Copernicus Marine Service in support to Safety & Disaster sector by Copernicus Marine_Service

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Addressing marine pollution from oil spills with effective dispersion modelling

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Athenea : preventing and managing oil spills

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Backtracking of mh370 trajectory from la réunion

P. 10 Cmems in support to copernicus maritime surveillance service P. 12 Cmems in support to french hydrographic office P. 14 "Costa concordia" accident : monitoring potential oil spills P. 16 Decision support platform for latvian institutions P. 18 Early warning in the mediterranean sea P. 20 Environmental risk assessment induced by offshore oil spills P. 22 Flood prevention along the estonian baltic coast P. 24 Flood prevention along the french roussillon mediterranean coast P. 26 Flood prevention along the portuguese atlantic coast P. 28 Monitoring harmful algal bloom in the baltic sea: Hab-risk service P. 30 Ibisar web service in support to search and rescue operations P. 32 Improving sonar communication between defence vessels P. 34 Marine scotland oil spill response P. 36 Met-ocean conditions in the mediterranean sea P. 38 Monitoring mercury pollution in the adriatic sea P. 40 Monitoring oil spills in the mediterranean sea P. 42 Monitoring oil spills in the mediterranean sea P. 44 Monitoring oil spills in the northern aegean sea P. 46 Monitoring oil spills in the north sea P. 48 Monitoring oil spills off the portuguese coast P. 50 Monitoring oil spills off the portuguese coast P. 52 Monitoring oil spills off the spanish coast P. 54 Oleg naydenov accident : monitoring oil spills P. 56 Oserit oil spill model in support to emsa P. 58 Predicting man-overboard drift trajectories P. 60 Sorrento accident : monitoring potential oil spills P. 62 Search and rescue in the mediterranean sea P. 64 Support to harmful noxious substances monitoring P. 66 Supporting danish defence in the baltic sea P. 68 Web based drift scenario interface

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

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

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ADDRESSING MARINE POLLUTION FROM OIL SPILLS WITH EFFECTIVE DISPERSION MODELLING CASE â&#x20AC;˘ USE OVE RVIE W

As part of the UKSA funded EASOS project, Riskaware has developed an oil spill dispersion model to help the Malaysian government tackle marine pollution. Pollution from oil spills is a major issue for the Malaysian government, who are responsible for monitoring and policing the Malacca Straits, one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. The Riskaware's model supports informed decision making by predicting the areas which will be affected when an oil spill is reported. Mitigation strategies can also be simulated to assess the best course of action, and there is a source estimation capability to help identify ships who choose to pollute deliberately. Using the Copernicus Marine Service high quality global forecasts, Riskaware have been able to extend their capability beyond Malaysia to model oil spills anywhere in the world, allowing many other countries to potentially benefit from the service.

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Bayesian source estimation capability Best estimate and probabilistic modelling of oil in the water and on

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Model connects to CMEMS directly to automatically use the best available forecast data Web-based user interface combining detection and modelling results

MALAYSIA OIL SPILL DISPERSION DRIFT MODEL MALACCA STRAIT

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Riskaware's oil dispersion model capability includes a web-based user interface which brings to together the reporting of oil spills and the model results. Through the interface, users now have a centralised system for viewing all current and historic oil spill incidents. It is possible to view the predicted concentration levels of oil both in the water and on the coast. The source estimation capability makes use of the latest Bayesian mathematics techniques to identify potential sources where the oil could have originated. A trial of the model is expected to start in Malaysia shortly.

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CMEMS Forecast model products provide the oil dispersion model with a 7-day forecast of 3D ocean currents, wave height and sea temperature that is updated daily. The model uses all this data to predict how a reported oil slick will disperse. The global coverage of these forecasts allow the dispersion model to be used all over the world. Product in use 1 Product in use 2

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Based in Bristol in the UK, Riskaware is an independent organisation with an international reputation for developing specialised software solutions for technical and scientific applications. With 20 years experience within the defence sector, they have combined their specialist knowledge and expertise to

Riskaware www.riskaware.co.uk

provide innovative software solutions across a wide range of industry sectors.

Contact Tim Culmer tim.culmer@riskaware.co.uk

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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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BACKTRACKING OF MH370 TRAJECTORY FROM LA RéUNION

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In March 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 vanished in the South Indian Ocean with 239 passengers and crew on board. Debris has since washed up on the East African coast and on Indian Ocean islands, brought there by the ocean currents and winds. Thanks to the location of debris and the knowledge of the ocean currents and winds from numerical models, it is possible to trace their movements back to a possible location for the plane crash. Several research and oceanographer teams from GEOMAR (GER), ECMWF (UK), MERCATOR OCEAN (FR), NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTER (UK) and CMCC (IT) have used these calculations to run computer oceanic models back in time, from the time the debris washed up on land back to the time the plane disappeared. These studies were able to come up with a possible location of where the plane had crashed, with a large error bar nevertheless. The Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service global ocean model, including data of global surface currents and winds over the past two years, was used in these studies.

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Help to focus the multinational search effort on a reduced area and save time, effort and money. New method proposing a possible location of where the plane had crashed, with a large error bar nevertheless.

