1. EMODnet Chemistry initiative
Alessandra Giorgetti – OGS
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2. EMODnet initiative
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Phase 1 – limited sea basins
Phase 2 - low resolution
Phase 3 - multi-resolution
EMODnet is the long-term initiative by EU DG MARE to open marine data, in particular for generating and providing generic European marine data products for different domains: bathymetry, geology, biology, chemistry, physics, seabed habitats, coastal mapping, and human activities
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3. Approach
Tight connection with MSFD to provide relevant information for descriptors and indicators
Interactions with EEA, RSC, JRC, ICES, MSFD-EMODnet coordination group to perform an EU-wide assessment of the parameters identified as indicators of eutrophication and pollution for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive
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4. MSFD GES Descriptors and EMODnet
1. Biodiversity
2. Non-indigenous species
3. Commercially exploited fish and shellfish
4. Food web integrity
5. Eutrophication
6. Sea-floor integrity
7. Hydrographical conditions
8. Contamination
9. Contaminants in seafood for human consumption
10. Marine litter
11. Energy, including underwater noise
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5. EMODnet Chemistry ( )
Involves 45 institutes from 27 countries and 3 international organisations (ICES, Black Sea Commission, UNEP/MAP)
Covers all European waters
Aims to collect, standardize, check the quality of data developing new services to share and visualize information and products
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6. EU – MAST EU – MASTII EU-FP5 EU-FP6 EU-FP7 EU-HORIZON 2020
Adopting and adapting SeaDataNet infrastructure and standards
EU – MAST EU – MASTII EU-FP5 EU-FP6 EU-FP7 EU-HORIZON 2020
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EDMED,MedAtlas,Euronodim,
EDIOS
Sea-Search
SeaDataNet
SeaDataNet II
SeaDataCloud
A pan-European infrastructure has been set up and is operated for managing marine and ocean data in a cooperation of National Oceanographic Data Centres (NODCs) and oceanographic data focal points from 35 countries bordering European seas

7. SeaDataNet adopted by many initiatives expanding the number of nodes
SDC Kick-off m
eting, Riga, Nov. 30 – Dec. 1, 2
Total collection
GEOSS portal
IODE ODP portal
Aggregated collection
Data discovery and access
Black Sea portal
Caspian portal
Geo-Seas portal
Regional subsets
Thematic portals
> 100 data centres
Bathymetry
NODCs; HOs; GEOs; BIOs; ICES; PANGAEA
Physics
Chemistry
≈ 600 European
data originators
CDI Data Discovery and
Access service
Geology
Biology

8. EMODnet Chemistry Collects data on: In 3 matrices: - water column;
- biota;
- sediment.
Provides concentration maps of:
Nutrients (NO3, PO4, SiO4, NOx, NH4, Total Nitrogen, Total Phosphorus)
Chlorophyll
Oxygen
produced, for trend detection, with 10-year moving window from 1960 to 2014, by season and standard levels
Provides time series plots of long time series of measured data
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9. Concentration maps at surface in spring
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10. Concentration maps at several depths
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11. Water body nitrate in the deepest layer for all EU seas: 1996 - 2005 mean
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12. Station maps
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13. Requirements for the new contract
Continue gathering and harmonizing data sets for discovery and access
Generation of regional data products. The chemicals chosen must reflect importance to the MSFD.
Measurements of concentration of marine litter (collected on beaches, in fishermen's nets, or in specific surveys). This shall include macro-objects (nets, bottles etc.) as well as fragments and microparticles in water column, sediments and beaches.
Digital layers of plastic or litter must be available after the first year.
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14. Quality assessment for data & products
Questionnaire based on ISO/IEC 17025:2005
Data are checked, flagged and completed with metadata by National Collators +
Update the official copy of data
data extraction
Regional
Regional data collections
Feedback loop guarantees data quality upgrade
Report errors to the data originators
- Data Aggregation
- Parameter Homogenization
- Unit Conversion (to «umol/l»)
- Regional Quality Check
- Global Analysis
Regional buffers
Regional a buffers
QC data collections
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15. Approach for Marine Litter
The approach tuned with MSFD GES TSG on Marine Litter.
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16. Approach for Marine Litter
The approach tuned with MSFD GES TSG on Marine Litter.
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