Copernicus Marine Use Case Book dedicated to the Iberia-Biscay-Ireland Region by Copernicus Marine_Service

Copernicus Marine Service for the

IBERIA-BISCAY-IRELAND REGION

USE CASE BOOK

SUMMARY SAFETY & DISASTER P.4 Athenea: preventing and managing oil spills P.6 CMEMS in support to Copernicus Maritime Surveillance Service P.8 CMEMS in support to French Hydrographic Office P.10 IBISAR web service in support to search and rescue operations P.12 Improving sonar communication between defence vessels P.14 Monitoring oil spills off the portuguese coast MARETEC P.16 Monitoring oil spills off the portuguese coast LNEC P.18 Monitoring oil spills off the spanish coast MARINE NAVIGATION P.20 An easy and complete weather routing and navigation application on a tablet P.22 Finding boat adrift during mini transat sailing race P.24 Great Circle ship-routing application P.26 Ship routing with the Scannav Navigation software P.28 Support to marine seismic ship operations COASTAL MONITORING P.30 Hydrodynamic downscaling for coastal studies P.32 Met-ocean conditions for port management P.34 Met-ocean conditions for spanish beaches P.36 Monitoring and forecasting nearshore water quality P.38 MYCOAST, a transnational coordination of coastal observatories P.40 SAMOA: met-ocean conditions for spanish port authorities P.42 Supporting port operations in Portugal P.44 Supporting the shipping industry and port operations P.46 Tailored marine weather information services MARINE CONSERVATION & POLICIES P.48 OCEANA Marine expeditions to fill key gaps in biodiversity data P.50 Ocean noise mapping in support to EU and international regulations P.52 CHLO4MSFD: a web portal service in support to MSFD P.54 Supporting european member states with the marine strategy framework directive P.56 Supporting the JRC and EU with the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) P.58 Support to Portugal government for EEZ monitoring P.60 WISE-MARINE: a platform in support to MSFD MARINE FOOD P.62 Harmful algae bloom monitoring for aquaculture farms in Ireland P64 Offshore aquaculture systems for salmon farming P.66 Harmful algae bloom monitoring for aquaculture farms in Spain P.68 Sardine monitoring along the atlantic coast P.70 Shellfish monitoring for the aquaculture industry P.72 Supporting aquaculture and fishing WATER QUALITY P.74 Assessing the nutrients budget in portuguese coastal zones P76 Supporting France with the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive P.78 Supporting MSFD directive in the Atlantic ocean: the IFADO project P.80 Support to recreational beach sanitary risk P.82 Supporting Portugal with the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive SCIENCE & CLIMATE P.84 Seasonal forecasting at MĂŠtĂŠo-France P.86 Ocean currents in support to gliders piloting NATURAL RESOURCES & ENERGY P.88 Support to exploration activities for deep sea mining P.90 Met-ocean conditions for the BIMEP marine renewable energy test site

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 for the Iberia-Biscay-Ireland region with the help of Copernicus Marine Service products.

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ATHENEA: PREVENTING AND MANAGING OIL SPILLS

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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: (1) CEPSA Gibraltar, (2) CEPSA Tenerife and (4) 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. Product in use 1 Product in use 2

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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.

IHCantabria www.ihcantabria.com More information here Contact Felipe Fernandez fernandezf@unican.es

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CMEMS IN SUPPORT TO COPERNICUS MARITIME SURVEILLANCE SERVICE CASE â&#x20AC;˘ USE OVE RVIE W

The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) is the Entrusted Entity responsible for delivering the Copernicus Maritime Surveillance service (CMS), in the framework of the Copernicus Security Service. The service is free of charge for authorized users performing operations in the maritime domain. The CMS function areas include: supporting the fisheries control activities, maritime safety and security, law enforcement, customs activities, marine environment monitoring (pollution) and other operations linked to anti-piracy and defense. EMSA delivers the CMS service via a dedicated web-based interface - Integrated Maritime Service (IMS). The IMS integrates a wide range of maritime data from various sources including ship reporting systems and ancillary meteo-oceanographic data from CMEMS, EMODNET and ECMWF. Various parameters such as sea surface temperature, wave height, ocean currents and sea surface height from CMEMS ocean model, including 10-day forecast, are ingested into the IMS tool. The integration of these data sets boosts the usage of the interface and assists the CMS users in assessing a more complete maritime surface picture.

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information and tools for enhancing maritime domain picture Provide relevant services to all authorities/organisations executing functions in the maritime domain Respond to detailed needs and requirements as specified by users

EMSA MARITIME SURVEILLANCE MARITIME SAFETY COPERNICUS

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The value-added products (i.e. Vessel detection, Activity detection as well as Wind and Wave Information) available through the Copernicus Maritime Surveillance Service allow to reach large user communities ranging from fisheries control, law enforcement, maritime safety and security, customs, marine pollution monitoring and other international organisations.