MH370 MALAYSIA AIRLINES BACKTRACKING PLANE TRAJECTORY INDIAN OCEAN OCEAN CURRENTS GEOMAR ECMWF MERCATOR OCEAN CMCC NOC

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The multinational search effort for the MH370 aircraft was the largest and most expensive in aviation history. The search began in the Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea, and was soon extended to the Strait of Malacca and Andaman Sea. Backtracking of the MH370 trajectory using debris trajectories and knowledge on ocean currents helped to come up with a possible location of where the plane had crashed, with a large error bar nevertheless.

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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

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GEOMAR (GER), ECMWF (UK), MERCATOR OCEAN (FR), NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTER (UK) and CMCC (IT) are world leading institutes in the field of marine sciences. They investigate the chemical, physical, biological processes of the oceans and interaction with atmosphere.

www.geomar.de/en/centre/

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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

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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.

More information here Shom data.shom.fr/

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"COSTA CONCORDIA" ACCIDENT: MONITORING POTENTIAL OIL SPILLS CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

A joint team from Italy National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, INGV), the Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change (Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici, CMCC) and the University of Bologna have developed a downstream application for the Italian Coast Guards (i.e. oil spill forecast) which relies on Copernicus Marine Service products. When the cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground off the Italian coast in January 2012, the Italian Coast Guard Operational Centre was supplied with reliable daily ocean current forecasts for the Mediterranean Sea. These forecasts, modelled by Copernicus Marine Service, were combined with the oil spill model MEDSLIK-II to simulate possible transport and dispersion scenarios of the oil in the sea. This forecasting analysis of oil spill drift efficiently complements other European services (e.g. oil spill detection and monitoring from EMSA, the European Maritime Safety Agency).

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Free and sustained information provision for dashboard tool

High quality information allowing realistic applied results.

development. Provision of sustained and accurate ocean currents for reliable drift forecast.

COSTA CONCORDIA OIL SPILL ACCIDENT MED SEA INGV CMCC UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA MEDSLIK OIL SPILL FORECAST

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In January 2012, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. This tore open a 50 m gash on the port side of her hull, which soon flooded parts of the engine room resulting in power losses. Despite the gradual sinking of the ship, an order to abandon ship was not issued until over an hour after the initial impact. The evacuation of Costa Concordia took over six hours and not all passengers were evacuated. Of the 3229 passengers and 1023 crew known to have been aboard, 32 died.

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CMEMS Analysis and Forecast model products provide with 7-day forecast of 3D ocean currents updated daily. Physics Model over the Mediterranean sea is used in this application. It provides hydrodynamic forecast including high frequency processes of paramount importance to characterize regional scale marine processes. Product in use 1 Product in use 2

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INGV is the Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, INGV).

www.ingv.it/en/

More information here

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DECISION SUPPORT PLATFORM FOR LATVIAN INSTITUTIONS CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

The decision support tool called FIMAR is developed and operated by the Laboratory for mathematical modelling of environmental and technological processes (VTPMML) at University of Latvia. Users of FIMAR are mainly Latvian: MRCC Riga, HQ of Latvian Navy, Flotilla of Navy, Joint HQ of Armed forces, HQ of Air forces, Special unit AMDW, Latvian Environment Geology and Meteorology Centre (LEGMC) and Latvian Ground Force. The user-friendly FIMAR tool provides integrated view of marine data and performs added value analysis based on the data available. The development of tool started in 2004 and has now evolved to use Copernicus Marine Service Baltic Sea and North Sea Physics analysis and forecast products. The FIMAR decision support software is a licensed desktop application for the user terminals. FIMAR enables visualization of electronic map and animations (two-week history and forecast). All visualization settings are easily manageable. It is also possible to compute statistics. A warning system is also included.

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Useful environmental baseline information

visualize post-processed results in support of an incident

User Friendly access to dynamic and static layers evaluation and decision-making process

LATVIA LATVIAN DEFENCE INSTITUTIONS SEARCH AND RESCUE FIMAR DECISION SUPPORT PLATFORM

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Latvian institutions have a strong interest for environmental monitoring in order to perform their defense state mission. Latvian Navy addresses state defense and search and rescue related questions. The LEGMC addresses environmental monitoring, extreme weather warnings, routine weather forecast. To achieve such mission, many environmental geospatial data are available but usually with complex digital format. Latvian decision makers and officers without deep IT knowledge need consolidated data view in a user-friendly integrated format for their routine work. FIMAR platform has been designed with this objective.

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CMEMS Analysis and Forecast model products provide with 60-hour forecast of 3D ocean parameters updated twice a day. Physics Model over the Baltic Sea is used in this application. Product in use 1

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Laboratory for mathematical modelling of environmental and technological processes (VTPMML) at University of Latvia (UL) was founded in December, 1994 consolidating several research groups of Department of Electrodynamics and Continuum Mechanics. The laboratory is a structural research unit of Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, University of Latvia.

