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1 CURRENT STATUS OF DEVELOPMENT OF OCEAN ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SERVICES Pierre Bahurel, Mercator Ocean, France Frank Aikman, NOAA, US Tim Moltmann, IMOS, Australia

2 National Ocean Service, US MyOcean Copernicus, Europe IMOS, Australia

3 Talk outline We consider three ocean environmental core services : IMOS, NOS, and MyOcean. We ask them three questions: Why today? Why does the service exist today? What s new? What does it change? So what? So, what do the users think about this service? Our goal is to understand how operational oceanography moves from R&D demonstrations to operational information services

4 A few slides to present IMOS, NOS and Copernicus Marine QUICK OVERVIEW

IMOS: Integrated Marine Observing System www.imos.org.

5 IMOS: Integrated Marine Observing System contact person: Tim Moltman A national collaborative research infrastructure, funded by Australian Government Open ocean, onto the continental shelf and into the coast... Integrated across physics, chemistry, and biology A portfolio of platform based Facilities Argo, SOOP, Deepwater Moorings, Gliders, AUV s, Shelf/Coastal Moorings, Radar, Animal Tagging, Sensor Networks, and Remote Sensing A data portal, where data are freely available

6 NOS: NOAA s National Ocean Service oceanservice.noaa.gov contact person: Frank Aikman A national service, funded by the US government Operational Forecast Systems (OFS) for the Coastal and Estuarine Environment A network of coastal forecast systems all along the US coasts Mainly focussed on physical oceanography A data portal, where data are freely available

7 MyOcean: The EU Copernicus Marine Service marine.copernicus.eu contact person: Pierre Bahurel A European service, funded by EU and the Member States Monitoring and Forecasting data centres, for the global ocean and European seas Integration of observation- and model-based data in a single catalogue Open ocean, regional seas ; ocean physics and biogeochemistry, real-time and reanalyses A data portal, where data are freely available

8 Why does the service exist today? What were or are the motivations? What are the conditions that made this transition possible? WHY TODAY?

Inadequate marine observing effort Objective : support science to provide observations and data to

9 Why does IMOS exist today? Motivation: a marine nation 3rd largest ocean territory on Earth Australia: a marine nation Inadequate marine observing effort Objective : support science to provide observations and data to the marine and climate science community, as a research infra Framework : gov. program Australia s government ready to invest $130M over 8 years A group of partners ready to go

10 Why does NOS exist today? Motivation: support operations Safe & efficient navigation Emergency response Environmentally sound mgt of the coastal zone Objective: develop operational models to develop a national network of operational hydrodynamic models providing nowcasts and short-term forecasts Framework: gov. agency NOAA s National Ocean Service

11 Why does MyOcean Copernicus exist today? Motivation : use Earth data Foster the use of Earth observation data in downstream applications Take benefit of a multi-year and successful community work Objective : improve and simplify to improve ocean information and simplify access to it Framework : EU program EU Copernicus program for marine (60 M so far) 60 partners / 28 countries ready to co-invest

12 Why today? a good reason + a good organisation + a good sponsor The good reason was already there, and is reinforced by a successful R&D A good organisation means skilled partners and a continuous networking approach The sponsor understands and supports an «open & free» data policy for the core service

13 what is the added value for users? where stands the difference with the previous situation? WHAT S NEW?

14 What changes with IMOS

15 What changes with IMOS

16 What changes with IMOS multiple institutions engaged with complementary capabilities a data centric infrastructure for use by all a move towards a culture of open data access more effective relationships with other components of the research & innovation system (vessels, other data holders, modeling) synergies with IT capabilities (computing, data, tools)

What changes with IMOS multiple institutions engaged with complementary capabilities a data centric infrastructure for use by all a move towards a culture of open data access

17 What changes with IMOS multiple institutions engaged with complementary capabilities a data centric infrastructure for use by all a move towards a culture of open data access more effective relationships with other components of the research & innovation system (vessels, other data holders, modeling) synergies with IT capabilities (computing, data, tools)

18 What changes with NOS tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov

19 What changes with NOS A plan for a full network, with systems already in operations Integration of observing system data, model predictions A common model framework, including real-time data ingest, a 24x7 QC, dissemination tool via web display or OpenDAP Well-defined standards; runs regularly & automatically; reliability, stability & commitment

