EuroGOOS Arctic Task Team Workshop 12 - 13 September 2006

Summary of the Arctic GOOS planning meeting

Hosted jointly by Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center and EuroGOOS

12 - 13 September 2006

Venue: Thormøhlensgate 47, 5006 Bergen, Norway

Presentations and documents from the meeting are

available at http://www.nersc.no/ATT/

EuroGOOS Arctic Task Team Workshop 12 - 13 September 2006

Objectives of the meeting

Discuss the development of operational oceanography services for the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions.

Present brief state-of-the art of Arctic monitoring activities and plans by the EuroGOOS Arctic Task Team and other interested participants

Review the formal procedure to establish Arctic GOOS Regional Alliance and discussion of the MoU for this alliance

EuroGOOS Arctic Task Team Workshop 12 - 13 September 2006

The Arctic Ocean and sub-Arctic Seas

Bathymetry of the Arctic Oceanand surrounding seas. 1: Nordic Seas, 2: Barents Sea,3: Fram Strait, 4: Eurasian Basin, 5: Canadian Basin, 6: Bering Strait.

(IBCAO, http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/bathymetry/arctic/arctic.html)

EuroGOOS Arctic Task Team Workshop 12 - 13 September 2006

Main components of Arctic GOOS

In situ observation systems: ship-borne systems, moorings, ice buoys, floats and drifters

Satellite remote sensing: polar orbiting satellites using active and passive microwave, optical and infrared instruments

Modelling: data assimilation, nowcasting, short term forecasting, seasonal forecasting, climate modelling, model comparison and validation

EuroGOOS Arctic Task Team Workshop 12 - 13 September 2006

Schematic of observation system

Schematic of the vertical stack of observations from satellites to seabed that would be necessary to inform an iAOOS study focused on the present state and future fate of the Arctic perennial sea-ice.

EuroGOOS Arctic Task Team Workshop 12 - 13 September 2006

Satellite observations of sea ice Well-established for large-scale monitoring of ice area and extent Development towards higher resolution products using SAR Ongoing development to retrieve ice thickness from altimetry

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Ice area (km

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MY ice area from satellite

trend

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EuroGOOS Arctic Task Team Workshop 12 - 13 September 2006

Modelling and forecastingMERESA Integrated Project:Global ocean modelling andobserving system:Area I : Global OceanArea II : North East AtlanticArea III : ArcticArea IV : Baltic SeaArea V : Mediterranean Sea

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EuroGOOS Arctic Task Team Workshop 12 - 13 September 2006

Next steps

• US are informed and waiting

• Sign an MoU, first draft distributed at meeting

• Establish basic organisational structure

• Update plans (use EuroGOOS publication 22)

• Start to work

• Present plans at 3rd GOOS Regional Forum

• Propose a recommendation from I-GOOS VIII, spring 07.

• Propose adoption at IOC Assembly 24, June 07

EuroGOOS Arctic Task Team Workshop 12 - 13 September 2006

Role of EuroGOOS

• One of the first GRAs

• Instrumental in the creation of Black Sea GOOS and Mediterranean GOOS

• Established early an Arctic Task Team in parallel with other regional task teams

• Hosted the first GOOS Regional Forum

• Has promoted an Arctic GOOS Alliance for a few years

• Published 2005 : The Arctic Ocean and the need for an Arctic GOOS

• Established 2005 a EuroGOOS Secretariat for Arctic GOOS in Bergen, NERSC

EuroGOOS Arctic Task Team Workshop 12 - 13 September 2006

Potential Arctic GOOS partners from Europe

25 participants from 17 institutions/organisations participated in the meeting and expressed interest to be partners in Arctic GOOS

Countries represented included Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, UK, Poland and France

Organisations: EuroGOOS and WMO/WCRP

EuroGOOS Arctic Task Team Workshop 12 - 13 September 2006

Meeting participants

Hans Dahlin, EuroGOOS

Vladimir Smirnov, AARI, Russia

Lena Shalina, NIERSC, Russia

Ari Seina, FIMR, Finland

Tapani Stipa, FIMR/FMI, Finland

Lars Axell, SMHI, Sweden

Erik Buch, DMI, Denmark

Eberhard Fahrbach, AWI, Germany

Pierre Bahurel, MERCATOR, France

Nick Hughes, SAMS, UK

Jan Piechura, IOPAS, Poland

Helge Tangen, met.no, Norway

Øyvind Sætra, met.no, Norway

Vladimir Ryabinin, WMO/WCRP

Harald Loeng, IMR, Norway

Einar Svendsen, IMR, Norway

Peter M. Haugan, GI-UoB, Norway

Svenn O. Haugland, Storm Weather Center, Norway

Gard Hauge, Storm Weather Center, Norway

Dominique Durand, NIVA, Norway

Henning Wehde, NIVA, NorwayLaurent Bertino, NERSC/MSC

Knut Arild Liseter, NERSC/MSC

Johnny A. Johannessen, NERSC

Lasse H. Pettersson, NERSC

Stein Sandven, NERSC