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CMEMS satellite observations and model products are integrated in EMSA's systems. The model products provide a 10-day forecast of global ocean currents, sea surface temperature and height, updated daily. The satellite observations provide chlorophyll concentration, sea surface temperature and sea ice maps in global and regional coverages. Product in use 1 Product in use 2 Product in use 3

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EMSA is one of the EU's decentralised agencies based in Lisbon. The Agency cooperates with the Member States and the Commission to provide technical, operational and scientific assistance for the purpose of ensuring a high and effective level of maritime safety &amp; security, prevention and response to pollution caused by ships and response to marine pollution

EMSA

caused by oil and gas installations.

www.emsa.europa.eu/ More information here Contact Copernicus team at EMSA Copernicus@emsa.europa.eu

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CMEMS IN SUPPORT TO FRENCH HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

SHOM is the French Hydrographic Office. SHOM supports the French Navy and Government with what concerns maritime knowledge and coastal policies. SHOM develops coastal ocean models. Its coastal service aims at delivering high resolution ocean forecasts in French coastal areas to answer the growing needs from public marine policies and sea users either public or private. SHOM uses the dynamical downscaling method to obtain high resolution coastal models from lower resolution CMEMS models as forcing conditions. SHOM uses many products from the Copernicus Marine Service 1) as initial and boundary conditions to its coastal model, 2) for data assimilation of satellite temperature and sea level in its coastal model, and finally 3) for its coastal models validation and qualification. SHOM has also developed an innovative online platform as a service called DataShom to distribute SHOM &amp; Météo-France marine coastal forecasts and derived products. Users access 4 day forecasts on key parameters (atmospheric pressure, wind, waves, storm surge, currents, temperature and salinity of the sea water) for navigation and marine activities.

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Available through any web browser Free of charge no registration needed User-friendly interface

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

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

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To run its models, Shom uses several products from the Copernicus Marine Service catalog, especially in the three domains : 1) Initial and boundary conditions, 2) Models validation and qualification and 3) Data assimilation. The following CMEMS products are used: Product in use 1 Product in use 2 Product in use 3 Product in use 4 Product in use 5

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

Shom

More information here

data.shom.fr/

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IBISAR WEB SERVICE IN SUPPORT TO SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

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 (http://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.

Improve Search and Rescue and pollution control operations.

Optimize search area planning. Single access to datasets with regularly updated database

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

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

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

More information here SOCIB

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

www.socib.eu/

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IMPROVING SONAR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DEFENCE VESSELS CASE â&#x20AC;˘ USE OVE RVIE W

The Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) under the Dutch Ministry of Defence and the Netherlands Organisation for applied scientific research (TNO) are collaborating in order to improve underwater sonar communications between the Dutch Ministry of Defence?s sea-going vessels. The performance of a given sonar is critical for self protection. DMO and TNO have developed a sonar performance model, the most complex aspect of which by far is the propagation of sound in the ocean. Such models need to take into account the refraction of sound due to oceanic temperature and salinity variation in the water column, the reflection of sound at the surface, the influence of roughness (wave spectrum, wind speed, sea surface temperature) and bubble content at the surface, as well as the reflection of sound at the seabed. The DMO and TNO use the Copernicus Marine Service Mediterranean Sea and Global models as an input source for ocean density (temperature and salinity) in their sonar performance model. Gert Vlaming from DMO says that "we also soon expect to use the wave products from the Copernicus Marine Service".

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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.

DMO TNO DEFENCE SONAR COMMUNICATION ACOUSTIC GLOBAL OCEAN

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Undersea warfare including sonars communication is strategic for all naval forces. Naval forces develop research and development activities, as well as test and evaluation to provide engineering and fleet support center for submarines, autonomous underwater systems, and offensive and defensive weapons systems associated with undersea warfare.

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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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The Dutch Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) ensures that military personnel have modern, robust and safe materiel to work with. The Dutch DMO is involved in the procurement, maintenance and sale of materiel.

DMO www.defensie.nl/organisatie/dmo

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MONITORING OIL SPILLS OFF THE PORTUGUESE COAST

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Three Portuguese organisations, MARETEC, INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO and ACTION MODULERS, have developed an oil and Hazardous and Noxious Substances (HNS) spill model-based decision support tool for use in the Atlantic, called the ARCOPOL Platform. Since 2014, the Lisbon Agreement (CILPAN) has set up a mechanism to ensure cooperation in the event of pollution incidents. In this context, MARETEC, INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO and ACTION MODULERS have developed a model-based decision support system to improve preparedness and prevention concerning oil and chemical pollution, based on Lagrangian Wizard (an on-demand simulator), a Dynamic Risk Tool, an oil-spill modelling system and the MOHID-CLEANSEANET oil spill alert system. The oil spill modelling system is downscaled from the Copernicus Marine Service model. Dynamical downscaling is a method for obtaining high-resolution local models from lower resolution CMEMS models as forcing conditions. The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) is a prime user of this service and incorporates oil spill forecasts (backwards and forwards in time) in its CLEANSEANET online graphic interface.

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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.

MARETEC INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO ACTION MODULERS ARCOPOL OIL SPILL PORTUGAL IBI

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Maritime traffic in the Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is very dense, with hundreds of ships passing through daily. More than 2000 HNS-classified chemicals are transported by sea, generating increasing pollution risks along the Portuguese coast. 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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CMEMS Analysis and Forecast model products provide with 7-day forecast of 3D ocean currents updated daily. Physics Model over the Iberia Biscay Irish seas is used in this application. It provides hydrodynamic forecast including high frequency processes of paramount importance to characterize regional scale marine processes. Product in use 1 Product in use 2

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Maretec addresses Environmental Systems through a comprehensive approach to water, soil and atmosphere for Ecological and Economic studies necessary to support Environmental Sciences, Engineering and Management.

www.maretec.org/en/

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MONITORING OIL SPILLS OFF THE PORTUGUESE COAST

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LNEC (Laboratorio Nacional De Engenharia Civil) in Portugal has developed an online service entitled the WIFF (Water Information and Forecasting Framework, http://ariel.lnec.pt) platform, which provides hydrodynamic forecasts in the Atlantic ocean for various sectors such as water pollution by oil spills. They have developed a modelling suite, ranging from low resolution Copernicus Marine hydrodynamic models to higher resolution local models, and finally to oil drift models. The high-resolution hydrodynamic 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 WIFF platform provides for example useful, very high-resolution ocean current forecasts for oil spill risk management in the Aveiro Lagoon.

