Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS)
Marine data is an engine for smart and sustainable growth in the European Union. The Copernicus Marine Service (CMEMS) was designed to respond to issues emerging in the environmental, business, and scientific sectors. Using information from both satellite and in-situ observations, it provides state-of-the-art analyses and daily forecasts, which offer an unprecedented capability to observe, understand, and anticipate marine environment events. CMEMS provides regular and systematic core reference information on the physical oceans and regional seas’ state. Observations and forecasts produced by the service support all marine applications.
CMEMS is driven by quality and simplicity: quality of the ocean information provided to users and simplicity of information access. The service aims at all users requesting generic oceanographic information, especially downstream service providers who use this information as an input to their own value-added services to end-users. The CMEMS services can be defined as:
- Integrated
- Open and free
- Providing access to a single catalogue of products
- Reliable
- Sustainable
CMEMS delivers a core information service to all users related to 4 areas of benefits, being service providers, commercial end-users or from R&D institutes:
- Maritime Safety
- Coastal and Marine Environment
- Marine Resources
- Weather, Seasonal Forecasting, and Climate activities
More information about CMEMS and its data products portfolio can be found here.
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