Ocean State Report (OSR)

The Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report is a Reference Report of the European Union.

It provides a comprehensive and state-of-the art assessment of the state of the global ocean and European regional seas for the ocean scientific community as well as for policy and decision-makers.

The Ocean State Report draws on expert analysis and provides a 4-D view (reanalysis systems), from above (through remote sensing data) and directly from the interior (in situ measurements) of the blue (e.g. hydrography, currents), white (e.g. sea ice) and green (e.g. Chlorophyll) global ocean and the European regional seas.

It has been conceived and intended as a reference EU report meant to contribute to reporting tasks and activities of EU policy makers, of environmental agencies in the EU (e.g. EEA) , of Regional Sea Conventions, of EU Member States’ decision makers and authorities concerned, of EU Peripheral Maritime Regions and of international organizations (e.g. IPCC, United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 14, OCDE, etc.).

In addition, the report aims at increasing general public awareness about the status of, and changes in, the marine environment.