECH from SUEZ is a center of technical and scientific expertise specialized in the management of aquatic environments in response to the needs of local authorities.

iopr.pol.fr/?RIVAGE-PRO-TECH-LYONNAISE-DES-EAUX

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

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Copernicus Marine Service

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VALIDATION OF HYDRODYNAMIC MODELS FOR COASTAL APPLICATIONS S E CAS E • UOVERVI EW

GLOBOCEAN develops tools and services for Oil & Gas, Coastal Engineering and Renewable Energy applications. For example, Met-Ocean dashboards (i.e. dashboards combining information about both meteorological and oceanic conditions) combining data from various sources are developed, in order to contribute to the study and monitoring of specific sites. Moreover, fine scale ocean models are developed to better comprehend the complexity of such specific areas. Hafedh Hajji from GLOBOCEAN says that "CMEMS satellite

products such as sea level altimetry products are key information for validating our ocean models".

E N E FI TS • BFOR USER

High quality information allowing realistic applied results. Useful, free and sustained information provision for coastal modelling.

GLOBOCEAN PRIVATE COMPANY GLOBAL OCEAN OIL&GAS COASTAL ENGINEERING RENEWABLE MARINE ENERGY MET-OCEAN DASHBOARD CMEMS SATELLITE PRODUCTS

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

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Copernicus Marine Service

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Ports, waterways and locks are constantly being extended and adapted in order to meet economic demand. Private companies such as GLOBOCEAN help project developers and government authorities with the design, construction, and servicing of ports. Their knowledge about waves, morphology, hydrodynamics, water quality and ecology allows to advise clients and to optimise the design of ports. The use of the free and sustained Copernicus Marine Service products is an asset for such private companies.

• CMEMS PRODU C T IN USE

The global Ocean satellite sea level anomaly maps in real time and in the past are used for this application. It merges data from several satellites among which Sentinel-3.

• CUMEMS SER

Globocean is a french private service company with strong expertise in met-oceanic studies : Evaluation of offshore and coastal wind, waves, current and water levels useful to operators and engineers, Supervision of sea operations, Hindcasting of storms and tropical cyclones, Meteorologic assistance for routes and operations at sea, Tidal studies, Analysis of in-situ measurements.

GLOBOCEAN www.globocean.fr/

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

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COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

MARITIME SAFETY

Supports safety at sea and pollution response

Copernicus Marine Service

U S E CASES

CMEMS IN SUPPORT TO FRENCH HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE SHOM, the French Hydrographic Office, supports the French Navy

S E CAS E • UOVERVI EW

and Government with what concerns maritime knowledge and coastal policies. SHOM develops coastal ocean models. Its coastal service aims at delivering high resolution ocean forecasts in French coastal areas to answer the growing needs from public marine policies and sea users either public or private. SHOM uses the dynamical downscaling method to obtain high resolution coastal models from lower resolution CMEMS models as forcing conditions. SHOM uses many products from the Copernicus Marine Service: • as initial and boundary conditions to its coastal model, • for data assimilation of satellite temperature and sea level in its coastal model, • for its coastal models validation and qualification. SHOM has also developed an innovative online platform as a service called DataShom to distribute SHOM & Météo-France marine coastal forecasts and derived products. Users access 4 day forecasts on key parameters (atmospheric pressure, wind, waves, storm surge, currents, temperature and salinity of the sea water) for navigation and marine activities.

EFI TS • BEN FOR U SER

Available through any web

No registration needed

browser Free of charge

User-friendly interface

SHOM FRENCH NAVY DATA.SHOM.FR SUPPORT TO FRENCH GOVERNMENT COASTAL MARINE AREAS

MARITIME SAFETY

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Copernicus Marine Service

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The SHOM coastal oceanographic forecast service aims at delivering high resolution forecasts of the ocean state in French coastal areas that will answer the growing needs coming from public marine policies and sea users either public or private : maritime safety, natural coastal hazards, fisheries, seabed mining, pollution, marine energy, tourism, nautical events. Uses could also be far more diverse in transverse applications like radioactive contamination, epidemiology, police investigation and urban planning. The service is expected to support from 500 to 1000 users per day.

• CMEMS PRODU C T IN USE

To run its models, SHOM uses several products from the Copernicus Marine Service catalog, especially in the three domains : 1) Initial and boundary conditions, 2) Models validation and qualification 3) Data assimilation. The following CMEMS products are used.

