The goal of the project is to monitor and forecast the state of the southern Baltic environment and its changing physical/hydrodynamic conditions (carried out in Stage 1) as well as chemical and biological conditions, which are the target of Stage 2 (planned in this project), thereby providing a modern tool for effective environmental management in the Polish maritime economy.
Our research focuses on the development of existing and the construction of new tools and the expansion of the digital information system (CSI-POM) based on operational numerical modeling.
The enhanced CSI-POM, as an integrated system for collecting and processing data/knowledge about the marine environment, particularly the hydrodynamic and biochemical conditions of the Southern Baltic, will be useful for preparing, preventing, and responding to the needs of the maritime economy, as well as for protecting people and the environment.
This project - Stage 2, as a continuation of Stage 1, addresses the problems occurring in the maritime economy/fisheries and concerning environmental protection, as well as maritime safety, which are associated with the need for a reliable and accurate tool to observe changes in the marine environment. These include activities related to:
The primary goal of this project will be to determine the structures, dynamics, and spatiotemporal variability of biochemical processes occurring in the southern Baltic marine environment using tools developed within the project based on numerical modeling.
The outcome of combining knowledge with an integrated package of tools, including mathematical methods (numerical modeling), will be forecasts of biochemical parameters and physicochemical and biological processes, defining the highly stratified spatiotemporal structure of Polish maritime areas. The developed model will enable the tracking of biochemical parameters and processes, significantly facilitating i) the forecasting of threats (through the influx of nutrient-rich freshwater from rivers, causing cyanobacterial blooms in the coastal zone) and economic activities (such as the impact of agriculture on marine waters, fisheries, or mariculture), ii) the work of rescue services, such as the Maritime Search and Rescue Service - SAR Service (searching for and rescuing any person in danger at sea, searching for a missing object at sea, and combating chemical and oil pollution of the marine environment) in Polish maritime areas, and iii) the work of units for environmental impact assessment based on real premises and detailed information about the state of the environment at the project site.
As part of the CSI-POM Stage 2 project activities (NdS-II/SP/0003/2023/01), following the previous phase of the CSI-POM project (NdS/546027/2022/2022), the following will occur:
The expected outcomes after the completion and implementation of CSI-POM and CSI-POM 2 by users include:
The economic benefits of the project will be felt immediately upon the implementation of the service and its use by entrepreneurs. However, a significant environmental impact will be observable 5-10 years after the project's completion.
The CSI-POM and CSI-POM 2 service will enable efficient diagnosis, monitoring, and forecasting of the southern Baltic environment's condition in terms of both physical conditions (Stage 1) and biochemical conditions (Stage 2). This includes parameters and processes describing phenomena occurring in the surface layer of the studied basin and its strongly stratified vertical structure, as well as their dynamics and variability. This is an essential factor in managing the maritime and regional economy.
There is a lack of solutions like CSI-POM and CSI-POM Stage 2 on both the Polish and global markets, which provide the capability for simultaneous diagnosis of not only basic hydrodynamic and biochemical parameters but also physicochemical and biological processes occurring in the water column. However, the effective use of the system depends on reaching the appropriate user groups with information and presenting the functionalities of the digital system.
The project is funded by the Ministry of Education and Science under "Science for Society"