Copernicus Marine Service in support to Spain by Copernicus Marine_Service

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE IN SUPPORT TO SPAIN

U SE CAS E EX A M PL ES COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

MARINE RESOURCES

WEATHER CLIMATE & SEASONAL FORECASTING

MARITIME SAFETY

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COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

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TA B L E O F CO N TE N TS

SEP 2018

PART I .

Supports coastal management and

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

environmental impact assessment

PART I I .

MARITIME SAFETY

Supports safety at sea and pollution response

PART I I I .

Supports sustainable management of marine resources

MARINE RESOURCES

PART I V.

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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COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

Supports coastal management and environmental impact assessment

Copernicus Marine Service

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COPERNICUS MARINE FOR MARITIME SPATIAL PLANNING: THE PLASMAR PROJECT S E CAS E â&#x20AC;˘ UOVERVI EW

The PLASMAR Project, lead by IU-ECOAQUA at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is addressing Marine Spatial Planning through an ecosystem-based approach adapted to the biogeographic characteristics of the Macaronesian Region (Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands). In short, it is about promoting the development of Blue Growth sectors while ensuring the conservation of natural marine heritage. PLASMAR bases its activities on the development of robust methodologies and tools funded on scientific knowledge, supported with marine and maritime spatial data and information. From the Copernicus Marine Service, PLASMAR project has used standardized global products with inter-regional coverage (the whole Macaronesia). These are homogeneous products in terms of quality, spatial and temporal resolution, thus filling the oceanographic information requirements of the project for the immense marine extension of the Exclusive Economic Zones of Azores, Madeira and Canary Islands. In summary, four CMEMS products have been used, focusing on 17 variables, generating 77 by-products.

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Long time series for parameters included in the products. Standardized products with inter-regional coverage which

facilitate to compare conditions between archipelagos. The products cover the whole area of interest which is the entire

European Macaronesia including all three Exclusive Economic Zones of Azores Madeira and Canary Islands. Wide range of tools available for processing data encoded in NetCDF format.

MARITIME SPATIAL PLANNING PLASMAR PROJECT MACARONESIA AZORES MADEIRA CANARY ISLANDS

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

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Marine spatial planning (MSP) is a process that brings together multiple users of the ocean to make informed and coordinated decisions about how to use marine resources sustainably. The European Parliament and the Council have adopted legislation to create a common framework for maritime spatial planning in Europe. Data gathered in the PLASMAR include: • marine parameters defined by Marine Strategy Framework Directive, • marine protected areas, land • marine use spatial information and oceanographic data (EMODnet, INSPIRE, EIONET and COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE, and national, regional and local spatial data infrastructures such as GRAFCAN, IDE IEO, IDEE, SIGMAR, SNIMAR).

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Four products have been used in which mean, maximum, minimum, 10th and 90th percentiles values have been calculated. Additionally, for variables such as currents and wind, directions and speeds have also been calculated. The resulting NetCDF files have been converted to Shapefile format to become part of the GIS database and are now being used as an essential part of the analyses carried out in PLASMAR project.

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The University of La Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) was established in 1989 and has more than 25,000 students and 1,500 lecturers. Degrees and Master programmes as well as a wide range of courses at all learning levels are offered. The ULPGC has signed agreements with universities from the five continents, to facilitate the mobility of teachers, researchers, students, and administrative staff.

University Las Palmas de Gran Canaria www.ulpgc.es/node

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Contact ALEJANDRO GARCÍA alejandro.garcia@ulpgc.es

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

Copernicus Marine Service

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MET-OCEAN CONDITIONS FOR THE BIMEP MARINE RENEWABLE ENERGY TEST SITE S E CAS E • UOVERVI EW

BiMEP test site and IHCantabria Research Institute collaborate within the 'TRL+' project which final objective is to develop innovative tools supporting marine renewable energy developers from a conceptual to a real farm. 'TRL+' is a spanish national research project (RTC-2015-3836-3) funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (MINECO). BiMEP test site is an open sea area in front of the coast of Armintza (Basque Country), where renewable marine energy devices are set up for testing the harnessing of energy from renewable marine sources. BiMEP and IH Cantabria have developed a Prediction System which objective is to forecast wind, wave, currents and sea level conditions to be considered in the planning of marine operations at BiMEP. In addition, the Prediction System feeds the Decision Support System to be developed in 'TRL+' project (http://dss.trlplus.com). The Copernicus Marine Service physics and wave models for the Iberia-Biscay-Irish area are used as forcing conditions in the very high resolution model developed in the TRL+ project.

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Decision Support System development allowing marine operation planning, coastal management and marine renewable energy applications

RENEWABLE MARINE ENERGY BIMEP TEST SITE MET-OCEAN CONDITION DECISION SUPPORT DASHBOARD

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

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Copernicus Marine Service

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The Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP) is an open-sea facility to support research, technical testing and commercial demonstration of pre-commercial prototype utility-scale floating Marine Renewable Energy Devices. The site was found to offer favourable wave conditions for the testing of devices and relatively low exposure to potentially damaging extreme waves. The site is located 1.7 km from the coast of Arminza, Basque Country, Northern Spain, in the Atlantic Ocean between 50 and 90 m water depth. The Prediction System developed here aims at forecasting wind, wave, currents and sea level conditions to be considered in the planning of marine operations at BiMEP.