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LNEC PORTUGAL WIFF OIL SPILL HYDRODYNAMIC FORECASTS IBI 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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LNEC is located in Lisbon, Portugal and is the Laboratorio Nacional De Engenharia Civil. It's mission is to undertake, coordinate and promote scientific research and technological development, aiming to the continuous improvement and the good practice of Civil Engineering.

More information here lnec www.lnec.pt/en/

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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 &amp; response and search &amp; rescue planning), becoming an operational CMEMS user.

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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 and 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 . Product in use 1 Product in use 2

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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, maritime safety and navigation aids, towing and vessel assistance.

www.puertos.es/en-us

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AN EASY AND COMPLETE WEATHER ROUTING AND NAVIGATION APPLICATION ON A TABLET CASE â&#x20AC;˘ USE OVE RVIE W

Avalon Offshore has been launched in 2016 for both Apple iOS and Android. It is designed to provide a very complete navigation solution for cruisers and racers by providing in a simple app all the navigation functions needed by the boat skipper: weather routing, automatic weather sources, navigation monitoring, AIS targets, NMEA support, anchoring alarm and regatta module. To calculate precise routes, Avalon Offshore integrates a VPP calculator that will provide the skipper with reliable velocity predictions and automatic wheather sources that reduce transmission volumes and costs versus standard grib files.. Avalon Offshore routes are calculated by a proprietary algorithm, derived from the standard isochron algorithm which has already produced outstanding results during offshore regattas. From a cartographic viewpoints, Avalon support any type of raster maps as well as vectorial maps from Navionics. When calculating routes, Avalon Offshore uses tidal and oceanic currents provided by the Copernicus Marine Service.

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Improved safety at sea: the skipper knows all the conditions of the

One single app for all and no more switching between different

cruise before sailing away

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Reduce motoring time

Very accurate arrival time Very easy to use: System has been designed for sailors

MOBILE APPLICATION WEATHER ROUTING AND NAVIGATION APPLICATION TABLET AVALON OFFSHORE

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Avalon drastically improves the safety by providing the skipper with the anticipated conditions of the planned cruise: wind, gust, waves, thunderstorms. They estimate that they can reduce the motoring time by about 30% by providing the skipper with a precise comparizon between the shortest distance and the smallest duration route. Travel duration error contained within 5% on 2 days cruises, thanks to the reliable boat velocity predictions computed by Avalon, assuming weather conditions are reasonably in line with forecasts.

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Avalon Offshore uses current velocity forecasts for Iberia, Biscay and Ireland, Mediterranean Sea. Those predictions takes general weather forecasts into consideration and are therefore more precise than standard current atlases. Product in use 1 Product in use 2

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Avalon Navigation Systems is publishing Avalon Offshore, a weather routing and navigation application for sailboats.

Avalon Navigation Systems www.avalon-routing.com

More information here Contact philippe joret support@avalon-routing.com

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FINDING BOAT ADRIFT DURING MINITRANSAT SAILING RACE

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MetOcean Solutions is a science-based consultancy that offers specialist numerical modelling and analytical services in meteorology and oceanography. End of October 2017, MetOcean Solutions helped Pantaenius, the global yacht insurance company, find a missing yacht abandoned during the Mini Transat 6.50 race. The yacht had been abandoned on 5 Oct off Spain Cape Finisterre. Luca Sabiu, the yacht sailor, was airlifted out by helicopter by the Spanish navy. Pantaenius contacted MetOcean Solutions for advice on where the boat would drift to over the following 2-3 days during which strong winds and heavy seas would prevent its immediate salvage. MetOcean Solutions forecasted the drift trajectory of the boat taking into account the effect of the wind and current on the boat using a range of datasets, including currents from the CMEMS Global Ocean model. Drifting simulations using the CMEMS Global Ocean currents (and ECMWF winds) proved to be the most accurate, with the boat being effectively found within 2-3 nautical miles of the predicted position. Drift trajectory simulated with other than CMEMS ocean model gave much larger error in the boat location.

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Better preparation at situation at sea

Decision-making support tool

Better understanding of the ocean dynamics

Faster and more secure search operations. Free and sustained ocean currents, sea ice and waves provision to feed ship routing software.

SAILING RACE MINI TRANSAT FINDING A BOAT ADRIFT SECURITY AT SEA LA ROCHELLE LA MARTINIQUE

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Founded in 1977, the Mini-Transat sailing race celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2017. This year edition starts on October 1st 2017 from La Rochelle in France and ends in La Martinique, French Antilles, with the participation of 84 men and women sailors from 15 nationalities. It is a 4050 nautical miles solo crossing race, on the smallest offshore racing boats (only 6.50 meter long). It is sailed in two legs: 1) The first one, from La Rochelle to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (1350 miles long, 7 to 10 sailing days), 2) The 2700 miles long second leg start from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in November (15 to 20 sailing days to reach Le Marin in La Martinique, French West Indies).

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The real time global ocean model from the Copernicus Marine Service is used in this application in combination with the OTIS tidal currents Product in use 1

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MetOcean Solutions is a science-based consultancy providing specialist numerical modelling and analytical services in meteorology and oceanography. They deliver high quality environmental data and expert interpretation to meet the rigorous requirements of the offshore and maritime industries as well as regulatory, defence and government agencies.

