COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE contributes to coastal management and environemental impact assessment.
Thanks to a modelling method called “Downscaling”, the Copernicus Marine Service can be used for coastal management. For example, harbor authorities can model pollution by mud and sediments during dredging operations in ports.
The European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) has set up an agenda for achieving clean marine waters in Europe by 2020. In this context, sea water eutrophication can be monitored by each European Member State using the Copernicus Marine Service.
Several technologies have emerged to harness the energy of the seas. The Copernicus Marine Service ocean models provide key input to estimate the ocean energy resources, minimize the risks and help with the mandatory environmental monitoring of offshore sites.
COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE contributes to the sustainable management of marine resources.
SUSTAINABLE FISHERY MANAGEMENT
A new sustainable strategy for fisheries is becoming possible thanks to numerical modelling of the marine ecosystem and its food chain from small organisms to top predators. The Copernicus Marine Service products are used in modelling of fish habitats.
AQUACULTURE FARM SITING AND MANAGEMENT
The selection of appropriate siting of aquaculture farms is crucial for their long-term sustainability and depends on many parameters. Copernicus Marine Service products are used to provide support to water quality monitoring in such areas.
COMBAT AGAINST HARMFUL ALGAE BLOOM
Anoxic waters and Harmful Algae Bloom (HAB) affect most biota negatively, including fishes. The Copernicus Marine Service products provide precious input to monitor water quality and potential HAB.
COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE supports safety at sea and pollution response
COMBAT AGAINST OIL SPILLS
When assisting emergency teams responding to offshore marine oil spills, government agencies use oil spill drift-forecast models to predict the potential oil spread. Copernicus Marine Service products allow forecasting the oil spread and better plan for the emergency response.
Ship routing allows maritime shipping companies to reduce fleet navigation risks, save fuel and reduce CO2 emissions. The Copernicus Marine Service products provide input conditions for ship routing software for safer navigation routes including ice covered areas.
SEARCH AND RESCUE
The principal mission of Search and Rescue Coast Guards is to reduce risks at sea. The Copernicus Marine Service products provide input for search and rescue software and met-ocean dashboards to reduce risk at sea.
COPERNICUS MARINE SERVICE synthesizes the ocean state and health for the preceding 20 years and helps improve seasonal forecasting
OCEAN STATE REPORT
The Copernicus Marine Service ‘Ocean State Report’ synthetizes the Global Ocean and European Seas state and health for the preceding 20 years. It furthers knowledge for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the ocean scientific community as well as for policy and decision makers.
At seasonal time scales, predictability of atmospheric behavior mainly depends on the state of the ocean, especially for tropical zones. The Copernicus Marine Service provides data for the seasonal prediction of events such as El Niño/La Niña.
MULTI MODEL ENSEMBLE UNCERTAINTIES
Multi model ensembles using a combination of the Copernicus Marine products with other data allow computing the spread of forecasts with associated uncertainties.