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Fixed-point Open Ocean Observatory network

Richard Lampitt

NOC FixO3 kickoff meeting INGV November 2013

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In order to monitor and understand the marine system we need to make

sustained multidisciplinary observations at appropriate temporal resolution.

Importance of episodic events

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Conceptual and computational models

Observing systems:

Ships of opportunity

Research cruises

Satellite (Altimetry, ocean colour & SST)

Floats

Autosub

Gliders

Benthic crawlers

Fixed point observatories

Data Management

User community

All approaches have strengths and weaknesses

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Particular strengths of Eulerian Observatories

1.Sensors which are large or power-hungry

2.Real-time sub-surface data supply

3.Repeated sample collection (Water, biota, particles).

4.High frequency data (reference sites).

5.Deep ocean location (below maximum depth of floats and gliders)

6.The seafloor is fixed

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Not dependent on good weather for observations

• Data into public domain with minimum time delay

• Metadata associated

• Free of Charge or with just cost of reproduction

Data Sharing Principles

• Full and Open Exchange of Data … Recognizing issues of accreditation

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How did we get here?

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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

ESONET

EuroSITES

EMSO PP

HERMIONE

ACOBAR

CoralFISH

FP7 Infrastructure

FP7 Environment

FP8

ERIC

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The I3 instrument

Integrating Infrastructure Initiative

I3 Objectives Structuring and integrating effect on European infrastructures

Improvement of capacity and performance of European research infrastructures

Efficient access and use of research infrastructures

10 Manfred Halver, EuroRIs-Net

I3 Is a combination of: Collaborative Projects (CP) and Coordination and Support Actions (CP-CSA)


I3 3 Types of activities obligatory 1. Networking activities

2. Transnational access and/or services

3. Joint research activities

To be implemented in a coordinated way under a unified management


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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

ESONET

EuroSITES

EMSO PP

HERMIONE

ACOBAR

CoralFISH

FP7 Infrastructure

FP7 Environment

FP8

ERIC

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EuroSITES integrated and enhanced 9 existing deep ocean (>1000m) fixed point observatories

www.eurosites.info 15

A project under this topic should integrate and improve access to the key infrastructures in Europe which make sustained time series observations in the open seas and ocean at fixed critical locations. These infrastructures should support fully multidisciplinary research on the entire oceanic environment, from sea floor to the air-sea interface, including carbon fluxes. The project should build on the investments and expertise developed by EuroSITES, ESONET and CARBOOCEAN projects and could consider expanding geographic coverage. It should also link to planned ESFRI infrastructures, such as EMSO and ICOS, as well as to other relevant initiatives. Data management should be addressed by ensuring compliance with SeaDataNet standards and contribution to the GMES initiative. Links with international initiatives including compliance with GEOSS principles and requirements (data sharing, compatibility) should also be reinforced. Particular attention should be paid to the involvement of European SMEs for the application of innovative technologies for in situ measurements and scientific services (this will be assessed under "Impact" criterion).

The Call (July 2011)

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2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

OceanObs

Galway declaration

Call text proposed

Writing

team

established

Call published

FixO3

Submission

FixO3

start

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Submission: November 23rd 2011

EU Contribution: 9.7M Euro

29 partner institutions

International advisory board

Start: October 2012

7.0M Euro

September 2013

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

FixO3

start

FixO3

end

Final report

2018

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Mid-term

review

Technical

report

Grant

agreement

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Function of our funding: 1: Observatory support

• Staff • Consumables (no equipment) • Research to improve capability • Leverage of national funding

2: Glue • Efficiency of operation • Training & Outreach • Links to industry • Links to governance and policy

3: Access •Provide access to other groups

FixO3

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FixO3

With surface chlorophyll (average 2007)

Courtesy RSDAS 22

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FixO3

With Surface temperature climatology

Courtesy NEODAAS, UK

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FixO3

With air-sea flux of CO2 (average 2000)

(From Takahashi et al

2009)

Courtesy Ute Schuster, UEA

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FixO3

With dust deposition rate annual climatology

(from Mahowald 2005)

Courtesy Natalie Mahowald

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FixO3 Workpackages

1: Project management 2: Technological harmonisation 3: Procedural harmonisation 4: Data management and harmonisation 5: Innovation through industry 6: Interface with policy and intergovernmental bodies 7: International and European networking of fixed point observatories 8: Outreach and training 9: Transnational access to FixO3 infrastructures 10: Service activities: Access to data products and knowledge 11: Optimisation of ocean observing capability 12: Research and development on critical observatory functions

