Illegal oil discharging HOLAS 3 (Baltic sea)

Illegal oil discharge data is based on airborne surveillance supplemented with remote sensing equipment in the Baltic Sea Area carried out by HELCOM Contracting Parties within HELCOM IWGAS group. Years 2016-2021 were extracted from the HELCOM Illegal oil discharges database. Attribute specification and units HELCOM_ID Country Year Spill_ID FlightType Date Time_UTC Wind_speed Wind_direc Latitude Longitude Length_km Width_km Area_km2 Spill_cat EstimVol_m Polluter Category Casefile Remarks

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Original title Illegal oil discharges (HOLAS 3)
Original abstract
Topic category
  • source_of_pollution
  • oil_and_gas
Sub category
Resource language English
Domain area
  • baltic_sea
Owner HELCOM
Provider HELCOM
Data portal helcom
Presentation form Map (map represented in raster or vector form)
Spatial representation Vector - polygon
Coordinate reference system epsg:3035 - ETRS89 / LAEA Europe
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    Temporal extent 2022-11-01
    2025-10-31
    Spatial extent
    Data accessibility
    Validation level Official data
    Additional information
    Metadata completeness Complete
    Notes

    Additional info - MSP - Environment

    Species, habitats, ecosystems, pressures

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    MSFD Classes Pressure: Substances, litter and energy - Input of other substances - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition, acute events
    MSFD Descriptors/Criteria
    • D8 Contaminants
    • D8C1 Contaminant in environment
    Non MSFD Classes Pressures
    WFD

      Additional info - MSP - Oceanographic and CC

      Physics, biochemistry, EOV, ECV

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      Variables

        Additional info - MSP - Conservation

        Protected areas, OECM, IBA, EBSA, CCH, IMMA, ...

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        Types
          Zonation

          Additional info - MSP - Maritime activities

          Aquaculture, fishing, transport, energy, ...

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          Activity types

            Additional info - MSP - Coastal & Land use and planning

            Land use, land cover, planning (strategic, coordination, operational)

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            Types

              Additional info - MSP - Socio-economic

              Living and non-living resources, shipping, tourism, energy, ...

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              Activity types
                Value types
                  Categories

                    Additional info - MSP - Ecosystem Services

                    Provisioning, regulation & maintenance, cultural

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                    CICES classes

                      Additional info - MSP - Legal, Governance & Planning

                      Strategic, legislation, planning, administrative, enforcement

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                      Themes Environment (e.g. pollution and biodiversity)
                      Functions
                        Who is in charge?

                        Additional info - MSP - Relevance

                        Relevance of the dataset / resource in supporting the MSP process at different spatial scales and temporal frames

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                        Relevance (spatial and temporal)