VTPMML at University of Latvia department-of-physics/laboratoryfor-mathematical-modelling-ofenvironmental-and-technologicalprocesses/

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EARLY WARNING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

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The private IT company LINKS SPA and the public CMCC foundation (Fondazione CMCC- Centro Euro-Mediterraneo Sui Cambiamenti Climatici) have combined their respective skills in order to develop sea situational awareness services for users in various sectors. "EARLY WARNING" (http://www.marine-ew.com/en/home) is one of the web tools developed, which proposes a web interface showing parameters useful for raising an environmental warning for anywhere in the Mediterranean. It displays forecasts for the next few days of hydrodynamical parameters such as wave height, and also early warning indicators such as sea level trends. The Copernicus Marine Service models provide several estimates of such parameters as heat content and sea level trends in the Mediterranean, thus enabling the EARLY WARNING tool to provide useful decision-support parameters to anyone in the Mediterranean.

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Better knowledge and preparation to situation at sea. Lower risk for human beings on board offshore platforms or boats. More secure operations at sea. Service avalaible 24/7

LINKS SPA CMCC OIL SPILL MONITORING MED SEA OIL SPILL FORECAST

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Extreme environmental conditions could have severe impacts in the Mediterranean basin. It is therefore crucial to provide decision makers, stakeholders, private companies and general public with trustworthy Decision Support System based on the environmental monitoring, state-of-the-art modeling and innovative technology platforms.

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Links MT s.p.a. is a consulting company, providing services and Information Technology solutions for the banking sector, the public administrations and enterprises, making use of emerging technological solutions. CMCC Foundation is a non-profit research institution which mission is to investigate and model our climate system and its interactions with society and the environment.

www.linksmt.it/

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ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT INDUCED BY OFFSHORE OIL SPILLS CASE â&#x20AC;˘ USE OVE RVIE W

A methodology for the evaluation of the environmental risk induced by accidental oil spills occurring from offshore installations has been developed by University of Bologna, addressing in particular the impact of spills on the sea and on the coastlines. Directive 2013/30/EU on the safety of offshore oil and gas operations has introduced more strict requirements for the protection of both the workers and the environment. The methodology developed here produces specific quantitative risk indexes, based on credible spill events, wind and sea conditions and may support the implementation of remediation strategies. In this context, the marine environment in the area of the installations has to be characterized with the environmental parameters which determine the trajectory and the fate of the spilled oil. These parameters are represented mainly by surface wind and ocean current fields. Suitable data were downloaded from the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service which provides 2D 6-hours-averaged wind data and 3D 24-hours-averaged current data; data referring to the year 2015 were considered.

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provide risk assessment methodology compliant with EU Directive 2013/30/EU Provision of ocean data for risk index computation

RISK ASSESSMENT OFFSHORE OIL SPILL EU DIRECTIVE NEW METHODOLOGY

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The European Parliament and Council have published on June 12 2013 the Directive 2013/30/EU on safety of offshore oil and gas operations. The objective of this Directive is to reduce the occurrence of major accidents relating to offshore oil and gas operations and to limit their consequences, thus increasing the protection of the marine environment and coastal economies against pollution. It establishes the minimum conditions for safe offshore exploration and exploitation of oil and gas, limits possible disruptions and improves the response mechanisms in case of an accident.

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Mediterranean Sea Ocean current, surface wind, salinity and temperature data for year 2015 have been used for this study. Product in use 1 Product in use 2

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Sarah Bonvicini is a lecturer at University of Bologna, teaching the course on "Loss Prevention in the Process Industry", for Master Degree in Chemical and Process Engineering and Environmental Engineering. Her research activity focus on Industrial Safety and Environmental Sustainability, especially on the assessment of the environmental risk induced by offshore oil spills.

Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna www.unibo.it

Contact Sarah Bonvicini sarah.bonvicini@unibo.it

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FLOOD PREVENTION ALONG THE ESTONIAN BALTIC COAST

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The private company REACH U creates value on the basis of location and movement by combining experience in mapping, geographic information systems and big data. REACH U has developed a web application for flood prediction of Pärnu City in Estonia, using among other information a high-resolution dynamical downscaled model from the Estonian Marine Systems Institute, MSI. Downscaling is a method for obtaining high-resolution local models from the lower resolution Copernicus Marine Service Baltic model as forcing conditions. The web application provides water level prediction 48 hours prior to the event. It is a fully automated monitoring and reporting system, which delivers flood warnings with cadastral (building) accuracy to citizens, city governments and rescue services.

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

REACH U ESTONIA BALTIC SEA FLOOD PREVENTION MSI DOWNSCALING

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The primary effects of flooding include loss of life, damage to buildings and other structures, including bridges, sewerage systems, roadways, and canals. During a storm, larger wave height along the coast associated to heavy precipitation can trigger floodings.

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

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Reach-U is a private company with ability to create custom made solutions to meet the needs of every customer. With more than 20 years of experience they have gathered skills in location based solutions, GIS and cartography. They provide solutions that include software, data, maps and support.

