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Copernicus Marine Service

The Copernicus Marine Service is the EU’s operational ocean monitoring and forecasting service, providing free and open-access data, indicators, and forecasts on ocean state and variability. It integrates satellite and in-situ observations with numerical models and offers interactive visualisation tools (MyOcean suite) and Ocean Monitoring Indicators (OMIs) to analyse long-term trends, extremes, and climate-relevant changes in marine systems.

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What you can do with it

Input

  • Explore ocean state and variability through the MyOcean suite of interactive visualisation tools
  • Select Ocean Monitoring Indicators (OMIs) to analyse long-term trends, extremes and climate-relevant marine changes
  • Use historical and present observational, reanalysis, climate-model and impact/sectoral marine data

Output

  • Maps, graphs, reports and decision-support material on ocean conditions
  • Datasets and indicators, including Ocean Monitoring Indicators

Use it to

  • Monitor and forecast coastal flooding/storm surge, sea-level rise, heat, wind/storm and cold-wave conditions at sea
  • Analyse long-term trends and extremes in ocean variability
  • Support marine and coastal risk assessment and monitoring/evaluation of change over time

Why is it relevant to climate adaptation

A globally consistent, operational marine data service with an unusually strong evidence base — peer-reviewed methodology, case-study validation and full user support including interactive (chatbot/wizard) assistance. It provides no nature-based-solution, cost-benefit or just-resilience functionality.

Used in

  • EU operational ocean monitoring across agriculture, biodiversity, business and industry, coastal areas, disaster risk reduction, energy, health, land use planning, marine and fisheries, tourism, transport and urban sectors
  • Global, European, transnational, outermost-region, national and subnational users

Metadata

User Group
Commission services and/or AgenciesTransboundary networksNational authorities
Geographic coverage
Global
Spatial resolution

Local

Support of Adaptation Policy Cycle
Step 1: Preparing the Ground for Adaptation
Step 2: Assessing Climate Change Risks and Vulnerabilities
Step 6: Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)
Adaptation sectors
AgricultureBiodiversityBusiness and industry
Climate hazards
FloodingCoastal flooding / storm surgeSea Level Rise
Type of outputs
Maps and graphsReports and decision supportDatasets and indicators
Temporality of data
Historical/pastPresent
Language
English
Accessibility and usability
Moderate
Data sources
Public datasets from external providersProject-generated or processed datasetsMixed sources
Tool validation use
Peer-reviewed methodologyCase-study validationExpert validation / reputable institution

Tools sharing a sector, hazard or cycle step with this one — useful next steps for the same question.

Finnish Environment Institute (Syke), Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Finnish Flood Centre (Tulvakeskus), ELY Centres, Finnish Supervisory Agency (Valvira), in collaboration with Finnish water sector expert organisations

VESI Map service

AgricultureCoastal flooding / storm surgeStep 1
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