Copernicus Marine Service in support to Marine Conservation & Policies by Copernicus Marine_Service

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MARINE CONSERVATION & POLICIES USE CASE BOOK

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Building uniform ocean acidity maps from scattered insitu data

P. 6 Chlo4msfd: a web portal service in support to msfd P. 8 Copernicus marine for maritime spatial planning: the plasmar project P. 10 Eo4wildlife platform for wildlife monitoring P. 12 Iswim: bathing water quality monitoring in the black sea P. 14 Listening to the ocean's noise P. 16 Monitoring the marine environment of the ligurian sea P. 18 Monitoring porpoise in kattegat natura 2000 protected area P. 20 Monitoring trends in biogeochemical indicators to support marine policies P. 22 Oceana marine expeditions to fill key gaps in biodiversity data P. 24 Ocean noise mapping in support to eu and international regulations P. 26 Rheticus marine in support to eu marine strategy P. 28 Supporting denmark with the european habitats directive P. 30 Supporting european member states with the marine strategy framework directive P. 32 Supporting eurostat with ocean acidity and ph indicator P. 34 Supporting the jrc and eu with the common fisheries policy (cfp) P. 36 Supporting the msfd directive in the black sea P. 38 Supporting the netherlands with the european marine strategy framework directive P. 40 Support to maritime spatial planning european directive P. 42 Support to portugal government for eez monitoring P. 44 Turtles monitored thanks to what they eat P. 46 Understanding the behaviour of elephant seals at sea P. 48 Wise-marine: a platform in support to msfd

The Copernicus Marine Service (CMEMS) provides reference data and information on the physical and biogeochemical state, variability and dynamics of the ocean and marine ecosystems for the global ocean and the European regional seas. Products are free of charge and open to all, accessible via marine.copernicus.eu. CMEMS is implemented by Mercator Ocean International on behalf of the European Commission.

Inventory of marine applications developed in the Marine Conservation & Policies sector with the help of Copernicus Marine Service products. Should you have any comments or questions, please contact us at : communication@mercator-ocean.eu CMEMS_EU

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BUILDING UNIFORM OCEAN ACIDITY MAPS FROM SCATTERED INSITU DATA CASE â&#x20AC;˘ USE OVE RVIE W

On the one hand, the Copernicus Marine Service provides with pH in situ observations that are scattered, i.e. not available as a full coverage map but as discrete points over the globe. On the other hand, SeaDataNet provides with an interplation tool (Data-Interpolating Variational Analysis service, DIVA) allowing to map global, uniform distributions of pH from the Copernicus Marine Service scattered in situ data. However, the SeaDataNet service is not compliant with the Copernicus marine Service in situ data formats. Researchers from ISTI-CNR with funding from the H2020 BlueBridge project have developed the D4Science e-Infrastructure which creates a bridge between several e-Infrastructures to fill the gap between them. As for the ocean acidification monitoring case, the D4Science process can transform a set of Copernicus in situ marine observations of an acidification parameter into a uniform global distribution map, published on a data catalogue under standard geographical representation formats (e.g. Web Map Service). Benefit for users and scientists are numerous among which the data sharing and the scientific publishing facilities.

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Free data global coverage

Near real time capacity

One stop shop gathering all in situ data. Ready to use, global coverage, expertised ocean products.

DATA MAPPING DATA INTERPOLATION DATA FORMAT H2020 BLUEBRIDGE D4SCIENCE TOOL

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The h2020 BlueBRIDGE project - Building Research environments fostering Innovation, Decision making, Governance and Education to support Blue growth - supports capacity building in interdisciplinary research communities actively involved in increasing scientific knowledge about resource overexploitation, degraded environment and ecosystem with the aim of providing a more solid ground for informed advice to competent authorities and to enlarge the spectrum of growth opportunities as addressed by the Blue Growth Societal Challenge.

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The Copernicus Marine Service in situ acidity (pH) products are used in this application. Product in use 1

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The Institute of Information Science and Technologies (ISTI) is an institute of the Italian National Research Council (CNR). The Institute is committed to producing scientific excellence and to playing an active role in technology transfer. The domain of competence covers Information Science, related technologies and a wide range of applications.

More information here Contact Gianpaolo Coro gianpaolo.coro@isti.cnr.it

isti cnr www.isti.cnr.it/

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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. CHLO4MSFD is meant to incentivate and support MSFD actors to use chlorophyll-a values from satellites, in their monitoring and assessment processes. CHLO4MSFD Service will help them to: - Visualize satellite chlorophyll-a data maps for all EU Marine Regions between 1997-09-01 to 2016-09-01. - Extract and view time series data from user selected locations (markers). - Download time series data as csv files. &nbsp; Learn more: http://chlo4msfd.azti.es/CHLO4MSFD_V1.0/

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A user friendly tool to access historical chlorophyll-a data from

An extra source of chlorophyll-a data to support evaluation of

satellites acress all European marine regions. MSFD descriptor 5 on eutrophication

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

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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) &amp; In situ data in delayed time covering all European waters are used in this application. Product in use 1 Product in use 2 Product in use 3 Product in use 4 Product in use 5 Product in use 6

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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.

More information here Contact Yolanda Sagarminaga ysagarminaga@azti.es

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COPERNICUS MARINE FOR MARITIME SPATIAL PLANNING: THE PLASMAR PROJECT CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

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

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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 and 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. Product in use 1 Product in use 2 Product in use 3 Product in use 4

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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.

