Environmental data collection and information systems in the Baltic Sea Juha-Markku Leppänen Marine Research Centre of SYKE EEA/EIONET Workshop Maritime.
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Environmental data collection and information systems in the Baltic Sea
Juha-Markku Leppänen
Marine Research Centre of SYKE
EEA/EIONET Workshop Maritime and coastal information systems
18 and 19 Nov 2009, Trieste, Italy
Data collection
Based on national and international commitments and requirements• basic water quality monitoring
• compliance monitoring
• WFD requirements in coastal waters
• HELCOM COMBINE commitments covering the whole Baltic Sea
• MSFD to be decided
• Underwater habitat mapping (modelling and field mapping)
• Water level, Ice survey, Sediment monitoring, Remote sensing…
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Data handling
Finnish National Oceanographic Data Centre• hosted by SYKE and FMI
• Responsible for storing, QC and delivery
• ICES, IOC, BOOS, SeaDataNet, MyOcean….
• Open access to monitoring data via Internet
• Web based information service – Baltic Sea Information Portal, including access to data
Specific databases
HELCOM as the environmental information focal point in the Baltic Sea
Cooperative Monitoring in the Baltic Marine Environment – COMBINE
• 1979 in open waters
• 1992 to cover the territorial waters
• Hydrography, nutrients, biology (plankton, coastal fish, benthos), hazardous substances
• Joint database hosted by ICES
Pollution Load Compilation (PLC)• loads of nutrients and hazardous substances
Monitoring of radionuclides (MORS) Oil spill surveillance
Carried out by all Contracting States to HELCOM according to the COMBINE, PLC and MORS Manuals
COMBINE & PLC
Based on the Automatic Identification System (AIS)
Maritime traffic
Oils spills
Aerial surveillance for detecting suspected offenders of anti-pollution regulations at sea.
Twice per week over regular traffic zones.
Other regions with sporadic traffic and fishing activities once per week.
Coordinated Extended Pollution Control Flights (CEPCO), twice a year• continuous surveillance of
specific for 24 hours
210 detections in 2008
Indicator Database
Indicator Fact Sheets
Thematic Assessment
VFD and COMBINE data
Assessment tools HEAT, BEAT and CHASE
Holistic Assessment with new pressure index and aggregation tool
Eutrophication, Biodiversity, Hazardous substances
Baltic Sea Pressure Index
Nuclear power plant [1/0]
Shipping intensity [0-1]
Waterborne P [0-1]
Heavy metal deposition [0-1]
Harbour [1/0]
Pelagic trawling [0-1]
Operating wind farm [1/0]
Source and Impact value
Grid of 20x20 km2 cells
Information from various sources
”Benthic Marine Landscape maps” from the BALANCE project
Shipping
Atmospheric deposition
Fishing pressure
Development of HELCOM Data and Geographic Information System
Support the implementation of the HELCOM BSAP • develop an interactive web-based map service
Facilitate the implementation of various international initiatives• EU INSPIRE Directive and related European processes, • easy access to regional data on the state, and pressures
acting upon marine environment• supporting both European plans
• Shared Environmental Information System (SEIS), • Water Information System for Europe (WISE)• future WISE-Marine,• MSP activities• HELCOM Contracting States with their reporting requirements
under the EU MSFDirective• open access to HELCOM data
HELCOM marine spatial planning tool
Functional marine spatial planning system based on GIS
Provides access to relevant information on human activities and environmental parameters
Under construction
Thank you
When the information systems finally work…
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