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The 'TRL+' project and associated Decision Support System uses the Copernicus Marine Service physics (5km resolution) and wave models (10 km resolution) in the Iberian Biscay Irish geographical area. They are used as a boundary condition to feed the very high resolution (50 m) model developed in the project.

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The Environmental Hydraulics Institute of Cantabria (IHCantabria) is a joint research centre that carries out research, knowledge transfer and training of specialists in the fields of fresh and saltwater. BiMEP test site is a fully developed open sea test site located in the Basque Country. It offers the capacity for testing a wide variety of marine renewable energy devices.

www.ihcantabria.com

Contact Felipe Fernandez fernandezf@unican.es

https://bimep.com

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE 7

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Copernicus Marine Service

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FOCUS ON COASTAL SEA DYNAMICS WITH CEASELESS PROJECT S E CAS E • UOVERVI EW

The CEASELESS project focuses on coastal sea dynamics using satellite data (Sentinel data from Copernicus), in-situ coastal observations and met-ocean numerical models that consider explicitly the land boundary condition. • It will help building the future coastal service of Copernicus. • It provides a demonstration in various coastal areas of ad-hoc processing tools, data repositories and fit for purpose merging techniques from various ocean and land sources. • It also brings further validation of the existing Copernicus products in coastal areas and provides examples of coastal applications using the Copernicus products and services. Pilot geographical areas have been chosen for their contrasting met-ocean conditions, including the North Atlantic and Mediterranean offshore domains, the Catalan and North Adriatic Gulf, and the Danish coast and German Bight with freshwater inlets. For example, the CMEMS products have been used for renewable energy applications in the Danish coast, in order to assess the resource and the functional performance of offshore wind turbines. They have also been used in the Catalan coast for water quality applications.

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Higher accuracy coastal products Higher spatial resolution products

CEASELESS EU PROJECT COASTAL SEA DYNAMICS OCEAN-LAND BOUNDARY

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

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Copernicus Marine Service

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EO data users in coastal areas need high spatial resolution and accuracy products to answer their specific problematic. Regarding accuracy, CEASELESS local forecasts include data assimilation from nearby coastal stations to compensate for coastal errors which, associated to topographic or bathymetric gradients, degrade the performance of meteorological and oceanographic models with respect to those in shelf and ocean waters. Regarding higher spatial resolution, CEASELESS has chosen to focus its models in location of interest, for instance a harbour entrance or access route or an inlet. Both accuracy and resolution have benefited predictions in the chosen pilot areas.

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For example, the Copernicus Marine Service Physics and Wave model products in the European North West Shelf Seas have been used for renewable energy applications in the Danish coast, in order to assess the resource and the functional performance of offshore wind turbines. Other products like the model Wave product in the Mediterranean Sea, the Physics model product in the IBI area or the Med Sea Satellite Chl-a product have also been used in the Catalan coast for water quality applications.

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The Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC) generates knowledge and transfers it to the production sector to increase businesses' capacity for innovation and competitiveness. In addition, the UPC also specifically attends to the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises that want to innovate, by becoming

Universitat politecnica de catalunya Barcelonatech

their main technological partner.

ceaseless.barcelonatech-upc.eu

Contact Agustin Arcilla agustin.arcilla@upc.edu

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE 9

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Copernicus Marine Service

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CHLO4MSFD: A WEB PORTAL SERVICE IN SUPPORT TO MSFD

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CHLO4MSFD is a web portal service focused on satellite data to answer the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) over all European Marine Regions. It is dedicated to stimulate and enhance the use of satellite chlorophyll-a data from CMEMS and derived products by MSFD actors in their monitoring, assessment and reporting activities. To achieve this general objective, CHLO4MSFD will include the following elements: • A catalogue of different relevant datasets from CMEMS • Web mapping services (WMS and ncWMS) to visualize the data • Web services to extract spatial and temporal subsets of grids (maps) and points (time series) in formats commonly used by MSFD actors. • Link to relevant scientific and technical documentation related to the applicability of satellite-derived chlorophyll-a for MSFD assessment purposes. • A Web client application to search, visualize, and extract data, using the above mentioned services. The access to this application can be found in the Homepage as 'Access to Service'.

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Stimulate and enhance the use of satellite data and

Supports national and regional authorities for EU

derived products by MSFD actors directive implementation

MSFD EUROPEAN MARINE STRATEGY DIRECTIVE WFD CHLOROPHYLL-A EUTROPHICATION DESCRIPTOR 5

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

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Copernicus Marine Service

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The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) aims to achieve Good Environmental Status of the EU's marine waters by 2020. Under the MSFD, each Member State must establish monitoring programmes to support the assessments (based on 11 selected descriptors) and the regular update of targets. At present, most monitoring programmes are based on in-situ sampling methods for coastal areas. For offshore areas, the in-situ information is usually sparse or absent. Data from EO satellites can provide suitable information for marine status assessment offshore. In particular, current ocean colour missions such as the Copernicus Sentinel-3 can support the assessment of descriptor 5.

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Copernicus Marine Service Satellite (Chlorophyll-a and Reflectances from visible wavelenghts) & In situ data in delayed time covering all European waters are used in this application.