More information here Contact ALEJANDRO GARCÍA alejandro.garcia@ulpgc.es University Las Palmas de Gran Canaria www.ulpgc.es/node

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EO4WILDLIFE PLATFORM FOR WILDLIFE MONITORING

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The EO4wildlife platform was developed with fundings from the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. The EO4wildlife platform is developed for wildlife scientists, biologists, ecologists, ornithologists involved in the conservation, protection and management of marine wildlife and willing to improve their knowledge of animal habitat and behaviour. The platform allows the user to upload his own animal data (observation, ARGOS tracking data and other) in his private workspace, and acces to earth observation data through a series of thematic services running on a cloud infrastructure. Using the services deployed on the platform, the user can retrieve Earth Observation (EO) data from the Copernicus Marine Service, the CLS datastore and other sources and calculate EO statistics along its animal tracks or on a specified area. This EO data will then be used for habitat modelling or environmental assessment.

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Better knowledge of fish migration routes

Management of seabirds

Identify marine turtle behaviours

Monitor marine protected areas

Predicting seabird distribution and suitable areas Run habitat modelling using Copernicus Marine Service data

MONITORING MARINE ANIMALS MARINE WILDLIFE TRACKING EARTH OBSERVATIONS EO4WILDLIFE

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The objective of the marine protected areas is to protect 20% of the ocean. EO4WILDLIFE is a 3 year project with 7 partners (CLS, ATOS France , ATOS Spain, IT Innovation, AFB, Birdlife and University of Exeter) that ended in December 2018. The EO4willife platform facilitates the access to all the Copernicus Marine Service data and to 60 products from the CLS datastore, and match them with sientific data bases from Birdlife and seaturtle.org. For example, more than 10 million bird locations are stored in the seabirdtracking database managed by Birdlife. Moreover, the seaturtle.org stores more than 6000 turtles trajectories all tracked with ARGOS (10 years of Argos location data are collected)

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All Copernicus Marine Service datasets can be accessed from the EO4wildlife platform. The main parameters of interest for the scienticts are: sea surface temperature, chlorophyl-a, currents. Only a few are listed below. Users access preferably historical data, model or observation. Product in use 1 Product in use 2 Product in use 3

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CLS is a worlwide company operating satellite systems and developing value-Added products and services to monitor the Earth, in 6 strategic areas of activity: sustainable management of fisheries, environmental monitoring, maritime safety and security, fleet management, Energy and mining, space and ground systems.

More information here Contact Marion Sutton msutton@groupcls.com

CLS www.cls.fr/

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ISWIM: BATHING WATER QUALITY MONITORING IN THE BLACK SEA CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

iSWIM is a dynamic web-based and mobile-friendly decision support system to enhance the management, monitoring and forecasting of the bathing water quality in the Black Sea, Mamaia bay, integrating numerical models downscaled from the Copernicus Marine Service Black Sea model with in-situ measured data and CMEMS remote sensing products. Taking advantage of high resolution operational modelling and web-based technologies applied to coastal areas in the Black Sea and other regions in the world, the operational implementation of iSWIM provides i) Increased situational awareness in terms of bathing water now and in the future; ii) Increase of safety, environmental and public health performance in beaches and recreational waters; and iii) Valuable, accurate water quality and marine weather information, needed to promote safer recreational activities in bathing waters. More here: http://www.actionmodulers.com/products/iSWIM/homepage.sh tml

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Advise users of the beaches on the water quality Help national and local authorities in the management of bathing water resources or recreational activities

BATHING WATER QUALITY NIMRD ACTION MODULERS ISWIM MAMAIA BAY BLACK SEA INTEGRATED SERVICE

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Mamaia along the Black Sea coast is the largest touristic seaside resort of Romania. Mamaia beach is one of the most famous beaches of the Romanian Black Sea. Monitoring potential impact on its environment require mitigation measures: local and regional water quality changes due to direct physical, chemical and biological disturbances need to be monitored. iSWIM is focused on the Bay of Mamaia and is based on an operational system (since April 2016) implemented by NIMRD/ACTION MODULERS.

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The Copernicus Marine Service porducts in the Black Sea are used for this application: Black Sea hydrodynamic and Wave Forecasting models and Black Sea Satellite Sea Surface Temperature. Product in use 1 Product in use 2 Product in use 3

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NIMRD is the Romanian National Institute for Marine Research and Development and works on research to understand, protect and conserve marine and coastal environment in the Romanian EEC. ACTION Modulers is a Portuguese business and private company mainly focused on numerical modelling, development of technological solutions, safety planning services, training activities, and software development,

www.actionmodulers.com More information here Contact Braunschweig Frank frankbraunschweig@actionmodulers.pt

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LISTENING TO THE OCEAN'S NOISE

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The Netherlands Organisation for applied scientific research (TNO) is participating in the International Quiet Ocean Experiment, which objective is to understand the impact of underwater anthropogenic noise on aquatic life, develop solutions for ocean noise monitoring and reduce the impact of anthropogenic noise through regulation. TNO has developed an underwater sound modelling system that performs mathematical calculations of underwater sound pressure as a function of time, space and the frequency of sound sources. The speed of sound in seawater is dependent on water density (i.e. temperature and salinity) and wave height will have an influence on local noise and long range propagation. TNO uses the Copernicus Marine Service Global model as an input source for ocean density. Mark Prior from TNO says that the Copernicus Marine Service global model is an accurate tool for providing seawater density, which affects our underwater sound propagation model.

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Free and sustained information provision for oceanic water density. High quality information allowing realistic applied results. Provision of sustained and accurate oceanic water density and wave height for reliable underwater anthropogenic noise estimation.

TNO QUIET OCEAN NOISE AQUATIC LIFE GLOBAL OCEAN

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Developing human activity at sea opens up new possibilities for the global economy, but increases environmental pressures. Correlation between sonar exercises and numerous whale beachings has been proved in the 80s and triggered awareness among the scientific and stakeholders community. Prejudicial effects of anthropogenic noise on marine life is now better regulated: In Europe, regulation is currently governed by two European Directives, the Water Framework Directive (2000) and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (2010).

