Marine monitoring in Marine Research Center

Finnish Environment InstituteSYKE

Seppo Kaitala  

Finnish Environment Institute SYKE

Marine Research CentreDirector Mari Walls

Monitoring and Assessment

Marine Spatial Planning

Modelling and Innovations

“Marine research, protection and sustainable use”

Experimental Research Facility

(Kumpula)

SYKE laboratiories(Hakuninmaa)

SYKE main offices(Töölo)

Total staff ca. 100 persons: 35 Ph.D., ca. 40 M.Sc.

ASIANTUNTIJAPALVELUT

HYDROLOGIAYKSIKKÖMarine Research Centre

Research Vessel management office

Oil Spill Emergency Response Group

Secretarial and economic services

Units:

Prem-ises:

Marine ResearchCentreFinnish Environment Institute SYKE

Winter monitoring 2009-2010:

Juha Flinkman – SYKE Merikeskus

Nutrients in the surface waters

Less Nitrate in the Bothnian Bay and in the Arhipelago Seathan in the previous winter

More Phosphate in the eastern Gulf of Finland than in the previous winter Phosphate

Winter

Winter

NitrateNitrate

Phosphate

Winter

Winter

1991: the first recordings on-route Helsinki-Tallinn with Georg Ots1992: the system installed on-board Finnjet1993: the ”official” launch of Alg@line1997: Finnish-Estonian operative monitoring system of the state of the Gulf of Finland 2003-2005 : Ferrybox EU project2005- current: ESA/MarCoast baseline service2008: Cooperation with SMHI for Oulu-Göteborg route2009: MyOcean In Situ Tematic Center2011: JERICO EU project2013: New line St. Petersburg - Århus2013: The 5th Ferrybox workshop in Helsinki

Alg@line Highlights

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Alg@line Flow-through recording and water sampling points by M/S FINNMAID

•12 0r 24 water sampling points

•Twice a week

• Nominal sampling depth 5 m

•Flow through measurements with 250 m resolution

Helsinki

Travemünde

Operational since 1993

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SeaPrism on the Helsinki Lighthouse in the Gulf of FinlandLatitude: 59.94897° North , Longitude: 24.92636° East

http://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov/new_web/photo_db/Helsinki_Lighthouse.html

Near real time observations on commercial ferries

Time, location, from GPSSalinityTemperatureChlorophyllPhycocyaninTurbidityWater samples

Traspaper in cooperation with SMHIFinnmaid in coopertion with IOWSilja Serenade in cooperation with Uusimaan ELY center and Helsinki Environment Center

Real time monitoring havainnointi

Nitrate in the surface water of the Baltic SeaAlg@line data

Month

2006

2005

2004

mmol/ l

Phosphate in the surface water Alg@line

Month

mmol/ l2006

2005

2004

Nitrate

Phosphate

Risk assesment of cyanobacteria blooms 2012

The risk assesment was done with modelling using winter nutrien considitions and scenario climate forcing

By the finnish coast the cyanobacteria bloom risk is moderate

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Alg@line data from MyOcean service

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Alg@line Ferrybox Data vs. EO Data, Chlorophyll-a

Jenni Attila GEO/SYKE

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Thank you