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AZTI is a technological center based in Spain which expertise is focused on marine and food research. In the marine research unit, research covers several issues related to marine ecosystem functioning, marine and coastal environmental management, sustainable fisheries and aquaculture management and marine technologies.

chlo4msfd.azti.es

Contact Yolanda Sagarminaga ysagarminaga@azti.es

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE 11

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Copernicus Marine Service

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ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL PANEL APP FOR SAFER PORTS

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Barcelona and Algeciras Bay are located in the Mediterranean Sea and are the two largest ports in Spain in terms of volume of annual port traffic. Using Copernicus Marine Service Information data as initial and boundary conditions, Puertos del Estado in conjunction with the Harbour Authorities has developed several downstream services, consisting in a series of nested high resolution models. They calculate forecast of different variables at points around the shoreline: significant height of waves, wind, seal level, astronomic tides, currents and water temperature. A user-friendly mobile application (http://cma.nologin.es) has been developed to access this environmental information. The application shows a list of prediction points where users can configure or use default thresholds, entailing three levels: normal, high or too high value. The current forecast is presented with icon color depending on the level. Complete point report with plots and table data can be downloaded. Marked points have a quick access through the favourites. Alerts can be defined and an e-mail or SMS can be sent daily with forecast and alert information.

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Accurate and sustained forecast allowing realistic applied

Efficiency increase and sustainability and safety

results on port managing and monitoring improvements

MEDITERRANEAN SEA HARBOR MANAGEMENT PORT SECURITY MOBILE APP NO LOGIN ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL PANEL APP

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

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Ports as links in the logistical and transport chains handle nearly 60% of exports and 85% of imports, which account for 53% of Spanish foreign trade with the European Union and 96% with third countries. In addition, the State port system's activity contributes nearly 20% of the transport sector's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which accounts for 1.1% of the Spanish GDP. Moreover, it generates direct employment of more than 35,000 jobs and around 110,000 indirectly. The aids to manage and control ports can improve the efficiency and safety anticipating the environment events.

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CMEMS Med Sea physics model is used as a boundary and initial conditions for a higher resolution coastal model. The coastal model performs analysis weekly for the previous 15 days. The assimilation cycle is daily producing 10 day forecast. Morover, a coastal wave forecast is run once per day and includes variables such as significant wave height and peak period.

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Nologin Consulting is a Spanish company that is working since 2000 with other companies around the world to store, manage, organize, protect and maintain their most prized assets: the information. Nologin helps companies and service providers to design, implement and evolve their technological infrastructure as their businesses grow.

cma.nologin.es

Contact Sergio Blasco sergio.blasco@nologin.es

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE 13

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Copernicus Marine Service

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SAMOA: MET-OCEAN CONDITIONS FOR SPANISH PORT AUTHORITIES

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Ports suffer from extreme events related to essential physical variables, especially wind, waves and sea level. These affects port installations during all phases of the harbor life, from design to operation. To respond to these complex needs, the SAMOA initiative (Sistema de Apoyo Meteorológico y Oceanográfico de la Autoridad Portuaria or Meteorological and Oceanographic Support System of the Port Authority) was born, co-financed by Puertos del Estado and the Port Authorities. SAMOA is a revolution in the way Puertos del Estado (the Spanish Holding of Harbours) is providing solutions to the Operational Oceanography needs of the Port Authorities. The main objective of the system is to make available to each Port Authority customized ocean-meteorological information, fully adapted to their needs. In the project, led by Puertos del Estado, a total of 18 port authorities are participating. The service consists of several modules (improved instrumentation and new forecast systems), which are accompanied by value added systems that allow a better exploitation of the data. CMEMS model products are used as boundary conditions to local coastal models.

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Aids for pilot operations

Fight against oil spills in the interior of harbours

Control of water and air quality

Planning of Ro-Ro operations) Provision of information for knowledge based operation of infrastructures (i.e. forecast of Port closing due to extreme events)

SPAIN HARBOUR OPERATIONS PORT AUTHORITIES SAMOA MET-OCEAN CONDITIONS

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

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Approximately 85% of total imports and 60% of Spanish exports are channeled through ports, a fact that speaks for itself of the vital role they play in the national economy. A total of 10 new high-resolution atmospheric models (1 km resolution, based on Harmonie), 10 wave models (5 meters, mild slope model) and 8 circulation models (40 meters, ROMS) have been developed and operationally implemented. In terms of instrumentation, SAMOA improved the already existing large network of Puertos del Estado by means of 13 new meteorological stations and 3 GNSS associated to the tide gauges. 25 Ports from 18 Port Authorities will benefit from these new modeling and monitoring advances.

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CMEMS Analysis and Forecast model products provide with 7day 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.

