Copernicus Marine Use case book dedicated to the Mediterranean Sea

Copernicus Marine Service for the

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

USE CASE BOOK

SUMMARY SAFETY & DISASTER P.4 Environmental risk assessment induced by offshore oil spills P.6 CMEMS in support to Copernicus Maritime Surveillance Service P.8 CMEMS in support to French Hydrographic Office P.10 Monitoring oil spills in the Northern Aegean Sea P.12 Monitoring mercury pollution in the Adriatic Sea P.14 Oleg Naydenov accident: monitoring oil spills P.16 Improving sonar communication between defence vessels P.18 Monitoring oil spills in the Mediterranean Sea P.20 MET-Ocean conditions in the Mediterranean Sea P.22 Early warning in the Mediterranean Sea P.24 Search and rescue in the Mediterranean Sea P.26 Sorrento accident: monitoring potential oil spills P.28 “Costa Concordia� accident: monitoring potential oil spills P.30 Monitoring oil spills in the Mediterranean Sea P.32 Flood prevention along the Portuguese Atlantic Coast P.34 Flood prevention along the French Roussillon Mediterranean Coast COASTAL MONITORING P.36 JellyX: a monitoring tool to detect jellyfish swarms P.38 Oil spill drift monitoring in the Maltese Waters P.40 Web service platform for Maltese Waters P.42 Modeling plastic pollution in the Mediterranean Sea P.44 Focus on coastal sea dynamics with Ceaseless Project P.46 Environmental control panel app for safer ports P.48 Decision support systems for coastal marine monitoring P.50 DHI supporting Arpal with marine litter and water quality monitoring P.52 MET-Ocean conditions for port management P.54 Monitoring sediment plumes during dredging operations P.56 Hydrodynamic downscaling for coastal studies P.58

Monitoring and forecasting nearshore water quality

MARINE CONSERVATION & POLICIES P.60 Oceana marine expeditions to fill key gaps in biodiversity data P.62 Wise-Marine: a platform in support to MSFD P.64 CHLO4MSFD: a web portal service in support to MSFD P.66 Ocean noise mapping in support to EU and international regulations P.68 Rheticus Marine in support to EU marine strategy P.70 Supporting the JRC and EU with the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) P.72 Support to maritime spatial planning european directive P.74 Supporting european member states with the MSFD P.76 Monitoring the marine environment of the Ligurian Sea

MARINE FOOD P.78 Management of fish invasive species in the Mediterranean Sea P.80 Downstreaming services of CMEMS data through social media P.82 Oceanography exploration tool to support fisheries management P.84 Supporting the aquaculture industry in Europe P.86 Supporting aquaculture and fishing in the Adriatic SEA P.88 Supporting aquaculture and fishing P.90 Bluefin tuna monitoring in the Mediterranean Sea MARINE NAVIGATION P.92 An easy and complete weather routing and navigation application on a tablet P.94 Great Circle ship-routing application P.96 Ship routing with the Scannav Navigation software P.98 Ship routing a cruise ferry in the Mediterranean Sea P.100 Ship routing to save fuel and reduce CO2 emissions P.102 Smartphone application for sailors in the Mediterranean Sea P.104 Ship routing in the Mediterranean Sea NATURAL RESOURCES & ENERGY P.106 Combining desalinisation and wave energy farms P.108 Estimating wave energy resources in the North Aegean Archipelago P.110 Datahub for multi-sector environmental data distribution P.112 MET-Ocean studies and key environmental parameters for floating offshore wind technology SCIENCE & CLIMATE P.114 Monitoring intense rain events in the Mediterranean Sea area P.116 Seasonal forecasting at Météo-France SOCIETY & EDUCATION P.118 MET-Ocean conditions for surfers P.120 Combating marine litter pollution WATER QUALITY P.122 CMEMS in support to EMODNET seabed habitats P.124 Monitoring and forecasting water quality in the bay of Marseille P.126 Northern Adriatic Sea water quality for aquaculture and tourism sectors – Cadeau Project P.128 Supporting Italy with the European MSFD P.130 Monitoring particles drift in the Levantine Sea P.132 Monitoring water quality in the Mediterranean Sea

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 Mediterranean sea region 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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ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT INDUCED BY OFFSHORE OIL SPILLS CASE • 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.

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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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CMEMS IN SUPPORT TO COPERNICUS MARITIME SURVEILLANCE SERVICE CASE • 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.

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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 & security, prevention and response to pollution caused by ships and response to marine pollution

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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 & 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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MONITORING OIL SPILLS IN THE NORTHERN AEGEAN SEA CASE • 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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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.

TOSCA MED OIL SPILL AEGEAN SEA DRIFT MODEL DOWNSCALING MODELLING SUITE

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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 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.

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The TOSCA (Tracking Oil Spills & 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 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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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.

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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 www. nib.si/eng/index.php/departments/ marine-biology-station-piran More information here

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OLEG NAYDENOV ACCIDENT: MONITORING OIL SPILLS CASE • 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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Free and sustained information provision for dashboard tool development.

High quality information allowing realistic applied results.

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

PUERTO DEL ESTADO MED SEA OIL SPILL DOWNSCALING

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

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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.

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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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IMPROVING SONAR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DEFENCE VESSELS CASE • 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.

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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 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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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.

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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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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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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 Product in use 3

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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.

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

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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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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 Product in use 3

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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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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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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.

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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/

More information here

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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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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. Satellite and in situ data are also used.

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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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"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.

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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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MONITORING OIL SPILLS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

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.

MS • CME P RODUCT I N U SE

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

Product in use 1

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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/

More information here

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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.

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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.

More information here

www.aero.obs-mip.fr/

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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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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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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.

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

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JELLYX: A MONITORING TOOL TO DETECT JELLYFISH SWARMS CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

Pollution, climate change and marine habitats degradation are affecting ocean-based industries worldwide. Increasing events of jellyfish outbreaks that can reach hundreds of individuals per cubic metre are harmful to marine ecosystems and human health, with severe impacts on fisheries, tourism and aquaculture. For instance, jellyfish outbreaks are responsible for major farmed fish kills, causing profit losses for the global marine aquaculture industry.

ColomboSky is addressing this issue by offering JellyX, an advanced web mapping tool for large scale monitoring of jellyfish swarms and their drift, based on oceanographic data provided by Copernicus Marine Service. Users can access JellyX online portal for a real-time update on the risk of jellyfish swarm presence. Our solution combines remote sensing data with in-situ ground-truth and oceanographic models, leveraging advanced machine learning techniques.

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Effective risk management using a jellyfish bloom warning service

Improved knowledge-based decision-making for the environmental management of coastal areas Improved understanding of jellyfish outbreaks dynamics and environmental forcing

JELLYFISH OUTBREAK MEDITERRANEAN SEA COLOMBOSKY AQUAX RISK MANAGEMENT DECISION SUPPORT

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Jellyfish swarms interfere with human activities and generate several issues, such as the collapse of fisheries, clogging of industrial seawater cooling systems, injuries of bathers and fish kills in aquaculture plants. Jellyfish outbreaks are estimated to have caused 40,000 cases of stings along Italian coasts during the 2007-2011 period, with associated healthcare costs of approximately 2 million euros per year. With high estimation accuracy of jellyfish presence/absence, JellyX provides managers with tools for predicting and preventing the economic and societal impacts of jellyfish outbreaks.