• CUMEMS SER

Shom is the French hydrographic office. Shom provides the French Navy with support in terms of knowledge of the marine environment. Moreover, since 2007, Shom also provides support to French Government maritime and coastal policies. It includes support to public authorities at sea for fisheries policing, marine pollution risk mitigation, works related to maritime limits and boundaries.

Shom data.shom.fr/

MARITIME SAFETY

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Copernicus Marine Service

U S E CASES

WEB BASED DRIFT SCENARIO INTERFACE

S E CAS E â&#x20AC;˘ UOVERVI EW

CLS is a French private company developing products and services in various sectors including maritime safety. CLS has developed a new web based drift modelling service that allows users to set up drift scenarios for oil, garbage and Search&Rescue purposes. Via a web mapping interface, the user selects the location and time period as well as specific parameters such as number of particles, horizontal diffusion and type of scenario. The model results are then immediately available for visualization on the web mapping interface and auxiliary features allow the user to properly plan operation to contain a position or recover an object lost at sea. The web based tool allows users to quickly access critical information to optimize the recovery of objects, pollutants or persons. The user friendly aspect of the drift module means that very little training is required to properly and efficiently operate the system. CLS computes surface velocities thanks to the Copernicus Marine Service product, as well as on other sources. The CMEMS Global Ocean model currents are used for this application.

EFI TS â&#x20AC;˘ BEN FOR U SER

Faster recovering of objetcs or person at sea Lower risk at sea for search and rescue staff.

CLS PERSON LOST AT SEA DRIFT MARINE LITTER SEARCH AND RESCUE WEB BASED DRIFT SCENARIO INTERFACE

MARITIME SAFETY

Implemented by

Copernicus Marine Service

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In order to stand a chance to recover an object, pollutant or person lost at sea, it is vital to react quickly to narrow the search area. This tool does exactly that by forecasting the drift of the object thus insuring a better handle on the uncertainty of the location.

• CMEMS PRODU C T IN USE

This application requires wind and surface currents as a standard input and as a default, the Copernicus Marine Service Global Ocean model currents are used as surface current inputs.

• CUMEMS SER

Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS) is a subsidiary of CNES, ARDIAN & IFREMER and a worldwide company and pioneer provider of monitoring and surveillance solutions for the Earth since 1986.

cls

Contact Lucas Marc mlucas@cls.fr

www.cls.fr/

MARITIME SAFETY

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Copernicus Marine Service

U S E CASES

SUPPORT TO MARINE SEISMIC SHIP OPERATIONS S E CAS E â&#x20AC;˘ UOVERVI EW

CGG collects seismic data to image the subsurface of the Earth. At sea, this data is acquired by deploying large spreads of sensors: up to 14 cables separated by 100m each and up to 10km in length are towed between 7m and 50m below the sea surface. These operations can be affected by environmental conditions (sea current, swell, wind). Access to relevant marine information, through services like CMEMS, is essential to operation performance and safety. The oceanographic information is used at different stages of an acquisition. During preparation, past statistical data is processed to assess ocean conditions, identify risks and anticipate possible performance issues. During surveys, the global understanding of the ocean dynamics is needed to set correct equipment and sensors parameters, make real time decisions for managing the environmental risks, and ideally for optimizing acquisition strategy. Specifically, acoustic propagation parameters are based on water column information, the steering of the acquisition spread requires a good multilayer current anticipation, and accurate weather forecast ensures safe management and protection of the equipment.

EFI TS â&#x20AC;˘ BEN FOR U SER

Better knowledge of ocean conditions Better preparation at situation at sea Better understanding of the ocean dynamics

CGG SEISMIC SHIP OPERATIONS AT SEA TOWING CABLES RISK MANAGEMENT

MARITIME SAFETY

Implemented by

Copernicus Marine Service

U S E CASES

AND • FACTS KEY N U MBER S

Seismic operations at sea are significantly affected by environmental factors including weather and ocean conditions. Accessing relevant marine information on the area of interest, through operational oceanography services and products, is essential to operation performance and safety. In some areas, the standby time due to weather can be up to 30 %, the time loss due to current and loss of coverage can amount 15 % of production time.