Reach-U www.reach-u.com/

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FLOOD PREVENTION ALONG THE FRENCH ROUSSILLON MEDITERRANEAN COAST CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

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

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

FLOOD PREVENTION FRANCE MED SEA CNRS DOWNSCALING

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

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

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FLOOD PREVENTION ALONG THE PORTUGUESE ATLANTIC COAST CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

ACTION MODULERS is a private consulting company from Portugal that provides services and software solutions worldwide, one of which is the MOHID Water Modelling System (http://www.actionmodulers.com/products/mstudio/products-m ohidstudio2015.shtml). The Portuguese coast is regularly exposed to flooding events. The MOHIB Water Modelling System is an early warning system to help reduce flood risk. MOHIB is composed of a downscaling modelling suite using the Copernicus Marine Models as boundary conditions. Downscaling is a method of obtaining high-resolution local models from lower resolution CMEMS models as forcing conditions. Frank Braunschweig from ACTION MODULERS states that "the Copernicus Marine Service high-resolution ocean model provides very accurate oceanic boundary conditions for our local MOHIB downscaling models. Thanks to CMEMS, we have for example developed an early warning system for flooding around the Tagus river and in the Baiwa area in Lisbon".

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

FLOOD PREVENTION PORTUGAL ATLANTIC OCEAN MOHIB DOWNSCALING ACTION MODULERS

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Violent storms from the Atlantic ocean that sweep across areas of Portugal can result in high waves and floodings. The primary effects of flooding include loss of life, damage to buildings and other structures, including bridges, sewerage systems, roadways, and canals.

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ACTION MODULERS is a private consulting company from Portugal that provides services and software solutions worldwide, one of which is the MOHID Water Modelling System.

actionmodulers.com/products/ mstudio/productsmohidstudio2015.shtml More information here

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MONITORING HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM IN THE BALTIC SEA: HAB-RISK SERVICE CASE â&#x20AC;˘ USE OVE RVIE W

In the past recent years, severe blooms of cyanobacteria occured in the Baltic Sea during the summer season, forcing local authorities in Poland and other Baltic countries to close bathing areas for several weeks. The HAB-RISK consortium has developed a service for the Baltic Sea which daily detects Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB) and proposes drift forecasts for the next three days. This service has been especially designed for local authorities in charge of the monitoring of bathing waters quality in the Baltic Sea waters. Via a web or a mobile app interface, the user can select specific bathing locations and receive notifications about risk level today and the next days. These data help users in planning their monitoring daily duties by focusing their efforts on areas where higher level of risks have been forecasted. HAB-RISK retrieves phycocyanin concentration from Copernicus Marine Service Sentinel-3 water reflectance product as well as other sources. Once retrieved, the satellite derived product is fed into a drift model using CMEMS Baltic Sea current velocities.

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Decision-making tool to help beach managers and insurance. Risk level with five classes i.e. no risk / low risk / medium risk / high risk and very high risk.

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CMEMS forecasts are used to localize phycocyanin and cyanobacteria cells within the next 72 hours. A tool is then applied to analyse the forecast and predict the risk of HAB occurrence in the vicinity of Polish beaches. Surface currents from Copernicus Marine hydrodynamic Baltic model are used as input to a Lagrangian trajectory computation tool. In the future, hydrodynamic downscaling could be achieved to enhance the precision of the hydrodynamic in the lagrangian computation. The risk assessment decision process is based on a object-based supervised classification. For each beach, first order statistics of the pixels distribution are computed and then used as input for the classification.

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First, level-3 Sentinel-3 remote sensing reflectances data are used to estimate phycocyanin concentrations. The output product is displayed in two ways using different colormaps to highlight first the actual estimated phycocyanin concentrations and second the associated risk level with five classes. The phycocyanin concentration values are then used as input to the drift forecast processing chain using the Copernicus Marine Baltic Sea physical model and its velocity parameters. Product in use 1 Product in use 2

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With more than 10 years of experience, the i-Sea team develops services for the surveillance of the natural environments in the domain of biodiversity, water and coastal zone. i-Sea proposes standardized products and tailor-made services based on the most recent observation technologies combining field measurements protocols with observations by UAVs/USVs, I-SEA

airborne or spaceborne sensors.

i-sea.fr/fr/ More information here Contact Virginie Lafon virginie.lafon@i-sea.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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MARINE SCOTLAND OIL SPILL RESPONSE

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In Northern Scotland harbor, ship-to-ship oil transfer have historically taken place at the jetties of Nigg oil terminal in the Cromarty Firth. Therefore an oil spill planning and response capability is required. A trajectory model based on 2D Lagrangian particle tracking software in order to simply tracking virtual oil particles was used to study the potential consequences of a spill. An oil spill modelling capability for Scotland is possible due to both the use of direct application of Copernicus Marine Service model products in the European North West Shelves seas, and through nested capability for coastal hotsposts. In an enclosed area like the inner Moray Firth, an oil spill could easily influence the coastline. Marine Scotland use ocean currents from the Copernicus Marine Service or from the Scottish Shelf Model (forced using CMEMS NWS data) in the Scottish Government GNOME oil spill trajectory model. There is also trial capability for higher resolution response capability using coastal Finite Volume Community Ocean Models (FVCOM). The model was forced using the Scottish Shelf Model, an FVCOM model itself forced using Copernicus Marine Service model.

