Booklet : Summary of the #57 Copernicus Achievements (2015-2021)

SUMMARY

COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE COPERNICUS 1 ACHIEVEMENTS (2015-2021)

SUMMARY OF THE #57 SPECIAL ISSUE OF THE MERCATOR OCEAN JOURNAL

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COPERNICUS PROGRAMME: EUROPE’S EYES ON EARTH Copernicus, the world’s largest Earth observation program, is an initiative of the European Union and looks at our planet and its environment to benefit all European and ultimately global citizens. It offers information services that draw from satellite Earth Observation, in-situ (non-satellite) data and model data.

It relies on an outstanding satellite component (the constellation of Sentinels) and offers state-of-the-art information services.

The European Commission manages the Programme. It is implemented in partnership with the Member States and Entrusted Entities and organisations. The Copernicus Marine Service is one of the six pillar services of the Copernicus programme. Mercator Ocean International (MOi) was entrusted at the end of 2014 by the European Union to implement the first phase of the service from 2015 to 2021. In July 2021, MOi signed a new contribution agreement to continue to implement the Copernicus Marine Service into 2027. After seven years of operations, the Copernicus Marine Service is recognized internationally as one of the most advanced services in ocean monitoring and forecasting. Thus far, it has over thirty thousand expert users worldwide.

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Services

In-situ Component

Land Monitoring

Emergency Management

Atmosphere Monitoring

Space Component Marine Service

Climate Change

Security

This brochure offers a high-level summary of the achievements of the Copernicus Marine Service during the 2015-2021 period. The information is collected from the Mercator Ocean Journal Special Issue #57 as well as the Copernicus Marine General Assembly conference in January 2021. The components of the service include, data producers, central information and dissemination systems, user services, along with cross-cutting coordination activities (scientific evolution, product quality, multi-year processing, ocean reporting and user uptake).

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A STATE-OF-THE-ART EUROPEAN UNION MARINE SERVICE The Copernicus Marine Service provides regular and systematic reference information on the physical (blue) and biogeochemical (green) ocean and sea-ice (white) state for the global ocean and the European regional seas.

The development of the Copernicus Marine Service has required collaboration and innovation across research and technology, in observations, modelling, assimilation, reporting and products, as well as service delivery.

This European Union service is unique in the world by its coverage and comprehensiveness, its balance between state-of-the-art science and operational commitments, and the consistency of its portfolio where satellite observations, in situ observations, and 3D model simulations are proposed in coherence to describe the ocean.

Models

Cloud & mass storage

Digital Ocean Satellite Observations

In-Situ Observations

HOW WE WORK: A USER-DRIVEN SERVICE

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High Performance Computing

Knowledge and Expertise

EUROPEAN NETWORK OF OCEAN DATA PRODUCERS The Copernicus Marine Service relies on a pan-European network of highly-skilled providers of data and information in order to build a portfolio of state-of-the-art ocean data products. These are divided into two main categories: the Thematic Data Assembly Centres (TAC) and the Monitoring and Forecasting Centres (MFC).

COPERNICUS MARINE REGIONAL OCEAN PRODUCT DIVISIONS 1 2 3 4

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In-situ & satellites

SENTINEL MISSIONS AND SENTINEL DERIVED PRODUCTS As a Copernicus service, the Copernicus Marine Service makes an extensive use of the growing repository of satellite data from the Copernicus satellite component, and other contributing missions.

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IN SITU OBSERVATIONS

MODELLING

In situ data are of paramount importance for the Copernicus Marine Service because they provide information of the ocean interior and ocean variables that cannot be observed from space. Nowadays, the Copernicus In Situ Thematic Assembly Centre (INS-TAC) is one of the major aggregators of in-situ observation at the global and regional levels in cooperation with the EMODnet initiative. It has a structure developed coherently and with a strong synergy with other components of the pan European data management landscape such as EMODnet and as SeaDataNet.

The Copernicus Marine Modelling and Forecasting Centres produce high-resolution numerical models for the global ocean and regional seas across the Blue, White, and Green marine components. These models assimilate data from the Copernicus Marine Thematic Assembly Centres to generate reanalyses (> 30 years in the past), analyses (today and in near-real-time) as well as 10 day forecasts of the ocean state.

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Segments and markets

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SOCIETAL BENEFITS

Environment

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Society

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FROM SCIENCE MARKET TO SOCIETY AT LARGE 7

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Accurate, global data and information like thoseEconomy provided by the Copernicus Marine Service are increasingly vital to make well-informed decisions as we adapt to Earth’s changing ocean and to support the fast-growing Blue 11

Economy.

To thisMarine end, weService offer a user-driven service Copernicus designed to meet the needs of all Blue Markets (see below) Segments and markets from policymakers, to the public, to sustainable blue economy industries.

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Robust advances in market development over the last 7 years.