20 What changes with NOS A plan for a full network, with systems already in operations Integration of observing system data, model predictions A common model framework, including real-time data ingest, a 24x7 QC, dissemination tool via web display or OpenDAP Well-defined standards; runs regularly & automatically; reliability, stability & commitment

ESSENTIAL MARINE VARIABLES CURRENTS TEMPERATURE SALINITY SEA

21 What changes with MyOcean Copernicus REANALYSES 10 to 45 years REAL-TIME Daily, hourly FORECAST 2 to 10 days ESSENTIAL MARINE VARIABLES CURRENTS TEMPERATURE SALINITY SEA ICE DISCOVER VIEW DOWNLOAD Open & Free SEA LEVEL SEA WIND BIOGEO CHEMISTRY

22 What changes with MyOcean Copernicus marine.copernicus.eu

23 What changes with MyOcean Copernicus marine.copernicus.eu

What changes with MyOcean Copernicus QC A single catalog with information produced and assessed by ocean experts, a reduction of unnecessary redundancy, a recognition of complementarities Standards

24 What changes with MyOcean Copernicus QC A single catalog with information produced and assessed by ocean experts, a reduction of unnecessary redundancy, a recognition of complementarities Standards for formats, QC, interoperability, service evolutions A free and open access to everyone for all data, advanced tools to facilitate access, high level reliability (> 96%) A group of operators committed for operations

25 What changes with MyOcean Copernicus QC A single catalog with information produced and assessed by ocean experts, a reduction of unnecessary redundancy, a recognition of complementarities Standards for formats, QC, interoperability, service evolutions A free and open access to everyone for all data, advanced tools to facilitate access, high level reliability (> 96%) A group of operators committed for operations

26 What s new? A focal point + a data policy + standards + commitments A focal point, devoted to service-to-users, enabling further synergies and partnerships A data policy, increasing value via data-sharing Standards, improving interoperability and cost efficiency Commitments, for service continuity and sustainability

27 what are the users feedbacks? what have we learned? SO WHAT?

au Assessed as high priority in four successive competitive funding rounds Attracting for international

28 So what do users think of IMOS? UPTAKE Uptake and use is strong: 40% per annum increase in science output Imos.org.au Assessed as high priority in four successive competitive funding rounds Attracting for international collaboration and partnership with modeling and forecasting communities EXPECTATION IMOS to be more active in the coastal zone LESSON ensuring that adequate investment is made in quality control

So what do users think of NOS? DE Bay/River Pilots (S. Roberts) prevent the safe passage of deep loaded tankers before they are scheduled to get underway.

29 So what do users think of NOS? DE Bay/River Pilots (S. Roberts) prevent the safe passage of deep loaded tankers before they are scheduled to get underway. [ ] saving costs due to delays and aborted passages. NWS (B. Schneider, WFO Portland) Receiving accurate model output [ ] is central to WFO Portland s effort to improving forecasts for these areas oceanservice.noaa.gov

30 So what do users think of MyOcean? Number of users a successful uptake: ~100 new registrations every month Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Fall 2012 Sep 2013 Months

31 So what do users think of MyOcean? A worldwide use, in different domains 31% Climate seasonal & weather forecasting 26% Marine & coastal environment Marine Resources 12% 31% Marine safety Research 50% 12% 20% 18% Business Others Public

32 So what? A good uptake, and clear expectations Core services have found their users Users are asking for long-term sustainability, service continuity and quality information

33 CONCLUSION

34 Conclusion Operational oceanography is moving from successful R&D demonstrations to operational core services. There are different types of core services, with different scopes, but they always come from a successful R&D Core services in operation prove their capacity to meet users first expectations (simplify, deliver, assess, secure) are based on public-good business models create value by securing a network organization with a simple focal point for users There is a lot to do, and great expectations. Sustainability is a key issue.

35 Conclusion Operational oceanography is moving from successful R&D demonstrations to operational core services. There are different types of core services, with different scopes, but they always come from a successful R&D Core services in operation prove their capacity to meet users first expectations (simplify, deliver, assess, secure) are based on public-good business models create value by securing a network organization with a simple focal point for users There is a lot to do, and great expectations. Sustainability is a key issue. Contact Pierre.Bahurel@mercator-ocean.fr Web sites MyOcean: marine.copernicus.eu IMOS: NOS: oceanservice.noaa.gov See the posters!

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