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Supports the Scottish Government's vision of marine and coastal

The forecast products enable predictions to be made in an

environments emergency. Useful, free and sustained information provision for downscaling modelling.

OIL SPILL MARINE SCOTLAND SCIENCE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT MARINE ATLAS OSPAR MARITIME SAFETY

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Oil spills can have disastrous consequences and as a result, oil spill accidents have initiated intense attention. Appropriate and rapid oil spill response and monitoring is critical in ensuring the impacts due to oil spills is limited. Oil and gas are a significant part of the economy and so oil spill response capability is an important issue in Scotland.

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CMEMS Analysis and Forecast model products provide reanalysis, analysis and forecast of 3D ocean currents, temperature and salinity, and sea surface height, for use as boundary conditions from the European North West Shelves product. MSS require instant access to these forecast products as and when they are required, i.e. in the event of a real oil spill. Product in use 1 Product in use 2

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Marine Scotland Science (MSS) supports the Scottish Government's vision of marine and coastal environments that are clean, healthy, safe, productive, biologically diverse and are sustainably managed. Their purpose is to provide expert advice and services, to provide the evidence to support the policies of the Scottish Government and to perform regulatory and enforcement activities.

Marine Scotland Science www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/marine/science

Contact Rory O'Hara Murray Rory.O'HaraMurray@gov.scot

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MET-OCEAN CONDITIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

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The private IT company LINKS SPA and the public CMCC foundation (Fondazione CMCC- Centro Euro-Mediterraneo Sui Cambiamenti Climatici) have combined their respective skills in order to develop sea situational awareness services for users in various sectors. "Sea-Conditions" (http://www.sea-conditions.com) is one of the web tools developed, which proposes a web interface displaying the met-ocean conditions in the Mediterranean Sea. It displays for example the temperature, ocean currents and waves forecasts with the meteorological forecast along the Mediterranean coast. Forecasts refer to a time-span of four and a half days, with a time schedule of 3 hours for the first two and a half days and of 6 hours for the next two days. Giovanni Coppini from CMCC says that "the Copernicus Marine Service Mediterranean Sea models provide accurate ocean current and wave forecasts for the Mediterranean. CMEMS also provides satellite ocean colour data useful for an initial assessment of met-ocean conditions in the Mediterranean."

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High quality information allowing realistic applied results. Ready to use expertised ocean products. Service available 24/7 Useful, free and sustained information provision for downscaling purposes.

LINKS SPA CMCC SEA CONDITION MED SEA MET OCEAN DASHBOARD

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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. The service helps users planning all those activities related to the sea, such us a boat trip, a fishing trip or a surfing session with friends. It is controlled by a group of experts. Service is mainly used during summer by occasional users (12,000 unique monthly access on average).

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LINKS SPA www.linksmt.it/; More information here

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MONITORING MERCURY POLLUTION IN THE ADRIATIC SEA

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Marine Biology Station (MBS) in Piran, part of the Slovenian National Institute of Biology (NIB) are working for a better understanding of the Adriatic Sea circulation. Major rivers, such as the Po, end up in the Adriatic and many cities are located along its coastline hence the strong need to better comprehend pollutants dispersion in this area. MBS has developed an high resolution ocean model ADRIPOM which allows to follow coastal tracer dispersion and track filaments of pollutants along the coast. Downscaling is a method for obtaining high-resolution local models from the lower resolution Copernicus Marine Service model as forcing conditions. Their models analyze dispersion of toxic Mercury in the Gulf of Trieste. As a consequence of Mercury mining in Idrija (the mine has been closed for years), hundreds of kilos of Mercury are estimated to enter the Gulf of Trieste each year through the Isonzo river. Numerical models for Mercury dispersion give researchers and decision makers a solid ground on which to build sensible environmental policies.

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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.

POLLUTANT TRANSPORT WATER QUALITY TRACER DISPERSION COAST MED SEA ADRIATIC MERCURY

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Eighty percent of pollution to the marine environment comes from the land. One of the biggest sources occurs as a result of runoff. It includes many sources, like for example septic tanks, cars, trucks, boats, agriculture, engine oil. Some water pollution actually starts as air pollution, which settles into waterways and oceans. Dirt can be a pollutant. Top soil or silt from fields or construction sites can run off into waterways. High resolution coastal model help assessing the various tracer and pollutant dispersion such as mercury heavy metal pollutant.

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As a part of the Slovenian National Institute of Biology (NIB), the Marine Biology Station (MBS) is the only institution for marine research and monitoring of sea - water quality in Slovenia. Research groups of the MBS pursue research in the fields of physical, chemical and biological oceanography.