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Polar Environment Monitoring

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Climate & Adaptation

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Science & Innovation

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Policies & Ocean Governance & Mitigation

Ocean Health

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Marine Conservation & Biodiversity 8

Education, Public Health & Recreation

Marine Food

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Environment

Coastal Services

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Extremes, Hazards & Safety

Natural Resources & Energy

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Environment Monitoring Climate

Sustainable and coordinated management of the ocean on a global scale is imperative given ecological, economic, and social importance of the ocean. This is recognised at the highest levels, in international (e.g UN SDGs and SDG 14, UN Decade of Ocean Science) and European (e.g., Green Deal) political agendas. The Copernicus Marine Service is reactive and actively engaged in responding to the needs of these agendas and provides data for built on comprehensive ocean observing, monitoring, forecasting and assessment activities. The Copernicus Marine Service directly contributes to European Union marine and maritime-

Economy

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FROM A SCIENTIC DRIVE TO POLICY-PRIORITIES STEERING Polar 1

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Science & Innovation Policies

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10 2 Services & Oceansuch as the Integrated related policies & Adaptation and priorities 6 Governance Maritime Policy, the Common Fishery PoliciesTrade and the & Mitigation Ocean Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD).

3 & MarineThe 11 Health Education, Navigation Copernicus Marine Service up important 7 Public has Health set & Recreation Marine with the Global Ocean Observing System partnerships Natural 4 Conservation Resources 12 (GOOS) &and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Biodiversity Extremes, & Energy 8 Hazards Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO), OceanPredict, the & Safety intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations (GEO) and GEO Blue Planet. The current UN decade of Ocean Science provides important momentum and serves as an important opportunity to further develop international cooperation.

FROM OCEAN DATA TO OCEAN GOVERNANCE SUSTAINABLE OCEAN STEWARDSHIP: At the top, ocean data and scientifically-sound knowledge help various actors and decision-makers understand the function and changes of the ocean and take stock of the health, services, and vitality of the ocean to develop appropriate measures for sustainable ocean stewardship.

SUSTAINABLE OCEAN STEWARDSHIP OCEAN GOVERNANCE RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES

REGULATIONS, MANAGMENT, IMPLEMENTATION

OCEAN KNOWLEDGE:

OCEAN GOVERNANCE ACTORS

Ocean data and knowledge allow for understanding, describing and monitoring the current state,variability, and changes in the ocean. Ocean related reports such as the Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Ocean and Cryosphere, or the UN World Ocean Assessment are critical gateways to acquire, assess, and transfer ocean knowledge.

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER REPORTING

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ASSESSMENTS

OCEAN KNOWLEGDE OCEAN SCIENCE PRODUCTS

OCEAN SERVICES

MODEL, FORECAST & REANALYSIS

OCEAN MONITORING

OCEAN DATA AND PRODUCTS:

REASEARCH & DEVELOPMENT IN SITU OBSERVATIONS

SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS

OCEAN OBSERVATIONS

The GOOS encompasses a wide range of in situ and remote sensing measurement techniques provided through national and international co-operations.

Through careful coordination, integrity, and durability, this system delivers the essential information necessary for sustainable development,safety, and well-being.

COORDINATION & COLLABORATION

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AGREEMENTS & CONVENTIONS

OUR USERS AROUND THE WORLD % OF SUBSCRIBERS BY CONTINENT (2019) Expanded user base to include users worldwide

North America 9,9%

Asia 23,2%

Europe 55,8%

South America 5,5%

Africa 3,6% Oceania 2%

June 2021 2015

Key impact figures

Subscribers

Number of downloads

Volume of date downloaded

32 300

4 313 072

10 154 TB

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370 000

171 TB

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12 times more

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USER SATISFACTION

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Strong increase in the number of users

2015-2021 : SIX YEARS OF ACHIEVEMENTS FOR THE COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

EXPANDING OUR PORTFOLIO BEYOND EXPANDING OUR PORTFOLIO BEYOND THE BLUE OCEAN TO THE GREEN THE BLUE OCEAN TO THE GREEN AND WHITE OCEAN AND WHITE OCEAN We provide a scientifically validated operational oceanography service, and are a EU reference for ocean data and expert information.

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Recent examples

Recent examples

Recent examples

• Surface currents from HF radar

• Phytoplankton functional types • Micronekton

• Arctic sea ice extent • Sentinel 1 & 3 in sea ice products

• Sentinel 3 in sea level and sea surface temperature products • Sentinel 1 & 3 in wave observation product

• Carbonate systems

• Iceberg concentration • Individual iceberg in shapefile format

• Monthly model climatologies

HIGHER SPATIAL & TEMPORAL RESOLUTION

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MORE SATELLITE DATA INTEGRATED INTO CATALOGUE

LONGER FORECASTS, LONGER TIME SERIES

NEW VISUALISATION TOOL LETS USERS EXPLORE THE ENTIRE CATALOGUE

IMPROVED SCIENTIFIC QUALITY AND REDUCED UNCERTAINTY

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PRODUCTS IN THE CATALOGUE

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NEW PRODUCTS

IMPROVEMENTS BASED ON USER FEEDBACK INCLUDE: NEW PARAMETERS, HIGHER TEMPORAL OR SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS, INTEGRATION OF NEW SATELLITE OR INSITU DATA, NEW METHODOLOGY, BETTER QUALITY ETC.