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Puertos del Estado (depending of the Ministry of Public Works), is in charge of coordination and efficiency control of the State-owned Spanish Port System. This includes 46 ports of general interest (managed by 28 Port Authorities).

www.puertos.es

Contact Enrique Alvarez Fanjul enrique@puertos.es

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COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE 15

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MET-OCEAN CONDITIONS FOR PORT MANAGEMENT

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The ports suffer extreme events of essential physical variables, especially wind, waves and sea level. These affects the installations during all phases of the harbor life, from design to operation. To respond to these complex needs, in the framework of the SAMPA series of projects, launched by the Algeciras Bay Port Authority and PUERTOS DEL ESTADO, a tailor-made software application, entitled SAMPA-CMA, is dedeloped to provide customized access to met-ocean information, and advanced viewing services, such as a user alert system (e-mail and SMS). Available operational oceanographic products and existing oceanmeteorological information are delivered, and fully adapted to meet the Port Authority needs. In the framework of SAMPA, new high-resolution forecast models were developed (for atmosphere, waves and circulation) in order to improve the regional met-ocean forecast solutions available for the Algeciras Bay and the nearby Gibraltar Strait area. The SAMPA ocean forecast system, developed by the University of Malaga and Puertos del Estado, was configured as a downscaling from the CMEMS IBI model.

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High quality information allowing realistic applied results.

Useful, free and sustained information provision for

Ready to use expertised ocean products. downscaling purposes.

PUERTOS DEL ESTADO PORT AUTHORITY SAMPA MED SEA IBI ALERT SYSTEM GIBRALTAR STRAIT

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

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The Strait of Gibraltar is the natural connection between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean and a choke point of the world ocean. The area is characterized by very strong currents and very complex dynamics representing an important challenge for the operational oceanographic services. Furthermore, the Strait of Gibraltar supports very intense maritime traffic. All these facts emphasise the necessity for having efficient operational oceanographic services to monitor and forecast these waters. The SAMPA Services has a widespread use within the ABPA: The Port Authority has granted SAMPA CMA access to more than 200 users, including private companies related to the harbor activities.

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The CMEMS NRT Analysis and Forecast Physical Model product for the Iberia Biscay Irish sea (IBI) is used for this application. It provides hydrodynamic forecast including high frequency processes of paramount importance to characterize regional scale marine processes. It is used as initial and boundary condition for the high resolution SAMPA Ocean Forecast Service.

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www.puertos.es

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE 17

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MET-OCEAN CONDITIONS FOR SPANISH BEACHES

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INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA (IEO) has developed a web-service to visualise ocean and meteorological forecast data at Iberian Atlantic beaches (http://playas.ieo.es/). The web service provides real time data and forecasts as well as statistics of the met-ocean conditions at specific beaches along Spain Atlantic coast. For example, maps and graphs of ocean currents, sea surface temperature, and tide potential are shown to inform the general public hoping to enjoy the Spanish beaches about the general environmental sea and weather conditions. Pablo Otero from IEO says that "the Copernicus Marine Service

Iberian-Biscay-Irish Sea model provides accurate ocean current forecasts along the Spanish Atlantic coast that are useful for tourists visiting our beaches."

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High quality information allowing realistic applied results.

Useful, free and sustained information provision for

Ready to use expertised ocean products. downscaling purposes.

IEO MET OCEAN DASHBOARD ATLANTIC IBI SPAIN BEACH ENVIRONMENT

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

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Copernicus Marine Service

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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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The Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) was created by Royal Decree in 1914. It is a public research organization dedicated to research in marine sciences, especially in relation to scientific knowledge of the oceans, the sustainability of Fishery resources and the marine environment. IEO depends on the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, through the State Secretariat of Research.

www.ieo.es

COASTAL & MARINE ENVIRONMENT

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE 19

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COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

MARITIME SAFETY

Supports safety at sea and pollution response

Copernicus Marine Service

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IBISAR WEB SERVICE IN SUPPORT TO SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS S E CAS E • UOVERVI EW

IBISAR is a service aiming to provide real-time information of the ocean current forecast available in the Iberian-Biscay-Irish (IBI) regional seas and to assess their performance. It is an automated service helping users to choose the most accurate ocean current prediction. It is a complementary tool for Search and Rescue operations and environmental modelling applications in 3 steps: 1. Simulates trajectories using the available forecast models in the area and period of interest. 2. Compares simulated trajectories vs. real drifters. 3. Scores the available models based on their performance. IBISAR will be accessible online in November 2019, under subscription, via the IBISAR website (www.ibisar.es). IBISAR will include 3 main elements: i.The regularly updated database of current forecasts and observations. ii.The graphical interface for visualizing data. iii.The Skill Assessment functionality, which computes model assessment and displays easily interpretable metrics of model accuracy.

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Easily interpretable metric

Minimize response time.

Single access to datasets with regularly updated database

Improve Search and Rescue and pollution control operations.

Optimize search area planning.

SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS POLLUTION COMBAT OCEAN CURRENTS HF RADAR SURFACE CURRENTS

MARITIME SAFETY

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Copernicus Marine Service

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Government agencies and private companies responsible for Search and Rescue operations, marine pollution and maritime traffic control rely on the most reliable forecasts to accurately predict trajectories of drifting targets to determine an optimal search region. The reliability of the prediction depends on the accuracy of current and wind provided by forecast models, thus requesting an automated model skill assessment service. More than 1500 professionals will benefit from this service. More than 4000 Search and Rescue operations occurred in Spain in 2017. More than 36000 people assisted in 2017 by the Spanish Search and Rescue (~ 99/day on average).

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Ocean model products from four areas (IBI, MED, NWS, GLO) are used as target sources. In-situ monitoring products are used as reference source. The main novelty of the service is the integration of HF radar surface currents, one of the new observing platforms. Satellite products for data assimilation and model assessment.and other complementary datasets from in-situ observations and high-resolution regional and coastal ocean models are also used.