MetOcean Solutions Ltd

More information here

www.metocean.co.nz/

MARINE NAVIGATION

Contact Simon Weppe s.weppe@metocean.co.nz

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

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GREAT CIRCLE SHIP-ROUTING APPLICATION

CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

GREAT CIRCLE, a Belgian startup, has developed a sailing navigation software (SQUID) that includes a weather routing module for sailboats. Great Circle works with most of the leading offshore teams and race management offices around the world, including the Vendée Globe, Volvo Ocean Race, Route du Rhum and America Cup. SQUID is software that lets the user download and view the GRIB weather files and does the routing with the isochronic method. SQUID can also display satellite images (visible imagery, infrared, water vapour and colour composite) and retrieve synoptic charts and observations (SYNOP, METAR and scatterometry). SQUID uses the Copernicus Marine Service sea-surface temperature satellite data as an input as well as ocean model currents for the Global ocean and Europeans Seas.

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Faster sailing routes which is decisive during sailing race. More accurate planning of arrival time. Safer sailing routes for cruisers for human beings and boat equipment.

GREAT CIRCLE SAILING NAVIGATION SOFTWARE ROUTING GLOBAL OCEAN OCEAN CURRENTS LEISURE SAILORS

MARINE NAVIGATION

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

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CMEMS Analysis and Forecast model products provide with 7-day ocean current forecasting updated daily. It provides information relevant to ship routing. Product in use 1 Product in use 2

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Great Circle is a private company that works with most of the leading offshore teams and race management offices around the world, including the Vendée Globe, Volvo Ocean Race, Route du Rhum and America Cup.

Great Circle www.greatcircle.be/

MARINE NAVIGATION

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

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SHIP ROUTING WITH THE SCANNAV NAVIGATION SOFTWARE CASE â&#x20AC;˘ USE OVE RVIE W

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

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Free and sustained ocean currents and waves provision to feed

High quality information allowing consistent fuel saving and lower

ship routing software.

CO2 emission.

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

SCANNAV SHIP ROUTING NWS IBI MED OCEAN CURRENTS NAVIGATION SOFTWARE

MARINE NAVIGATION

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

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CMEMS Analysis and Forecast model products provide with 7-day forecast of 3D ocean currents updated daily. It provides ocean current information relevant to ship routing in the ocean. Product in use 1 Product in use 2 Product in use 3

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

SCANNAV www.scannav.com/ More information here

MARINE NAVIGATION

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

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Copernicus Marine Service

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SUPPORT TO MARINE SEISMIC SHIP OPERATIONS

CASE â&#x20AC;˘ USE OVE RVIE W

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

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Better knowledge of ocean conditions

Better understanding of the ocean dynamics

Better preparation at situation at sea

CGG SEISMIC SHIP OPERATIONS AT SEA TOWING CABLES RISK MANAGEMENT

MARINE NAVIGATION

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

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CMEMS Analysis and Forecast model products provide with 7-day forecast of 3D ocean currents updated daily. Models over several areas are used; mainly Global Ocean models, but also regional models. They provide hydrodynamic forecast including high frequency processes of paramount importance to characterize regional scale information and the water column in area of interest. Product in use 1 Product in use 2 Product in use 3

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

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

MARINE NAVIGATION

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

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HYDRODYNAMIC DOWNSCALING FOR COASTAL STUDIES

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ARTELIA Group develops tools and services for various markets among which are maritime and port engineering, coastal environment and marine energy. In the case of port engineering for example, ARTELIA provides design and construction services for port extensions in various locations around the world. In such contracts, robust knowledge and expertise of the local hydrodynamics is required. CMEMS ocean model products are used to build a statistical analysis of the general and seasonal circulation patterns of the considered area. CMEMS ocean models are also used as boundary conditions for higher resolution ocean models: dynamical downscaling is a method for obtaining high-resolution local models from lower resolution CMEMS models as forcing conditions. Florence Gandilhon from ARTELIA says that "Downscaling the CMEMS regional ocean dynamics enables us to take into account its impact on considered coastal areas. We follow CMEMS product developments closely, as they help us develop new markets and studies".

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High quality information allowing realistic applied results.

Useful, free and sustained information provision for downscaled

Ready to use expertised ocean products. coastal modelling.

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

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

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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 Global Ocean 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 Product in use 2

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Artelia is a private company born from union of Coteba and Sogreah. European leader in engineering, Artelia offers its public and private clients an original approach to Engineering, project management and consulting. Artelia carries out its missions in nine areas of activity: building, water, environment, energy, maritime, city, transport, industry, multi-sites.

ARTELIA www.arteliagroup.com/ More information here

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

COASTAL MONITORING

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MET-OCEAN CONDITIONS FOR PORT MANAGEMENT

CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

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 ocean-meteorological 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 downscaling

Ready to use expertised ocean products. purposes.

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

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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. Product in use 1 Product in use 2

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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).

Puertos del Estado www.puertos.es/en-us

More information here

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

COASTAL MONITORING

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Copernicus Marine Service

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MET-OCEAN CONDITIONS FOR SPANISH BEACHES

CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

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. Ready to use expertised ocean products. Useful, free and sustained information provision for downscaling purposes.

IEO MET OCEAN DASHBOARD ATLANTIC IBI SPAIN BEACH ENVIRONMENT

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

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

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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.

More information here IEO www.ieo.es/en/home

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

COASTAL MONITORING

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MONITORING AND FORECASTING NEARSHORE WATER QUALITY CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

The SUEZ center RIVAGES PRO TECH develops tools and services for real-time monitoring and forecasting of the nearshore environment for empowered decision making. For example, local authorities in charge of bathing water quality and coastal waters as well as beach users benefit from RIVAGES PRO TECH services. RIVAGES PRO TECH collects data, runs detailed ocean models and provides synthetic indicators for decision making support. Matthias Delpey from RIVAGES PRO TECH says that "Downscaling the CMEMS regional ocean dynamics model enables us to account for its impact in coastal and nearshore regions. CMEMS ocean models are used as boundary conditions for higher resolution ocean models: dynamical downscaling is a method for obtaining high-resolution local models from lower resolution CMEMS models as forcing conditions".

