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- PublicationOpen AccessOperational oceanography in support to indicator reporting(2010)
; ; ; ; ;Johannessen, J.; Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen, Norway ;Coppini, G.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Bologna, Bologna, Italia ;Soulat, F.; Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS), Ramonville Saint-Agne, France ;Larnicol, G.; ; ; Operational Oceanography (OO) has now emerged to a stage that allows the design, development and execution of marine core services tailored to user requirements. As such it is also feasible to provide routine production of environmental and climate indicators. Indicators are synthetic indices of environmental changes at various temporal and spatial scales. In this paper we outline the possible contribution and strengthening of existing indicator reporting based on OO products followed by a discussion of the relevance of such improved reporting for marine environmental policy implementation and regulation. In particular, it capitalizes on the main achievements of the Marine Environment and Security of the European Area (MERSEA) project, the outcome of a European Marine Monitoring and Assessment (EMMA) workshop on the connection between operational oceanography and the European Marine Strategy (EMS) Directive and the regular European Environmental Agency (EEA) assessment reports.141 92 - PublicationOpen AccessOperational Oceanography and European Environment Agency indicators(2008-05-20)
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;Coppini, G.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Bologna, Bologna, Italia ;Nadia, P.; Università di Bologna, Italy ;Vladyslav, L.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Bologna, Bologna, Italia ;Francois, S.; Mercator Océan, France ;Gilles, L.; CLS, France ;Stephanie, G.; CLS, France ;Isabelle, P.; CLS, France ;Johnny, J.; Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Norway ;Claudia, F.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Bologna, Bologna, Italia ;Marina, T.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Bologna, Bologna, Italia ;Salvatore, M.; ENEA, Italy ;Peter, L.; Bundesamt fuer Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie-BSH,Germany ;Rosalia, S.; 8Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto di Scienze dell'Atmosfera e Del Clima (CNR-ISAC), Italy ;Simone, C.; 8Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto di Scienze dell'Atmosfera e Del Clima (CNR-ISAC), Italy ;Gianluca, V.; 8Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto di Scienze dell'Atmosfera e Del Clima (CNR-ISAC), Italy; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;Hans, D.; EUROGOOSOperational Oceanography (OO) emerged to a stage of development that allows the design and development of services such as the routine production of environmental and climate indicators for specific users. Indicators are synthetic indices of environmental changes at various time scales. The indicators are often used by international environmental agencies and national directorates like the European Environment Agency (EEA web page on indicators: http://themes.eea.europa.eu/indicators/) and by the regional Conventions (i.e. Helcom webpage on indicators: http://www.helcom.fi/environment2/ifs/en_GB/cover/ ). In this paper we have carried out an analysis on the possible improvements of existing indicator reporting in use by EEA and on the development of new indicators based on OO products. The list of indicators includes: Temperature, Chlorophyll-a (from ocean colour), Ocean Currents and Transport, Salinity, Transparency, Sea Level, Sea Ice and Density. A critical analysis has been carried out to identify the relevance of the above mentioned indicators for EU policies, their spatial and temporal coverage, their accuracy and their availability. The Temperature and Chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) products are the most suitable for an indicator development test phase. In particular the OO Chl-a product, deduced from satellite data, will be able to contribute to the further development of the EEA Chl-a indicator that is based on in-situ measurements (CSI023). Sea Level and Sea Ice products are also robust quantities for climate indicators. For the above mentioned indicators a development test phase has been undertaken in 2008 within the European Topic Center for Water (ETC-W) and BOSS4GMES (http://www.mersea.eu.org/Indicators-with-B4G.html) projects. Ocean Currents and Transports and Salinity products appear less mature for the development of new indicators at pan-European level because their connection with environmental aspects are less recognised in all European marine areas, to be noted that Transport derived indicators are available in the Norwegian Sea and in the North Sea where correlation with ecosystem components have been shown. Transparency product appears suitable for indicator production, but more effort should be put to relate the indicator to in-situ measurements. In addition to the products mentioned above, we have also identified a Density indicator that appears relevant for the eutrophication problems and ecosystem health.241 208 - PublicationOpen AccessMarine Environment and Security for the European Area (MERSEA) - Towards operational oceanography(2006)
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;Johannessen, P. Y.; Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, and Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway ;Le Traon, I.; Institute Francais de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer, Brest, France ;Robinson, K.; Southampton Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom ;Nittis, K.; Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Athens, Greece ;Bell, M. J.; Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom ;Pinardi, N.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Bologna, Bologna, Italia ;Bahurel, P.; MERCATOR OCEAN, Toulouse, France; ; ; ; ; ; An assessment of the present European operational marine monitoring and forecasting systems shows how observations, atmospheric forcing fields and ocean models combine to make useful oceanographic products possible.142 295