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SOCIB is the Balearic Islands Coastal Ocean Observing and Forecasting System. AZTI Tecnalia (www.azti.es) is a technological center based in Spain.

RPS Ocean Science (www.rpsgroup.com) is an environmental consultancy and technology solutions company.

SASEMAR (Spanish Maritime Safety and Rescue Agency) and Puertos del Estado (Spanish Port System) collaborate as key actors.

SOCIB www.socib.eu

MARITIME SAFETY

Contact More information www.ibisar.es ibisar@socib.es

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

Copernicus Marine Service

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ATHENEA: PREVENTING AND MANAGING OIL SPILLS

S E CAS E • UOVERVI EW

ATHENEA is an integral system for prevention and management of marine pollution from oil operations in offshore and port environment. The system consists of three different modules: • Module 1 is an oil spill forecast and backtracking system providing in real time short-term (2-3 days) oil spill trajectories and weathering forecasting and backtracking using the state-of-the-art oil spill model TESEO, developed by IH Cantabria; • Module 2 is a Decision Support System providing operability conditions in real time, including warning criteria about the necessity of halting or continuing operations and recommendation measures to reduce the risk of contamination and increase security in the operations; • Module 3 is a planning system providing with the probability of contamination for the critical scenarios previously identified. The modules are integrated in a web service that allows the user to run the system in an easy way and obtain rapid information for oil spill prevention and response.

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Provide the operating system with assistance in loading and

unloading operations

Provide the probability of arrival of pollution at the coast Provide with the prediction of trajectories of possible spills during the loading and unloading operations and their inverse trajectory

OIL SPILL HARBOR MONITORING DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM IH CANTABRIA CEPSA

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ATHENEA, a pioneering prevention and response system has been installed at three CEPSA refineries: • CEPSA Gibraltar, • CEPSA Tenerife • CEPSA Huelva. The service is operational from January 2015, providing daily metocean reports for CEPSA operations, since then more than 3000 reports have been provided. The modules are integrated in a web application that allows ports to run the system in an easy way and to obtain rapid information for oil spill prevention and response. The ATHENEA System has already provide its service in real oil spills response situations, in which the ATHENEA System has probe to be a very valuable tool for oil spill responders and decision makers.

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The Copernicus Marine Service Iberian Biscay Irish Ocean model produces a near-real-time short-term (5-days) forecast of currents, waves and other oceanographic variables. ATHENEA uses the variable currents to strengthen the modeling of spill´s trajectory during the execution of Module 1.

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The Environmental Hydraulics Institute "IHCantabria" is a joint research center that carries out research, knowledge transfer and training of specialists in the fields of fresh and saltwater. This work has allowed IHCantabria to be at the forefront of national and international organizations working in the water cycle in its various facets. At IH Cantabria there are over 140 researchers.

www.ihcantabria.com

Contact Felipe Fernandez fernandezf@unican.es

MARITIME SAFETY

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OLEG NAYDENOV ACCIDENT: MONITORING OIL SPILLS

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On Saturday 11th April 2015, after refuelling 1500 tons of oil in the Port of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria island (Spain), the Russian fishing trawler Oleg Naydenov caught fire at 13:30 UTC. Spanish authorities towed the ship out of the port facilities for security reasons. Unfortunately, the fishing ship eventually sank on the night of the 14th April, in waters 2700 meters deep. After the sinkage, on the 16th of April, several oil slicks were spotted on the sea surface. Following these events, actions were taken by the local and national authorities and the emergency services to diminish the environmental damage. IC-MAT (CSIC) and University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria have developed a regional hydrodynamical model using the Copernicus Marine Service ocean currents to forecast the oil spread. Using CMEMS products they provided service and support to the Spanish Marine safety/rescue services. The real time IBI forecast surface currents were trustworthy for studying pollution dispersion. This has been confirmed by the accuracy of the oil spill predictions and the verification of the oil spill beaching.

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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.

PUERTO DEL ESTADO MED SEA OIL SPILL DOWNSCALING

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An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially marine areas, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution. Oil spills can have disastrous consequences for society; economically, environmentally, and socially. As a result, oil spill accidents have initiated intense media attention and political uproar and actions have been taken to reduce their impact, including oil spill monitoring.

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The Instituto de Ciencias Matemáticas (ICMAT, Institute of Mathematical Sciences) is a joint research center of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) and three Madrid universities: the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), and the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM).

www.icmat.es

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On April 28, 2015, a fire broke out on the 'Sorrento' ferry sailing from Palma de Mallorca to Valencia. The ferry was about 20 nautical miles off the coast of Palma de Mallorca. Following the emergency situation and fearing possible spills, SOCIB together with researchers from the IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB) and in collaboration with Puertos del Estado, have developed an integrated tool Sorrento Seaboard - which combines on a single dashboard the new scientific capabilities,supporting decision-making associated with accidental marine spills. This tool was developed for SASEMAR, the Maritime Security and Rescue Society, responsible for action at sea, and the regional Balearic Government (DG Emergencies), responsible for action when pollution reaches the coastline. This tool relies on a regional hydrodynamical model using the dynamical downscaling technique, a method for obtaining high-resolution local models from lower resolution Copernicus Marine Service models as forcing conditions. Paz Rotllan from SOCIB says that "the tool also

uses Copernicus Marine Service in situ and satellite observations as extra validation for decision making".