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CMEMS Analysis and Forecast model products provide with 7-day forecast of 3D ocean currents updated daily. Product in use 1 Product in use 2

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TNO was founded by law in 1932 to enable business and government to apply knowledge. As an organisation regulated by public law, they are independent: not part of any government, university or company.

More information here TNO www.tno.nl/en/

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MONITORING THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT OF THE LIGURIAN SEA CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

ARPAL is an Italian regional public agency for the protection of the Ligurian environment. They have built several modelling tools to monitor for example sediment and mud transport or bathing water quality in the Ligurian Sea. They can also monitor oil drift in the event of an oil spill, and can activate search and rescue tools in case of a man overboard. For all these modelling tools, the Copernicus Marine Service Mediterranean Sea ocean models are used as boundary conditions for their higher resolution ocean model: dynamical downscaling is a method for obtaining, for example, a high-resolution local Ligurian Sea model from the lower resolution CMEMS model as forcing conditions. T. Del Giudice and S. Magrì from ARPAL say that "the synergy between the open Copernicus Marine data, the modelling tools we have developed in-house and other data sources has enabled us to build a robust monitoring system for the Ligurian Sea".

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

ARPAL MED SEA LIGURIAN SEA WATER QUALITY MARINE ENVIRONMENT OIL SPILL SEARCH AND RESCUE DOWNSCALLING

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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 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. Product in use 1

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ARPAL is an Italian regional public agency for the protection of the Ligurian environment.

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MONITORING PORPOISE IN KATTEGAT NATURA 2000 PROTECTED AREA CASE â&#x20AC;˘ USE OVE RVIE W

Store Middelgrund reef in Baltic Kattegat has been identified as harbour porpoise bycatch hot-spot. The reef has been designated as Natura 2000 protected area for harbour porpoises. Porpoises are present all year round on the reef, with a higher density from May to August and a peak in June. The most important drivers for harbour porpoise distribution are the bathymetry and chlorophyll-A concentration. The Aarhus University in Denmark, in the frame of a Natura 2000 project, has examined the harbour porpoise presence in the reef area over a period of one year (02/2016 to 01/2017) by combining habitat-based density models, passive acoustic detections and environmental background data. The project investigates relationships between the presence of harbour porpoises and variations of environmental conditions including salinity, temperature, water currents, Chlorophyll A and bathymetry. All environmental variables were obtained from the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service online data portal. The Baltic Sea physical and biogeochemical models were used more specifically for this project.

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Better understanding of the environmental conditions. Decision-making support tool

Free and sustained information about Baltic Sea oceanic conditions. Supports national and regional authorities for EU directive implementation

HARBOUR PORPOISE KATTEGAT NATURA 2000 SCIENCE EU HABITATS AND SPECIES DIRECTIVE

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The harbour porpoise is the most commonly sighted and stranded cetacean in European waters throughout the year and is found widely distributed over the continental shelf of the eastern North Atlantic. Although considered abundant at this large scale, there has been considerable concern for its status in some regions due to apparent declines in numbers of sightings and strandings and impacts which include high levels of incidental catches in fisheries. The EU Habitats and Species Directive recognises harbour porpoises as species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

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The Baltic Sea physical and biogeochemical models were used more specifically for this project. The spatial model model resolution is 1 nautical mile and model data include hourly instantaneous values of all variables for the period 1-2-2016 to 31-1-2017. Product in use 1 Product in use 2

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Aarhus University (AU) was founded in 1928 and today it has several world class research fields. It has a long tradition of partnerships with some of the world's best research institutions and university networks. AU has a strong commitment to the development of society that is realised through its collaboration with government agencies and institutions and the business community.

Contact Lagemaa Priidik priidik.lagemaa@msi.ttu.ee aarhus university www.au.dk/en/

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MONITORING TRENDS IN BIOGEOCHEMICAL INDICATORS TO SUPPORT MARINE POLICIES CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

Monitoring trends in biogeochemical indicators such as chlorophyll, dissolved oxygen, and nutrient concentrations is crucial for evaluating the ocean response to global climate change. Researchers from PML have integrated the CMEMS satellite-derived data with a coupled physical-biogeochemical model using a method that constrains the output to fit the observations. This results into a biogeochemistry reanalysis which provides a unique decadal data set that has considerable skill in approximating ocean observations, and that can enhance the understanding and management for marine policies of the North West European shelf ecosystem, in relation to eutrophication and fluctuations of the carbon cycle. Results show for example that an area as large as 325,000 km2 is vulnerable to oxygen deficiency at the bottom of the North West European shelf, and an additional 40,000 km2 are included when using a strict 1% confidence criteria. It also shows that the North West European shelf is a net sink of atmospheric CO2, with a simulated uptake that ranges between 36 and 46 Tg C yr-1, when applying a 90% confidence level for the estimates.

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Better understanding of the environmental conditions. Support to SDG14 monitoring. Supports national and regional authorities for EU directive implementation

NORTHWEST EUROPEAN SHELF BIOGEOCHEMISTRY DECADE-LONG REANALYSIS SIMULATION MONITORING TRENDS CHLOROPHYLL NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS UPTAKE OF ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE OXYGEN DEFICIENCY

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Monitoring trends in biogeochemical indicators such as chlorophyll, dissolved oxygen, and nutrient concentrations is crucial for evaluating the ocean response to global climate change and its effects on marine ecosystems. Trends and patterns of biogeochemical variables that are relevant for marine policy and ecosystem understanding can be evaluated by merging numerical models and ocean color in extended biogeochemical reanalysis using a consistent data assimilation algorithm. Results from the first decade-long reanalysis simulation of northwest European shelf biogeochemistry show the importance of quantifying the uncertainty in these indicators to inform marine policy.

