Baltic Operational Oceanographic System (BOOS) Erik Buch Centre for Ocean and Ice
Traffic volumes in the Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea Marine Transportation © Finnish Institute of Marine Research, 2006
Oil Drift Forecast on request Drift of oil and floating objects Back tracking facility Fu Shan Hai
Areas requiring Operational Oceanographic Services in the Baltic Shipping - all kinds Navigation in shallow areas and entrances to harbours Rescue operations, drift forecasting Military purposes Storm surge warnings Flood protection Coastal protection Transport calculations of water, substances and passive biological material, e.g. algae and fish eggs
Areas requiring Operational Oceanographic Services in the Baltic Bottom water renewal, oxygenation Environmental protection, impact assessment and management Ecosystem assessment Fisheries planning and management Recreation purposes Public warnings Research
Baltic Operational Oceanographic System BOOS BOOS is a formal association of institutes from Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany and Denmark taking national responsibility for operational oceanographic services, which shall support the protection of lives and properties and the promotion of the development of society 17 Member Institutes and 3 associate members
BOOS Vision The vision of BOOS is to provide an integrated service to marine users and policy makers in support of safe and efficient off-shore activities, environmental management, security, and sustainable use of marine resources. BOOS aims to develop a single system for operational monitoring and forecasting of the Baltic Sea and a co- ordinated network of coastal systems. The systems will merge and assimilate diverse data from space-borne sensors and in situ measurement networks in order to monitor the Baltic Sea physics, biogeochemistry and ecosystems and to provide forecasts on prediction time scales ranging from days to months.
German Bouy stations contributing to BOOS LT - Kiel Fehmarn Belt Darss‘ Sill OderbankArkona
DATA EXCHANGE
Water level stations
Waves
Daily and weekly maps of Sea Surface Temperature
Forecasting Waterlevel Waves Temperature Salinity Currents Sea Ice
Transport calculations
Member web-pages Inflow events, Sea Surface Temperatures & Sea Ice Maps
Member web-pages Daily Algae Watch Products
Storm ”Gudrun” 8-9 January 2005
Oceanographic Forecasts as Daily Products at several service providers
Storm ”Gudrun” 8-9 January 2005 Oceanographic Forecasts as Daily Products at several service providers
Sea level 48-hour forecasts compared to measurements in the Gulf of Riga Days Sea level height (cm)
HELCOM Agreement on cooperation BOOS contribution to HELCOM Annual Indicator reports on: –Development of Sea Surface Temperature –Water exchange between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea and conditions in the deep basins –Runoff to the Baltic Sea regions and total runoff –Sea Ice