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

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

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COASTAL MONITORING

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

More information here iopr.pol.fr/?RIVAGE-PRO-TECHLYONNAISE-DES-EAUX

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COASTAL MONITORING

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Copernicus Marine Service

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MYCOAST, A TRANSNATIONAL COORDINATION OF COASTAL OBSERVATORIES CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

MyCOAST will contribute in filling the gap between the output of large scale European programmes and the end-users through the transnational coordination of coastal observatories. The synergy created in the regional cooperation framework of IBI-ROOS will allow deploying and capitalizing innovative and standardized tools in the risk management systems applied mainly to extreme weather events leading to flooding, maritime safety and coastal pollution. MyCoast is gathering intermediate users capabilities from five countries and from existing cross-border cooperations, promoting information sharing and interoperability between coastal observatories and the European data infrastructures, in order to strengthen the use and the dissemination of downstream applications of the Copernicus Marine Service.

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Better response against coastal pollution incidents information and tools adapted for the coastal risks management Safer coastal area

COASTAL OCEANOGRAPHY HIGH RESOLUTION IN SITU OBSERVATIONS NUMERICAL OCEAN MODELS ATLANTIC OCEAN

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COASTAL MONITORING

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Long term collaboration of 15 intermediate and end users (http://mycoast-project.org/partnership/). Optimization, validation and intercomparison of 9 forecasting coastal and local tools connected to the Marine Copernicus service. 16 Policy, strategy and operational instruments (cost-benefit analysis, High Frequency radars performance methodology, analysis on user needs, methodology for coastal nesting, forecast integrated product, guideline and handbook etc).

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In Situ observation and model products in the Iberian-Biscay-Irish Sea area will be used. MyCOAST is integrating observing products and model forecast for feeding and validating coastal models and local tools. Product in use 1 Product in use 2 Product in use 3

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AZTI is a private non-for-profit technological and research organization. Since 1981 its activities have been focused on developing sustainable products, services and business initiatives aimed at transforming science into sustainable and healthy development for society today and for the future.

More information here Contact Julien Mader jmader@azti.es

AZTI www.azti.es

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

COASTAL MONITORING

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Copernicus Marine Service

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SAMOA: MET-OCEAN CONDITIONS FOR SPANISH PORT AUTHORITIES CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

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

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COASTAL MONITORING

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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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Puertos del Estado www.puertos.es/

More information here Contact Enrique Alvarez Fanjul enrique@puertos.es

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

COASTAL MONITORING

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SUPPORTING PORT OPERATIONS IN PORTUGAL

CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

APDL (Administração dos Portos do Douro, Leixões e Viana do Castelo, SA) in Portugal is responsible for the administration of the sea ports of Douro, Leixões and Viana do Castelo and the Douro River Waterway. They have developed a mobile application METEODOPS, used by their pilots and operational managers for real time port operations. The METEODOPS application relies on the AQUASAFE system developed by HIDROMOD. The AQUASAFE system is based on a suite of hydrodynamical models, meteorological models, wave models and in-situ observations. The AQUASAFE high-resolution hydrodynamical model is downscaled from the Copernicus Marine Service model. Dynamical downscaling is a method for obtaining high-resolution local models from lower resolution CMEMS models as forcing conditions. The METEODOPS mobile application provides port managers with real-time met-ocean information to support them in their day-to-day decision making.

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High quality information allowing realistic applied results.

Useful, free and sustained information provision for downscaling

Ready to use expertised ocean products. purposes.

APDL PORT OPERATIONS METEODOPS AQUASAFE PORTUGAL DOWNSCALING

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Ports, waterways and locks are constantly being extended and adapted in order to meet economic demand. The APDL administration in Portugal responsible for several sea ports needs help for the design, construction, and servicing of ports. Tools such as the mobile application METEODOPS help them with a better knowledge about waves, morphology, hydrodynamics, water quality and ecology of ports.

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APDL (Administração dos Portos do Douro, Leixões e Viana do Castelo, SA) in Portugal is a private company responsible for the administration of the sea ports of Douro, Leixões and Viana do Castelo and the Douro River Waterway.

APDL www.apdl.pt/header

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

COASTAL MONITORING

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SUPPORTING THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY AND PORT OPERATIONS CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

HIDROMOD has developed the AQUASAFE system, which provides products and services to the shipping industry and port operations. The AQUASAFE system is based on a hydrodynamical modelling suite, meteorological models, wave models and in-situ observations. The AQUASAFE system uses various products from many sources as input, including those from the Copernicus Marine Service. The AQUASAFE high-resolution hydrodynamical model is downscaled from the Copernicus Marine Service model. Dynamical downscaling is a method for obtaining high-resolution local models from lower resolution CMEMS models as forcing conditions. The AQUASAFE system provides for example a dashboard in the Pilotage control room in Santos, Brazil, or a mobile application for operations in the ports of Leixoes and Setubal, Portugal.

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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.

SHIPPING PORT OPERATIONS HIDROMOD AQUASAFE PORTUGAL DOWNSCALING

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

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HIDROMOD is a private portuguese company which creates and provides practical solutions, based on numeric modelling in various areas of the hydrological cycle, covering different sectors.

More information here HIDROMOD www.hidromod.com/

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

COASTAL MONITORING

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Copernicus Marine Service

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TAILORED MARINE WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES CASE â&#x20AC;˘ USE OVE RVIE W

Sea related operations management requires the best possible knowledge about the factors that impact them. In the recent years, Earth Observation products and services have become more widely available and reliable. The Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS) represents one data source which can provide important efficiency and safety gains for different operations in the marine environment. Taking advantage of these data sets HIDROMOD is daily producing derived downstream services providing user fitted information which include high resolution model forecasts and local real-time observations. Different coastal activities such as navigation, seaport operations, aquaculture, sea pollution control services, search and rescue missions, etc., are already benefiting from these services and by this way improving their efficiency and safety. HIDROMOD is making use of different Copernicus Marine Service data sets either for high resolution models validation (mostly satellite data) or for high resolution models operation (CMEMS regional forecasts to provide initial and boundary conditions to high resolution models).

