hans dahlin, eurogoos, 2008-05-151st marine board forum, oostende marine data challenges: from...

Hans Dahlin, EuroGOOS, 2008-05-15 1st Marine Board Forum, Oostende

Marine Data Challenges:From Observations to Information

Operational Oceanographyby

Hans DahlinEuroGOOS


Operational Oceanography ?EuroGOOS definition: Operational Oceanography can be defined as the activity of systematic and long-term routine measurements of the seas and oceans and atmosphere, and their rapid interpretation and dissemination. Important products derived from operational oceanography are: o nowcasts providing the most usefully accurate description of the present state of the sea including living resources o forecasts providing continuous forecasts of the future condition of the sea for as far ahead as possible o hindcasts assembling long term data sets which will provide data for description of past states, and time series showing

trends and changes

Operational Oceanography –

User-driven Oceanography

Nothing New !


Shipping and tide – hundreds of yearsThe ”disappering water” – Water level monitoring 1731

Need and exchange of loggbook information – origin of WMO

Periodically disappering herring –

initiated ICES and operational monitoring programmes, 1903.

Partly still on-going

OSPAR Convention Area 1960-ies and 70-ies

Problems with oil accidents, dumping of industrial waste, eutrofication, ..

–

The marine environmental convenstions were established and these introduced operational water quality observations

Algal Bloom problems increased during the 1980-ies


There are many more exampels of sustained operational oceanography that have

emerged from user requests.

What’s then the challenge?


Observed Data are the Trouth and

most of Ocean Space is undersampled in relation to the

required information


Challenge 1:To make the observation• to find sustained resources

• to make the correct observations to produce the required information

• to resolve temporal and spatial scales

• to find accurate, robust and affordable technology

• ...

Challenge 2: To save the observation• secure storage

• standardised description of variables

• standardised description of quality

• ...

Challenge 3: To make the observation accessible• fixed rules for all users

• to make the data available in a timely manner

• standardised meta information

• ...


Cost efficiancy is necessary


Challenge 4: To produce information and services jointly at European and regional scales

• reduce cost

• best practice

• standardised products

• ...


EuroGOOS Goals (1996)

1. Building on Scientific SuccessTime to get the full benefit of European investments in basic and strategic research

2. Creating New Operational Marine ServicesCreate new businesses and new jobs in Europe

3. Developing a Global SystemThrough European collaboration wield influance on a global scale, and to meet public expectations


Structure of EuroGOOSGeneral Members Meeting

Elected Board

Executive Director Office

Working Groups

Task Teams

European Regional Systems

BOOS

IBIROOS

MOON

NOOS

Science

Technology

Data exchange

Products

MoUs

Black Sea GOOS

MedGOOS

Arctic ROOS

Member of GOOS Regional Council Global/Atlantic TT


Examples of European projects with EuroGOOS/EuroGOOS members and regional partners involvement

• ....., EDIOS, MAMA, PAPA, ARENA, ESEAS, MarineXML, GRAND, ODON, MerSea, Ferrybox, ENCORA, MarinERA, ASCOBOS, SEPRISE, SeaDataNet, ECOOP, ..


Implementation of the Marine GMES,Global monitoring for environment and security

EuroGOOS has been involved in the preparations for the marine part of GMES since 2001.

EuroGOOS has actively participated in workshops, meetings, panels and projects.

The EuroGOOS regions are strongly involved in the implementation process through projects as MerSea, ECOOP, and soon MyOcean


The GMES Marine Fast Track service

The main challenge to implement, and to continue to develop


From Observations to Information/ServicesRequirement

Production


To summarise:We have the concept -the challenges are to

• make the necessary observations– save the observations– make the observations accessible

• as far as possible jointly produce required information and services

• understand user requirements

....then we can continue to develop the science


Thank you for listening!

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