• CMEMS PRODU C T IN USE

CMEMS Analysis and Forecast model products provide with 7-day forecast of 3D ocean currents updated daily. Models over several areas are used; mainly Global Ocean models, but also regional models. They provide hydrodynamic forecast including high frequency processes of paramount importance to characterize regional scale information and the water column in area of interest.

• CUMEMS SER

CGG provides geoscience services and equipment for the Oil & Gas industry. Acquisition represents a significant share of the activity alongside design and production of equipment and data processing. CGG manages a fleet of 5 high capacity ocean going vessels. They are engaged in worldwide operations for independent or national oil companies.

CGG www.cgg.com/en Contact Laurent Dollon laurent.dollon@CGG.com

MARITIME SAFETY

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Copernicus Marine Service

U S E CASES

SHIP ROUTING IN ICE COVERED AREAS FOR THE FRENCH DEFENCE

S E CAS E • UOVERVI EW

SHOM is the French Defence hydrographic and oceanographic office. It is a public administration under the supervision of the Ministry of Defence. Its mission is the description and the prediction of the maritime and coastal environment supporting defence and national navigation, and maritime policies. In the framework of its defence support, SHOM provides an operational ice situation chart service to the French Navy for headquarters or ships with quasi-real time estimation of the sea ice and icebergs situation in the Arctic. The service includes charts from the SHOM-SOAP3 software displaying sea ice concentration (10% and 30% contours), Icebergs concentration (number of icebergs in a 10km*10km square over a 3 days period) and the satellite swath limit, Icebergs limit in Terre-Neuve (Newfoundland) and Sea surface temperature (+2°C and +4°C isotherms). The Copernicus Marine Service sea ice concentration and Sea surface temperature forecast from the Artcic ocean model are used, along with CMEMS Satellite observation for Iceberg concentration.

EFI TS • BEN FOR U SER

Covers huge areas over the Arctic Ocean.

Service elaborated with the most accurate data available nowadays. Service meets the surface and submarine needs for the french Navy navigation and operations.

SHOM SHIP ROUTING ARCTIC OCEAN CURRENTS ICE COVERED AREA ICEBERG DETECTION DEFENCE NAVIGATION SOFTWARE SEA ICE

MARITIME SAFETY

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Copernicus Marine Service

U S E CASES

AND • FACTS KEY N U MBER S

Wind, waves and currents and sea ice cover are crucial factors in choosing a route at sea. Advanced routing systems is crucial for the Frenc Navy decisions. Avoiding rough weather, icebergs and ice covered areas allows to have the best possible advance route planning to minimise boat and submarine damages.

• CMEMS PRODU C T IN USE

CMEMS Analysis and Forecast model products provide with 7-day sea ice forecasting updated daily. It provides sea ice information relevant to ship routing in the Arctic ocean.

• CUMEMS SER

SHOM is the French Defence hydrographic and oceanographic office. It is a public administrative institution under the supervision of the Ministry of Defence. Its mission is the description and the prediction of the maritime and coastal environment supporting defence and national navigation, and maritime policies. Its areas of expertise include: • bathymetry, • sedimentology, • hydrodynamics and more.

SHOM www.shom.fr/

MARITIME SAFETY

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Copernicus Marine Service

U S E CASES

SHIP ROUTING WITH THE SCANNAV NAVIGATION SOFTWARE •

U S E CAS E OVERVI EW

ScanNav provides all necessary tools and support for ship navigation and ship routing (e.g. raster and vector charts from National Hydrographical Offices): • GPS and other instruments plug-ins for real-time navigation and/or post-analysis, • maps to create routes overlaid with e.g. tide information, • water levels or weather and ocean forecasts. ScanNav utilises surface current data from Copernicus Marine Service models in the European North West Shelf areas, the Iberia Biscay Ireland and Mediterranean Sea converted into Grib format. Surface current products are used for ship routing purposes through application of the ScanNav routing module. Other uses include fishing or diving activities and usage were visualization of currents is important. The User defines an area on the chart, send a request to the ScanNav server which returns the results directly via a website, or as an email reply. The service includes converting NCEP data to Grib data on user-selected areas. ScanNav customers are mostly focused on the leisure market. ScanNav also serves professional market customers especially with regard to distribution of Official ENC (Electronic Navigational Charts).