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The Global surface chlorophyll concentration from satellite observations (daily average) from ESA-CCI and distributed in the CMEMS catalogue is used in this application. Product in use 1

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Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) is a charity which aims to develop and apply innovative marine science to ensure a sustainable future for the ocean. They also have a commercial trading subsidiary, PML Applications Ltd, which delivers services, products and solutions related to the marine environment in key sectors such as ballast water management and biofouling.

More information here Contact Ciavatta Stefano avab@pml.ac.uk

pml portal.ecosystem-modelling.pml.ac.uk/

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OCEANA MARINE EXPEDITIONS TO FILL KEY GAPS IN BIODIVERSITY DATA CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

One of the key components of Oceana's work is to carry out research expeditions at sea with the aim of marine habitat protection. Such expeditions allow for the collection of in situ data on marine species, communities, and habitats. Various technologies are used during these expeditions. The resulting data allows for the preparation of detailed proposals for the designation, expansion or improved management of marine protected areas for biodiversity conservation or fisheries sustainability. During Oceana research expeditions, multiple spatial data sources are used (such as Copernicus Marine Service and EMODnet) which are of vital importance throughout the entire project. For example, during the expedition preparations, marine data are used to define the study areas, identify specific points of potential interest and plan survey methodology. Moreover, for the preparation of reports, marine data help in developing proposed marine conservation and fisheries management measures.

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Creation of scientific papers to improve global knowledge about the oceans and marine biodiversity.

Designation and expansion of marine protected areas

Development of fisheries management measures Open sharing of raw data

OCEANA MARINE CONSERVATION FISHERIES MANAGEMENT BIODIVERSITY NGO

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Since 2005, Oceana has carried out 29 oceanographic expeditions in 28 countries, and approximately 3000 surveys. They have filmed more than 2000 hours of video of marine habitats and species from Atlantic, Baltic, and Mediterranean waters. These videos, together with still images and with samples from more than 500 grabs, have yielded new information and understanding of the biodiversity present in the many areas where Oceana has carried out expeditions in Europe. Many of these data have contributed to Oceana efforts to create or expand marine protected areas; to date, these efforts have led to the protection of 73 028 km² of marine area in countries such as Finland, Malta, Portugal and Spa

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Many CMEMS products have been used during Oceana expeditions. Product in use 1 Product in use 2 Product in use 3 Product in use 4 Product in use 5

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Oceana is the largest international organization focused on ocean conservation. Oceana aims at a more biodiverse and abundant ocean by winning policy victories in countries that govern much of the world's marine life. Their offices around the world work together to win strategic, directed campaigns that achieve measurable outcomes.

More information here Contact Blanco Jorge jblanco@oceana.org

Oceana eu.oceana.org/en/home

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OCEAN NOISE MAPPING IN SUPPORT TO EU AND INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

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/i ndex.html

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global coverage

Service available 24/7

Near real time capacity

Service elaborated with the most accurate data available nowadays. Supports national and regional authorities for EU 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&amp;Gaz exploration sonar systems, 3) Construction of offshore Oil&amp;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. Product in use 1 Product in use 2 Product in use 3 Product in use 4 Product in use 5 Product in use 6

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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.

More information here Contact Thomas Folegot sales@quiet-oceans.com quiet-oceans www.quiet-oceans.com

MARINE CONSERVATION & POLICIES

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

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Copernicus Marine Service

Version 1.5 10/10/2017

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RHETICUS MARINE IN SUPPORT TO EU MARINE STRATEGY

CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

Rheticus® Marine is an innovative, high-performing geo-information service for monitoring coastal water quality. Rheticus® Marine is fueled by streams of information from the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS), and serves customers in the Mediterranean Sea region. The use of streamlined satellite data, processed to a high level (Level 3) by CMEMS, is part of what makes Rheticus® so fast. Rheticus® Marine uses specialized regional algorithms to deliver a wider range of water quality parameters, which can be compared with local data collected by regional authorities. Maps and statistics on eutrophication (i.e. chlorophyll, turbidity and transparency) are provided both automatically and on-demand. With a near real time coastal water quality monitoring at 1km resolution, Rheticus® Marine ensures a steady flow of data for rapid responses to pollution events or algal blooms. Easy visualization and mapping allows displaying water quality parameters thanks a user-friendly web interface with time travel and customized area selection. A cloud-based geo-information service automates complex processing chains to deliver services regularly, ra

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Supports national and regional authorities for EU directive implementation

WATER QUALITY MARINE STRATEGY FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

MARINE CONSERVATION & POLICIES

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Rheticus® Marine is devoted to monitor coastal water quality and eutrophication status, and pinpointing problematic areas. It helps customers in the public sector to implement environmental policies from local to international level, meeting the requirements in the field of marine environment policy (e.g. MSFD, WFD). It assists authorities in charge of environmental monitoring to drive specific hot-spot field surveys, anticipate risky situations and/or prevent illegal sewage discharge. It supports private actors involved in marine resource exploitation activities such as desalination, fisheries, aquaculture, offshore drilling, waste water treatments, tourism.

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The CMEMS Rheticus Marine downstream service exploits the CMEMS products such as satellite chlorophyll, sea surface temperature and other optical water parameters in order to provide Near Real Time (NRT) water quality products linked to eutrophication for a routinely monitoring (on a daily basis) of Italian and Greek coastal areas, and temporal statistics. Product in use 1 Product in use 2 Product in use 3

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Planetek Italia is an Italian SME established in 1994. It provides solutions to exploit the value of geospatial data through all phases of data life cycle from acquisition, storage, management up to analysis and sharing. It operates in many application areas ranging from environmental and land monitoring to open-government and smart cities as well as scientific missions and planetary exploration.