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JellyX focuses on the Mediterranean basin, therefore the Copernicus Marine Service products used in the context of this work are limited to the Mediterranean Sea and are represented by satellite datasets and biogeochemical models.

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ColomboSky develops remote sensing products for ocean and coastal monitoring. Through the study of innovative optimization processes, ColomboSky exploits remote sensing information to address the needs of key ocean industries, such as marine aquaculture, tourism and energy, reducing risks and economic losses.

ColomboSky

More information here

www.aquaexploration.com

Contact ColomboSky info@colombosky.com

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OIL SPILL DRIFT MONITORING IN THE MALTESE WATERS

CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

The Mediterranean Sea experiences an increased marine traffic with many cargo ships and tankers in transit at any given time arounf the Malta Island. The University of Malta has developed a forecasting tool to assist decision makers and stakeholders in the event of an oil spill around the Malta Island. 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 Copernicus Marine models as forcing conditions. University of Malta provides for example useful, very high-resolution ocean current forecasts for oil spill risk management.

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Useful, free and sustained information provision.

user-friendly interface allows to obtain quick simulation of the spill drift Using CMEMS product reduce time for producing high resolution model useful for the final users

OIL SPILL COMBAT MALTA MEDITERRANEAN SEA COASTAL MODELING

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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.

MS • CME P RODUCT I N U SE

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

Product in use 1

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The University of Malta is the highest teaching institution in Malta.

It is publicly funded and is open to all those who have the requisite qualifications. The supreme governing bodies of the University are the Council and the Senate. There are some 11,500 students including over 1000 international students from 92 different countries.

university of malta www.um.edu.mt/

Contact Aldo Drago aldo.drago@um.edu.mt

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WEB SERVICE PLATFORM FOR MALTESE WATERS

CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

University of Malta has developed a web platform including a dashboard presenting daily information on key marine parameters in the Maltese coastal areas from observations and numerical models. The Malta CMEMS Service Platform was created to serve local users with online access to dedicated products and services derived from the Copernicus Marine data. It targets to serve both specialised users, such as the local responsible entities (Armed Forces of Malta, Environment and Resources Authority, Transport Malta, Malta Meteorological Office and others), professional service providers and also the general public.The products and services are free of charge and cover the marine domain close to the Maltese Islands. Users have access to the information in a user-friendly system that allows the browsing, viewing, selection and extraction of information (such as statistical metrics) by direct elaboration online.

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Browsing / viewing /selection and extraction of information

Free of charge platform that covers the marine domain close to the Maltese Islands Promote the application of the Copernicud Marine products to the benefit of Maltese users

MALTA SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE OCEAN COLOUR DASHBOARD WATER QUALITY

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The Maltese Islands are situated in an area of very heavy shipping and the threat from recurrent oil spillages in the surrounding seas is very high. The provision of accurate nowcasts and forecasts covering as large a marine area as possible from multiple sources and their use in state-of-the-art oil spill models constitute an important element towards the protection of marine economic resources. The University of Malta acts as a local broker to promote the application of the Copernicus Marine Service to the benefit of Maltese users, as well as to make use and transform marine regional scale data into added value products and services at the local scale.

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Copernicus Marine Service Satellite and Model data are used to display the Sea Surface Temperature and Ocean Colour parameter in the Maltese area.

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The University of Malta is the highest teaching institution in Malta.

It is publicly funded and is open to all those who have the requisite qualifications. The supreme governing bodies of the University are the Council and the Senate. There are some 11,500 students including over 1000 international students from 92 different countries.

university of malta ioi.research.um.edu.mt/ CMEMS_Malta/index.php/ welcome/dashboard/41/1/0 Contact Aldo Drago aldo.drago@um.edu.mt

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MODELING PLASTIC POLLUTION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

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Plastic pollution in the Mediterranean Sea poses considerable risk to ecosystems and human health, causing adverse economic impacts on coastal communities. What are the main trajectories of plastics at sea? Where do plastics come from, and where do they accumulate? A research realized in the framework of AMAre project and lead by CMCC researcher Svitlana Liubartseva identified the transport and fate of plastic marine debris in the Mediterranean Sea with the aim to find solutions to this key issue.

An ensemble of more than 10 billion virtual particles has been tracked to understand the transport and fate of plastic marine debris in the Mediterranean Sea, embracing its three environmental compartments: the sea surface, the coastlines, and the sea bottom. Anthropogenic sources, such as coastal cities, rivers and shipping lanes are taken into consideration. Monte Carlo technique is developed to compute the beaching and sedimentation of plastics. Plastic particles are forced by the high-resolution sea surface kinematics provided by the Copernicus Marine Service model in the Mediterranean Sea over 2013-2017.

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First basin-scale vision of plastics at the sea surface on the coastlines and in the seabed

Inverse source identification stresses the importance of coastal management at a national level Understanding of substantial accumulation of plastics on the coastlines and sea bottom

PLASTIC POLLUTION LAGRANGIAN DRIFT COASTAL ACTIVITIES RIVER POLLUTION MEDITERRANEAN SEA

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Plastics mainly accumulate on the coastlines and sea bottom and the former sink greatly dominates the latter one: terrestrial plastics (from coastal human populations and rivers) reside for 7 days at the sea surface, while the plastics from shipping lanes have a mean residence time of 80 days, not allowing any long-term accumulation at the sea surface. The coastlines with the highest plastic fluxes include the Cilician sub-basin (Turkey), the Catalan Sea (Spain), Israel, the Po River Delta area (Italy). Also, highly polluted local patches in the vicinity of sources with limited circulation are identified.

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The Copernicus Marine Service Mediterranean Sea daily analysis datasets provided by a coupled hydrodynamic-wave (NEMO-WW3) modeling system are used. The system is implemented for the Mediterranean Sea at a 1/16° (6.5 km) horizontal resolution forced by ECMWF atmospheric fields at a 1/8°(12.5 km) horizontal resolution.

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The Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) is a non-profit research institution established to investigate and model our climate system and its interactions with society and the environment. This study is performed in the framework of the AMAre Project funded by Interreg MED Programme 2014-2020.

cmcc www.cmcc.it/ More information here Contact Svitlana Liubartseva svitlana.liubartseva@cmcc.it

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FOCUS ON COASTAL SEA DYNAMICS WITH CEASELESS PROJECT

CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

The CEASELESS project focuses on coastal sea dynamics using satellite data (Sentinel data from Copernicus), in-situ coastal observations and met-ocean numerical models that consider explicitly the land boundary condition. It will help building the future coastal service of Copernicus. It provides a demonstration in various coastal areas of ad-hoc processing tools, data repositories and fit for purpose merging techniques from various ocean and land sources. It also brings further validation of the existing Copernicus products in coastal areas and provides examples of coastal applications using the Copernicus products and services.

