EMSA’s Maritime Support Services (MSS)
EMSA’s Maritime Support Services (MSS)
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MaritimeSupportServices@emsa.europa.eu
7.01 Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service
Agency responsible
Data group
07. Meteorological and Oceanographic Data
Coast Guard Functions with access
Maritime Safety Including Vessel Traffic Management
Maritime Ship and Port Security
Maritime Customs Activities
Prevention and Suppression of Trafficking and Smuggling and Connected Maritime Law Enforcement
Maritime Border Control
Maritime Monitoring and Surveillance
Maritime Environmental Protection & Response
Maritime Search and Rescue
Ship Casualty & Maritime Assistance Service
Maritime Accident and Disaster Response
Fisheries Inspection & Control
Status of implementation
Available
Dissemination channels
Agency web interface
Point(s) of contact
Last reviewed on
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Description
The Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS) provides regular and systematic reference information on the physical and biogeochemical state, variability and dynamics of the ocean and marine ecosystems for the global ocean and the European regional seas.
Data elements
The following datasets are available:
Remote Sensing
- Chlorophyll-a concentration
- Global
- Baltic Sea
- Black Sea
- Mediterranean Sea
- North Atlantic
- Arctic Ocean
- Sea Surface Temperature:
- Global
- Baltic Sea
- Black Sea
- Mediterranean Sea
- Atlantic NW Shelf
- Arctic
- Sea Ice:
- Baltic - Ice Concentration
- Baltic - Ice Thickness
- Arctic - Ice Concentration
- Greenland - Ice Concentration
- Antarctic - Ice Concentration
- Sea Surface Winds - Scatterometer:
- Eastward Wind Component
- Northward Wind Component
- Wind Speed
- Wind Direction
- Sea Surface Height:
- Global
- Black Sea
- Mediterranean Sea
- Ocean Currents
- Northward Meridional Velocity
- Eastward Zonal Velocity
- Combined N-E Velocity
- Salinity:
- Global
Model Forecast
- Sea Surface Temperature:
- Global
- Ocean Currents:
- Northward Meridional Velocity
- Eastward Zonal Velocity
- Combined N-E Velocity
- Sea Surface Height:
- Global
- Significant Wave Height:
- Global
- Baltic Sea
- Black Sea
- Mediterranean Sea
- North Atlantic
- Arctic Ocean
- Iberian Biscay Irish seas
Legal basis
Copernicus is the European Union's Earth Observation Programme, looking at our planet and its environment for the ultimate benefit of all European citizens. Regulation (EU) No 377/2014 establishing the Copernicus Programme stipulates that Copernicus services are made available and accessible to any citizen and any organisation around the world on a free, full and open access basis.
Scope and source of data
CMEMS data contain daily and weekly remote sensing observations and hourly forecast ocean and marine ecosystem products for European regional seas and the global ocean in support of all maritime activities (safety, security, environment, fisheries, etc.).
Technical implementation
The CMEMS information is provided through a WMS interface and is displayed as “Remote Sensing” and “Forecast model” raster data layers under the “Met-Ocean” layer of the SEG.
Conditions of access
The products delivered by CMEMS are provided free of charge and are available to all users. Hence, CMEMS data is available to EU Member States’ authorities executing functions in the maritime domain, ports, EMSA, EC and other EU bodies users.