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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.

SEABOARD SORRENTO OIL SPILL ACCIDENT MED SEA SOCIB SASEMAR IMEDEA PUERTOS DEL ESTADO DECISION SUPPORT

MARITIME SAFETY

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On April 28 2015, a fire broke out on the 'Sorrento' ferry sailing from Palma de Mallorca to Valencia. The ferry was about 20 nautical miles off the coast of Palma de Mallorca. More than 150 passengers and the crew were quickly evacuated.

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CMEMS Analysis and Forecast model products provide with 7day forecast of 3D ocean currents updated daily. Physics Model over the Mediterranean sea is used in this application. It provides hydrodynamic forecast including high frequency processes of paramount importance to characterize regional scale marine processes. Satellite and in situ data are also used.

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Coastal Ocean Observing and Forecasting System (SOCIB) is a Spanish Marine Research Infrastructure providing multi-platform ocean observing and forecasting systems in the Western Mediterranean Sea.

www.socib.eu

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MONITORING OIL SPILLS OFF THE SPANISH COAST

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The Sociedad Estatal de Salvamento y Seguridad Marítima or SASEMAR or « Salvamento Marítimo » provides the public service of Search and Rescue in Spain (SAR), which forms part of the Ministry of Transport and Public Works. For SALVAMENTO MARITIMO, reliable currents forecasts are essential for their Search and Rescue operations and fighting against pollution (i.e. oil spill) missions. In June 2013, SASEMAR, in collaboration with Puertos del Estado, assessed the reliability of MyOcean forecast products during a SAR exercise in the difficult region of the Strait of Gilbraltar for which they did not have at that time accurate and good current forecasts. The exercise was a success and SASEMAR has progressively increase its use of CMEMS products, making a daily download of the CMEMS near-real-time IBI regional forecasts to be integrated in our Environmental Data Servers (EDS). These servers collect a wide variety of oceanographic and meteorological data that is used for marine response and crisis management (oil/chemical spill modeling & response and search & rescue planning), becoming an operational CMEMS user.

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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.

SASEMAR SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS OIL SPILL SIMULATION

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The mission of SALVAMENTO MARITIMO, created in 1992, is to: • respond to maritime emergencies, • saving human lives, • protecting the marine environment, • reinforcing navigational safety • helping and monitoring shipping traffic. The Maritime Safety Agency (SASEMAR) has its own human and material resources distributed among 20 Rescue Co-ordination Centers that cover the entire Spanish coastline. These can respond to any need that may arise at sea: rescue, searches, towing, fighting pollution, medical evacuations, maritime safety information and, of course, taking and responding immediately to S.O.S. calls from the sea. The National Maritime Operations Center is located in Madrid.

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The CMEMS NRT Analysis and Forecast Physical Model product for the Iberia Biscay Irish sea (IBI) is used for this application. It provides hydrodynamic forecast including high frequency processes of paramount importance to characterize regional scale marine processes. The CMEMS NRT IBI ocean forecast hourly products for the Iberian-Biscay-Irish Sea area is used as forcing input in the SASEMAR simulations of oil spill and SAR .

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The Spanish Maritime Safety Agency is a State executive agency attached to the Ministry of Transport and Public Works, and established in 1992 by the Ports and Merchant Navy Act. It provides the public services of search and rescue, pollution prevention and response, maritime traffic control and monitoring,

www.puertos.es

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maritime safety and navigation aids, towing and vessel assistance.

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COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

MARINE RESOURCES

Supports sustainable management of marine resources

Copernicus Marine Service

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OCEANOGRAPHY EXPLORATION TOOL TO SUPPORT FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

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Metocean parameters affecting ecological processes (temperature, salinity, chlorophyll) are crucial in sustainable fisheries assessment and management. They are needed both for operations at sea (i.e cruise campaign design & rerouting) and stock recruitment (i.e defining spawning grounds). Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO) in collaboration with the Balearic Islands Coastal Ocean Observing and Forecasting System (SOCIB) have developed a web-based tool integrating in a single operation screen a quick access to ocean data (from satellite, in situ and models) to monitor and forecast hydrodynamic, chemical and biological conditions in the Balearic Sea. This oceanography exploration tool is meant to support the design of sampling campaigns and the integration of environmental information into assessment and management processes. This tool will be used for sustainable fishery management in the Balearic Islands with a particular focus on endangered species such as the Bluefin Tuna. Several products from the Copernicus Marine Service are used to build this tool, including ocean model, satellite and insitu data.

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Better understanding of the environmental conditions.

Useful, free and sustained information provision.

Better understanding of the ocean dynamics

User-friendly interface

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT DECISION SUPPORT TOOL METOCEAN PARAMETERS IEO SOCIB

MARINE RESOURCES

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Aquatic species are tied together through the food web. It's a FishEat-Fish World! Marine food chain can be described with 4 levels, from Plants (Photo-Autotroph), to Herbivores, then to Carnivores, and finally to Top Predators that are simply larger and faster than most of their competitors. Better understanding the marine food chain and the links between each level is a necessary step for a better and more sustainable management of our environment.