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Be notified in time in case of critical situation Get access to all the required information through a single access

point

Get access to models validation reports

Get information instead of data Receive daily reports with information on selected parameters

HIDROMOD DOWNSCALING DECISION SUPPORT TOOL SINGLE ACCESS POINT MARITIME SECURITY

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Although the exact quantification of the benefits is difficult, it is a fact that the return in efficiency for operations related to ports or aquaculture are translated into thousands of Euros a year. In practice the recognition by the users of the added value translates in their willing to pay for the provided services. It already represents about 25% of HIDROMOD annual turnover. Examples of clients are 5 major ports in Portugal, 1 in Spain and 1 in Brazil, 2 water utilities, 2 electric utilities in Portugal and 1 major aquaculture operation in Portugal. New pilots are starting in operations related with offshore renewables and aquacultures.

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HIDROMOD is making use of different Copernicus Marine Service data sets either for high resolution models validation (mostly satellite data) or for high resolution models operation (CMEMS regional forecasts to provide initial and boundary conditions to high resolution models). 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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HIDROMOD is a Portuguese SME established in 1992 as a technology company in the field of Computational Modelling of Aquatic Environments. Its core business is the use of models complemented with advanced data mining techniques, to support project and planning or to provide operational services in water related projects or operations.

HIDROMOD, Lda www.hidromod.com/ More information here Contact Adelio Silva adelio@hidromod.com

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

COASTAL MONITORING

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Copernicus Marine Service

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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.

Oceana eu.oceana.org/en/home

More information here Contact Blanco Jorge jblanco@oceana.org

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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.

quiet-oceans www.quiet-oceans.com

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

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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.

azti

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chlo4msfd.azti.es/ Contact Yolanda Sagarminaga ysagarminaga@azti.es

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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

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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.

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

serving (over the Internet) georeferenced map images which a

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

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

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The Copernicus Marine Service Satellite Global monthly Ocean Colour data (Chlorophyll-A) is displayed in the WISE-Marine map viewer. The salinity fields extracted from the Copernicus Marine Service Global Ocean model is also displayed. 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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HARMFUL ALGAE BLOOM MONITORING FOR AQUACULTURE FARMS IN IRELAND CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

The Marine Institute in Ireland releases weekly Harmful Algae Bloom (HAB) bulletins to prevent toxin related aquaculture farm closures. The Marine Institute in Ireland is the National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for marine biotoxins. Aquaculture farms around Ireland are subject to water pollution by diarrhetic shellfish poisoning toxins. The Irish Marine Institute, in the framework of the ASIMUTH project, publishes weekly bulletins based on in-situ HAB observations, the results of a hydrodynamical model downscaled from the Copernicus Marine Service, and in-situ and satellite data from the Copernicus Marine Service. 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. Tomasz Dabrowski from the Irish Marine Institute says that "the Copernicus Marine Service global model provides accurate ocean current forecasts around Ireland for downscaling into higher resolution local models."

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Allow to save time and expertise to get the ocean currents right. Easy and fast download of satellite data providing accurate sea surface temperature and ocean colour information. One stop shop gathering all in situ data.

HARMFUL ALGAE BLOOM MARINE INSTITUTE IRELAND NWS AQUACULTURE FARM ASIMUTH PROJECT FISH MORTALITY

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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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CMEMS Analysis and Forecast model products provide with 7-day forecast of 3D ocean currents updated daily. Physics Models over the European North West Shelves is used in this application. It provides hydrodynamic forecast including high frequency processes of paramount importance to characterize regional scale marine processes. In situ and satellite data from the Copernicus Marine Service are also used. Product in use 1 Product in use 2 Product in use 3

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The Marine Institute is a State agency responsible for marine research, technology development and innovation in Ireland. It provides scientific and technical advice to Government to help inform policy and to support the sustainable development of Ireland marine resource. It was set up under the Marine Institute Act 1991.

www.marine.ie/Home/

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OFFSHORE AQUACULTURE SYSTEMS FOR SALMON FARMING CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

Fish farming is an efficient way of producing food. Sixty-two percent of fish food shall come from aquaculture by 2030. Norwegian Fjords, and the European coasts in general, are already full and can not host anymore aquaculture farms. Maritime Spatial Planning is advising fish farmers to further develop offshore. Hence, there is a need to find new aquaculture farm sites offshore. The Copernicus Marine Service data can support new aquaculture farms siting and licensing, thanks to available marine data such as temperature, dissolved oxygen levels, ocean currents and waves. For example, Offtek AS has used the Copernicus data to develop an aquaculture SubSea project offshore Portugal, Aveiro. Salmon farming require specific oceanic conditions and Copernicus data have been used to check where optimal water temperatures up to 14/16 Degree Celcius, adequate oxygen levels, not too strong but strong enough currents and waves can be found offshore Portugal. Such offshore site are very innovative as they for example allows to avoid sea lice problems.

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Useful environmental baseline information

User Friendly access to dynamic and static layers

Useful, free and sustained information provision.