EFI TS • BEN FOR U SER

Free and sustained ocean currents and waves provision to feed

ship routing software. High quality information allowing consistent fuel saving and lower

CO2 emission.

More accurate planning of arrival time. Safer sailing routes for human beings and boat equipment.

SCANNAV SHIP ROUTING NWS IBI MED OCEAN CURRENTS NAVIGATION SOFTWARE

MARITIME SAFETY

Implemented by

Copernicus Marine Service

U S E CASES

AND • FACTS KEY N U MBER S

Wind, waves and currents and sea ice cover are crucial factors in choosing a route at sea. Advanced routing systems are being introduced in sailing and shipping, one result being that the skipper on board makes the crucial decisions about the route. Avoiding rough weather and having the best possible advance route planning can minimise boat damage and mean more precise arrival times. Choosing the optimum route also lays the foundation for reducing fuel consumption.

• CMEMS PRODU C T IN USE

CMEMS Analysis and Forecast model products provide with 7-day forecast of 3D ocean currents updated daily. It provides ocean current information relevant to ship routing in the ocean.

• CUMEMS SER

ScanNav is a French company providing Cartographic and Navigation software assisted by GPS to a variety of customers. ScanNav provides a navigation program that enables users to scan, merge, overlay (e.g. tides, danger areas or ocean and weather forecast information) and geo-reference large charts allowing safe navigation.

SCANNAV www.scannav.com/

MARITIME SAFETY

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Copernicus Marine Service

U S E CASES

SHIP ROUTING TO SAVE FUEL AND REDUCE CO2 EMISSIONS S E CAS E • UOVERVI EW

CMA CGM is a leading worldwide container shipping group and the leader in France. With a presence on every continent through its network of more than 600 offices in more than 160 countries, CMA-CGM serves over 420 ports in the world with around 450 vessels assigned to 200 shipping lines. CMA CGM has developed the Fleet Navigation & Support Centre, which provides navigation support and routing and guidance services. Working 24/7, the Fleet Navigation & Support Centre is manned by experienced CMA CGM seafarers and acts as a valuable interface between vessels and office departments by monitoring, warning, and guiding the fleet. ACTIMAR (SUEZ group) has been contracted by CMA CGM to compare several ocean current products including the Copernicus Marine Service ocean currents from the IBI, MED and GLOBAL hydrodynamic models and the satellite and in-situ-based Global Observed Ocean current product. According to Stephane Raynaud from Actimar, "In addition to the

constant improvement on the reliability of ocean forecasts provided by CMEMS, the knowledge of the forecast uncertainty will represent a major step forward."

EFI TS • BEN FOR U SER

Adaptation of the course and the speed of the ship to arrived at the desired time in a port Reduction in fuel consumption, leading to reduction of cost and carbon footprint.

CMA CGM ACTIMAR SUEZ SHIP ROUTING GLOBAL OCEAN OCEAN CURRENTS

MARITIME SAFETY

Implemented by

Copernicus Marine Service

U S E CASES

AND • FACTS KEY N U MBER S

Maritime transport accounts for more than 80% of international freight transport. Ship weather routing is widely used. But routing by the current remains recent and innovative. The emergence of new operational ocean forecasts makes it possible to better understand the mesoscale dynamics of the upper ocean and to provide optimized and qualified forecasts when combined with innovative data processing methods. Using surface current for ship routing in areas where the weather conditions do not prevail may allow to save about 1% of the fuel consumption.

• CMEMS PRODU C T IN USE

CMEMS Analysis and Forecast model products provide with 7-day forecast of 3D ocean currents updated daily. It provides ocean current information relevant to ship routing in the ocean.

• CUMEMS SER

Actimar is a French company devoted to maritime and coastal activity. Our recent advances have benefited from improvements in modelling, operational systems and data processing methods. Our engineers bring in innovations from the research community, for the benefit of economic actors.

