MARINE-EO PCP # Marine Environment Monitoring and Climate Change. (SATOCEAN - Planetek Consortium)
Channel: Planetek Italia
Date: 16/03/2021

MARINE-EO end-of-project presentation by Planetek Consortium.

Demonstration video of the solutions developed by Planetek Consortium in the framework of Marine Environment Monitoring and Climate Change (SATOCEAN / LOT1).

Planetek Hellas, acting as the prime in the submitting company grouping, together with Planetek Italia, CMCC, KSAT, and Creotech, has been awarded the MARINE-EO PCP Phase 3 project for the design, development, testing, and demonstration of the Thematic Area 1 (Lot 1): Marine Environment Monitoring. 

Marine Environment Monitoring is a complex cross-cutting area where Earth Observation (EO) satellites and more specifically, Copernicus Sentinel’s provide a major contribution. This complexity and diverse topics that need to be monitored and explored can be summarized in the following three use cases, which will be an integral part of this response to tender:
1. Marine Environmental Status in Hot Spots
2. Fish Farms: Detection of Fish Farm Threats
3. Detection of Vessels and Icebergs in the Arctic zone
The first two use cases refer mostly to the coastal marine environment. Coastal and MARINE Environment contribute to water quality monitoring and to environmental risk assessment. 
Specifically, Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS) provides long time-series of in-situ (physical and biochemical) and remote sensing (ocean colour and SST) products and data that feed coastal areas with important information. This information is vital for monitoring the status of coastal areas, adhering to MSFD (MARINE Strategy Framework Directive), and other related products like selecting optimal locations for offshore wind farms and forecast energy performances. Using CMEMS data, Copernicus Sentinel imagery, available in-situ measurements and specialized hydro-physical models, the consortium will meet the requirements for the first two use cases.
Regarding the third use case, which is maritime safety (ice shipping route, vessel detection, iceberg monitoring), the consortium met all the needed requirements using the expertise of its partner, KSAT.
The solution exploits the competencies and expertise of the bidding consortium to provide three services that address the mentioned use cases, implemented through a complex and advanced system based on Creotech’s Data and Information Access Services (DIAS) platform.

More info:
https://marine-eo.eu/
https://www.planetek.it/eng/projects/marine%E2%80%93eo_demand_driven_eo_based_services_in_the_field_of_maritime_awareness