OFFSHORE AQUACULTURE SALMON FARMING ATLANTIC OCEAN PORTUGAL NEW PROTOTYPE

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World fish consumption per capita has doubled since 1960s, and now, half of the fishs are produced by aquaculture. The world population is growing rapidly and aquaculture is one of the ways of transforming energy from feed to plate. The natural production of the ocean can not be enhanced artificially. Aquaculture, the fastest growing food industry in the world, can partly take over and by 2030 it could be producing most of the fish we eat. New aquaculture sites need to be found and the Copernicus Marine data supports the resource assessment of those new sites.

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Copernicus Marine model-based products for the physics, wave and biogeochemical components are used in real time and reanalysis in the Iberian Biscay Irish Atlantic region for 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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OFFTEK is a project development company which identifies, matures and develops business opportunities which are offered to the industry and investor community. Today the company is involved in international aquaculture projects, development of construction yard for composite material structures and electrification of marine public transport.

Ofttek AS offtek.no/

Contact Karl C. Strømsem kstromsem@offtek.no

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HARMFUL ALGAE BLOOM MONITORING FOR AQUACULTURE FARMS IN SPAIN CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

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, and 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. Better understanding of the environmental conditions. Free and sustained information about many ocean parameters.

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

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SARDINE MONITORING ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST

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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-Biscay-Irish 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

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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.

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SHELLFISH MONITORING FOR THE AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

The RAIA observatory (Observatorio Oceanográfica da Marxe Ibérica, http://www.marnaraia.org) 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 Global Ocean 1/12° 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 parameters.

Better understanding of the environmental conditions.

RAIA METEOGALICIA AQUACULTURE SHELLFISH DOWNSCALING IBI

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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.

RAIA www.marnaraia.org/ More information here

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SUPPORTING AQUACULTURE AND FISHING

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

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

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

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CMEMS provides sea surface height, sea surface temperature and chlorophyll from satellite observations, which are key for the development of the current application. Product in use 1 Product in use 2 Product in use 3

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ACRI-ST is an independant SME working for space agencies and users of satellite imagery, coupling scientific research and engineering of complex enviromental systems since 1989.

www.acri-st.fr/index.php/about-us/

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ASSESSING THE NUTRIENTS BUDGET IN PORTUGUESE COASTAL ZONES CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

MARETEC is a multidisciplinary research centre within the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in Portugal. MARETEC's main activities are numerical modelling covering almost all phases of the water cycle from watershed to river, estuary and ocean (http://forecast.maretec.org/maps/). It has developed a system for assessing the nutrients budget along Portuguese coastal zones, and especially around the Tagus Estuary zone. Thanks to the MOHID water modelling system incorporating land, river discharge, estuarine and ocean models, the whole system models the river discharges that end up in the Tagus estuary and finally in the open Atlantic Ocean. The MARETEC system is downscaled from the Copernicus Marine Service model in the IBI area. Dynamical downscaling is a method for obtaining high-resolution local models from lower resolution CMEMS models as forcing conditions. Ramiro Neves from MARETEC says that "The Copernicus Marine Service products are a great opportunity for small groups like MARETEC that have the technological capacity to develop services at home and worldwide".

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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.

MARETEC INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO COASTAL NUTRIENTS ESTUARY MOHID ATLANTIC PORTUGAL

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Water quality is a critical factor for various sectors such as recreational, fishing and aquaculture activities. It depends partly on the nutrients concentration in coastal zones which can trigger harmfull algal bloom, green tides, anoxic conditions, bacteria pollution for examples. The quality of the water can significantly affect human and all oceanic organism health.

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MARETEC is a multidisciplinary research centre within the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in Portugal.

MARETEC www.maretec.org/ More information here

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

The European Water Framework (hereafter WFD) and Marine Strategy Framework (hereafter MSFD) Directives both require EU Member States to take the necessary measures to achieve a good coastal and oceanic environmental status by 2020. In France, IFREMER is one of the national agencies in charge of implementing such measures. For MSFD, 11 Descriptors have been defined for monitoring the environmental status of the oceans (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:320 10D0477(01)) in terms of marine biodiversity, eutrophication, contaminants, marine litter and submarine noise. The Copernicus Marine Service Ocean Colour Satellite data as well as biogeochemical models and in-situ data are key inputs for monitoring some of the 11 Descriptors, especially Descriptor 5, which deals with eutrophication. Francis Gohin from IFREMER has stated that "the Copernicus Marine Service Ocean Colour data are central for the MSFD, as it allows us to improve coherence in eutrophication assessments based on chlorophyll, using satellite-derived chlorophyll provided by CMEMS".

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

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

IFREMER

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SUPPORTING MSFD DIRECTIVE IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN: THE IFADO PROJECT CASE â&#x20AC;˘ USE OVE RVIE W

The iFADO project aims to create marine services at regional and subregional scale using the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) in the EU Atlantic Waters as case study. The project combines traditional monitoring with cost-effective, state-of-the-art technologies: remote sensing, numerical modelling and emerging observation platforms such us gliders and oceanic buoys. It downscales CMEMS products and combine them with gliders, ocean buoys and satellite data, to develop tailor-made and innovative services to assist the MSFD competent authorities, enhance the local and regional blue economy, optimize observing strategies and capitalise on individual partner initiatives and historical data. In order to tackle difficulties arising from the MSFD implementation, iFADO aggregate ocean information for the EU Atlantic region ensuring the comparability of assessment approaches and methods with an homogeneous transnational approach.