More information here Contact Daniela Iasillo daniela@planetek.it

Planetek Italia Srl www.planetek.it

MARINE CONSERVATION & POLICIES

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

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Copernicus Marine Service

Version 2.3

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SUPPORTING DENMARK WITH THE EUROPEAN HABITATS DIRECTIVE CASE â&#x20AC;˘ USE OVE RVIE W

The marine landscape at the entrance of the Baltic Sea (Kattegat, Belt Sea, Danish straits) is characterised by a bed form called boulder reefs which are unique and ecologically distinct. They are defined as a rare and biologically important habitat by the EC Habitats Directive. Several boulder reef areas in Danish waters are a designated part of the Natura 2000 network. The species-rich vegetation and fauna associated with the reefs are exposed to strong variability of surrounding water properties and anthropogenic stress due to their proximity to heavily used shipping routes and sources of nutrient loads. Model products from Copernicus Marine Service in the Baltic Sea were analysed for a 5 month-reference period (April-August 2010) by the AAHRUS University to quantify natural variability patterns in the physical environment (temperature, salinity, currents) at 21 boulder reef areas in the Kattegat and Belt Sea. The analysis provided a detailed and coherent picture of the oceanographic setting of various Danish boulder reefs.

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Free and sustained information provision.

Provision of merged satellite information along with in situ information. Ready to use, global coverage, expertised ocean colour satellite products.

EU POLICY NATURA 2000 HABITATS DIRECTIVE BALTIC SEA

MARINE CONSERVATION & POLICIES

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The European Union's Habitats Directive came into force in 1992 and ensures the conservation of a wide range of rare, threatened or endemic animal and plant species. Some 200 rare and characteristic habitat types are also targeted for conservation. The conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora aims to promote the maintenance of biodiversity, taking account of economic, social, cultural and regional requirements. It forms the cornerstone of Europe's nature conservation policy with the Birds Directive and establishes the EU wide Natura 2000 ecological network of protected areas, safeguarded against potentially damaging developments.

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CMEMS Analysis and Forecast model products provide with 7-day forecast of 3D ocean currents, temperature, salinity and sea ice parameters updated daily. Models over the Baltic sea are used in this application. Product in use 1

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Aarhus University is a Danish University which has its main campus in Aarhus, campuses in three other locations in Denmark and research activities at 18 different locations in Denmark, Greenland and on Tenerife. Its ambition is to be a globally-oriented university with a commitment to excellence in research and education and a strong engagement in the development of society.

More information here

www.au.dk/en/

MARINE CONSERVATION & POLICIES

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

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Copernicus Marine Service

Version 2.2

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SUPPORTING EUROPEAN MEMBER STATES WITH THE MARINE STRATEGY FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

AquaMar, an FP7 research project (2009-2013), is the R&amp;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

MARINE CONSERVATION & POLICIES

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Version 2.2

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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.

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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. Product in use 1 Product in use 2

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AquaMar, Marine Water Quality Information Services, is a EU funded FP7 project (2010-2013) lead by Thales Alenia Space, 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.

More information here

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

MARINE CONSERVATION & POLICIES

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

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Copernicus Marine Service

Version 2.2

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SUPPORTING EUROSTAT WITH OCEAN ACIDITY AND PH INDICATOR CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union. Its mission is to provide high quality statistics for Europe. Eurostat will publish in 2018 new official environmental indicators, among which indicators on the ocean acidity and PH. In this frame, Copernicus Marine Service will reinforce its in situ and ocean model capacity by the end of 2018 for an improved monitoring of the carbon cycle at global and regional scales. Once achieved, Eurostat, for its indicator computation, will use ocean PH and acidity products from the Copernicus Marine Service portfolio in all European regional seas. Ocean PH and acidity are relevant indicators to monitor climate change.

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Support to EUROSTAT European Statistics. Support to SDG14 monitoring.

SGD14 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS PH ACIDITY EUROSTAT INDICATOR STATISTICS

MARINE CONSERVATION & POLICIES

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Version 2.2

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On 1 January 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by world leaders in September 2015 at an historic United Nations (UN) Summit, officially came into force. Over the next fifteen years, with these new Goals, countries will mobilize efforts to end all forms of poverty, fight inequalities and tackle climate change, while ensuring that no one is left behind. Among the 17 Goals, the 14th (called SGD14) is dedicated to the Oceans: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources.

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CMEMS will improve its capacity to monitor ocean PH and acidity by 2018. CMEMS already provides with few in situ PH measurements and will reinforce its in situ and modeling portfolio for the PH and acidity parameters by 2018. Product in use 1

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Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union situated in Luxembourg. Its mission is to provide high quality statistics for Europe. While fulfilling its mission, Eurostat promotes the following values: respect and trust, fostering excellence, promoting innovation, service orientation.

Eurostat ec.europa.eu/eurostat/home

MARINE CONSERVATION & POLICIES

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

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Copernicus Marine Service

Version 1.8 28/07/2017

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SUPPORTING THE JRC AND EU WITH THE COMMON FISHERIES POLICY (CFP) CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

The dynamic identification of essential fish habitat by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission contributes to the protection of fish stock recovery areas (Article 8 of the Common Fisheries Policy, CFP). Habitat analysis showed that marine predators are attracted by productive fronts for feeding (chlorophyll-a fronts). These studies used the Copernicus Marine Service products of satellite ocean colour and hydrodynamic models to daily map favourable feeding habitats of important species such as hake, Atlantic bluefin tuna, skipjack tuna, fin whale and blue shark. These habitat products are useful as a decision tool for fisheries closure, by-catch reduction and improvement of fish stock estimates. Essential habitats of marine species are also key information for research on full ecosystem modelling and animal behavior analysis. Jean-Noël Druon from the JRC says "Copernicus Marine Service ocean models provide crucial data of suitable quality for our fish habitat model allowing identification both at decadal and real-time time scales. They are major inputs to build robust operational ecology products to sustain the fisheries sector".