NIB nib.si/eng/index.php/ departments/marinebiology-station-piran

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MONITORING OIL SPILLS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

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REMPEC is the Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea, established in Malta since 1977, acting under the umbrella of UNEPMAP and its Barcelona Convention. One of their activities is to prevent illicit oil discharges from ships and to prosecute any offenders. In the event of an oil spill, local authorities can request the support of REMPEC through the MONGOOS network (Mediterranean Operational Network for the Global Ocean Observing System, http://www.mongoos.eu/). One of the oil spill drift models that MONGOOS uses is the MEDSLIK oil spill drift model, which is downscaled from the Copernicus Marine Service Mediterranean Sea model. Dynamical downscaling is a method for obtaining high-resolution local models from lower resolution CMEMS models as forcing conditions. Such models have been used as exercises during fake oil spill events (the OSCAR-MED project) and also in real-world events (e.g. oil slick along the Lebanon coast in 2006).

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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.

REMPEC UNEPMAP MOONGOOS OIL SPILL MED SEA MEDSLIK

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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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REMPEC is the Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea, established in Malta since 1977, acting under the umbrella of UNEPMAP and its Barcelona Convention.

More information here REMPEC www.rempec.org/

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MONITORING OIL SPILLS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

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The private IT company LINKS SPA and the public CMCC foundation (Fondazione CMCC- Centro Euro-Mediterraneo Sui Cambiamenti Climatici) have joined forces to develop sea situational awareness services for users in various sectors. "WITOIL - Where Is The OIL" (http://www.witoil.com/en/home) is one of the web tools they have developed, which proposes a web interface for monitoring the drift of oil slicks in the Mediterranean. An operator only needs to enter the date, location and type of the spill and it displays the possible oil spread on a map after a short computer simulation. The Copernicus Marine Service Mediterranean Sea models provide accurate forecasts concerning ocean currents and waves in the Mediterranean Sea for computing oil spill drift forecasts. This tool is freely available to anyone in the Mediterraneanarea.

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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. Service available 24/7

LINKS SPA CMCC OIL SPILL MONITORING MED SEA OIL SPILL FORECAST

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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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www.linksmt.it/

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MONITORING OIL SPILLS IN THE NORTHERN AEGEAN SEA CASE â&#x20AC;˘ USE OVE RVIE W

The northern Aegean Sea is an area of increased marine traffic. There are typically over 80 cargo ships and tankers in transit at any given time. The Ocean Physics and Modelling Group of the University of Athens has developed a forecasting tool in the framework of TOSCA MED project to assist decision makers and stakeholders in the event of an oil spill in the Aegean Sea. 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 Mediterranean Sea model. Dynamical downscaling is a method for obtaining high-resolution local models from lower resolution CMEMS models as forcing conditions. The TOSCA MED platform provides for example useful, very high-resolution ocean current forecasts for oil spill risk management in the Gulf of Alexandroupolis.

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TOSCA MED OIL SPILL AEGEAN SEA DRIFT MODEL DOWNSCALING MODELLING SUITE

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The TOSCA (Tracking Oil Spills &amp; Coastal Awareness network) project lead by University of Toulon, France, is cofinanced by the European Regional Development Fund in the framework of the MED Programme. It intends to improve the quality and effectiveness of decision-making process in case of marine accidents concerning oil spill pollution and search and rescue (SAR) operations in the Mediterrane

TOSCA www.tosca-med.eu/

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MONITORING OIL SPILLS IN THE NORTH SEA

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IMARES is involved in a European (DG MARE) funded project for assessing the cost-effectiveness and reliability of the existing oceanic monitoring infrastructure in the North Sea, and identifying any gaps. The objective is to test the available oceanic information (from Marine Copernicus Service and other sources) and to evaluate it in the framework of real case exercises (e.g. fake oil spill accident exercise). IMARES has for example built an oil spill monitoring system based on the GNOME (NOAA) oil spill trajectory model fed by the Copernicus Marine Service ocean currents and satellite winds model. Jan Tjalling van der Wal from IMARES says that "the Copernicus Marine Service ocean currents and satellite wind data are key inputs for our North Sea Checkpoint oil spill exercises. This saved us time and also the investment of time and expertise that would have been necessary to develop a hydrographical circulation model to get the currents right".

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IMARES DG MARE EU PROJECT NORTH SEA OIL SPILL MONITORING OCEAN CURRENTS NWS

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The purpose of the North Sea checkpoint is to audit the value of marine data services to solve particular commercial and policy challenges with the development of the Blue Economy. IMARES has successfully audited the value of the Copernicus Marine Service data in the case of an oil spill accident in the North Sea.

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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. Wind satellite products are also used. Product in use 1 Product in use 2 Product in use 3

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Imares is also called Wageningen Marine Research located in the Netherlands. It is part of the Wageningen University &amp; Research.

www.wur.nl/en.htm

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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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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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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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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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OLEG NAYDENOV ACCIDENT: MONITORING OIL SPILLS CASE â&#x20AC;˘ USE OVE RVIE W

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

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PUERTO DEL ESTADO MED SEA OIL SPILL DOWNSCALING

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

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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

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

ICMAT www.icmat.es/es

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OSERIT OIL SPILL MODEL IN SUPPORT TO EMSA

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OSERIT is a 24/7 accessible support tool for evaluation of oil spill in the North Sea in support to EMSA. It is used by the Belgium Management Unit of the North Sea Mathematical Models (MUMM, now Royal Belgian Institute Natural Sciences RBINS), by Coast Guard Centres and other governmental authorities. The OSERIT service works on 2 stages: 1) A 3-day long simulation both forward and backward in time is automatically performed for each oil spill reported by EMSA CleanSeaNet service and provides coastguards a preliminary evaluation. 2) Coastguard operators also have the opportunity to refine the basic assumption and get access to more reliable simulation results. OSERIT was funded by the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO) through the contract SD/NS/10A. OSERIT provides a well-established 3D oil spill drift and fate model in North Sea and contributes to the forecast service of EMSA CleanSeaNet. The user-friendly interface allows to obtain quick simulation of the spill drift. OSERIT model uses Copernicus Marine Service European North West Shelves model as a forcing at its boundary conditions.

