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Applications Tools and Observational systems Users Applications Tools and Observational systems Users
approaches required approaches required
Water quality Coastal monitoring Only suitable where public Local authorities Aquaculture Detection of Observations of physical and Government
Numerical modeling authorities have monitoring Health services risks, pollutants biogeochemical quantities at fine authorities and
programs Tourism and ecosystem scales not performed along coastal environmental
Need for specific modeling and Interested in degradation by waters agencies
observations in estuaries and rivers aquaculture fish, shellfish and Data on river water flows and Aquaculture
Extreme event Coupled ocean- Suitable in some regional centers All authorities, crustacean farms; unsuitable sediment discharge. industry
alert atmosphere in Brazil. The ocean observation emergency services Fine-scale monitoring
forecasting tools system provides conditions to General public of estuaries and
and knowledge and initialize the models, but there is coastal waters and
experts a need to improve atmospheric coupled modeling
predictions. of the physical-
biogeochemical-
Monitoring High resolution local Satellite sampling partially suitable Environmental biological system
marine protected monitoring, modeling for coastal stopovers from 1 to 10 authorities and
areas (e.g., and assimilation of km services Source: own elaboration
Fernando de the atmosphere- Inadequate in situ observation 5. Conclusion
Noronha) ocean and ecosystem network
with biogeochemical As discussed above, observations of phys- already provide enough information in
cycle ical quantities, the biogeochemical cycle and these basins to support medium-scale appli-
Oil displacement Lagrangian modeling Tools tested in Brazil (e.g. Government ecosystems are directly applied to a better un- cations. However, near the coast, improve-
forecast and ensemble MedSlick, OSCAR, MOHID) authorities, marine
prediction employing employing circulation estimates and environmental derstanding of the different processes of the ments in observational capacity are needed
circulation estimates from CMEMS, REMO, CHM or authorities ocean environment and have a direct impact to monitor local phenomena of interest at
initialized with in situ other assimilation system responsible for on the construction of a more productive and smaller scales, as described above. Further-
and satellite data There is a need to improve combating the sustainable global society. However, the rele- more, the development of the operational
assimilation detection techniques with SAR impact of the oil spill
satellite images General public vance of observations is enhanced when they value chain also depends on adequate in-
During the events, there is a need are assimilated into numerical models, as frastructure that allows Brazilian intermedi-
to check the quality of the oil these are corrected with observational infor- ate and final users to routinely access the
displacement forecast mation. In the context of operational ocean- information produced by the operational
Garbage Lagrangian modeling Coastal assessment requires Government ography, formed by the observation-mod- centers. In other words, what Europe is de-
scattering and ensemble high frequency tidal and forcing authorities, marine el-assimilation tripod, forecasts are also pro- veloping with CMEMS must also be carried
prediction employing circulation models with 1-10 and environmental
circulation estimates km resolution and high density authorities duced that offer the possibility of anticipating out in Brazil: centers, benefiting permanent-
initialized with observations (e.g., high frequency responsible for the conditions of the marine environment or ly from the information produced by them,
assimilation of in radars) not yet available in Brazil. combating the future scenarios and, thus, supporting the and, on the other hand, the national and in-
situ, satellite and Data from sources of continental impact of marine planning of activities in various sectors of the ternational communities feeding on the ef-
river-borne garbage garbage transported by river not pollution Blue Economy, the sustainability of economic forts of the Brazilian observation programs.
sources yet adequate in Brazil.
Regional assessment with activities and life at sea over time. In addition, there is a need to strengthen
representation of the mesoscale Thus, observation of the South Atlantic the training of specialists of intermediate
and submesoscale is necessary and tropical ocean in open and coastal re- users in Brazil with technical and scientific
gions is fundamental for most coastal ap- education, to produce more marine ser-
plications and services. International efforts, vices for Brazilian society in the context of
in which there is a Brazilian contribution, a structured Brazilian Blue Economy. The

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