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Free and sustained information on hydrodynamics allows a better comprehension of the development and migration of fishes as their habitat are strongly linked to chlorophyll-a and oceanic fronts.

JRC COMMON FISHERIES POLICY (CFP) PELAGIC HABITAT FISHERY MANAGEMENT ATLANTIC OCEAN MEDITERRANEAN SEA INDIAN OCEAN GULF OF MEXICO GLOBAL OCEAN SATELLITE

MARINE CONSERVATION & POLICIES

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Copernicus Marine Service

Version 1.8 28/07/2017

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Species in the oceans are tied together through marine food webs. It's a Fish-Eat-Fish World! Marine food chain can be simply described with four levels, from plants (photo-autotroph) to herbivores, then to carnivores and finally to top predators that are simply larger and faster than their preys. But food chains can be shorter or much more complex. Better understanding marine food chains and the links between each trophic level is a necessary step for a better and more sustainable management of our environment. The JRC supports EU policies with scientific advice and, regarding fisheries, guides EU deciders on the amount of fish which can be caught within the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).

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CMEMS physics analysis and reanalysis models provide respectively with Chlorophyll-a maps and main fronts locations updated daily. It allows JRC to compute daily potential habitat maps for various fish species such as Hake, Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, Skipjack tuna, Fin whale and Blue shark. Product in use 1 Product in use 2 Product in use 3

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The Joint Research Centre (JRC) is the European Commission's science and knowledge service which employs scientists to carry out research in order to provide independent scientific advice and support to EU policy. The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is the EU's instrument for the management of fisheries and aquaculture that aims at protecting fish stocks and ensuring the fishing sector future.

JRC fishreg.jrc.ec.europa.eu/fish-habitat Contact Druon Jean-Noel Jean-Noel.DRUON@ec.europa.eu

MARINE CONSERVATION & POLICIES

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

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Copernicus Marine Service

Version 1.1 31/01/2018

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SUPPORTING THE MSFD DIRECTIVE IN THE BLACK SEA

CASE â&#x20AC;˘ USE OVE RVIE W

Marine modelling at the Joint Research Centre, Directorate General (JRC) provides a tool to examine the present and future state of the marine ecosystem and can inform and support a variety of EU policies including the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. The Black Sea has suffered from severe ecological degradation since the 1970s. The aim of the EU-MC SIMSEA project (2015-06 to 2017-06) was to implement an advanced ecosystem model to simulate the complex Black Sea ecosystem. This model is based on the validated JRC hydrodynamic model to generate future scenario simulations considering different policy options and climate change scenarios. Numerous hindcast runs of the Black Sea hydrodynamic model (Miladinova et al., 2017) have been performed to distinguish possible climate change trends for the Black Sea environment. Long-term evolution of the Black Sea thermohaline properties is simulated. Changes in basin-scale and mesoscale circulations are shown to be an important factor for the surface salinity variation. Copernicus Marine Service reanalysed thermohaline fields from 2005 to 2015 are used as independent results for intercomparison.

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Direct access to oceanographic / environmental datasets

Free and sustained information about many ocean parameters.

Easy access to Open Data products from different sources

MARINE STRATEGY FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE JRC BLACK SEA EUROPEAN POLICY WATER QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

MARINE CONSERVATION & POLICIES

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Copernicus Marine Service

Version 1.1 31/01/2018

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The Black Sea has suffered from severe ecological degradation since the 1970s due to concurrent effects of intense eutrophication, overfishing, outburst of gelatinous carnivores and natural climatic variations. The main purpose of the SIMSEA project was therefore to implement an advanced ecosystem model for the complex Black Sea ecosystem based on the validated JRC hydrodynamic model to generate future scenario simulations considering different policy options and climate change scenarios.

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Monthly mean temperature and salinity, chlorophyll_a, nitrate and phosphate fields are extracted from the Copernicus Marine Service Black Sea reanalysis model. Satellite sea surface temperature and ocean colour data in the Black Sea are also used. In situ data will be used in the future. Product in use 1 Product in use 2 Product in use 3 Product in use 4 Product in use 5

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DG Joint Research

More information here

ec.europa.eu/jrc/en

MARINE CONSERVATION & POLICIES

Contact Svetla Miladinova svetla.miladinova@ext.ec.europa.eu

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

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Copernicus Marine Service

Version 2.2

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SUPPORTING THE NETHERLANDS WITH THE EUROPEAN MARINE STRATEGY FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

DELTARES is an independent, not-for-profit, applied research institute. The European Marine Strategy Framework (hereafter MSFD) Directive requires EU Member States to take the necessary measures to achieve a good coastal and oceanic environmental status by 2020. In the Netherlands, DELTARES is one of the national institutes 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 number 5 dealing with eutrophication. Meinte Blaas from DELTARES has stated that "Copernicus Marine Service Ocean Colour data are central for the MSFD, as this allows us to improve consistency 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.

DELTARES WFD MSFD EU POLICY WATER QUALITY SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS OCEAN COLOUR MEMBER STATE NETHERLANDS EUTROPHICATION

MARINE CONSERVATION & POLICIES

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DELTARES is an dutch independent, not-for-profit, applied research institute advising governments, industry and NGOs for safe and sustainable living in river &amp; coastal regions worldwide.

