The HiSea Platform offers state of the art data of water quality at sea to the ports and aquaculture industries to improve efficiency and cut operating costs. Our services improve operation, planning and management of different marine activities by incorporating data obtained through COPERNICUS (the EU Earth Observation and Monitoring service), local monitoring data and advanced modelling.
The innovative HiSea Platform provides physical parameters (meteorology, waves, currents, etc.) and water quality parameters (chlorophyll, marine pollution, etc.). Our services are offered in a clear, visual, digestible way, presenting flexible layers. Near real-time data based on analysis of satellite images provides accurate, reliable and high-resolution information that will make your port or aquaculture operation more cost-effective.
The HiSea information services include:
Early Warning
Service
Real Time Crisis Management
Key Performance
Indicators
Information for Planning Operations
Knowledge
Database
The HiSea Platform offers the following benefits:
- Forecasts and alerts – Increased added value to existing Copernicus data linked to in-situ databases. HiSea utilises Copernicus products to generate, process and deliver high-quality information extracted from high-resolution models as well as forecasts and alerts.
- More readily available information – HiSea delivers valuable information through open access databases and improves ease of access for both expert and non-expert users.
- Higher accuracy – High resolution models and validated information are provided to ensure precise and consistent information and support for decision-making.
- Higher reliability – HiSea meets user-defined quality standards and requirements and has been co-designed and operated by the users. This technical cooperation and validation ensure the dependability of the system.
- Lower costs – The service supports operational planning and effectiveness management of different marine activities in ports and aquaculture sectors. This improves the efficiency of those operations whilst minimizing errors, adverse effects and potential risks in daily activities. Taken together, these cost reductions can lead to sustained improvement in customer profitability.
- Sustainable downstream services – These are based on high-quality, sustainable data sources and open-source models to allow real-time, hindcasted and forecasted information.
- Wider range of services – The HiSea Platform combines a broader array of services and integrates and customises these for the particular and specialised needs of the clients within each sector.
- Multidisciplinary expertise – The HiSea collaboration team is composed of experienced professionals with extensive expertise in a wide range of disciplines and enables.
