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Service

MY OCEAN

Globcolour/Medspiration Workshop, Oslo, 20-22 November 2007

- My STATUS

Marine Core Service

Recap MyOcean objectives

Objective 1: Set up the Marine Core Service– A “system of systems” of 14 components (6 TACs, 7 MFCs, and 1 central)

forming the backbone of the core service– 13 CORE PARTNERS, committed for operations

Objective 2: Ensure Operational Certification– A group of “engineering-operated” space companies and met offices

Objective 3: Ensure Sustainability through User involvement– A group of 23 “Member States” users & all EU “marine” countries are

represented

Objective 4: Ensure Sustainability through Products ‘state-of-the-art’ quality– A group of 24 R&D partners, distributed all over Europe

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MyOcean consortium

Lead : MERCATOR OCEAN

Core partners from France, UK, Italy, Norway, Denmark, Spain, Greece, Netherlands, Ukraine, ...

27 different countries, from EU, but also Norway, Israel, Russia, Canada, Morrocco, ...

69 partners total

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Before MyOcean

Before GMES (<2002)– GOAL: Conducting research, developing network and capacities– The Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (GODAE) initiated

GMES initial period (2002-2003)– GOAL: Demonstrate the “European maturity” of oceanography:

• MERSEA Strand 1– We proposed a system based on existing skills and capacities

GMES Implementation period (2004-2008)– GOAL: Build the main components of the GMES system

• MERSEA IP for the marine component– Based on the integration of the European core of the existing systems

and their networks

Marine Core ServiceOCEAN SURFACE QUANTITIES MEASURED FROM SPACE

SEA LEVEL

CHLOROPHYLL

NEAR SURFACE WIND

WAVES

SURFACE TEMPERATURE

ICEBERG

SEA ICE

SURFACE CURRENT

SURFACE SALINITY

SEA ICE THICKNESS

GEOID & MDT

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GODAE Modelling/Assimilation Centers

cf. GODAE Implementation plan Australia : (BLUELINK): Regional

Australian seas to Global Ocean Japan : N.Pacific to Global Ocean US (ECCO, HYCOM-US projects, …) :

N.Atlantic and Global Ocean Europe

– France (MERCATOR) : N.Atlantic & Med Sea to Global Ocean

– Norway (TOPAZ) : North Atlantic to Arctic– UK (FOAM) : N.Atlantic / Global ocean to

Northern Shelves

GODAE

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3. MERSEA

“Mersea Strand 1” 2003-2004“Mersea IP” 2004-2008

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MERSEA Strand-1/IP Objectives

develop at European level an “integrated capacity” for global to regional ocean monitoring and forecasting

Share efforts, capacity, skills

and data

Develop a European system of systems

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The Marine Core Service

In october 2005, the “Marine Core Service” definition workshop

– In 2006: The “MCS” GMES Implementation Group report : Ryder & al

GMES Operational period (2008-xxxx)

– GOAL: Run the GMES European Service• MyOcean MCS for the marine component - moving from system

integration to services.

Marine Core Service

OperationalImplementation

GMES schedule

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13

InitialGMES Phases

...

Demonstrate the European maturity of

oceanography

Build the GMES marine

system, integrating the

“core” capacities

Run the GMES marine core

service, on an operational basis

Today’s challenges : Challenge (1): run the European core service on an operational basis Challenge (2) : link with the European and member states main services and

applications, (and the rest of the world) Challenge (3) : organise on a sustainable basis the link between this

operational European service and the existing research networks

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STILL A PROPOSAL

A project for the European “Marine Core Service”

Marine Core Service

GMESSatelliteand in situnetworks

Marine Core Service

Marine Core Service

Marine Downstream Services

Marine Downstream Services

GMES Marine

OperationalUsers

GMESService outputs(others)

Core information

(ocean state)

User customizedinformation

(user products)

GMES input information (raw data)

A European Marine “core” service clearly defined by the EC GMES Implementation Group

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MyOcean strenghts

A multi-year “experience” : preparing this “MCS” successful implementation through different GMES projects– The last ones are: MERSEA, Medspiration & Globcolor,

Marcoast & Polarview, ...

A collection of well-assessed existing “systems”, we’re not starting from nothing ; we have already a very good basis of existing core systems– See for instance the Mersea “system of systems”

A community of providers, operators, users and researchers: we have powerful networking organization such as EuroGOOS– Organized by regions and linked to international (GOOS, GEO)

– Gathering data Providers, model Operators and ... Users

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MyOcean Challenges

Move from an inter- “National” cooperation to a “European” perspective define a “european core” and focus on the links with national systems

The “ocean community” has multiple faces: Met Offices, Ocean centers, Research & Operational, Public & Private, Data only, model only, etc define a functional architecture, assign the responsibilities, and be clear on the

commitments

We have different definitions of “operationality” for our “operational oceanography” systems. use only one : use the EC guidelines as the reference

Move from “science-push” to “user-pull” set up a user-oriented organization: a user board, user commissioning forum, ...

Move from demonstration to full scale operations a certification process, to deliver the “ready-for-operations” label

MCS

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Climate Marine Environment Seasonal and weather forecasting Offshore Maritime transport and safety Fisheries Research General Public

Card 1: “WHY?”

Areas of Benefit MyOcean will “provide the data for users in the marine

sector, in other words the information for existing & new downstream services.”

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Card 2: “WHAT ?” (Service)

MyOcean will “deliver regular and systematic reference information (processed data,

elaborated products) on the state of the oceans and regional seas: at the resolution required by intermediate users & downstream service

providers, of known quality and accuracy, for the global and European regional seas.”

Data handling, Modelling and Assimilation

Variables: T, S, UV, SSH, ice, Chl-a, ...