More information here DELTARES www.deltares.nl/en/

MARINE CONSERVATION & POLICIES

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

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Copernicus Marine Service

Version 1.3

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SUPPORT TO MARITIME SPATIAL PLANNING EUROPEAN DIRECTIVE CASE â&#x20AC;˘ USE OVE RVIE W

Effective marine spatial planning needs tools that enable different end users to access directly to marine environmental and conservation data-sets. At this end, CIMA foundation presents a web based application called Seawetra. Seawetra is a near real-time integrated system for Mediterranean marine ecosystem monitoring and conservation with 2 objectives 1) to collect, archive, visualize and share geographical information coming from multiple sources over a large spectrum, in an inter-operable format and according to an international standard, 2) to provide stakeholders and different end users with dedicated tools. Data, including some of the CMEMS portfolio, are inserted and managed within the platform, taking into account their diverse space-time scales and degrees of uncertainty and reliability. The Seawetra platform architecture is based on open-source software and open-data and is compliant with standard OGC (WXS) and INSPIRE Directive (2007/2/EC). The application provides, through a graphical interface, a high-resolution and continuously updated information, allowing the user to monitor environmental conditions of the marine realm.

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Direct access to oceanographic / environmental datasets EU INSPIRE Directive and OGC compliant standards. High quality information ready in near real-time allwowing

effective scenario analysis

Specific tools designed for users needs User Friendly access to dynamic and static layers

MARITIME SPATIAL PLANNING CIMA FOUNDATION SEAWETRA WEB BASED PLATFORM OGC INSPIRE

MARINE CONSERVATION & POLICIES

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Version 1.3

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The Mediterranean sea is recognised as a biodiversity hotspots, hosting unique environmental conditions together with a number of marine species. At the same time, it is an important touristic site and one of the most important industrial area in Europe. Competition for maritime space, for renewable energy equipment, aquaculture and other uses, has highlighted the need to manage our waters more coherently. At the same time, human activities involve a number of environmental pressures causing high or very high environmental impacts in marine and/or coastal ecosystems. An effective use of our seas must take into account conservation needs of such an unique area.

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Both Ocean observation and forecast products with Mediterranean Sea coverage are used in this application. Product in use 1 Product in use 2 Product in use 3 Product in use 4

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CIMA Research Foundation is a non-profit research organization committed to the promotion and support of scientific research, technological development and training within the fields of Civil Protection, Disaster Risk Reduction and Biodiversity.

More information here CIMA Foundation

Contact Paola Tepsich paola.tepsich@cimafoundation.org

www.cimafoundation.org/

MARINE CONSERVATION & POLICIES

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

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Copernicus Marine Service

Version 1.2 27/07/2017

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SUPPORT TO PORTUGAL GOVERNMENT FOR EEZ MONITORING CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

DEIMOS Engenharia is a private Portuguese Aerospace Engineering company which coordinates the SIMOcean project, http://www.simocean.pt/. This project is integrated in the initiative of the Portuguese Government to develop a set of coordinated systems providing access to national marine data. SIMOcean will help the Portuguese government in its decision making and management process in 3 areas: Fishing area characterization, Sea state index for harbour areas and Diagnostic of met-ocean fields. Several datasets, currently scattered among different departments of the Portuguese Meteorological (IPMA) and the Navy's Hydrographic (IH) Institutes, will be brought together in an Open Data system to be exploited by three flagship value added services. SIMOcean stores model and in-situ information from different sources and providers, including datasets from the Copernicus Marine Service (CMEMS). The CMEMS data, specifically Ocean Colour and Observed Sea Surface Temperature, are important data sources for the Fishing Areas Characterization Service, since they are used as environmental variables to model the sardine and mackerel possible distribution.

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Access to value added information based on the services deployed Easy access to Open Data products from different sources Scalable computing resources for development and operations

PORTUGAL EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE FISHING AREA CHARACTERIZATION

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Portugal has the largest Exclusive Economic Zone in the European Union and the 10th largest in the world. An integrated management of the Portuguese marine system is therefore crucial to monitor a wide range of interdependent domains. Such system should assimilate data and information from different thematic areas, ranging from ocean and atmosphere state variables to higher level datasets describing human activities and related environmental, social and economic impacts.

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The CMEMS data, specifically Ocean Colour and Observed Sea Surface Temperature, are important data sources for the Fishing Areas Characterization Service. Product in use 1 Product in use 2

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DEIMOS Engenharia is a private Portuguese Aerospace Engineering company, part of the Elecnor DEIMOS group. DEIMOS coordinates the SIMOcean project in collaboration with IH and IPMA, and lead the work packages dedicated to the Catalogue and Data Integration, Processing Integration and Tools and Web Portal Visualisation.

DEIMOS Engenharia www.elecnor-deimos.com/ delegacion/deimos-engenharia/ Contact Michael Lawrence michael.lawrence@deimos-space.com

MARINE CONSERVATION & POLICIES

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

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Copernicus Marine Service

Version 2.0

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TURTLES MONITORED THANKS TO WHAT THEY EAT

CASE â&#x20AC;˘ USE OVE RVIE W

CLS and CNR have developed a model to predict oceanic biomass of 6 micronekton groups as part of the OSMOSIS project. Micronektons are eaten by predators such as marine mammals, turtles and tuna, hence modelling micronekton behaviour helps with the monitoring of its predators. Micronekton are relatively small but actively swimming oceanic organisms ranging in size between plankton (&lt; 2 cm), which drift with the currents, and larger nekton (&gt; 10 cm), which have the ability to swim freely without being overly affected by currents. Modelled hindcasting and forecasting of micronekton movements contribute to the further simulation of the habitats of higher trophic level predators (e.g. marine mammals, turtles, tuna). Patrick Lehodey from CLS says that "Copernicus Marine Service ocean temperature and currents products are key inputs for our model, as the development and migration of micronekton are strongly linked to temperature and ocean currents respectively. We also use Copernicus Marine Service global high-resolution models to validate our micronekton model.

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

CLS CNR TURTLES MICRONEKTON OSMOSIS PROJECT BIOGEOCHEMISTRY MODEL FOOD CYCLE

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Aquatic species are tied together through the food web. It's a Fish-Eat-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. Eddies predicted by the CMEMS model are highly correlated with positioning of micronekton predators. The assumption made in the present case is that micronekton is located in the middle of eddies.