Contact Stéphane Raynaud raynaud@actimar.fr

Actimar www.actimar.fr

MARITIME SAFETY

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Copernicus Marine Service

U S E CASES

SAILGRIB SHIP-ROUTING APPLICATION

S E CAS E • UOVERVI EW

SAILGRIB, a French startup, has developed a sailing navigation app available from the Google Play Store that includes a weather routing module for sailboats. As of Jan 2017, the application was being used by more than 10,000 racers and leisure sailors every week. The app success is steadily increasing as the number of downloads is doubling every year. Most users (70%) are European. SailGrib algorithms are based on the isochrones method tweaked for running on Android phones or tablets. Henri Laurent from SailGrib says that in order to get reliable routing, accurate inputs such as polar plots showing boat speed, weather and ocean current forecasts are needed. The latter are provided by the Copernicus Marine Service high quality analysis and forecast products for the Global Ocean, the IberiaBiscay-Irish Seas, the European North West Shelves, the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas.

EFI TS • BEN FOR U SER

95 to 10% faster sailing routes which is decisive during sailing race.

More accurate planning of arrival time: The error on the travel time has been divided by 4. Safer sailing routes for cruisers (for human beings and boat equipment).

SAILGRIB SAILING NAVIGATION APP ROUTING GLOBAL OCEAN OCEAN CURRENTS LEISURE SAILORS

MARITIME SAFETY

Implemented by

Copernicus Marine Service

U S E CASES

AND • FACTS KEY N U MBER S

Up until recently, sailors were planning their crossing using manual methods and books like pilot charts. New weather routing tools have now appeared on the App market thanks to the mobile revolution. Racers can improve their travel speed by 5 to 10%which is decisive during a race. Predicted arrival time is 4 times more accurate when planning it with the App. Crossings are safer for human beings and equipment on board.

• CMEMS PRODU C T IN USE

CMEMS Analysis and Forecast model products provide with 7-day forecast of 3D ocean currents updated daily. Models over several areas are used: the Global Ocean, the Iberia Biscay Irish seas, the European North West Shelves, the Baltic and Mediterranean seas. They provide hydrodynamic forecast including high frequency processes of paramount importance to characterize regional scale marine processes.

• CUMEMS SER

SailGrib is a French startup publisher of the renowned marine weather, weather routing and navigation Android app called SailGrib WR.

SAILGRIB

Contact Henri Laurent henri@sailgrib.com

www.sailgrib.com

MARITIME SAFETY

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Copernicus Marine Service

U S E CASES

PREDICTING MAN-OVERBOARD DRIFT TRAJECTORIES

S E CAS E • UOVERVI EW

MARINE ASSISTANCE mainly works for insurance companies to assist their boat owner clients in the event of breakdown or shipwrecks. MARINE ASSISTANCE has developed a Sea-Tags security wristband to be worn by sailors while on board. The wristband continuously transmits a signal monitored by smartphones equipped with the application. If a wristband is immersed or far away, the telephone triggers an alarm and records the GPS position at the time of the incident. In addition, MARINE ASSISTANCE has collaborated with the company LOST IN THE SEA, which has developed a real time GPS oceanic drift forecast application to locate drifting objects or human beings. Romain Mauriac from MARINE ASSISTANCE and Clément Fontana from LOST IN THE SEA say that "Copernicus

Marine Service ocean current models are a key and reliable component of our LOST IN THE SEA drift application. Until now we have been using the Global model, but we will soon be using regional models. The Sea-Tags security wristband combined with the LOST IN THE SEA oceanic GPS positioning application make life safer for sailors at sea".

EFI TS • BEN FOR U SER

Free and sustained information provision for dashboard tool

development.

High quality information allowing realistic applied results. Provision of sustained and accurate ocean currents for reliable drift forecast.

MARINE ASSISTANCE SEA TAG LOST IN THE SEA INSURANCE GLOBAL OCEAN MAN OVERBOARD

MARITIME SAFETY

Implemented by

Copernicus Marine Service

U S E CASES

AND • FACTS KEY N U MBER S

Sailboat racing is risky, but less dangerous than it was in the past. Sailboat racing was started as a thrill sport, to push the limits of the boats and operator's limits. Modern safety and communication equipment has improved safety. The Sea-Tags security wristband combined with the LOST IN THE SEA oceanic GPS positioning application make life safer for sailors at sea.