Pilot geographical areas have been chosen for their contrasting met-ocean conditions, including the North Atlantic and Mediterranean offshore domains, the Catalan and North Adriatic Gulf, and the Danish coast and German Bight with freshwater inlets. For example, the CMEMS products have been used for renewable energy applications in the Danish coast, in order to assess the resource and the functional performance of offshore wind turbines. They have also been used in the Catalan coast for water quality applications.

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Higher accuracy coastal products Higher spatial resolution products

CEASELESS EU PROJECT COASTAL SEA DYNAMICS OCEAN-LAND BOUNDARY

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

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

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

Universitat politecnica de catalunya Barcelonatech ceaseless.barcelonatech-upc.eu/en/ ceaseless_project Contact Agustin Arcilla agustin.arcilla@upc.edu

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ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL PANEL APP FOR SAFER PORTS

CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

Forecasts all over Spain are performed for different variables, including ports like Algeciras Bay located in the Mediterranean Sea, Bilbao in the Bay of Biscay and Tenerife in the Atlantic Ocean.

Using Copernicus Marine Service Information data as a starting point, Puertos del Estado in conjunction with the Harbour Authorities has developed several downstream services, consisting in a series of high resolution models. They calculates forecast of different variables at points around the shoreline: significant height of waves, wind, seal level, astronomic tides, currents and water temperature. A user-friendly mobile application has been developed to access and watch environmental events. More : http://cma.nologin.es/

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Accurate and sustained forecast allowing realistic applied results on port managing and monitoring efficiency increase and sustainability and safety improvements

MEDITERRANEAN SEA HARBOR MANAGEMENT PORT SECURITY MOBILE APP NO LOGIN ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL PANEL APP FORECAST SPAIN PORT IBI ALERTS

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

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

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

Nologin S.L.

their businesses grow.

cma.nologin.es/

More information here Contact Sergio Blasco sergio.blasco@nologin.es

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DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR COASTAL MARINE MONITORING CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

LINKS SPA has developed a decision support system for coast and port management in the frame of the START project: Systems for rapid mapping and coastal and marine territory Control. The objective is to develop a new capacity of coastal situational awareness in a given territorial context: the coastal area of Puglia and the main port areas of the Region. It includes a web GIS with a data catalogue (observational, forecast and indicators about the main phenomena like coastal erosion, flooding, overtopping) along the Apulia coasts based on Copernicus data. A technological platform for data collecting and processing has been developed in order to support decision making within Italian ports and harbors.

The targeted end-users are harbor authorities, coastal towns, agencies for environmental protection and public authorities in Italy.

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Faster decision making thanks to START platform in the Apulia Region Reach the needs of many different apoulian public entities Using CMEMS product reduce time for producing high resolution model useful for the final users

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In Italy, many different Apulian public entities have expressed their interest for a decision support system for rapid mapping, coastal and marine monitoring in harbours and port. Entities have participated in the START project experimentation activites such port auhtority for the Adriatic meridional sea, Apulia Region, municipalities of Lecce and Morciano di Leuca, and Consortium of management of Torre Guaceto protected area. The START platform is aiming at a better and easier monitoring and planning of coastal activities within harbors.

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CMEMS Satellite observations and Models products over the Mediterranean Sea are used by LINKS SPA. Model products provide with 7-day forecast of 3D ocean currents, temperature, salinity updated daily. Satellite observations provide with Chlorophyll and Sea Surface Temperature information.

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LINKS SPA is an italian private company that offers IT consulting services to both private and public sectors including two business unit: banking and financial services, public service and government.

LINKS SPA www.linksmt.it More information here Contact MARRA Palmalisa palmalisa.marra@linksmt.it

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DHI SUPPORTING ARPAL WITH MARINE LITTER AND WATER QUALITY MONITORING CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

ARPAL is an Italian regional public environmental agency for the protection of the Ligurian environment. Its mission includes support to monitoring activities and litter modelling (Directives 2000/60/EC and 2008/56/EC), Bathing Water Quality forecast (Directive 2006/7/EC ), Forecast of river fine sediment plume and oil slicks, Forecast of algal bloom, Monitoring and forecasting of aquaculture pollution. As a support to ARPAL, DHI Italia has recently developed a set of marine water quality applications. The system, based on MIKE by DHI products, adopts a numerical modelling downscaling approach of circulation models. Dynamical downscaling is a method for obtaining high-resolution local models from lower resolution models as forcing conditions.

Starting from the Copernicus Marine Service physical products at Mediterranean basin scale, very high resolution close to the coast is reached (50 meters approximately) through subsequent model nesting, allowing to solve typical coastal dynamics and scales.

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Provision of methodology and tools supporting Environmental Agencies with their mission.

Support to monitoring activities.

BATHING WATER DIRECTIVE MSFD ARPAL DHI DOWNSCALING EU POLICY ITALY WATER QUALITY MARINE LITTER MED WATER QUALITY

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The European context has brought specific interest and increasing quest for attention for a scientific based knowledge on protecting health and marine environment. This was clearly reflected, as an example, in the relatively recent adoption of the EU Bathing Water Directive 2006/7/EC and Marine Strategy Framework Directive 2008/56/EC. Both Directives underline the need for adoption of specific tools, also modelling based, with the purpose of providing better and earlier information to citizens about the quality of their bathing waters, and of protecting more effectively the marine environment across Europe.

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The product used is the Mediterranean Sea Physics Analysis and Forecast of the Mediterranean Monitoring and Forecasting Centre.

The fields specifically used are the 10-day hourly forecast of current, temperature, salinity and sea surface height, delivered on a daily basis.

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ARPAL is an Italian regional public environmental agency for the protection of the Ligurian environment. DHI is a private not for profit organization operating for more than 50 years in the world of water through numerical modelling. DHI delivers consultancy, through a vast set of numerical applications based on MIKE by DHI products to the Oil&Gas sector, Environmental Agencies and more.

ARPAL www.arpal.gov.it/;

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MET-OCEAN CONDITIONS FOR PORT MANAGEMENT

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The ports suffer extreme events of essential physical variables, especially wind, waves and sea level. These affects the installations during all phases of the harbor life, from design to operation. To respond to these complex needs, in the framework of the SAMPA series of projects, launched by the Algeciras Bay Port Authority and PUERTOS DEL ESTADO, a tailor-made software application, entitled SAMPA-CMA, is dedeloped to provide customized access to met-ocean information, and advanced viewing services, such as a user alert system (e-mail and SMS).

Available operational oceanographic products and existing 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.

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

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

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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

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MONITORING SEDIMENT PLUMES DURING DREDGING OPERATIONS CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

DHI is a worldwide non-profit private organisation with its head office in Denmark. Its area of expertise ranges from coastal and marine engineering to the energy, aquaculture and agriculture sectors among others. For example, it develops tools for monitoring harbour sedimentation. For the harbour of La Spezia, Italy, in particular, it has developed a model to follow the dispersion and fate of the fine sediment plume during dredging operations. DHI has developed a downscaling modelling suite where the Copernicus Marine Service Mediterranean Sea model is used to provide boundary conditions for a higher resolution ocean model. Dynamical downscaling is a method for obtaining high-resolution local models from lower resolution CMEMS models as forcing conditions. Andrea Pedroncini from DHI says that "Downscaling the Copernicus Marine Service regional model ocean dynamics enables us take its impact on coastal and nearshore regions into account".