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Top Fossil Fuel Emitters (Absolute) Top four emitters in 2011 covered 62% of global emissions

China (28%), United States (16%), EU27 (11%), India (7%)

The growing gap between EU27 and USA is due to emission decreases in Germany (45% of the

1990-2011 cumulative difference), UK (19%), Romania (13%), Czech Republic (8%), and Poland (5%)

Source:

CDIAC Data; Le Quéré et al. 2012; Global Carbon Project 2012

http://cdiac.ornl.gov/trends/emis/meth_reg.html

http://www.earth-syst-sci-data-discuss.net/5/1107/2012




http://www.globalcarbonproject.org/carbonbudget/

Net uptake of anthropogenic CO2 (1800-1994): 118 Pg C yr-1 = 48% of the emissions

Anthropogenic CO2 in the ocean (mol m-2)

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Fate of Anthropogenic CO2 Emissions (2002-2011 average)

Le Quéré et al. 2012; Global Carbon Project 2012

8.3±0.4 PgC/yr 90%

+ 1.0±0.5 PgC/yr 10%

2.6±0.8 PgC/yr

28% Calculated as the residual

of all other flux components

4.3±0.1 PgC/yr

46%

26% 2.5±0.5 PgC/yr





http://www.globalcarbonproject.org/carbonbudget/

How did we get here? OceanObs09 September 2009 EurOCEAN Conference, Galway October 2010 Suggested call text submitted 15 October 2010 Writing team established April 2011 Call text published July 2011 meeting with Agnes Robin 18th October 2011 Proposal submited: November 23rd 2011

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Ostend Declaration 13th October 2010 3 of the 10 “grand challenges and priorities” for the next decade

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FixO3

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Across the Fram strait

Within the Mediterranean

Essential Climate (Ocean) Variables

Martin Visbeck

Open Ocean: A location which is influenced to a very limited degree by the continental shelves and slope. In EuroSITES this was operationally defined as a water depth > 1000m

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Collaborative Projects (CP) • Main aim: develop new knowledge and new technology • Main characteristics: “hardcore“ RTD, includes dissemination activities, lean management, may include training


Coordination and Support Actions (CSA) • Main aim: Coordinating research activities and policies support policy implementation • Main characteristics: Networking activities (e.g. Information exchange, staff exchange, foresight, dissemination), conferences, studies


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JERICO: Distribution of budget by activity type.

NA TNA

JRA M

Eligible Costs Ineligible Costs Direct costs Indirect Costs also called Overhead

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Transnational Access (TNA)

Basic legal and financial rules: • Topmost principle: no profit • Calculation of the budget in accordance with the usual accounting and management principles and practices of the beneficiary • reimbursement is based on eligible costs

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Eligible Costs • actual (real and not estimated) • incurred during the duration of the project (exception: costs relating to final reports) • incurred by the beneficiary • recorded in the accounts of the beneficiary • determined according the usual accounting and management principles and practices of the beneficiary • used for the sole purpose of achieving the objectives of the project • principle of economy, efficiency and effectiveness

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Ineligible Costs • identifiable indirect taxes including VAT • duties • interest owed • provisions for possible future losses or changes • exchange losses, cost related to return capital • costs declared or incurred or reimbursed in respect with other EU projects • debt or debt service charges • excessive or reckless expenditure

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Direct costs • can be attributed directly to the project • in accordance with the accounting principles and the usual internal rules of the beneficiary • Direct costs – Personnel costs – Travel costs – Consumables – Equipment (depreciation)

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Direct Costs – Subcontract • only allowed for “minor tasks” not for major research issues of the project (or project management…) • awarded according to best value for money • tasks have to be indicated in the proposal

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Indirect Costs also called Overhead • cannot be identified as being directly attributed to the project incurred in direct relationship with the eligible direct costs • can be identified and justified by the accounting system as being incurred • may not include any eligible direct costs • examples for indirect costs: –renting or depreciation of buildings, water/gas/electricity, office equipment, communication and postage

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Indirect Costs may be identified according to one of the following methods: • based on actual indirect costs – beneficiaries which have an analytical accounting system – use of simplified method of calculation is acceptable, where organization does not have an accounting system with detailed cost allocation • beneficiaries may opt for a flat rate of 20% – of their total direct eligible costs – excluding subcontracting and resources made available by third parties