• CMEMS PRODU C T IN USE

• CUMEMS SER

Marine Assistance is a service company specialized in breakdown assistance for pleasure crafts, assistance at sea in cooperation with the largest French insurance companies.

www.marine-assistance.com/en/

MARITIME SAFETY

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Copernicus Marine Service

U S E CASES

FLOOD PREVENTION ALONG THE FRENCH ROUSSILLON MEDITERRANEAN COAST S E CAS E • UOVERVI EW

The French « Roussillon » area along the Mediterranean coast is regularly exposed to flooding events. The French CNRS research centre in Toulouse, Laboratoire d'aérologie at Observatoire MidiPyrénées, has developed a suite of downscaled models in order to better comprehend the flooding potential of the Tet river near Perpignan in Southern France. The river flooding potential is studied using a method called Dynamical Downscaling. This method is used to obtain high-resolution local models from lower resolution CMEMS models as forcing conditions. A Wetting Drying 3D algorithm is capable of predicting potential flooded zones and to better plan flooding prevention. Patrick Marsaleix, from the CNRS Laboratoire d'Aérologie in Toulouse, states that "the Copernicus Marine Service high-resolution global ocean

model provides very accurate oceanic boundary conditions for our local downscaling models".

EFI TS • BEN FOR U SER

High quality information allowing realistic applied results. More accurate planning and prevention of flooding event. Useful, free and sustained information provision for downscaling modelling.

FLOOD PREVENTION FRANCE MED SEA CNRS DOWNSCALING

MARITIME SAFETY

Implemented by

Copernicus Marine Service

U S E CASES

AND • FACTS KEY N U MBER S

The primary effects of flooding include loss of life, damage to buildings and other structures, including bridges, sewerage systems, roadways, and canals. During a Mediterranean Sea storm, wave height along the French and Spanish coast can be up to 6 to 7 meters high. Such storm, associated to heavy precipitation during a Cevenol event for example, can trigger floodings.

• CMEMS PRODU C T IN USE

CMEMS Analysis and Forecast model products provide with 7-day forecast of 3D ocean currents updated daily. Physics Model over the Iberia Biscay Irish seas is used in this application. It provides hydrodynamic forecast including high frequency processes of paramount importance to characterize regional scale marine processes.

• CUMEMS SER

Laboratoire d'aérologie at Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées is a French CNRS research centre located in Toulouse. It gathers skills on ocean numerical modelling, coastal dynamics and observations.

www.aero.obs-mip.fr/

MARITIME SAFETY

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COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

MARINE RESOURCES

Supports sustainable management of marine resources

Copernicus Marine Service

U S E CASES

UNDERSTANDING THE BEHAVIOUR OF ELEPHANT SEALS AT SEA S E CAS E â&#x20AC;˘ UOVERVI EW

CEBC is a French laboratory from the French research centre (CNRS) specialising in wildlife habitat studies and working in particular on Southern Ocean marine fauna. CEBC tags marine animals (e.g. elephant seals) with Argos beacons in order to follow their routes and monitor their feeding behaviour. CEBC uses satellite data, in particular altimetry, to study the animal environment. Christophe Guinet from CEBC says that the Copernicus Marine Service satellite altimetry data provides us with essential information to understand how elephant seals move, where they travel and feed with respect to ocean currents and eddy structures. Year-to-year variations with long-term datasets can be compared with our 14-year tracking of elephant seals, to understand the impact of climate change on this species. Also to be noted is that the temperature and salinity data recorded on elephant seal beacons are distributed in the Copernicus Marine Service in-situ products.

E N E FI TS â&#x20AC;˘ BFOR USER

Impact assessment of climate change.

Knowledge for the definition of marine protected areas and laws to protect Southern ocean fauna. Useful and sustained information provision for scientific studies.

CEBC CNRS ELEPHANT SEALS SEA MAMMALS ANTARCTIC OCEAN SATELLITE DATA ALTIMETRY

MARINE RESOURCES

Implemented by

Copernicus Marine Service

U S E CASES

AND • FACTS KEY N U MBER S

Before the Argos beacon era, marine mammal behavior at sea such as elephant seals was fully unknown. Since 1992, several animals were followed each year (elephant seals, royal, emperor or macaroni penguins, albatrosses, etc.), thus providing with elements of assessment about climate change impacts on wildlife.

• CMEMS PRODU C T IN USE

The global Ocean satellite sea level anomaly maps in real time and in the past are used for this application. It merges data from several satellites among which Sentinel-3.

• CUMEMS SER

CEBC (Centre d'Etudes Biologique de Chizé) is a French laboratory specialized in wildlife habitat studies.

