This dataset is the first dedicated SMOS Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) product for the Baltic basin to enhance the science capabilities in the Baltic region and help to fill the gaps and grand challenges identified by the scientific community. These new product has been created under the funded ESA project ITT Baltic+ Salinity dynamics (4000126102/18/I-BG). This basin is one of the most challenging regions for the satellite SSS retrieval. The available EO-based SSS products are quite limited in terms of spatio-temporal coverage and quality. This is mainly due to technical limitations that strongly affect the brightness temperatures (TB), such as the high contamination by interferences and the contamination close to land and ice edges. Moreover, the sensitivity of TB to SSS changes is very low and dielectric models present limitations in this low salinity regime. Baltic+ L4 SSS product comprises 9 years (2011-2019) of daily maps at 0.05 degrees. A detailed explanation of the product algorithms and validation can be found at http://bec.icm.csic.es/doc/BEC_PD_SSS_Baltic_L3_L4.pdf and in the publication: Gonzalez-Gambau et al., “First SMOS Sea Surface Salinity dedicated products over the Baltic Sea“, Earth System Science Data, 2021 We present here the seasonal averaged Baltic+ L4 SSS products for the period 2011-2019. The daily Baltic+ L4 SSS products can be downloaded from the BEC FTP service (sftp://becftp.icm.csic.es) in the directory OCEAN/SSS/SMOS/Baltic/v1.0/L4/daily/

The dataset contains total landings of herring for years 2011-2016 reported per ICES statistical rectangles (tonnes / ICES rectangle) under EU Joint Research Centre’s data collection framework for fisheries data. Russian data extracted from ICES annual reports.

The objective of the BALTHAZAR project has been to assess the potential sources of hazardous substances from landfills/dumping sites, to characterise their environmental risks and to develop measures to reduce the risks of run-off of hazardous substances from waste site to the Baltic Sea. More info: More info: http://www.helcom.fi/helcom-at-work/projects/completed-projects/balthazar/hazardous-waste

Regional hunting numbers for Ringed seals 2011-2014.

Polluting ship accidents is based on reporting of shipping accidents done by HELCOM Contracting Parties to produce annual within HELCOM MARITIME group. Data was available for 2011-2013

Screening activities for component Hazardous wastes on the Leningrad and Kaliningrad Region territories have been fulfilled within the BALTHAZAR project. The main goal of the Project BALTHAZAR is assistance in protection of the Baltic Sea from pollution through reducing of loading caused by agricultural entities (AE) and hazardous wastes. The component Hazardous wastes is focused on inventory of large landfills and estimation of current regime in hazardous wastes management. The main task of screening was to study impact of large landfills on environment of the Leningrad Oblast and Kaliningrad Oblast and to reveal the landfills causing the main loading on the Baltic Sea with pollutants. Screening results report on Leningrad: http://www.helcom.fi/stc/files/Projects/BALTHAZAR/ScreeningReportForPublication-May2011.pdf Screening results report on Kaliningrad: http://www.helcom.fi/stc/files/Projects/BALTHAZAR/KaliningradScreeningResults-1.pdf

The dataset contains total landings of cod for years 2011-2016 reported per ICES statistical rectangles (tonnes / ICES rectangle) under EU Joint Research Centre’s data collection framework for fisheries data. Russian data extracted from ICES annual reports.

The objective of the BALTHAZAR project has been to assess the potential sources of hazardous substances from landfills/dumping sites, to characterise their environmental risks and to develop measures to reduce the risks of run-off of hazardous substances from waste site to the Baltic Sea. More info: http://www.helcom.fi/helcom-at-work/projects/completed-projects/balthazar/hazardous-waste

Polluting ship accidents is based on reporting of shipping accidents done by HELCOM Contracting Parties to produce annual within HELCOM MARITIME group. Data were available for 2016-2020. Attribute specifications and units Country Year Date__dd_m: Date (dd.mm.yyyy) Time__hh_m: Time (hh:mm) Latitude: Latitude (decimal degrees) Longitude: Longitude (decimal degrees) Location Ship_1_nam: Ship 1 name, flag Sh1_Categ: Ship 1 type (according to AIS category) Sh1_Type: Details of ship 1 type Sh1_Hull: Hull type (ship 1) Sh1Size_gt: Size (gt) (ship 1) Sh1Sezidwt: Size (dwt) (ship 1) Sh1Draug_m: Draught (m) (ship 1) Ship2_Name: Ship 2 name, flag Sh2_Categ: Shiptype 2 (according to AIS category) Sh2_Type: Details of ship 2 type Sh2_Hull: Hull type (ship 2) Sh1Size_gt: Size (gt) (ship 2) Sh2Sizedwt: Size (dwt) (ship 2) Sh2Draug_m: Draught (m) (ship 2) Cargo_Type Acc_Type Colli_Type Acc_Detail Cause_Sh1 Cause_Sh2 HumanEleme IceCondit CrewIceTra CauseDetail Pilot_Sh1 Pilot_Sh2 Offence Damage Assistance Pollution Pollu_m3 Pollut_t Pollu_Type RespAction Add_Info version F44 original_a original_l original_s original_c

Screening activities for component Hazardous wastes on the Leningrad and Kaliningrad Region territories have been fulfilled within the BALTHAZAR project. The main goal of the Project BALTHAZAR is assistance in protection of the Baltic Sea from pollution through reducing of loading caused by agricultural entities (AE) and hazardous wastes. The component Hazardous wastes is focused on inventory of large landfills and estimation of current regime in hazardous wastes management. The main task of screening was to study impact of large landfills on environment of the Leningrad Oblast and Kaliningrad Oblast and to reveal the landfills causing the main loading on the Baltic Sea with pollutants. Screening results report on Leningrad: http://www.helcom.fi/stc/files/Projects/BALTHAZAR/ScreeningReportForPublication-May2011.pdf Screening results report on Kaliningrad: http://www.helcom.fi/stc/files/Projects/BALTHAZAR/KaliningradScreeningResults-1.pdf