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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.

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Ports, waterways and locks are constantly being extended and adapted in order to meet economic demand. Private companies such as DHI 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 Mediterranean sea is used in this application. It provides hydrodynamic forecast including high frequency processes of paramount importance to characterize regional scale marine processes.

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DHI is a private company that offers research and consultancy services. Their expertise spans all water environments from rivers and reservoirs, to oceans and coastlines, to cities and factories.

They provide services for Aquaculture and agriculture, Energy, Climate change, Coast and marine, Surface and groundwater, Urban water, Industry, Environment and ecosystems.

DHI Group www.dhigroup.com/

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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.

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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

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

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

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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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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.

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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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WISE-MARINE: A PLATFORM IN SUPPORT TO MSFD

CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

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.

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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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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.   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) & In situ data in delayed time covering all European waters are used in this application.

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

azti chlo4msfd.azti.es/

More information here Contact Yolanda Sagarminaga ysagarminaga@azti.es

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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&Gaz exploration sonar systems, 3) Construction of offshore Oil&Gaz platforms and wind farms, 4) Dredging for shipping lanes, sand mining and for laying pipes and cables, 5) Coastal developments, 6) Operation of offshore platforms.

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

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

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

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RHETICUS MARINE IN SUPPORT TO EU MARINE STRATEGY

CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

Rheticus® Marine is an innovative, high-performing geo-information service for monitoring coastal water quality.

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

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Supports national and regional authorities for EU directive implementation

WATER QUALITY MARINE STRATEGY FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

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

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

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

Planetek Italia Srl www.planetek.it More information here Contact Daniela Iasillo daniela@planetek.it

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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.

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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 MARITIME SPATIAL PLANNING EUROPEAN DIRECTIVE CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

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

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Direct access to oceanographic / environmental datasets EU INSPIRE Directive and OGC compliant standards.

High quality information ready in near real-time allwowing

effective scenario analysis

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

MARITIME SPATIAL PLANNING CIMA FOUNDATION SEAWETRA WEB BASED PLATFORM OGC INSPIRE

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The Mediterranean sea is recognised as a biodiversity hotspots, hosting unique environmental conditions together with a number of marine species. At the same time, it is an important touristic site and one of the most important industrial area in Europe.

Competition for maritime space, for renewable energy equipment, aquaculture and other uses, has highlighted the need to manage our waters more coherently. At the same time, human activities involve a number of environmental pressures causing high or very high environmental impacts in marine and/or coastal ecosystems.

An effective use of our seas must take into account conservation needs of such an unique area.

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Both Ocean observation and forecast products with Mediterranean Sea coverage are used in this application.

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

More information here Contact Paola Tepsich paola.tepsich@cimafoundation.org

CIMA Foundation www.cimafoundation.org/

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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&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.

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

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

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High quality information allowing realistic applied results.

Ready to use expertised ocean products.

Useful, free and sustained information provision for downscaling purposes.

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

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

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

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

More information here

ARPAL www.arpal.gov.it/

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MANAGEMENT OF FISH INVASIVE SPECIES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

An Invasive fish species from the Suez Canal (silvercheeked toad-fish Lagocephalus sceleratus) has rapidly colonised the eastern Mediterranean basin and is currently moving westwards. It puts at risk the fishery management in the Mediterranean Sea as it has a highly opportunistic behaviour, it attacks fish captured in nets and lines, seriously damages fishing gears and catch and is a highly-toxic species with no immediate economic value for the Mediterranean market. Researchers from ISTI-CNR with funding from the H2020 BlueBridge project have produced an overall habitat suitability map and an effective geographical spread map for L. sceleratus at Mediterranean scale by using cloud computing-based algorithms to merge seven machine learning approaches. Data from (i) the AquaMaps Consortium, (ii) the Copernicus Marine Environment monitoring service, and (iii) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are used. The study suggests that without an intervention, L. sceleratus will continue its rapid spread and will likely have a high impact on fisheries.

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Ready to use expertised ocean products.

Standardized and interoperable interfaces.

Service available 24/7 Useful, free and sustained information provision.

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The Lessepsian migration is the migration of marine species across the Suez Canal, usually from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and more rarely in the opposite direction.

When the canal was completed in 1869, fish, crustaceans, mollusks, and other marine animals and plants were exposed to an artificial passage between the two naturally separate bodies of water, and cross-contamination was made possible between formerly isolated ecosystems. The phenomenon, still occurring today, is named after Ferdinand de Lesseps, the French diplomat in charge of the canal's construction. This migration presents a significant concern to the fisheries industry in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.

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Data from (i) the AquaMaps Consortium, (ii) the Copernicus Marine Environment monitoring service, and (iii) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are used.

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

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

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DOWNSTREAMING SERVICES OF CMEMS DATA THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

ODYSSEA is a user-centred project aiming to make Mediterranean marine data easily accessible and operational to a broad range of multiple end-users operating in the Mediterranean Sea. ODYSSEA aims to develop, operate and demonstrate an interoperable and cost-effective platform, integrating data received from various networks of observing and forecasting systems across the Mediterranean basin, while producing its own data through monitoring and modelling systems installed at a network of Observatories. The project adopts an end-user centered approach, in which the various groups of end-users and stakeholders, within and external to the Consortium, will be involved from the beginning of the project in the design, development and operation of the platform. End-user requirements will drive all tailored and packaged services provided by ODYSSEA platform. To facilitate the engagement of end-users and to promote the downstreaming and dissemination of marine data at Observatory level, a mock-up platform was designed and developed by DUTH, using social media (Facebook, Twitter). CMEMS data as well as data from other data providers (NOAA, Metar) were retrieved.

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Getting prepared on present and near-future conditions at sea Receiving on time high quality information in the form of maps or

graphs and texts

Receiving user-friendly useful free and sustained information for the Mediterranean Sea Understand better the prevailing marine environmental processes

FACEBOOK TWITTER SOCIAL MEDIA MEDITERRANEAN SEA END-USER COMMUNITY ISSUE WARNINGS

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After the first six months of project implementation, a community of active end-users has started to develop along the Mediterranean Sea. More than 1,000 people are following ODYSSEA facebook pages and about 5,000 people receive daily posts with CMEMS data. Presently, in Greece we cover three broad areas (Thracian Sea, Thermaikos Gulf and Eastern Evoia) and seven point locations with specific end-users interest. In Egypt in collaboration with the NGO RAED we cover the Abu Qir bay. In Tunisia in collaboration with the NGO ANDDCSV we cover the Gulf of Gabes. In Thermaikos Gulf, we estimate that 400 tn of mussels were saved from massive deaths during the July 2017 heat wave.

