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dc.contributor.authorallCoppini, G.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Bologna, Bologna, Italiaen
dc.contributor.authorallNadia, P.; Università di Bologna, Italyen
dc.contributor.authorallVladyslav, L.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Bologna, Bologna, Italiaen
dc.contributor.authorallFrancois, S.; Mercator Océan, Franceen
dc.contributor.authorallGilles, L.; CLS, Franceen
dc.contributor.authorallStephanie, G.; CLS, Franceen
dc.contributor.authorallIsabelle, P.; CLS, Franceen
dc.contributor.authorallJohnny, J.; Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Norwayen
dc.contributor.authorallClaudia, F.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Bologna, Bologna, Italiaen
dc.contributor.authorallMarina, T.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Bologna, Bologna, Italiaen
dc.contributor.authorallSalvatore, M.; ENEA, Italyen
dc.contributor.authorallPeter, L.; Bundesamt fuer Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie-BSH,Germanyen
dc.contributor.authorallRosalia, S.; 8Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto di Scienze dell'Atmosfera e Del Clima (CNR-ISAC), Italyen
dc.contributor.authorallSimone, C.; 8Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto di Scienze dell'Atmosfera e Del Clima (CNR-ISAC), Italyen
dc.contributor.authorallGianluca, V.; 8Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto di Scienze dell'Atmosfera e Del Clima (CNR-ISAC), Italyen
dc.contributor.editorallHans, D.; EUROGOOSen
dc.date.accessioned2008-12-12T15:02:44Zen
dc.date.available2008-12-12T15:02:44Zen
dc.date.issued2008-05-20en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2122/4693en
dc.description.abstractOperational 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.en
dc.description.sponsorshipEUROGOOSen
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisher.nameEuropean Commissionen
dc.relation.ispartofEuroGOOS Conference 2008: Coastal to Global Operational Oceanography: Achievements and Challengesen
dc.subjectIndicatorsen
dc.subjectOperational Oceanographyen
dc.titleOperational Oceanography and European Environment Agency indicatorsen
dc.typeConference paperen
dc.description.statusSubmitteden
dc.subject.INGV03. Hydrosphere::03.01. General::03.01.05. Operational oceanographyen
dc.description.ConferenceLocationExeter, UKen
dc.relation.referencesDe Bono, A., Pedruzzi, P., Giuliani, G., and Kluser, S. (2004). Impacts of summer 2003 heat wave in Europe. Early Warning on Emerging Environmental Threats. UNEP/DEWA/_Europe/GRID-Geneva EEA-led EMMA OO Workshop (EEA, Copenhagen, 23-24 October 2006): “Connecting operational oceanography with the European Marine Strategy and EEA assessments“ – Final report: http://circa.europa.eu/Public/irc/env/marine/library?l=/workingsgroups/europeansmarinesmonitori/eea-led_2006-2007/operational_oceanography/4_-_report/final_201206pdf/_EN_1.0_&a=d Hammond, A., Adriaanse, A., Rodenburg, E., Bryant, D., Woodward, R. (1995). Environmental indicators: a systematic approach to measuring and reporting on environmental policy performance in the context of sustainable development. World Resources Institute, Washington, DC. Smeets, E., Weterings, R. (1999). Environmental Indicators: Typology and Overview. Technical Report 25, European Environment Agency, Copenhagen (http://reports.eea.eu.int:80/TEC25/en/tech 25 text.pdf ).en
dc.description.obiettivoSpecifico3.11. Oceanografia Operativaen
dc.description.fulltextopenen
dc.contributor.authorCoppini, G.en
dc.contributor.authorNadia, P.en
dc.contributor.authorVladyslav, L.en
dc.contributor.authorFrancois, S.en
dc.contributor.authorGilles, L.en
dc.contributor.authorStephanie, G.en
dc.contributor.authorIsabelle, P.en
dc.contributor.authorJohnny, J.en
dc.contributor.authorClaudia, F.en
dc.contributor.authorMarina, T.en
dc.contributor.authorSalvatore, M.en
dc.contributor.authorPeter, L.en
dc.contributor.authorRosalia, S.en
dc.contributor.authorSimone, C.en
dc.contributor.authorGianluca, V.en
dc.contributor.departmentIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Bologna, Bologna, Italiaen
dc.contributor.departmentUniversità di Bologna, Italyen
dc.contributor.departmentIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Bologna, Bologna, Italiaen
dc.contributor.departmentMercator Océan, Franceen
dc.contributor.departmentCLS, Franceen
dc.contributor.departmentCLS, Franceen
dc.contributor.departmentCLS, Franceen
dc.contributor.departmentNansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Norwayen
dc.contributor.departmentIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Bologna, Bologna, Italiaen
dc.contributor.departmentIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Bologna, Bologna, Italiaen
dc.contributor.departmentENEA, Italyen
dc.contributor.departmentBundesamt fuer Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie-BSH,Germanyen
dc.contributor.department8Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto di Scienze dell'Atmosfera e Del Clima (CNR-ISAC), Italyen
dc.contributor.department8Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto di Scienze dell'Atmosfera e Del Clima (CNR-ISAC), Italyen
dc.contributor.department8Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto di Scienze dell'Atmosfera e Del Clima (CNR-ISAC), Italyen
dc.contributor.editorHans, D.en
dc.contributor.editordepartmentEUROGOOSen
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crisitem.author.deptIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione Bologna, Bologna, Italia-
crisitem.author.deptCollecte Localisation Satellites (CLS), Ramonville Saint-Agne, France-
crisitem.author.deptCLS-Space Oceanography Division, Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France-
crisitem.author.deptNansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen, Norway-
crisitem.author.deptIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione Bologna, Bologna, Italia-
crisitem.author.deptIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione Bologna, Bologna, Italia-
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crisitem.author.parentorgIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia-
crisitem.classification.parent03. Hydrosphere-
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