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contributes to the forecast service of EMSA CleanSeaNet user-friendly interface allows to obtain quick simulation of the spill drift

3D OIL SPILL DRIFT AND FATE MODEL NORTH SEA OSERIT EMSA CLEANSEANET RBINS BELGIUM

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In December 2013 the Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS) and the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly develop and operate an operational service that will compute backward and forward trajectories of oil spills detected in North Sea and allow their visualisation in EMSA CleanSeaNet, the Near Real Time European satellite based oil spill monitoring and vessel detection service. When using the oil model interface, a simulation will be generated in near-real time that contains either (1) a forecasting of the drift or (2) a backtracking of the drift.

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The Copernicus Marine Service European North West Shelves model is used in this application, especially the hourly 3D forecast. Product in use 1

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The Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences is one of the ten federal scientific establishments that are governed by the Belgian Science Policy Office (Belspo). It is involved in important scientific research activities and carries out public service missions. It is open to everyone through the Museum of Natural Sciences.

RBINS oserit.mumm.ac.be/about.php

Contact Legrand Sébastien slegrand@naturalsciences.be

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PREDICTING MAN-OVERBOARD DRIFT TRAJECTORIES

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MARINE ASSISTANCE mainly works for insurance companies to assist their boat owner clients in the event of breakdown or shipwrecks. MARINE ASSISTANCE has developed a Sea-Tags security wristband to be worn by sailors while on board. The wristband continuously transmits a signal monitored by smartphones equipped with the application. If a wristband is immersed or far away, the telephone triggers an alarm and records the GPS position at the time of the incident. In addition, MARINE ASSISTANCE has collaborated with the company LOST IN THE SEA, which has developed a real time GPS oceanic drift forecast application to locate drifting objects or human beings. Romain Mauriac from MARINE ASSISTANCE and Clément Fontana from LOST IN THE SEA say that "Copernicus Marine Service ocean current models are a key and reliable component of our LOST IN THE SEA drift application. Until now we have been using the Global model, but we will soon be using regional models. The Sea-Tags security wristband combined with the LOST IN THE SEA oceanic GPS positioning application make life safer for sailors at sea".

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

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

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

More information here www.marine-assistance.com/en/

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SORRENTO ACCIDENT: MONITORING POTENTIAL OIL SPILLS

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

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Free and sustained information provision for dashboard tool

High quality information allowing realistic applied results.

development. Provision of sustained and accurate ocean currents for reliable drift forecast.

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

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

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Socib is the Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System. See also http://seaboard.socib.es/sorrento

More information here SOCIB www.socib.eu/

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SEARCH AND RESCUE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

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The private IT company LINKS SPA and the public CMCC foundation (Fondazione CMCC- Centro Euro-Mediterraneo Sui Cambiamenti Climatici) have combined their respective skills in order to develop sea situational awareness services for users in various sectors. "OCEAN-SAR SEARCH AND RESCUE" decision support system (http://www.ocean-sar.com/en/home) is one of the web tools developed, which offers a web interface allowing search and rescue simulations and operations in the Mediterranean Sea. If the "last known position" of an object or a person in water is entered, the web tool computes the overall search area where the object or person in the water is most likely to be found. The mean trajectory from the last known position to the most likely current position is also drawn as a curved line. The Copernicus Marine Service Mediterranean Sea models provide accurate ocean currents and wave forecasts in the Mediterranean Sea which enable the OCEAN-SAR SEARCH and RESCUE tool to provide useful simulations to recover human being or objects lost at sea.

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Better knowledge and preparation to situation at sea. Faster and more secure search operations.

Higher chances to find endangered person in water.

Lower risk at sea for search and rescue staff. Service available 24/7

LINKS SPA CMCC SEARCH AND RESCUE MED SEA OCEAN CURRENTS

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Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger. The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, typically determined by the type of terrain the search is conducted over. These include air-sea rescue over water to search for and recover survivors of aircraft downed at sea as well as sailors and passengers of sea vessels in distress.

