Rheticus Marine - Automatic Cloud Based Geo-Information Software

The protection of coasts and sea waters is one of the big pillars for the European Union. The EU has made big efforts defining common rules in Europe (e.g. Marine Strategy Framework Directive; Water Framework Directive; Common Fisheries Policy) and making huge investments in programs such as Copernicus to monitor the status of the environment and give tools to decision makers.

The sustainable management of coastal and marine environment involves, both EU Member States, with their local and regional governments, which are required to monitor and report the state of the environment, and private organizations, which uses the marine resources for their business.

Rheticus® Marine is an automatic cloud-based geo-information service designed to deliver fresh and accurate satellite-based data and information for the monitoring of coastal seawater quality and marine resources.

It is targeted to:

• National and local authorities in charge of continuous monitoring of water quality (turbidity, chlorophyll and sea temperature) for reporting needs based on EU Marine Strategy
• Fishing companies to monitor the level of water productivity

Users of the service are National and local public administrations as regions, fishing companies, aquaculture and plants operating near the coast (desalination, waste water treatments, etc.).

Applications and monitoring purposes:

• Coastal water quality
• Reporting for the EU Marine Strategy
• Level of water productivity
• Algal bloom monitoring

By using satellite Open data – such as the ones from AQUA/MODIS and Sentinel-3 missions –, Rheticus® Marine is able to provide information compliant with the indicators required by the EU Water and Marine Strategy Directives.

The service includes a periodic (up to daily) update with monthly, quarterly and annual summary reports.

Features and benefits

• Timely information is provided automatically at affordable prices
• Maps, reports and indices are actionable and available 24/7 from different platforms and devices
• Saves time and resources normally dedicated to data search and processing and information production
• Data and results are standardized and comparable over time