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ODYSSEA Facebook and Twitter apps use various CMEMS products, as operational forecasts from models, satellite re-analysis products and in situ RT-NRT data. The products used cover the whole Mediterranean basin and a broad range of physical, chemical and biological parameters. We retrieve CMEMS data and combine them with data from other platforms to produce synthetic diagrams and explanatory texts and inform end-users on conditions at sea and weather (present and forecasted).

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The ODYSSEA project is formed of a consortium of 28 partners from 14 countries, six of which are non-EU (Middle East and North Africa). The project is coordinated by Democritus Unversity of Thrace, Greece. ODYSSEA will support the implementation of EU Mediterranean Sea policy and other frameworks, such as the BLUEMED and Marine Knowledge 2020 initiatives, the Framework for Ocean Observing.

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Contact GEORGIOS SYLAIOS gsylaios@env.duth.gr

odysseaplatform.eu/

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OCEANOGRAPHY EXPLORATION TOOL TO SUPPORT FISHERIES MANAGEMENT CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

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

Several products from the Copernicus Marine Service are used to build this tool, including ocean model, satellite and insitu data.

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Better understanding of the environmental conditions.

Better understanding of the ocean dynamics Useful, free and sustained information provision.

User-friendly interface

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

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Contact Rotllan Paz protllan@socib.es

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SUPPORTING THE AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY IN EUROPE

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Deltares, Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), Water Insight and DHI have collaborated in the EU-funded project AQUA-USERS (https://portal.aqua-users.eu/), which provides the aquaculture industry with user-relevant and timely information based on the most up-to-date satellite data and innovative optical in-situ measurements. The key purpose is to develop an application that brings together satellite information on water quality and temperature with in-situ observations, as well as relevant weather prediction and met-ocean data. The application and underlying database is linked to a decision support system that includes a set of (user-determined) management options. Specific focus is put on the development of indicators based on Earth observation data for aquaculture management, including indicators for harmful algae bloom events. The methods and services developed within AQUA-USERS are tested by the members of the user board, aquaculture companies and organisations representing different geographic areas and aquacultural production systems.

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Better planning of aquaculture farm sitting and management.

Better understanding of the environmental conditions.

Free and sustained information about many ocean parameters.

DELTARES PML DHI AQUACULTURE EUROPE AQUA-USERS EUROPE

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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 Copernicus Marine Service Satellite Ocean Colour data are usefull for water quality monitoring, as it allows us to improve coherence in eutrophication assessments based on chlorophyll.

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

DELTARES www.deltares.nl/en/

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SUPPORTING AQUACULTURE AND FISHING IN THE ADRIATIC SEA CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA) in the context of the MERMAID project has developed a regional model in the Adriatic Sea for the aquaculture and fisheries industries. The Copernicus Marine Service Mediterranean Sea ocean currents model and satellite sea surface temperature data are used among other sources as input for their regional Adriatic Sea model. Maps of various useful parameters such as potential fish harvests (in tons per year) are made available to aquaculture farmers and fish industries. Such dashboards help them with their day-to-day decision making, for example to optimize the selection of sites for growing shellfish, or to monitor water quality. Andrea Taramelli from ISPRA says that "the Copernicus Marine Service ocean currents and satellite sea surface temperature data are key inputs for our Aquaculture dashboard. This saved us the time and expertise we would have had to invest to develop a hydrographical circulation model to get the currents right".

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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.

ISPRA MED SEA AQUACULTURE FARM SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS MODEL ADRIATIC SEA MERMAID PROJECT

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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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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. Satellite and in situ data are also used.

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The Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, ISPRA (Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale) has been established in 2008. ISPRA gathers the duties of the Environment Protection Agency, the National Institute for Wildlife and the Central Institute for Scientific and Technological Research applied to the Sea.

More information here www.isprambiente.gov.it/en

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

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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/ More information here

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AN EASY AND COMPLETE WEATHER ROUTING AND NAVIGATION APPLICATION ON A TABLET CASE • 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

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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.

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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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GREAT CIRCLE SHIP-ROUTING APPLICATION

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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

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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.

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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/

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SHIP ROUTING WITH THE SCANNAV NAVIGATION SOFTWARE CASE • 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

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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.

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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

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SHIP ROUTING A CRUISE FERRY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

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The Italian Ship company " Grandi Navi Veloci" has entrusted La Superba's safe routing to the Operational Oceanography Group of the Institute for the Marine and Coastal Environment (IAMC/CNR) in Oristano. The M/V La Superba is a cruise ferry, one of the world largest and fastest luxury cruise ferries which can house close to 3000 passengers. La Superba connects Genoa to Palermo every day, crossing 800 km in the eastern Ligurian Sea, the Corsica Channel and the entire Tyrrhenian Sea. IAMC Researchers of the Operational Oceanography Group run numerical models to simulate the behaviour of various environmental parameters, providing to the Captain of La Superba daily forecasts for ocean characteristics and circulation, as well as waves along the transect.

Downscaling is a method for obtaining high-resolution local models from the lower resolution Copernicus Marine Service model as forcing conditions. IAMC uses CMEMS products as boundary and initial conditions to force two sub-regional 3D hydrodynamic models for the Western (seas around Sardinia) and Central Mediterranean Sea (Sicily Channel), and Sardinian Seas.

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Free and sustained ocean currents and waves provision to feed ship routing software.

High quality information allowing consistent fuel saving and lower

CO2 emission.

More accurate planning of arrival time.

Safer sailing routes for human beings and boat equipment.

SHIP ROUTING CRUISE FERRY MED SEA OCEAN CURRENTS DOWNSCALING

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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 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 cargo 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. 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.

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The Institute for Marine Environment at the National Research Council (IAMC-CNR) consists of 6 sections and a marine biology laboratory that traditionally deals with marine science issues, notably in biology, chemistry, Physics and geology, and studies on renewable resources (fisheries and aquaculture) and marine technologies.

IAMC-CNR www.iamc.cnr.it/

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SHIP ROUTING TO SAVE FUEL AND REDUCE CO2 EMISSIONS CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

CMA CGM is a leading worldwide container shipping group and the leader in France. With a presence on every continent through its network of more than 600 offices in more than 160 countries, CMA-CGM serves over 420 ports in the world with around 450 vessels assigned to 200 shipping lines. CMA CGM has developed the Fleet Navigation & Support Centre, which provides navigation support and routing and guidance services. Working 24/7, the Fleet Navigation & Support Centre is manned by experienced CMA CGM seafarers and acts as a valuable interface between vessels and office departments by monitoring, warning, and guiding the fleet. ACTIMAR (SUEZ group) has been contracted

by CMA CGM to compare several ocean current products including the Copernicus Marine Service ocean currents from the IBI, MED and GLOBAL hydrodynamic models and the satellite and in-situ-based Global Observed Ocean current product. According to Stephane Raynaud from Actimar, In addition to the constant improvement on the reliability of ocean forecasts provided by CMEMS, the knowledge of the forecast uncertainty will represent a major step forward.

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

CMA CGM ACTIMAR SUEZ SHIP ROUTING GLOBAL OCEAN OCEAN CURRENTS

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

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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.

