Barbas, Thomas

Greidanus, Harm

Santamaria, Carlos

Vespe, Michele

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World Maritime University

Michele Vespe, Harm Greidanus, Carlos Santamaria and Thomas BarbasEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)Institute for  the Protection and Security of the Citizen (IPSC) Maritime Affairs UnitKnowledge Discovery of Human Activities at Sea in the Arctic using Remote Sensing and Vessel Tracking SystemsImplementing the European Commission's             Joint Research Centre mission in the EU policy cycle• Compliance checks• Independent verification• Anti-fraud measuresPolicy implementation• Expert advice based on sciencePolicy formulation• Decision-making process• Selection of programme optionsPolicy adoption• Effectiveness and impact assessmentPolicy evaluation• Crisis responseAd-hoc policy supportJRC• Agenda-setting• Horizon scanning & identifying emerging issuesPolicy anticipationCategories of data• Ship reporting data: AIS, LRIT, VMS, …• Observation systems: Cameras, radars, …;       from Shore, airplane, satellite, …• Ship registries, data bases: Fishing fleet, Equasis, blacklists, … • Intel: Reports, Local knowledge, …• Supporting: Maps, ENC, weather, oceanographic, …Integration•Many applications need a fairly complete picture of what is happening at sea•No single data source is adequate on its own•Data of many sources needs to be integrated into a single pictureMaritime Surveillance DataSentinel -1: Europe’s Earth Observation radar• Since Oct 2014• Open data policy• Routinely acquiring images over the ArcticMaritime:• Ice cover• Oil pollution• Ship traffic• Wind, wavesSvalbard17 Oct 2014EW (400km) imageS-1 data (c) Copernicus 201417 Oct 2014S-1 data (c) Copernicus 2014HHHVSentinel -1: LongyearbyenUse of two polarisation channels for ship detectionArctic challenge:Ship detection insea iceYenisei Gulf (Siberia 72.4N, 79.6E) (120 km E-W x 67 km N-S)Kara SeaYenisei RiverSentinel-1 image from 2105-04-19  01:28:13 (UTC)Sentinel-1 and AIS ice pathways analysisYenisei Gulf (Siberia 72.4N, 79.6E) (120 km E-W x 67 km N-S)Sat-AIS from 2105-01-01  to  2015-04-22 (3.5 months): 5088 messagesSentinel-1 and AIS ice pathways analysisOne-month of EU LRIT CDC data, revealing the main global traffic routes and enabling the implementation of innovative decision support tools    → Video LinkFrom EU to worldwide tracking and traffic routesUsing density maps to predict vessel routesHistorical LRIT data can be used to predict where a vessel will be up to a few days in advanceT1T1 + 3 ddCoding vessel behavioursIcebreaker        Research and Survey Vessel Behaviour        Fishing Behaviour            OTB - bottom otter trawler OTB - bottom otter trawler TBB – rapid bottom trawlerPTM – midwater pair trawler Fishing Behaviour vs gearRaw data Fishing ActivitiesReal time fishing behaviourHistorical fishing activitiesFrom vessel densities to activities mappingBy coding the relevant behaviours it is possible to isolate shipping (blue), fishing (red) and exploration (green) activities.…  Fishing activity…  Research/exploration…  Shipping…  Service/icebreakers_  8/10ths Sea ice concentration _  Marginal Ice Zone…  Fishing activity…  Research/exploration…  Shipping…  Service/icebreakers_  8/10ths Sea ice concentration _  Marginal Ice Zone…  Fishing activity…  Research/exploration…  Shipping…  Service/icebreakers_  8/10ths Sea ice concentration _  Marginal Ice Zone…  Fishing activity…  Research/exploration…  Shipping…  Service/icebreakers_  8/10ths Sea ice concentration _  Marginal Ice Zone…  Fishing activity…  Research/exploration…  Shipping…  Service/icebreakers_  8/10ths Sea ice concentration _  Marginal Ice Zone…  Fishing activity…  Research/exploration…  Shipping…  Service/icebreakers_  8/10ths Sea ice concentration _  Marginal Ice Zone…  Fishing activity…  Research/exploration…  Shipping…  Service/icebreakers_  8/10ths Sea ice concentration _  Marginal Ice Zone…  Fishing activity…  Research/exploration…  Shipping…  Service/icebreakers_  8/10ths Sea ice concentration _  Marginal Ice Zone…  Fishing activity…  Research/exploration…  Shipping…  Service/icebreakers_  8/10ths Sea ice concentration _  Marginal Ice Zone…  Fishing activity…  Research/exploration…  Shipping…  Service/icebreakers_  8/10ths Sea ice concentration _  Marginal Ice Zone…  Fishing activity…  Research/exploration…  Shipping…  Service/icebreakers_  8/10ths Sea ice concentration _  Marginal Ice Zone…  Fishing activity…  Research/exploration…  Shipping…  Service/icebreakers_  8/10ths Sea ice concentration _  Marginal Ice ZoneJuly 2014 July 2015April 2014 April 2015Source: AMSASource: Smith, L. C., & Stephenson, S. R. (2013). New Trans-Arctic shipping routes navigable by midcenturyInteroperable Data Fusion Framework DBGatheringProcessData Processing(Fusion, Knowledge Discovery)GeoServeruser1user2usern…FTP/SFTPTCP/IP…WebGISDBGatheringProcessData ProcessingGeoServeruser1user2usern…FTP/SFTPTCP/IP…WebGISNode #1Node #2The Arctic Blue Hub: Interoperability and Information Sharinghttps://bluehub.jrc.ec.europa.eu/mspArctic/ The Arctic Blue HubConclusions• The Knowledge of human activities at sea and their trends can be enhanced by vessel tracking data. • Such knowledge can support operational authorities (emergency response) and policy makers (impact assessment & planning).• Arctic Blue Hub – a web platform to gather/analyse/share data, enabling a better decision-support product for different applications. 

Knowledge discovery of human activities at sea in the Arctic using remote sensing and vessel tracking systems

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Knowledge discovery of human activities at sea in the Arctic using remote sensing and vessel tracking systems

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