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www.linksmt.it/

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SUPPORT TO HARMFUL NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES MONITORING CASE â&#x20AC;˘ USE OVE RVIE W

A decision-support tool has been developed for the North Sea that national maritime authorities and coastguard stations will activate in order to forecast the drift, fate and behaviour of acute marine pollution by Harmful Noxious Substances (HNS) accidentally released in the marine system. The tool called HNS-MS aims at developing a one-stop shop integrated HNS decision-support tool that is able to predict the drift, fate and behaviour of HNS spills under realistic environmental conditions and at providing key product information - drawing upon and in complement to existing studies and databases - to improve the understanding and evaluation of a HNS spill situation in the field and the environmental and safety-related issues at stake. The 3D HNS drift and fate model and decision-support tool will also be useful at the preparedness stage, e.g. for HNS risk assessment studies, to improve the HNS behaviour and impact assessment and for training purposes. This tool is funded by DG-ECHO under agreement ECHO/SUB/2014/693705. It uses the CMEMS NWS phycical hourly 3D forecast as met-ocean forcing at its boundary conditions.

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user-friendly web-based interface allowing Coastguard stations to

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launch a HNS drift simulation evaluation and decision-making process

HARMFUL NOXIOUS SUBSTANCE NORTH SEA RBINS EMSA CLEANSEANET

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When dealing with a HNS pollution incident, one of the priority requirements is the identification of the hazard and an assessment of the risk posed to the public and responder safety, the environment and socioeconomic assets upon which a state or coastal community depend. The primary factors which determine the safety, environmental and socioeconomic impact of the released substance(s) relate to their physico-chemical properties and physical fate in the environment. Until now, only few decision-support tools integrate 3D models that are able to simulate the drift, fate and behaviour of HNS spills in the marine environment.

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The Copernicus Marine Service European North West Shelves model and its hourly 3D forecast is used as met-ocean forcing for developing a decision support system integrating a model able to simulate the drift, fate and behaviour of HNS pollution spill in the marine environment. Product in use 1

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RBINS www.hns-ms.eu

Contact Legrand Sébastien slegrand@naturalsciences.be

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SUPPORTING DANISH DEFENCE IN THE BALTIC SEA

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The Danish Defence Centre for Operational Oceanography (FCOO) collects, validates, stores, and disseminates oceanographic, meteorological and hydrographical data-products that are available and used for civilians purposes. Accurate and reliable predictions are important to help the Danish Armed Force and civilians to navigate safely. FCOO forecasts, covering a total of 6 domains (Greenland, Faroe islands, Denmark, Mediterranean Sea, European Seas and Global Ocean), are used to improve safety at sea by providing online information for mariners (https://ifm.fcoo.dk). Search and rescue operations, oil spill predictions, ice reports and forecasts for the Danish waters are examples of use of FCOO data-products. Copernicus Marine Service In Situ observational data from BSH (buoy data), SMHI (vessel CTD data), SYKE (Argo) and other data providers (Sea Level) is periodically used for the validation of the three-nested setup General Estuarine Model that covers the Danish waters.

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Better knowledge and preparation to situation at sea. Open access and sustained information about many ocean parameters in present and future time windows (in Situ measurements and forecast)

BALTIC SEA SAFETY AT SEA DANISH DEFENCE CENTRE FOR OPERATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY IN SITU DATA

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Danish waters forecast are routinely used by the Vessel Traffic Services in the 2 main Baltic Sea Kattegat strait passages: the Great Belt and the Sound. The Danish Defence Centre for Operational Oceanography (FCOO) has developed a three-nested setup of the General Estuarine Model that provides information about a variety of oceanographic variables (currents, salinity, sea temperature) with a resolution of 600 m in this particular area (Belt Sea and South West Baltic).

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The Copernicus Marine Service in situ products are used for validation of the Baltic Sea numerical model run by FCOO. Product in use 1 Product in use 2

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The Danish Defence Centre for Operational Oceanography (FCOO) collects in situ data, runs numerical models and validates and disseminates oceanographic, meteorological and hydrographical products used by the Danish Armed Forces or for civilian purposes.

Danish Defence Centre for Operational Oceanography fcoo.dk/

Contact Johan Söderkvist jos@fcoo.dk

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WEB BASED DRIFT SCENARIO INTERFACE

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

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

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

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

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This application requires wind and surface currents as a standard input and as a default, the Copernicus Marine Service Global Ocean model currents are used as surface current inputs. Product in use 1

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

More information here cls Contact Lucas Marc mlucas@cls.fr

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MARKETS

Copernicus Marine Service supports all sectors of the Blue Economy.

POLAR E NVI RONME NT M ONI TORI NG

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

SCIENCE & CL IMAT E

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

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

WATE R QUALI TY

SOCIET Y & EDUCAT ION

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

M ARI NE NAVI GATI ON

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

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

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

COASTAL M O NITO R IN G

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

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

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

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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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BEN EF IT S

Free and open, sustainable oceanic information provision for pollutant drift modelling Minimize response time and risk at sea for Search & Rescue response

Governmental & public agencies Private companies

High quality information for better preparation for national marine defence activities

EN VI RO N MEN TAL & S OC IETA L IMPACT S

Better monitor and plan emergency response activities (oil, spill, accident at sea...)

NGOs

Decision-making tool to reduce human risks at sea Used to protect marine and coastal environment against pollution

The Copernicus Marine Service supports safety at sea and pollution response by providing oceanic parameters for pollutant drift forecast and better planning for search & rescue emergency plans and national marine defence response.

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