Copernicus Marine Service in support to H2020 project holders

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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

MARINE FOOD

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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.

Contact GEORGIOS SYLAIOS gsylaios@env.duth.gr ODYSSEA odysseaplatform.eu/

MARINE FOOD

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FOCUS ON COASTAL SEA DYNAMICS WITH CEASELESS PROJECT

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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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COASTAL MONITORING

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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

Contact Agustin Arcilla agustin.arcilla@upc.edu

ceaseless.barcelonatech-upc.eu/en/ceaseless_project

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COASTAL MONITORING

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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

MARINE CONSERVATION & POLICIES

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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.

More information here

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

MARINE CONSERVATION & POLICIES

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SUPPORTING MSFD DIRECTIVE IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN: THE IFADO PROJECT CASE • USE OVE RVIE W

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

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Support to monitoring activities.

Supports national and regional authorities for EU directive

implementation

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

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

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WATER QUALITY

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

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

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WATER QUALITY

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

DELTARES is an independent, not-for-profit, applied research institute. The European Marine Strategy Framework (hereafter MSFD) Directive requires EU Member States to take the necessary measures to achieve a good coastal and oceanic environmental status by 2020. In the Netherlands, DELTARES is one of the national institutes in charge of implementing such measures. For MSFD, 11 Descriptors have been defined for monitoring the environmental status of the oceans in terms of marine biodiversity, eutrophication, contaminants, marine litter and submarine noise.

The Copernicus Marine Service Ocean Colour Satellite data as well as biogeochemical models and in-situ data are key inputs for monitoring some of the 11 Descriptors, especially Descriptor number 5 dealing with eutrophication. Meinte Blaas from DELTARES has stated that "Copernicus Marine Service Ocean Colour data are central for the MSFD, as this allows us to improve consistency in eutrophication assessments based on chlorophyll, using satellite-derived chlorophyll provided by CMEMS".

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Free and sustained information provision.

Provision of merged satellite information along with in situ information.

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

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

MARINE CONSERVATION & POLICIES

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

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

MARINE CONSERVATION & POLICIES

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