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Actimar is a French company devoted to maritime and coastal activity. Our recent advances have benefited from improvements in modelling, operational systems and data processing methods.

Our engineers bring in innovations from the research community, for the benefit of economic actors.

More information here Actimar

Contact Stéphane Raynaud raynaud@actimar.fr

www.actimar.fr

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SMARTPHONE APPLICATION FOR SAILORS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

KAPTAN is a smartphone application for mariners developed by the Physical Oceanography Research Group, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Malta, as part of the CALYPSO FO project. It uses HF radar operational data, satellite data and numerical models to provide information on the present and predicted sea conditions in the Malta-Sicily Channel. KAPTAN has a user-friendly interface that provides users with marine weather maps and point data at the tip of their fingers. It centralises data from many sources (modelling, in-situ, satellite), including satellite data from the Copernicus Marine Service. KAPTAN maps those data using Google Earth mapping tools and redistributes them as ASCII files. It also provides a Google Maps application programming interface (API) for users who are also developers. It is one of the most frequently downloaded weather apps in Malta on the Apple App Store and has received 5-star reviews on Google Play.

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Free and sustained information provision.

Provision of merged satellite information along with in situ information.

Ready to use, global coverage, expertised satellite products.

KAPTAN MALTA MED SEA SMARTPHONE APPLICATION LEISURE SAILORS MET OCEAN DASHBOARD

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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 thanks to the mobile revolution.

Sailers can improve their security onboard thanks to a better knowledge of the meteo and oceanic conditions. Crossings are safer for human beings and equipment on board.

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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 blended (L4 processing level) gridded estimation of the ocean temperature at 10 meter depth, merging the strengths of Microwave (i.e. temporal and spatial coverage) and Thermal Infrared (i.e. high accuracy and resolution) satellite radiometers measurements.

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The University of Malta is the highest teaching institution in Malta.

It is publicly funded and is open to all those who have the requisite qualifications. The supreme governing bodies of the University are the Council and the Senate. There are some 11,500 students including over 1000 international students from 92 different countries.

University of Malta www.um.edu.mt/ More information here

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SHIP ROUTING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

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The private company LINKS MT s.p.a and the CMCC foundation (Fondazione CMCC- Centro Euro-Mediterraneo Sui Cambiamenti Climatici) have combined their respective skills to develop sea situational awareness services for users in various sectors. "VISIR: Discovering Safe and Efficient Routes" (http://www.visir-nav.com/en/home) is one of the web tools developed, which proposes a web interface for ship routing in the Mediterranean. The optimization regards total navigation time, taking into account safety of navigation. Both motorboats and sailboats are considered. The VISIR service is available in both a FREE and a PREMIUM version. The operator enters the ship departure and arrival locations (from point A to point B) and the web tool then computes several possible oceanic routes (optimal versus geodetic routes) and displays them on a map together with the respective journey time (in hours) and distance (in nautical miles). The Copernicus Marine Service Mediterranean Sea models provide accurate ocean wave forecasts in the Mediterranean Sea that enable the VISIR tool to provide useful ship-routing advice to anyone sailing in the Mediterranean.

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Free and sustained ocean currents, sea ice and waves provision to feed ship routing software.

High quality information allowing consistent fuel saving and lower

CO2 emission.

More accurate planning of arrival time.

Safer sailing routes for human beings and boat equipment.

LINKS SPA CMCC VISIR SHIP ROUTING MED SEA OCEAN CURRENTS

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Wind, waves and currents are crucial factors in choosing a route at sea. Advanced routing systems are being introduced in 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 cargo damage and mean more precise arrival times. Choosing the optimum route also lays the foundation for reducing fuel consumption. The user-interface of VISIR is available in 8 languages: English, Italian, French, Spanish, Greek, Turkish, Russian, and Arabic.

According to Google Analytics, www.VISIR-nav.com got in the timeframe May 2016- June 2017 more than 900 users. The open-review N

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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.

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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/

More information here

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COMBINING DESALINISATION AND WAVE ENERGY FARMS

CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

Wavepiston has been working on wave energy since 2006. The Danish company aims to create sustainable and affordable devices to harness the vast potential of ocean waves. Currently demonstrating its prototype off the coast of Denmark, the team plans on deploying another device in the Mediterranean.

Wavepiston is developing devices using wave energy to produce electricity and power desalinisation plants. Selecting a test site is a crucial step for wave energy companies as wave energy converters are often optimized for a specific wave climate.

Resource assessment is thus one of the first phases of any ocean energy project. Using Copernicus Marine Service data, Wavepiston was able to perform quick assessments of the feasibility of wave sites in the North Sea and the Mediterranean. During the R and D phase, running power production simulations is necessary to validate the models used by the company. The Copernicus Marine wave data allowed Wavepiston to conduct potential power generation simulations on given project sites.

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Allows quick calculation of potential energy production in a given

Provide relevant wave data for wave resource mapping

location

USING WAVE ENERGY FOR DESALINISATION WAVEPISTON PROTOTYPE RENEWABLE MARINE ENERGY

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Estimates of potential production from wave energy vary, but all agree that the size of the prize is significant from 4.000 TWh/year (Cruz 2008) to 29.500 TWh/year (IPCC 2011). As a benchmark, Europe consumes around 3.000 TWh/year. Wave energy can provide utility scale power production. It also has applications for remote islands replacing expensive and polluting diesel-powered production. Furthermore, wave energy can power onshore and offshore industries such as fish farms, oil and gas platforms and desalinisation plants.

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The Copernicus Marine Service wave forecast models over the Mediterranean Sea and the European North West Shelves are used for this application.

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Wavepiston was founded in 2006 by three engineers driven by solid experience and a mutual vision of a greener society. The company's mission is to develop a cost efficient and durable wave power technology that fits into the portfolio of energy sources and to get the technology disseminated and used the best way possible.

wavepiston wavepiston.dk/#top More information here Contact wavepiston info@wavepiston.dk

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DATAHUB FOR MULTI-SECTOR ENVIRONMENTAL DATA DISTRIBUTION CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

Planet OS is a private company that provides big data infrastructure for industry to help them transform the way data-driven decisions are made. Planet OS has gathered environmental data from various sources, including the Copernicus Marine Service, in order to provide with met-oceanic information to various industry sectors: construction and management of offshore structures (e.g. offshore wind farms), development of port and harbour related structures, shipping industry, surfers and wave energy. Within the Open OS Datahub, data access to wave model product is simplified. Indeed, in practice, wave model data is difficult to access due to strange file formats, and there is very little information about the difference between the models. Using Planet OS Datahub, user can simply compare datasets by reviewing their detail pages, and get access to the data with a standard API call.

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Better knowledge and preparation to situation at sea.

Better knowledge of ocean conditions

Better preparation at situation at sea

Better understanding of the environmental conditions.