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Many CMEMS products on the Mediterranean Sea (from Satellite, in situ and model) are used in this application

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Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO) a public research institute devoted to marine related studies including fisheries, aquaculture and marine environment studies. Coastal Ocean Observing and Forecasting System (SOCIB) is a Spanish Marine Research Infrastructure providing multi-platform ocean observing and forecasting systems in the Western

www.ieo.es

Mediterranean Sea.

Contact Rotllan Paz protllan@socib.es

www.socib.eu

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SHELLFISH MONITORING FOR THE AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY

S E CAS E • UOVERVI EW

The RAIA observatory (Observatorio Oceanográfica da Marxe Ibérica) and MeteoGalicia release bulletins covering the Galicia area for the aquaculture industry to help fish farmers in their business planning. They have developed a modelling suite, ranging from hydrodynamical to ecological models. The high-resolution hydrodynamical model is downscaled from the Copernicus Marine Service Iberian-Biscay-Irish Sea model. Dynamical downscaling is a method for obtaining high-resolution local models from lower resolution CMEMS models as forcing conditions. The bulletin provides useful water quality information for the day-to-day management of aquaculture farms.

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Better planning of aquaculture farm sitting and management.

Free and sustained information about many ocean

Better understanding of the environmental conditions. parameters.

RAIA METEOGALICIA AQUACULTURE SHELLFISH DOWNSCALING IBI

MARINE RESOURCES

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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.

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The RAIA Observatory's mission is to provide reliable and useful information on the state of the sea to public administrations, companies and citizens in general. It also promotes the development of tools and services to improve competitiveness of agents operating in the marine environment.

www.marnaraia.org

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SARDINE MONITORING ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST

S E CAS E • UOVERVI EW

INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA (IEO) has developed a habitat model for predicting spawning distribution of Sardine along the European Atlantic coast. Sardine catches have been decreasing regularly since 1980 and an assessment of the stock is needed. IEO has developed a modelling suite involving hydrodynamical models and ecological models and ending in an advection and dispersion model for Sardine eggs and larvae. The ROMS high-resolution hydrodynamical model is downscaled from the Copernicus Marine Service Iberian-BiscayIrish Sea model. Dynamical downscaling is a method for obtaining high-resolution local models from lower resolution CMEMS models as forcing conditions. Manuel Ruiz from the IEO says that "The Copernicus Marine

Service model is a key input for our Sardine habitat model as a reliable boundary condition for hydrodynamical information".

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Free and sustained information on hydrodynamics allows a better comprehension of the development and migration of Sardine as their larvae are strongly linked to temperature and ocean currents.

IEO SARDINE ATLANTIC OCEAN IBI DOWNSCALING MODEL

MARINE RESOURCES

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www.ieo.es

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HARMFUL ALGAE BLOOM MONITORING FOR AQUACULTURE FARMS IN SPAIN

S E CAS E • UOVERVI EW

INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA (IEO) has developed a proof-of-concept Harmful Algae Bloom (HAB) monitoring system to prevent toxin-related closures of aquaculture farms. Aquaculture farms along the Spanish and Galician Atlantic coast are subject to water pollution by toxins. IEO has developed the publication of bulletins based on: • in-situ HAB observations • hydrodynamical models downscaled from the Copernicus Marine Service • in-situ and satellite data from the Copernicus Marine Service, supplemented with IEO in-situ data. Dynamical downscaling is a method for obtaining high-resolution local models from lower resolution CMEMS models as forcing conditions. During toxic algae blooms, the high-resolution local model forecast is a useful tool for predicting the risk of aquaculture farm harvesting closures. IEO says that "the Copernicus Marine Service Iberian-Biscay-

Irish Sea model provides accurate ocean currents forecasts along the Spanish Atlantic coast for downscaling into higher resolution local models."

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Better planning of the aquaculture farm sitting and management.

Free and sustained information about many ocean parameters.

Better understanding of the environmental conditions.

IEO HARMFUL ALGAE BLOOM AQUACULTURE FARM WATER QUALITY ATLANTIC OCEAN IBI DOWNSCALING MODEL

MARINE RESOURCES

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Harmful algal blooms, or HABs, occur when colonies of algae, i.e. simple plants that live in the sea and freshwater, grow out of control while producing toxic or harmful effects on people, fish, shellfish, marine mammals, and birds. The human illnesses caused by HABs, though rare, can be debilitating or even fatal. HABs have been reported in many locations around the world, and their occurrence may be on the rise. HABs are a global concern because they affect not only the health of people and marine ecosystems, but also the 'health' of local and regional economies.

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www.ieo.es

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BLUEFIN TUNA MONITORING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

S E CAS E • UOVERVI EW

SOCIB (Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System) and IEO (INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA) have developed a habitat model for predicting spawning distribution of Atlantic Bluefin tuna in the Western Mediterranean. The Atlantic Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) is an emblematic top predator species classified as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Bluefin tuna populations are subject to fishing under the supervision of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). Observed data for larvae location are incorporated in a predictive system of the habitat model forced by operational oceanographic products from the Copernicus Marine Service such as satellite altimetry and chlorophyll as well as sea surface temperature and salinity from hydrodynamic models for forecasting the Bluefin tuna habitats. Diego Alvarez from SOCIB says that "Copernicus Marine Service

satellite and model products are key inputs for our Bluefin tuna habitat model as its development and migration are strongly linked to temperature and ocean currents respectively."

