Anestis Trypitsidis’s scientific contributions

MARINE-EO is a Research and Development project using a Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) mechanism with the scope to develop innovative beyond the state-of-the-art downstream applications which meet the demand of maritime authorities and stakeholders, leveraging on the existing services and other products from the Copernicus portfolio. More specifically, MARINE-EO aims to meet the procurers’ demands in the thematic areas of Marine monitoring and Maritime security. In this study we present the consultation three-step-procedure, which was designed and launched in order to define the services to be procured and developed within MARINE-EO project, with focus on the set of features addressing Marine monitoring (called SATOCEAN). These features deal with information on ocean parameters’ variability in time and space, best probable fishing areas, fish farm locations, water quality and sea ice extent for safe navigation and maritime operations. The EO-based services, mainly related to satellites and Copernicus Sentinel missions, aim to be established in the areas of Mediterranean, Atlantic and Arctic, by adapting Copernicus data and information on the marine environment. Upon the completion of this consultation procedure, three SATOCEAN feature services and use-case scenarios were finally proposed to be procured and developed: i) Marine environmental status in hot spots (in Gulfs and Marine Protected Areas), ii) Detection of fish farms threats (in aquaculture sites), and iii) Detection of vessels and icebergs in the Arctic Sea.

MARINE-EO is a Research and Development project using a Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) mechanism with the scope to develop innovative beyond the state-of-the-art downstream applications which meet the demand of maritime authorities and stakeholders, leveraging on the existing services and other products from the Copernicus portfolio. More specifically, MARINE-EO aims to meet the procurers’ demands in the thematic areas of Marine monitoring and Maritime security. In this study we present the consultation three-step-procedure, which was designed and launched in order to define the services to be procured and developed within MARINE-EO project, with focus on the set of features addressing Marine monitoring (called SATOCEAN). These features deal with information on ocean parameters’ variability in time and space, best probable fishing areas, fish farm locations, water quality and sea ice extent for safe navigation and maritime operations. The EO-based services, mainly related to satellites and Copernicus Sentinel missions, aim to be established in the areas of Mediterranean, Atlantic and Arctic, by adapting Copernicus data and information on the marine environment. Upon the completion of this consultation procedure, three SATOCEAN feature services and use-case scenarios were finally proposed to be procured and developed: i) Marine environmental status in hot spots (in Gulfs and Marine Protected Areas), ii) Detection of fish farms threats (in aquaculture sites), and iii) Detection of vessels and icebergs in the Arctic Sea.

Maritime “Awareness” is currently a top priority for Europe. “Awareness” sought either in regards of maritime security, border control against irregular immigration and safety of navigation while at the same time “awareness” sought in regards of the marine environment and climate change. “Awareness” is sought both for sea-basins of traditional interest like the Mediterranean and the Atlantic as well as for basins currently trending like the Arctic. MARINE-EO teams up a group of 5 maritime authorities (the buyers’ group) and a group of 4 prestigious scientific and technical organizations with significant experience in EO and maritime matters (the technical advisors) to achieve the following objectives: (1) Develop, test and validate two set of demand-driven EO-based services which cover Marine Monitoring and Security Copernicus thematic areas, adopted on open standards, bringing incremental or radical innovations in the field of maritime awareness and leveraging on the existing Copernicus Services and other products from the Copernicus portfolio, (2) Propose a set of “support” / “envelop” services which will better integrate the above mentioned EO and Copernicus-enabled services to the operational logic and code of conduct. Such services shall also bring “closer” the demand side (Public Authorities - PAs) with the EO data providers (Copernicus - contributing missions) and EO data experts and analysts (Service providers/ industry and SMEs) creating a dynamic environment for a single digital market to grow, (3) Strengthen transnational collaboration in maritime awareness sector by facilitating knowledge transfer and optimization of resources for the public authorities which, participate in the buyers group. Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) is a powerful tool to tackle these three points under one single joint initiative, and this is why MARINE-EO is in an excellent position to reinforce future capabilities.