Products: Catalog of reference products : pre-defined data fields, reanalysis, reports, ...

Service: Real time, Delayed Mode, On request,

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Card 3: “HOW FAR ?”

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downstream to our service:... is done (duty), or will be better done (skill) by a specialized agency, a European agency or a national center ; usually already in placeExample : COASTAL SYSTEMS

The down stream Cut off

upstream to our service

... is done (duty) by an observation agency or center (raw data)Example : Eumetsat SAFor the ESA PAC

The upstream cut-off

Data, ModelEuropean added-value

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Card 4: “TO WHOM ?”

The Key Users MyOcean will deliver a service to

– EU: The European Union• Users: European agencies

(EEA, EMSA, EDA, ...)

– MS: The Member States • Users: National Service

Providers

– IG: The Intergovernmental bodies• Users: MS and/or exec.bodies

such as OSPAR, UNEP-MAP, HELCOM, ICES, ...

EEA EMSA EDA ...

Met Offices

Oceancenters

Env. agencies

Navies, CoastGuards, ..

Research centers

...

OSPAR

ICES

UNEP-MAP

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The users

The direct users of MyOcean products are – a) Member States service providers (intermediate users) that

provide downstream services and products to regional / national / local users

– b) European and Regional Agencies: EMSA, EEA, HELCOM, OSPAR, UNEP-MAP, Arctic Council, OOPC, GCOS, JCOMM, ...

A Core User Group composed by both a) and b) members will be set up

A much broader range of MyOcean users (end-users) is involved indirectly in the demonstrations and together with the MS providers carry out the assessment

SLAs will be established by WP17 following GSE approach

Existing relations ”Core service providers” ”Intermediate users” built through MERSEA, Marcoast/Polarview, regional organizations (e.g. GOOS/EuroGOOS), ... will be continued.

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MFC and regions 1. Global 2. Arctic 3. Baltic 4. NWS 5. IBI 6. Med Sea 7 Black Sea

MOON & MedGOOS

GOOS/Godae

NOOS

BOOS

Arctic GOOS

Black Sea GOOS6

IBI-ROOS

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Card 5: “WHEN ?”

A 3-year project Starting before summer 2008, ending in 2011 2 phases :

– First 18 months: qualification of Service Version 1– Last 18 months: qualification of Service Version 2

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

(prototyping core system)MY OCEAN (core service)

CALL PROPOSALMCSWorkshop

KICK-OFF

GMES Implementation GMES Operations

Qualif Service V1

Qualif Service V2

QUALIF MCS V1 QUALIF MCS V2

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Card 6: “HOW ?”

Serv

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6 TAC : Thematic Assembly Centers– “Observations”

1 global and 6 regional MFC: Monitoring and Forecasting Centers– “Model / Assimilation”

Each Production Unit– under operational

commitments to deliver a service (OLAs)

– Conducting R&D, Integration, Operations, and Assessment

Sea Level

SST

Ice

Wind

Color

In Situ

TAC Arctic

Baltic

Atl. NWS

Atl. IBI

Med Sea

Black Sea

Global

MFC

13 PRODUCTION UNITS

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MyOcean

WP1MANAGEMENT &CROSS-CUTTING

WP2CENTRAL ENGINEERING

WP4 to WP16PRODUCTION

WP17 to WP20SERVICE

WP3R&D

WP4 to WP10MFCs

(Monitoring & Forecasting Centers)

WP 11 to WP16TACs

(Thematic Assembly Centres)

Servicedefinition

Serviceprovision

ServiceIntegration &assessment

System engineering

Qualityassurance

CommonSub-systems

The breakdown

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Selection of TACs & MFCs Rationale

Consolidation (operational, Cal/Val, R&D, service) of facilities developed over the past 5-10 years (MERSEA, Eurogoos, ESA projects including GSE, national projects, etc).

Criteria : maturity, skill, pan-European scale, operational capabilities, links with MFCs, Member state support (sustainability)

Global and regional services

Builds on Implementation Group Report

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MyOcean 6 TACs

Sea Level TAC

Sea Surface temperature TAC

Ocean colour TAC

Wind TAC

Sea Ice TAC

In-situ TAC

CLS

UK Met Office, Météo-France

CNR

KNMI

Met.No, (NERSC)

Ifremer

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MyOcean 7 MFCs

Global and North Atlantic

Atlantic: North west Shelves

Atlantic: IBI area

Arctic

Baltic

Med Sea

Black Sea

Mercator Ocean, France

Met office, UK

Puerto del Estados, Spain Mercator Ocean, France

met.no, (NERSC) Norway

DMI, Denmark

INGV, Italy

MHI, Ukraine

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SL TAC

OC TAC

Sea Ice TAC

In situ TAC

MFC Global: NEC/Fujitsu

Arctic MFC

Baltic MFC

NW Shelves MFC: NEC

IBI MFC : Cray

Med Sea MFC

Black Sea MFC

MyOcean arteries network

SST TAC

Wind TAC

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Card 7: “WHO ?”

Operatorsduty: operational

and qualifiedA few, but under strong operational

commitments

R&DDuty : quality and

innovation

UsersDuty: ensure

MCS integration into

real world

EngineersDuty: central engineering

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What´s next

We expect to receive an official letter from the Commission in beginning December that will invite us to start negotiations:

- The negotiation phase is assumed to take about 3-4 months (end in April 2008).

- The negotiation and finalization of the DoW will have to provide a full outline of the MyOcean objectives and workplan in consistence with the 33 meuro of EU contribution.

- MERSEA IP ends in April 2008

- Possible start of MyOcean in 3rd quarter of 2008.