Free data

WAVE MODEL PLANET OS INTERTRUST DATAHUB REDISTRIBUTION PLATFORM GLOBAL OCEAN EUROPEAN SEAS NORTH ATLANTIC NORTH PACIFIC STANDARD API CALL

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From local wind-induced waves to swell waves originating from distant weather systems, wave models provide critical information about our seas and oceans. Wave information is useful for the construction and management of offshore structures (e.g. offshore wind farms) to plan the expected resilience of offshore structures that are constantly influenced by the force of water. It could also be used for the development of port and harbour related structures as historical wave data is significant for building structures. The Shipping industry is also concerned by waves for large cargo ships to small yachts. Finally, it has been predicted that wave energy will have great potential in the future.

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Among other sources, Copernicus Marine Service wave model products in the Mediterranean Sea are redistributed via the PlanetOS Datahub. Using Planet OS Datahub, user can simply compare datasets by reviewing their detail pages, and get access to the data with a standard API call.

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Planet OS is a private company that provides big data infrastructure for industry to help them transform the way data-driven decisions are made. Industry sectors which are targeted are: Construction and management of offshore structures (e.g. offshore wind farms), Development of port and harbour related structures, Shipping industry, Surfers, Wave energy.

PlanetOS data.planetos.com/datasets/ cmems_medsea_wave_analysis_forecast_ 0042

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ESTIMATING WAVE ENERGY RESOURCES IN THE NORTH AEGEAN ARCHIPELAGO CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

North Aegean Sea is a relatively rich region for wave energy resource. Although average wave heights ranges in low levels, wind regimes and Aegean geomorphology create frequent waves.

On a seasonal basis, the maximum mean wave power occur in winter. Local winds from the North West can make a significant contribution to renewable wave energy production during the summer season. The scope of the present study is first to identify feasible locations to deploy potential Wave Energy Farms in the North Aegean Sea and then to propose for sustainable water and energy solutions to remote island communities. A method of Multiple-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) was developed using Geographic Information System (GIS) tools. Handling multiple conflicting criteria, the area was designed taking into consideration protected areas, military exercising areas, marine routes etc.. The Copernicus Marine Service wave model in the Mediterranean Sea was used to get an estimation of the wave energy. Results showed that the Skyros island is the most suitable island for the development of a wave energy farm.

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quick assessment of the ocean characteristics Understand better the prevailing marine environmental processes Useful, free and sustained information provision.

GREECE NORTH AEGEAN ARCHIPELAGO WATER AND ENERGY RESOURCES IN ISLANDS WAVE ENERGY RESOURCE EVALUATION WAVE FARM SITTING

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All islands in the North Aegean Archipelago face water and energy related issues due to limited sources and obsolete infrastructure.

Problems are more intensive during the summer mass tourism that increases population up to 700%. Import of fossil fuels and water from mainland results into increased costs and management problems. Islands obtain their electricity primarily from diesel generators, providing five time more expensive electricity than on mainland. In the case of water, the resources are quite restricted and expensive. Overexploitation of groundwater resources, through illegal boreholes, causes coastal erosion and soil salinization.

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Piraeus University of Applied Sciences is an independent and self governed institute of higher education. 25 Laboratories in Engineering School and 10 Laboratories in the School of Business and Economics support the teaching and research and development activities. The present Master Thesis work was conducted by Chrysa V. Efstratiou under supervision of Pr. John Kaldellis.

technological education institute of Piraeus www.teipir.gr/index.php/en/ Contact Chrysa V. Efstratiou chefstra@gmail.com

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MONITORING INTENSE RAIN EVENTS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA AREA CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

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

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Accurate knowledge of Sea Surface Temperature and related

Monitoring of intense rainy events

anomalies in the Mediterranean area

MONITORING INTENSE RAIN EVENTS MEDITERRANEAN SEA FLOOD PREVENTION

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

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

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

Fundación CEAM

Contact Francisco Pastor paco@ceam.es

www.ceam.es

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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.

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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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MeteoSurf is a free multi-source weather forecasting App designed to provide wind and wave conditions of the Mediterranean Sea. It is an application for smartphones and tablets, built as a Progressive Web App able to supply detailed and updated maps and data showing heights of sea waves in the Central Mediterranean. It is mainly targeted for surfers and wind-surfers. Data can be displayed as animated graphical maps, or as detailed table data. The maps refer to the whole Mediterranean Sea, while the table data is able to provide specific information for any of the major surf spots in the Med Sea. MeteoSurf shows data collected from 3 different forecasting system sources among which the Copernicus Marine Service ocean forecast model. Met-Oceanic conditions are available in the following locations: Algeria, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey. Once the surfing spot has been selected, data will be prompted in a table listing the forecast for wave height, wave direction, wind speed and wind direction.

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Better preparation at situation at sea

Better understanding of the ocean dynamics

Better understanding of the environmental conditions.

Decision-making support tool

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Adventure tourism has been developing tremendously over the past few decades, becoming a constantly growing segment of the broad tourism market. Capacity of the surf industry is large: over 10 million surfers worldwide, increasing at 12%-16% per annum.

Information about met-oceanic conditions is mandatory for their safety. Surfers constantly watch the weather as it is bound to change in an instant and they don't want to be stuck way out when a big lightning storm comes through.

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Results come from two different Scientific Services: 1) The EU Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS), which provides regular and systematic reference information on the ocean state for the global ocean and the European regional seas, and 2) The NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Global Forecast System (GFS) Atmospheric Model.

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The MeteoSurf application has been developed by Fabio Marzocca. MeteoSurf is compatible with any iOS or Android device, without the need for any special requirement.

meteosurf www.marzocca.net/linux/meteosurf_en.html

Contact Marzocca Fabio marzoccafabio@gmail.com

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COMBATING MARINE LITTER POLLUTION

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The 7th Continent Expedition aims to build up awareness amongst general public, students as well as local industry and political stakeholders about the devastating impact of plastic waste dispersion in the ocean. Having studied plastic waste dispersion and accumulation in the ocean, the organisation strongly believes that public awareness and mobilisation must go hand-in-hand with research in order to put an end to this type of pollution. According to Patrick Deixonne, 7th Continent Expedition founder -We must all spread awareness about our impact on the ocean. Alexandra Ter Halle, CNRS chief scientist of the 7th Continent Expedition testifies that "Plastic debris is fragmented into tiny pieces (less than a millimetre) and is responsible for animal entanglement and the transport of invasive species and chemicals. CMEMS ocean model currents and sea level satellite maps allow us to locate plastic debris trapped in oceanic eddy structures, in order to sample and study its fragmentation".

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High quality information allowing realistic applied results.

Ready to use expertised ocean products.

Useful, free and sustained information provision to find plastic convergence zones.

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

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

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

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The 7th Continent Expedition aims to build up awareness amongst general public, students as well as local industry and political stakeholders about the devastating impact of plastic waste dispersion in the ocean.

www.septiemecontinent.com/ More information here

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CMEMS IN SUPPORT TO EMODNET SEABED HABITATS

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European seabed habitat maps are important as they contain essential information about the seafloor. They serve many purposes including the design of ecologically coherent Marine Protected Area networks, assessing benthic ecosystem services, establishing monitoring programs for seabed habitats and informing maritime spatial planning. They are also indispensable for Member States to fulfil their legal obligations under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, where full coverage of benthic broad-scale habitats of all European seas is required. EMODnet Seabed Habitats aims to provide a single access point to European seabed habitat data by assembling individual point datasets, maps and models from various sources and publishing them as interoperable data products for assessing the environmental state of ecosystems and sea basins. Habitats are influenced by the physical environment such as ocean currents and waves.

