GMES - MyOcean: operational oceanography, a source of new economic

and environmental services

GMES - MyOcean: operational oceanography, a source of new economic

and environmental services

Nadia Pinardi

University of Bologna

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Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Bologna

OutlineOutline

• A short history of the GMES initiative for the oceans and seas

• The GMES Marine Core Service implementation: the MyOcean project

• The gaps and final considerations

GMES for the oceans, GMES for the oceans, an EU and ESA initiative an EU and ESA initiative What?

A Core Service = European Public Service with ‘generic products’ for multiple users

Many Downstream Services = services that stem out of core products, tailored information services

When? Definition phase: 2000-2007, FP6 DG-Research projects Operational implementation phase: 2008-2014 FP7 Space

Program How?

– Marine Core Service Implementation projects : – MyOcean (Mercator-Ocean, Fr) 2009-2012: EU 33 Meuro/3 years– MyOcean-2 (Mercator-Ocean, Fr) 2012-2014:negotiation started

– Several downstream service projects

The Marine Core Service functions The Marine Core Service functions

The Marine Core Service will deliver regular and systematic reference information on the state of the oceans and regional seas of known quality and accuracy

Satellite and in situdata

Geoportal ForData Access

MyOcean Project: MyOcean Project: Marine Core Service implementationMarine Core Service implementation

One Catalogue for Ocean Core Information

– Temperature, Salinity, Currents, Chlorophyll, Sea Level, Ice variables, other bio-variables

– Re-analyses, NowCasts, Forecasts

One Catalogue for Ocean Core Information

– Temperature, Salinity, Currents, Chlorophyll, Sea Level, Ice variables, other bio-variables

– Re-analyses, NowCasts, Forecasts

One access point for– Discovering, visualization,

downloading and transformation of marine information

One access point for– Discovering, visualization,

downloading and transformation of marine information

Only information with an Open Data Policy– Open access– Free access

Only information with an Open Data Policy– Open access– Free access

An INSPIRE compliant GEOPORTAL

The MyOcean service areas The MyOcean service areas

Eastern North Atlantic

GlobalOcean

North West Shelves

ArcticBaltic

Black Sea

Mediterranean

A Pan-European network of existing infrastructures, value-added by the GMES initiative,

coordinated and with common quality standards

The Marine Core Service for users: The Marine Core Service for users:

4 areas of benefit 4 areas of benefit

MARINE SAFETY

MyOcean will deliver a service to

– European agencies (EEA, EMSA, EDA, ...)

– Member State Users: National / Regional Service Providers (public or private)

– Intergovernmental bodies (OSPAR, UNEP-MAP, HELCOM, ICES, ...)

– Private businesses

• MyOcean users are from 39 different countries

• 65% are from Europe, 35% from the rest of the world

MyOcean User network now, after 18 MyOcean User network now, after 18 months from the startmonths from the start

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Marine and coastal environment: land pollution controlVery near coastal model started from MyOcean products

Assessment of pollution from land sources and their impactIn the sea

MODIS-ACQUA image July 23 Oil concentration predicted by MFS-MEDSLIK

Point of release

Marine Safety:Marine Safety:oil spill emergency management oil spill emergency management

The gap: the The gap: the in situ in situ data collection data collection coordinated by a marine research coordinated by a marine research infrastructure initiativeinfrastructure initiative

An artist view ofa Marine Research Infrastructure component, coordinated at EuropeanLevel and locally managed

Final considerations Final considerations

• The GMES Marine Core Service produces highly integrated information from observations and models about the past and future ocean state for many users of the ‘ocean territory’

• A Marine Research Infrastructure initiative is needed to secure the data collection network at European level, coordinated and harmonized for quality and scope and supporting the Marine Core Service

• The merging of GMES Marine Core Service with a Marine Research Infrastructure initiative will enhance the European competitiveness on innovative ocean technology