CEBC www.cebc.cnrs.fr/GB_index.htm Contact Christophe Guinet guinet@cebc.cnrs.fr

MARINE RESOURCES

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Copernicus Marine Service

U S E CASES

SUPPORTING AQUACULTURE AND FISHING

S E CAS E • UOVERVI EW

ACRI-ST and 7 partners have developed products, tools and services for the aquaculture and fishing industries in the framework of the FP7-SAFI project. Indicators and tools collecting data from various sources such as the Ocean Colour and Sea Surface Temperature satellite products from the Copernicus Marine Service are available to aquaculture farmers and fishing-related industries. Such dashboards help them with their daily decision making, for example to optimise site location selection for shellfish growth, or to monitor water quality. Antoine Mangin from ACRI-ST says that "more than 65 end users

have been consulted so far and are potentially interested by the SAFI services".

E N E FI TS • BFOR USER

Better planning of the aquaculture farm sitting and management. Better understanding of the environmental conditions. Free and sustained information about many ocean parameters.

ACRI-ST UCC COFREPECHE DOMMRS IPMA IFAPA ACRI-EC SAFI FRANCE PRIVATE COMPANY MEDITERRANEAN SEA ATLANTIC OCEAN GLOBAL OCEAN FISHERIES AQUACULTURE CMEMS SATELLITE PRODUCTS

MARINE RESOURCES

Implemented by

Copernicus Marine Service

U S E CASES

AND • FACTS KEY N U MBER S

Water quality is a critical factor when culturing any aquatic organism. Optimal water quality varies by species and must be monitored to ensure growth and survival. The quality of the water in the production systems can significantly affect the organism's health and the costs associated with getting a product to the market. Water quality parameters that are commonly monitored in the aquaculture industry include temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, alkalinity, hardness, ammonia, and nitrites.

• CMEMS PRODU C T IN USE

CMEMS provides sea surface height, sea surface temperature and chlorophyll from satellite observations, which are key for the development of the current application.

• CUMEMS SER ACRI-ST is an independant SME working for space agencies and users of satellite imagery, coupling scientific research and engineering of complex enviromental systems since 1989. www.acri-st.fr

MARINE RESOURCES

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COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

WEATHER CLIMATE & SEASONAL FORECASTING

Publishes report on the state of the ocean & health (with 20 years of historic data) and improves accuracy of seasonal forecasting

Copernicus Marine Service

U S E CASES

SEASONAL FORECASTING AT MéTéO-FRANCE

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Météo-France, the French meteorology agency, provides seasonal forecasts for many applications such as hydroelectric energy production management in Sweden and food security early warning systems in Ethiopia, among many others. Predicting ocean behaviour is essential, especially in the tropics, in order to provide accurate seasonal forecasts. Météo-France modelling techniques are based on oceanatmosphere coupled models and simulations are performed both in real time and for a long reference period in the past. Patrick Josse from Météo-France says that High quality consistent initial oceanic states are needed, both in real time and over the last 25 years and are provided by the Copernicus Marine Service 3D global model product and also the high quality Sea Surface Temperature satellite product. Those two CMEMS products provide key input for seasonal forecasting activities.

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Improve scientific community relations and public awareness. Increase accuracy of seasonal forecast, including el Nino event.

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El Nino is one of the main seasonal events and is closely studied by Météo France and its seasonal forecast experts. The El Niño acts to redistribute heat and precipitation over the globe. It bestows beneficial effects on economies as well as negative effects. In the United States, for example, researchers have estimated that the 1997-1998 El Niño pattern inflicted costs of approximately $4 billion, but was offset by $19 billion in benefits. Many other countries have endured an economical deficit only.

• CMEMS PRODU C T IN USE

CMEMS Satellite Sea Surface Temperature products used in this application merge data from several satellites. The CMEMS products used provide with global blended (L4 processing level) gridded estimation of the ocean temperature at 10 meter depth, merging the strengths of Microwave (i.e. temporal and spatial coverage) and Thermal Infrared (i.e. high accuracy and resolution) satellite radiometers measurements.

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Météo-France is the French meteorology agency, providing weather and seasonal forecasts on the French territories.

Météo-France www.meteofrance.com/

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Any question, please contact servicedesk.cmems@mercator-ocean.eu http://marine.copernicus.eu/

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