EMODnet Seabed Habitats uses CMEMS model ocean currents reanalysis in the Mediterranean and Black Seas as boundary conditions to higher resolution coastal models to predict values at the sea floor (using EMODnet bathymetry and substrate data).

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Standardized and interoperable interfaces.

supports national and regional authorities in fulfilling environmental reporting (Water Framework Directive) Useful, free and sustained information provision.

EMODNET SEABED HABITATS MEMBER STATES MSFD MARINE PROTECTED AREA SEAFLOOR MAPS

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EUSeaMap broad-scale predictive model, produced by EMODnet Seabed Habitats fulfil the EU Member States legal obligations under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. The extent of the mapped area includes the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, and areas of the North Eastern Atlantic extending from the Canary Islands in the south to Norway in the North. The maps are produced using a top-down modelling approach using classified habitat descriptors to determine a final output habitat. Habitat descriptors differ per region but include: Biological zone, Energy class, Oxygen regime, Salinity regime, Seabed Substrate and Riverine input.

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EMODnet Seabed Habitats uses CMEMS model ocean currents reanalysis over the last 20 years in the Mediterranean and Black Seas and used them as boundary conditions to higher resolution coastal models to predict values at the sea floor.

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The European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) is a network of organisations supported by the EU integrated maritime policy. These organisations work together to observe the sea, process the data according to international standards and make that information freely available as interoperable data layers and data products.

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Contact Eleonora Manca Eleonora.Manca@jncc.gov.uk

www.emodnet.eu/seabed-habitats

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NORTHERN ADRIATIC SEA WATER QUALITY FOR AQUACULTURE AND TOURISM SECTORS - CADEAU PROJECT CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

The Municipality of Chioggia, a coastal town close to Venice, Italy, represents both an important touristic zone and a fishing port influenced by Urban Waste Water Treatment Plant (UWWTP), the Po river and the mouths of the Venice Lagoon. In order to follow the dynamic of plumes released by the latter, ISPRA and OGS, with the support of ARPA Emilia Romagna, have developed a high resolution model of the Northern Adriatic Sea using the Copernicus Marine Service Mediterranean Sea reanalysis model as a boundary and initial conditions. They have performed a reanalysis simulation for the period 2006-today of the Northern Adriatic Sea, including the assimilation of UWWTP data. It allows to relate plumes released by UWWTPs and the measured quality of bathing waters. Each source of bacterial pollution is identified by a different passive tracer. An index will then be developed indicating possible bacterial pollution caused by a UWWTP on a bathing water body. It will help local administrations to better qualify bathing waters laying in their jurisdiction. It will also help many aquaculture farms and fishing port in the area. More here: http://www.bio.isprambiente.it/

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Better optimization for preventive closure of recreational beaches

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Better planning of aquaculture farm sitting and management. decison support tool for the implementation of measures in environmental management of coastal areas and aquaculture plants

ADRIATIC SEA SEDIMENT PLUMES WASTE WATERS BATHING WATERS AQUACULTURE PRESSURES AND IMPACTS WATER QUALITY BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODEL

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Chioggia is an important seaside town that hosts more than 1,000,000 tourists during the bathing season. In the area, there are 11 bathing zones, 8 of which are classified as excellent and 3 as good. Their profile (as defined by the Bathing Water Directive) identify river mouths and urban waste water treatment plants outflows as potential source of bacterial pollution (http://www.portaleacque.salute.gov.it). In the area (considering both the Venice and Rovigo Provincial Local Administration), there are 41 acquaculture plants. The annual production of mussels and clams adds up to 15,000 tonnes with a revenue of more than 20,000,000 euros (www.venetoagricoltura.org).

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The Copernicus Marine Service Mediterranean Sea biogeochemistry and physics reanalysis products are used as initial conditions for the higher resolution reanalysis product of the Northern Adriatic Sea. Other CMEMS products for ocean colour satellite data and model forecast are also used.

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Product in use 8 Product in use 9 ISPRA is in the Italian Product use 10 Institute for Environmental Protection and Research. ISPRA gathers skills on coastal numerical modelling, and physical and biogeochemical observations. OGS is the Italian National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics. The OGS modelling team has strong expertise in numerical oceanography.

More information here ispra Contact Cecilia Silvestri cecilia.silvestri@isprambiente.it

www.isprambiente.gov.it/itl

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SUPPORTING ITALY 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 Italy, ISPRA 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. Andrea Taramelli from ISPRA has stated that "the Copernicus Marine Service Ocean Colour data are central for the MSFD, as it allows us to improve coherence in eutrophication assessments based on chlorophyll, using satellite-derived chlorophyll provided by CMEMS".

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Free and sustained information provision.

Provision of merged satellite information along with in situ information.

Ready to use, global coverage, expertised ocean colour satellite products.

WFD MSFD ISPRA EU POLICY EU MEMBER STATES ITALY WATER QUALITY EUTROPHICATION SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS OCEAN COLOUR

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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.

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The Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, ISPRA (Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale) has been established in 2008. ISPRA gathers the duties of the Environment Protection Agency, the National Institute for Wildlife and the Central Institute for Scientific and Technological Research applied to the Sea.

More information here ISPRA www.isprambiente.gov.it/en

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MONITORING PARTICLES DRIFT IN THE LEVANTINE SEA

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Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research (IOLR) is a national research institution (non-profit governmental corporation) mandated to generate knowledge for the sustainable use and protection of Israel marine, coastal and freshwater resources. IOLR has studied pollutants transport by ocean currents in the Levantine Sea, westwards from the Israeli coast. They have developed an high resolution ocean model which allows to follow coastal tracer dispersion and track filaments of pollutants along the Israeli coast.

They use the Copernicus Marine Service Ocean Colour Satellite data to check for the agreement between barriers derived from model and the Chlorophyll filament (CMEMS data) detaching from the Israeli coast.

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Useful, free and sustained information provision for downscaled

Ready to use expertised ocean products. coastal modelling.

POLLUTANT TRANSPORT WATER QUALITY TRACER DISPERSION COAST ISRAEL MED SEA

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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.

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The Copernicus Marine Service Satellite Ocean Colour data are usefull for water quality monitoring, as it allows us to improve coherence in water pollution assessments.

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Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research (IOLR) is a national research institution (non-profit governmental corporation) established in 1967 with the mission of generating knowledge for sustainable use and protection of Israel's marine, coastal and freshwater resources. IOLR conducts scientific research in the fields of oceanography, limnology, mariculture and marine biotechnology.

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www.ocean.org.il/mainpageeng.asp

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Copernicus Marine Service supports all sectors of the Blue Economy.

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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

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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

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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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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

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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

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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.

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COASTAL M O NITO R IN G

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

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

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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 

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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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