Products

The service portfolio consists of 3 different products categories:

• Standard products
• Special products
• Special requests

Standard products are basic products of the North Sea and Baltic Sea, definded by Brockmann Consult and offered to every user. The special products and requests are specially designed to the needs of the different end users. The requirements of the users are specified between the users and the WAQS team at Brockmann Consult and are determined in so called Service Level Agreements (SLAs) between both parties.

Standard products	Automatically generated JPEGs of parameters
Parameters	chlorophyll concentration total suspended matter concentration yellow substance absorption turbidity
Temporal resolution	Weekly averages
Projection	Geographic WGS-84
Area	North Sea Baltic Sea
Format	JPEG (unified colour palette)

Special products	Tailored maps of different parameters
Parameters	chlorophyll concentration total suspended matter concentration yellow substance absorption turbidity SST
Temporal resolution	Daily, weekly averages
Projection	User specific
Area	North Sea Baltic Sea
Format	JPEG, PNG, PDF, DIMAP

Special products	Special support to the questions and requirements is provided
Parameters	chlorophyll concentration total suspended matter concentration yellow substance absorption turbidity SST
Temporal resolution	User specific
Projection	User specific
Area	North Sea Baltic Sea
Format	User specific (e.g. excel files, jpegs, profiles)

Algal Bloom Service	Regularly generated Algal bloom maps
Parameters	chlorophyll concentration total suspended matter concentration yellow substance absorption turbidity SST
Temporal resolution	Daily, weekly averages
Projection	UTM, User specific
Area	North Sea Baltic Sea
Format	JPEG, PNG, PDF

In addition daily mosaic images for the whole world are represented.