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CMEMS Reanalysis model products provide with the last 20 years of 3D ocean currents and temperature updated daily. Physics Reanalysis Model over the Global Ocean is used in this application. It provides hydrodynamic including high frequency processes of paramount importance to characterize global and regional scale marine processes. Product in use 1

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CLS, a subsidiary of CNES, ARDIAN &amp; IFREMER, is a worldwide company and pioneer provider of monitoring and surveillance solutions for the Earth since 1986.

More information here www.cls.fr/en/cls-group/

MARINE CONSERVATION & POLICIES

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

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Copernicus Marine Service

Version 2.0

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UNDERSTANDING THE BEHAVIOUR OF ELEPHANT SEALS AT SEA CASE â&#x20AC;˘ USE OVE RVIE W

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.

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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 CONSERVATION & POLICIES

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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.

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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. Product in use 1 Product in use 2

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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

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COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

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WISE-MARINE: A PLATFORM IN SUPPORT TO MSFD

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WISE-Marine is a portal and infrastructure for sharing information with the marine community on the marine environment at European level. Focusing on the state of the marine environment at the European scale, WISE Marine shows the information and knowledge gathered or derived through the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) process and other key marine policy drivers. It is developed in a partnership among Commission services (DG-ENV, DG-JRC), the European Environment Agency (EEA) and Eurostat. WISE-Marine presents available data related to the implementation of the MSFD in European Seas. WISE-Marine has developed a GIS map viewer https://maps.eea.europa.eu/wab/wise-marine-map/ displaying different layers originating from various sources, among which salinity and Chlorophyll-A from the Copernicus Marine Service. In the WISE-Marine map viewer, key topics can be explored and visualized spatially.This comprehensive knowledge base about the ocean is essential to support European marine policies and ocean governance.

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Web Map Service (WMS) is used here: it a standard protocol for

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map server generates using data from a GIS database WMS fluxes allow to visualize on the WISE-Marine map viewer remote data from the Copernicus Marine Service portal

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S A ND • FACT KE Y N UMBER S

Recognising both the ecological and economic importance of European seas, the EU has put in place a range of policies and measures, related to planning and regulating the sustainable use of European seas covering a number of activities such as fisheries, offshore energy production, and protection of marine biodiversity. The Marine Strategy Framework Directive, adopted in 2008, aims to ensure coherence between such EU policies and sets three goals for European seas: to be productive, healthy, and clean. These efforts are also aligned with the EU's Blue Growth agenda.

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The Copernicus Marine Service Satellite Global monthly Ocean Colour data (Chlorophyll-A) is displayed in the WISE-Marine map viewer. The salinity fields extracted from the Copernicus Marine Service Global Ocean model is also displayed. Product in use 1 Product in use 2

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The European Environment Agency (EEA) is an agency of the European Union. Its task is to provide sound, independent information on the environment. It is a major information source for those involved in developing, adopting, implementing and evaluating environmental policy, and also the general public.

More information here

EEA water.europa.eu/marine/

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COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

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MARKETS

Copernicus Marine Service supports all sectors of the Blue Economy.

POLAR E NVI RONME NT M ONI TORI NG

The Copernicus Marine Service polar environment products allow users to assess environmental safety in both poles. These products are used by national sea ice services to serve many user groups like:  National authorities  Research institutes  Shipping companies

SCIENCE & CL IMAT E

We provide scientists with many products to conduct their environmental, climate and oceanographic research. They can rely on:  The Ocean Monitoring  The Ocean State Indicators (OMIs) Report, a flagship scientific publication

We provide public authorities and governments with key parameters to support the monitoring of habitats within conservation areas. Many variables can be monitored by each European Member State using the Copernicus Marine Service, such as:  Sea water eutrophication  Ocean noise

WATE R QUALI TY

SOCIET Y & EDUCAT ION

We develop ocean literacy tools for the general public, teachers, decision-makers etc. They are used to raise awareness about the multifaceted environmental pressures on the ocean:  Climate change  Overfishing  Plastic pollution

M ARI NE NAVI GATI ON

We provide products contributing to safer ship routing (can reduce fleet navigation risks in ice-covered areas) and more ecological and efficient marine navigation (by lowering fuel consumption):  Ocean current  Sea ice  Wave

N ATU RA L R ES O U R C ES & E N E R GY

Our ocean models provide key inputs to estimate ocean energy resources to:  Monitor  Evaluate ocean offshore sites energy resources These data are used by businesses researchers and decision-makers.

COASTAL M O NITO R IN G

The modelling method called “Downscaling” allows the Copernicus Marine Service data to be used to develop high resolution coastal models, useful for coastal management.

Using our products, each European Member State can:  Monitor sea water  Notably sea water quality in line with eutrophication in the European Marine areas impacted by Strategy Framework harmful algae blooms Directive (MSFD)

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M A R IN E FO O D

Our products and services are used to model fish habitats with variables like chorophyll and sea surface temperature, for example. These contribute to the sustainable management of:  Fisheries  Aquaculture farms

SA FE TY & D ISASTE R

Our daily forecast ocean model provides inputs for:  Search and rescue  Meteo-ocean software dashboards The ocean current model can be used for drift forecasting of oil spills that help government agencies to better plan emergency response operations.

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National & local authorities Research institutes

B EN EF I TS Historical atlas and real-time and forecast data Free & open data, ready-to-use Global coverage

Governmental & public agencies H2020 project leaders

E N VI RON M E N TAL & S OCI E TAL I M PACT S To monitor Key environmental variables to support MSFD, MSP, SDGs

NGOs

To help enforce environmental protections in Marine Protected Areas

Copernicus Marine Service provides key data to support European Member States in the implementation of European Directives (MSFD, MSP, SDG). It also supports Marine Protected Areas to preserve at-risk and coastal ecosystems.

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