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Support to monitoring activities. Supports national and regional authorities for EU directive

implementation

supports national and regional authorities in fulfilling environmental reporting (e.g. Water Framework Directive Sustained information

EU MARINE STRATEGY DIRECTIVE MSFD WATER GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS TRANSNATIONAL HOMOGENEOUS APPROACH

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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. Product in use 1

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MARETEC is a multidisciplinary research centre within the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in Portugal.

maretec www.maretec.org/en/news Contact Francisco Campuzano campuzanofj.maretec@tecnico.ulisboa.pt

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SUPPORT TO RECREATIONAL BEACH SANITARY RISK

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

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Better optimization for preventive closure of recreational beaches

for stakeholders

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

RECREATIONAL BEACH SANITARY RISK BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION WATER QUALITY MONITORING

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CMEMS Analysis and Forecast model products provide with 7-day forecast of 3D ocean currents, temperature, salinity and sea ice parameters updated daily. Models over the Altantic Ocean are used in this application. Product in use 1 Product in use 2 Product in use 3

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

Telespazio

ocean-monitoring products and services.

www.telespazio.fr/en

More information here Contact Capo Sylvain Sylvain.Capo@telespazio.com

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

The European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (hereafter MSFD) requires EU Member States to take the necessary measures to achieve a good coastal and oceanic environmental status by 2020. In Portugal, the DGRM (General-Directorate for Natural Resources, Security and Maritime Services) is one of the national agencies in charge of implementing such measures. For MSFD, 11 Descriptors have been defined for monitoring the environmental status of the oceans in terms of marine biodiversity, eutrophication, contaminants, marine litter and submarine noise. Copernicus Marine Service Ocean Colour Satellite data are key inputs for monitoring some of the 11 Descriptors, especially Descriptor number 5 dealing with eutrophication. Elisabete Dias from the DGRM has stated that "the Copernicus Marine Service Ocean Colour data are central for the MSFD, as they enable 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.

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The Portuguese Directorate-General for Natural Resources, Security and Maritime Services (DGRM) of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Sea is a central service of the State's direct administration whose mission is to implement the policies of preservation and knowledge of marine natural resources, the implementation of fisheries policies, aquaculture, safety development and maritime services.

Portuguese Directorate-General for Natural Resources www.dgrm.mm.gov.pt/xportal/ xmain?xpid=dgrm

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SEASONAL FORECASTING AT MéTéO-FRANCE

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

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

METEO-FRANCE FRANCE PUBLIC AGENCY GLOBAL OCEAN CLIMATE SEASONAL FORECASTING CMEMS SATELLITE PRODUCTS MODEL EU POLICY

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

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CMEMS Satellite Sea Surface Temperature products used in this application merge data from several satellites. The CMEMS products used provide with global blended (L4 processing level) gridded estimation of the ocean temperature at 10 meter depth, merging the strengths of Microwave (i.e. temporal and spatial coverage) and Thermal Infrared (i.e. high accuracy and resolution) satellite radiometers measurements. Product in use 1 Product in use 2

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

More information here Météo-France www.meteofrance.com/

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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 so-called 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 piloting

High spatial resolution and frequency model outputs are needed

of gliders crossing the ocean 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

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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 &amp; 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. Product in use 1 Product in use 2

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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.

University of las Palmas de Gran Canaria www.sitma.ulpgc.es/en/ More information here Contact Antonio RAMOS antonio.ramos@ulpgc.es

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SUPPORT TO EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES FOR DEEP SEA MINING CASE â&#x20AC;˘ USE OVE RVIE W

SAGRES Project is an innovative and disruptive approach developed by ISQ that focus on the conception and validation of an algorithm that supports decision to prospection and exploration (P&amp;E) activities related with deep sea mineral (DSM) resources based on satellite information, and complemented by in-situ data, including CMEMS data. The fusion and analysis of these data can be used as approximation vectors towards mineralization in order to enhance location, delineation and ranking of potential P&amp;E target areas related with the occurrence of DSM resources such as manganese nodules, cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts, and seafloor massive sulphide deposits. By using this approach, SAGRES Project expects to increase P&amp;E discovery success rates, optimize campaigns time, reduce P&amp;E uncertainty and costs, and provide baseline information related to the environmental impact of this activity. The preliminary and ongoing results are very promising, and show for several areas considered in the North Atlantic Ocean a significant forecast capacity performed by the algorithm.

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Better knowledge and preparation for exploration missions at sea

Higher cost-effectiveness by better mission time optimization

Decision-making support tool

Useful environmental baseline information useful information provision at multiscale (regional to local)

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In the case of cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts, the algorithm results show 77% of certainty in its forecasted capability. The distribution of the algorithm predicted points are in good agreement with the depth range considered appropriated for the economically viable occurrence of cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts. The SAGRES Project ongoing approach can therefore contribute to smarter ocean exploration missions.

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CMEMS model about the ocean physical, chemical and biological parameters together with other satellite and in-situ data are used. For instance, the provision of data on temperature, salinity, and concentration of oxygen, nitrate, phosphate and chlorophyll in sea water at several depth ranges and fairly high resolution grids are important to better constraint and enhance the forecast capability of the SAGRES Project algorithm. Product in use 1 Product in use 2 Product in use 3

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ISQ is a private Portuguese entity established in 1965, and currently has about 1400 employees and presence in 16 countries. ISQ offers 250+ specialized engineering services, and is involved in 400+ R&amp;D international projects related with business sectors such as Aeronautical &amp; Aerospace, Automotive, Construction &amp; Infrastructures, Energy, Oil &amp; Gas, and Process Industries.

More information here ISQ www.isq-group.com

NATURAL RESOURCES &ENERGY

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MET-OCEAN CONDITIONS FOR THE BIMEP MARINE RENEWABLE ENERGY TEST SITE CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

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 (http://trlplus.com/). '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 and coastal management and marine renewable energy applications

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

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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. Product in use 1 Product in use 2

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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.

IHCantabria www.ihcantabria.com More information here Contact Felipe Fernandez fernandezf@unican.es

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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

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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)

M A R IN E CO N S E RVAT I O N & PO L IC IES

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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