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Free and sustained information on hydrodynamics allows a better comprehension of the development and migration of Bluefin Tuna as their larvae are strongly linked to temperature and ocean currents.

SOCIB IEO BLUEFIN TUNA MED SEA LARVAE LOCATION SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS

MARINE RESOURCES

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Socib is the Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System.

www.socib.eu

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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

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MONITORING INTENSE RAIN EVENTS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA AREA

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The Mediterranean intense rain events are a recurrent meteorological process taking place in the Mediterranean area, including concentrated rains lasting several days affecting areas as Southern France and Eastern Spain in autumn. Such rain events are highly correlated with the Mediterranean Sea Surface Temperature. As part of the research project VERSUS, CEAM has built a climatology for sea surface temperature in the Mediterranean Sea to study its spatial distribution and temporal trend. The goal is to provide a relationships between different atmospheric-oceanic variables and heavy precipitation events in the Mediterranean region. CEAM is using satellite sea surface temperature data from the Copernicus Marine Service and other sources in order to daily monitor the sea surface temperature in the Mediterranean Sea. CEAM has developed a new website showing daily map updates from different sources and information on sea surface temperature climatology and trends available www.ceam.es/ceamet/SST. Such information is useful for research, weather/climate forecasting, travel and fishing industries.

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Accurate knowledge of Sea Surface Temperature and

Monitoring of intense rainy events

related anomalies in the Mediterranean area

MONITORING INTENSE RAIN EVENTS MEDITERRANEAN SEA FLOOD PREVENTION

WEATHER CLIMATE & SEASONAL FORECASTING

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One of the mission of the CEAM meteorology and pollutant dynamics department is to characterise the meteorological processes responsible for climate and dispersion and transport of atmospheric pollutants in the Mediterranean area. Main research activities aim at describing the meteorological processes determining climate and atmospheric pollution in the Mediterranean region. The Mediterranean intense rain events are a recurrent meteorological process, with concentrated rains lasting several days affecting areas as Southern France and Eastern Spain in autumn. The research project VERSUS aims at better understanding such meteorological events.

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The Copernicus Marine Service Mediterranean Sea Surface Temperature provides daily gap-free maps (L4) at high (HR 0.0625°) and ultra-high (UHR 0.01°) spatial resolution over the Mediterranean Sea. The data are obtained from infra-red measurements collected by satellite radiometers and statistical interpolation.

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The Mediterranean Center for Environmental Studies (CEAM) is a centre of research, development and technological innovation to improve the natural environment in the Mediterranean area. Its activity focus on offering comprehensive proposals for environmental management in the domain of the atmosphere, ecosystems, human activities and their interactions.

www.ceam.es

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OCEAN CURRENTS IN SUPPORT TO GLIDERS PILOTING

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Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV) are used in oceanography thanks to their low cost and wide range of capabilities, in order to sample water profiles and support in situ ocean monitoring. Gliders are UUV that can change their buoyancy to dive and climb in the water column, describing a vertical saw tooth route. They get an effective but low horizontal speed and as result are strongly sensitive to ocean dynamics. Therefore, an effective path planning is needed to route them using ocean data. The University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria has developed a smart visualization and piloting management tool (named PINZON-4D), that has been largely tested and exploited in the socalled Challenger glider operations. This smart viewing ocean data tool is based on Google Earth and generates continuous and discretized information about the bathymetry, 3D salinity, temperature and currents. The Copernicus Marine Service IBI and GLOBAL ocean model forecast products are used by the PINZON-4D in real time, and has been extremely useful information during the glider crossing missions.

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Copernicus Marine Service Ocean Currents are key for the

High spatial resolution and frequency model outputs are

piloting of gliders crossing the ocean needed to better plan and pilote gliders crossing the ocean

GLIDER PATH PLANNING TRANS OCEANIC GLIDER MISSION UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA RUTGERS UNIVERSITY THE CHALLENGER MISSION

WEATHER CLIMATE & SEASONAL FORECASTING

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The first glider expedition that crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 2009 was a glider called Scarlet Knight. It was led by the Rutgers University (NOAA, TWR, IOOS) supported by Puertos del Estado and the Robotic & computational Oceanography Division (SITMA-ULPGC). Eight years later, the Challenger glider completed 6 crossing missions, including the first circumnavigation of the South Atlantic (2013 to 2016). It has now gathered more than 15,000 CTD sampling profiles. It is led by the Rutgers University (NOAA, IOOS, TWR, SITMA-ULPGC) supported by Puertos del Estado (Spain), Marine Institute (Ireland), Univ. of Sao Paulo (Brazil), Univ. of South Africa and the UTM of Western Australia.

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The Copernicus Marine Service ocean model forecast over the Iberia Biscay Irish sea (IBI) and the Global Ocean are used in this application. High resolution and frequency of the CMEMS products are needed for this application.

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The Integrated Marine Advanced Technology System (SITMA) is a transversal unit of the University of las Palmas de Gran Canaria in charge of the management and exploitation of the marine robotic vehicles fleet.

www.sitma.ulpgc.es

Contact Antonio RAMOS antonio.ramos@ulpgc.es

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