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Indirect Costs some beneficiaries may opt for a flat rate of 60% • of their total direct eligible costs, excluding subcontracting and resources made available by third parties •as non-profit public bodies, secondary and higher education establishments, research organisations and SME‘s •if they are unable to identify with certainty their real indirect costs • in projects that include RTD tasks

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Provision of transnational access to researchers or research teams to one or more research infrastructures among those operated by the participants • ‘Hands on’ access • Remote access


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Definitions • access provider = beneficiary that is in charge of providing access • infrastructure = facility or resource (or a coherent set of them) together with related services • installation = part of the infrastructure that could be used independently from the rest • user = researcher in a user group, including the user group leader • user group = research team of one or more researchers given access to the infrastructure under the project

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Performance obligations • provide access free of charge to selected user groups to the infrastructure or the installations • publicise widely, including a dedicated web page on the internet, the access offered under this grant agreement • ensure that users comply the terms and conditions of the grant agreement • maintain appropriate documentation to support and justify the amount of access reported

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Transnationality • the user group leader and the majority of the users must work in an institution established in a MS or AS • the user group and the majority of the users must work in a country other than the country where the legal entity operating the infrastructure (access provider) is established Exception • the access provider is an international organisation or the JRC • remote access to a distributed set of infrastructures or installations offering the same services

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Selection of user groups • Only user groups that are entitled to disseminate foreground they have generated under the project are eligible to benefit from access free of charge • user groups requesting access have to submit in writing a description of work, including names, nationalities and home institutions of the users • the access provider has to set up a selection panel to assist in the selection of user groups according to the principles of transparency, fairness and impartiality

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Selection of user groups (II) • the selection panel has to consist of international experts, at least half of them shall be independent from the infrastructure • the selection has to be taken on basis of scientific merit – priority should be given to user groups: - who have not previously used the infrastructure - are working in countries where no such infrastructures exist

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Access cost • calculation of a unit cost (estimated or real) the total quantity of access to the installation during the lifetime of the project (access financed and not financed by the EC) - direct costs of the access, excluding subcontracts plus indirect costs of 7% of the direct costs • the direct costs shall exclude all contributions to capital investments as well as travel and subsistence costs • the direct costs may include cost of preparatory work

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Community financial contribution • (Last) Adjustment of access costs in the financial statement (Form C) corresponding to the (last) reporting period on the basis to the total quantity of access and the actual costs incurred to give access • The community financial support shall not exceed 20% of the costs of providing access to the installation over the duration of the project.

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Access cost • calculation of a unit cost (estimated or real) the total quantity of access to the installation during the lifetime of the project (access financed and not financed by the EC) - direct costs of the access, excluding subcontracts plus indirect costs of 7% of the direct costs • the direct costs shall exclude all contributions to capital investments as well as travel and subsistence costs • the direct costs may include cost of preparatory work

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Eligibility If your current employer is based in an EU member state or associated state. These countries are: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom You may apply for access to infrastructure located in the same country as your own institution under certain circumstances.

Services through Communication Networks and e-infrastructure activities Special Clause No. 17, 18 and 19 to FP7 Grant Agreement

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Special Clause No. 17 A. Performance Obligations

The access provider shall • provide access free of charge to the scientific services described in Annex I through communication networks • have the services offered to the scientific community assessed periodically by an external board composed to international experts in the field, appointed by the consortium with the written approval of the Commission

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Special Clause No. 17 B. Financial Provisions • Community financial support for access costs shall not exceed 20% of the operating costs incurred by the installation providing the access over the duration of the project, excluding all contributions to the capital investments of the infrastructure

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Special Clause No. 18 e-Infrastructure activities Definitions • Connectivity: means a set of one or more circuits allowing for the transmission of full duplex bit streams denied end points, as specified in Annex I

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Special Clause No. 18 Financial Provisions • As an exception to Article II.16 (Upper Funding Limits) for the continued provision and upgrading of the required connectivity services as specified in Annex I, the maximum reimbursement rate shall be 50% of the total eligible costs.

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Special Clause No. 19 Limitation of indirect costs for integrating activities Infrastructures and preparatory phase • reimbursement of indirect costs related to coordination and support activities, except those related to the management of these activities, is limited to a maximum of 7 % of the direct costs relating to these activities, excluding the direct eligible costs for subcontracting and the costs of resources made available by third parties which are not used on the premises of the beneficiary

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