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3rd MarinERA
Infrastructure Workshop
Ile des Embiez 12-13/02/08
“COSYNA Coastal Observing System of
Northern and Arctic Seas”
Funded by German
Ministry of Research and Education
Rolf Riethmüller
[email protected]
3rd MarinERA Infrastructure Workshop Ile des Embiez 12-13/02/08
Description (1)
Geographical
coverage:
North Sea subregion
- (Southern) North Sea
- German Bight
- German Wadden Sea
- Elbe mouth
German Bight
 Arctic subregion
- Lena Delta (Siberia)
Rolf Riethmüller
[email protected]
3rd MarinERA Infrastructure Workshop Ile des Embiez 12-13/02/08
3rd MarinERA Infrastructure Workshop Ile des Embiez 12-13/02/08
Description (2)
Platforms (present /
planned)
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Poles (Wadden Sea)
FerryBox units (fixed)
Off-shore research platforms
Off-shore wind turbines
Undulating towed fish
Glider, AUV
Land based radar
(X-Band, HF)
FerryBoxes on
freight ships, ferries
Satellites (optical, SAR)
chlorophyll-a concentration
(using 9 (of 10) MERIS visible wavelengths)‫‏‬
THE NETHERLANDS
THE NETHERLANDS
Existing Reference Stations
Planned Reference stations
Rolf Riethmüller
[email protected]
DENMARK
DENMARK
MARNET (BSH)
3rd MarinERA Infrastructure Workshop Ile des Embiez 12-13/02/08
3rd MarinERA Infrastructure Workshop Ile des Embiez 12-13/02/08
Description (3)
Instruments / Parameters
 Meteorology: pressure, temperature, wind, global radiation,
humidity, rain-sampler
 Oceanography: CTD, floater (water level, waves), ADCP/ADV
(currents), directional wave rider, X-Band & HF-radar
(currents, waves, bathymetry)
 Suspended material: optical turbidity, fluorescence, PAR,
Spectral Optical Absorption – PSICAM) (algal groups by
pigments), sampler
 Water chemistry: automated nutrient analysers, oxygen, pH,
alkalinity, pCO2
 Further (investigated/planned): zooplankton, others
Rolf Riethmüller
[email protected]
3rd MarinERA Infrastructure Workshop Ile des Embiez 12-13/02/08
3rd MarinERA Infrastructure Workshop Ile des Embiez 12-13/02/08
Maintainability
Platform
Reachability
Frequency
Conveyance
Wadden Sea Pile
good
High (weekly)
(biofouling!)
boat, zodiac
FerryBox
good
Moderate
(two-weekly to
monthly)
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difficult
Monthly; after
severe storms
Ship
(availability?)
helicopter
good
low
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Off-shore platforms
(participation in external
infrastructure)
Radar
Rolf Riethmüller
[email protected]
3rd MarinERA Infrastructure Workshop Ile des Embiez 12-13/02/08
3rd MarinERA Infrastructure Workshop Ile des Embiez 12-13/02/08
Quality assurance (1)
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Comparison with standards
Comparison with water samples
Regular in-situ maintenance
Sensor intercalibration
Temporal-regional filters
Local & temporal consistency between
different instruments and parameters
 Documentation of methodologies
 Participation in europ. initiatives (ECOOP)
Rolf Riethmüller
[email protected]
3rd MarinERA Infrastructure Workshop Ile des Embiez 12-13/02/08
3rd MarinERA Infrastructure Workshop Ile des Embiez 12-13/02/08
Quality assurance (2)
 Comparison with water samples & standards
Rolf Riethmüller
[email protected]
3rd MarinERA Infrastructure Workshop Ile des Embiez 12-13/02/08
3rd MarinERA Infrastructure Workshop Ile des Embiez 12-13/02/08
Data flow & data management
FTP via UMTS
Import to GKSS COSYNA
Database (Oracle 11)
FerryBox
Outputs
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Pre-operational
Data processing
Data
assimilation,
models
via SOS (Sensor
Observing Service)
Visualisation,
Access
Turbidity
Rolf Riethmüller
[email protected]
3rd MarinERA Infrastructure Workshop Ile des Embiez 12-13/02/08
3rd MarinERA Infrastructure Workshop Ile des Embiez 12-13/02/08
Rolf Riethmüller
[email protected]
3rd MarinERA Infrastructure Workshop Ile des Embiez 12-13/02/08