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2015-2021 : SIX YEARS OF ACHIEVEMENTS FOR THE COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE

UPSCALING OCEAN EXPERTISE WITH UPSCALING OCEAN EXPERTISE MONITORING AND FORECASTING ON GLOBAL WITH MONITORING AND FORECASTING AND REGIONALAND LEVELS ON GLOBAL REGIONAL LEVELS Our ocean products, indicators and expert reports provide a foundation for our ocean knowledge that we work to diffuse through an assortment of outreach tools.

KNOWLEDGE EXPERTISE AND

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METHODOLOGIES

PRODUCT CATALOGUE

IN SITU MODELS

REPORTING FRAMEWORK OCEAN STATE REPORT

OCEAN MONITORING INDICATORS

UNDERSTANDING THE OCEAN

DIGITAL INTERACTIVE TOOLS

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USER UPTAKE AND SERVICES ORGANISING DEDICATED EVENTS AND INFORMATION FOR EACH COMMUNITY

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Number of participants per year Since 2015 we have organised about 6 trainings per year. The audience has drastically increased by 5 times in 2020 with the online format, replacing our face-to-face format.

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USE CASES AND USE CASE DEMOS Over 200 Use Cases sorted by Market are available from our website

Over 40 funded Use Case Demos searchable/ available in our website

Use Case books

by Market, Region, and Member State

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Submit a use case!

Through our webportal, anyone can submit a use case to be displayed on the website.

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NEXT STEPS COPERNICUS 2 (2021-2027) The need for improved, coordinated and sustainable ocean management, relying on comprehensive ocean observing, monitoring, forecasting and assessment activities, is the main driver for Copernicus Marine and its evolution. This demand has never been so great on the international (e.g.

UN SDGs and SDG 14, UN Decade of Ocean Science) and European (e.g. Green Deal) political agendas. Under Copernicus 2, the Copernicus Marine Service will remain a global reference through a commitment to cutting-edge science and user-driven feedback and services. There is a focus on expanding resources for key strategic themes including the strengthening of coastal, marine biology, and Arctic offers. Providing first-in-class digital tools is a top priority. These tools include providing high-performance access to data and computational resources; harnessing

artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve the service catalogue; and ultimately evolving the already underway digital twin of the ocean vision. MOi has developed an ambitious plan, addressing user and policy needs identified by the European Commission and MOi during Copernicus 1, for the next 6 years (2021-2027). It is designed in close interaction with the European Commission and member states and with the advice of the two Copernicus Marine committees (Scientific & Technical Advisory Group and Champion User Advisory Group).

Continuity of service, incremental improvement, as well as enhanced collaboration with other Copernicus services and Horizon Europe programme comprises the firm foundation of the service.

GREEN OCEAN

BLUE OCEAN

WHITE OCEAN

Copernicus Marine Service in COPERNICUS 2: Continuity of the Blue/White/Green Offer + a series of major evolutions developed depending on priorities & budget

Coastal

Arctic

Marine Biology

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Ocean climate

Digital services

ABOUT US ABOUT THE COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE The Copernicus Marine Service provides a large catalogue of ocean products, ocean indicators, reports, and analyses alongside special training, educational and business support services for ocean observation, tracking and monitoring. It is funded by the European Commission and is implemented by Mercator Ocean International, a centre for global ocean analysis and forecasting. The Copernicus Marine Service supplies regular and systematic reference information on the state of the physical and biogeochemical ocean at the global and European regional scale. It provides

key input that supports major EU and international policies and initiatives, and can contribute to combating pollution, marine protection, maritime safety and routing, sustainable use of ocean resources, developing marine energy resources, blue growth, monitoring changes caused by human activities, and more. It also aims to increase awareness amongst the general public by providing European and global citizens with information about ocean-related issues.

ABOUT MERCATOR OCEAN INTERNATIONAL Mercator Ocean International was selected by the European Commission (EC) to implement the Copernicus Marine Service in 2014. Based in France, it is a non-profit organisation providing oceanographic products and information that cover the global ocean. Its scientific experts design, develop, operate, and maintain state-of-the-art numerical modelling systems that describe and analyse the past, present, and near-future state of the ocean in 4D (reanalyses, hindcasts, near-real-time data, and forecasts).

It has also been selected by the EC as one of three implementers of the Copernicus WEkEO DIAS cloud computing platform for Earth observation data. The organisation also pilots EU4OceanObs, a project meant to strengthen the EU’s prominence and influence in international ocean governance for an enhanced global ocean observation system (EC Service for Foreign Policy Instruments).

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