My-Ocean - Copernicus

MyOcean User Workshop
Time Series & Indicators Splinter
MY OCEAN
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Introduction (15 mins)
Three more speakers (60 mins)
Five discussion topics (90 mins)
Conclusions to report back (15 mins)
Speakers
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David Connor (DG Env)
– MSFD: current status & outlook
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Giordano Giorgi (ISPRA, Italy)
– Eutrophication
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Mark Dickey-Collas (ICES)
– Indicators and indices
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Matt Frost (MBA, UK)
– Sea-bed habitat mapping
Speakers’ brief
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Experience with & expectations of
MyOcean products
Why you use or intend to use them
What are their strengths & weaknesses
Priorities for improvement of them
Discussion topics
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MyOcean products
– Relevance, quality, usability, scope
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Information about the products
– Relevance, priorities for improvement
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Access to the products
– Ease of download, quality of interface
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Best practice
– for sharing information & expertise
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Evolution
– how to capture user requirements
– How to implement R&D
Opening remarks (1)
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The original focus of MyOcean was the realtime forecasting of physical variables in the
open ocean
Collaborations between the marine
environment and operational prediction
communities are now (slowly) developing
We should not presume the MyOcean
product interface is suitable for MSFD
purposes
Opening remarks (2)
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Experiences from meteorology
– the best climate projections use models
tested out in weather forecasting
– attributing variability to anthropogenic
forcing or natural causes needs scientific
rigour and inputs from models
– downstream applications using climate
projections have often been hampered by
divides between the communities
Oceanography and climatology
F. Lalli, A. Bruschi, M.L. Cassese, V. Pesarino
ISPRA
N. Pinardi, C. Fratianni INGV
Physical
parameters
Velocity
(surface, bottom)
Salinity (spatial mean)
Analysis of the
process
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Mixing
Mediterranean Sea: surface salinity
Mean 2001 - 2010
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ISPRA- Roma, 27-03-2013
Italian Seas: surface salinity (seasonal mean)
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ISPRA- Roma, 27-03-2013
Salinity Trend : annual time serie of mean in
the area
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Salinity mean in the Ionian Sea: recent trend increasing
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ISPRA- Roma, 27-03-2013
Topic 1
The MyOcean Products
MY OCEAN
Marine
Core
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A single & simple catalogue
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Specifications:
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Observations
Sea Level, Ocean Colour, SST,
Sea Ice & Wind, In-Situ
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Standard parameters
Analysis & Forecast
Global Ocean
Regional Seas: Atlantic IBI, Atlantic
NWS, Arctic Ocean, Baltic Sea,
Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea
Issues for discussion
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Relevance of the products
 Content
 Format of files
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Quality of the products
Usability of the products
Timeliness and availability of
the products?
Topic 2
Information on the
MyOcean products
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Generic & on-demand information
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FAQ
News flash!
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Documents (website)
Product description
Quality assessment information
Online information on products
(FAQ, News Flash!)
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User Helpdesk
Generic requests
Specific requests: registration,
definition, quality, usage
Issues for discussion
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Relevance of the currently
available information
Request for improvement about
 Product description?
 Product quality?
 Product usage (inc. limitations)?
Topic 3
Access to the
MyOcean products
& information
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A single entry point:
www.myocean.eu
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Product selection
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Registration
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Product download
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Via web portal
Via scripts
On-line information
Issues for discussion
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Quality of the access interface
 Information content
 Selection
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Easiness of product download
Requests for improvement
Topic 4
Best practises
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Marine
Core
Service
Main objective:
Improving the user uptake
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Sharing information about
– MyOcean products (content, quality)
– Their use in various application areas
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Implementing actions
– Based on MyOcean data
– Fostering the development of downstream
applications, e.g. at national level
Issues for discussion
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Organisation
 Application areas
 Regional approaches
 Role of EuroGOOS & European
organisations
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Activities & actions
 Exchange of information, e.g. MyOcean
social network
 Common tools, e.g. toolbox library
 Joint projects, e.g. R&D for downstream
services
 Joint training activities
Topic 5
Evolution of the
MyOcean Service
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A user driven R&D approach
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User
requirements
Users
Products
Service
Need for state-ofthe-art service
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R&D priorities
Implem.
Expert body
fast loop
Strategic +
R&D plan
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PC/R&D
med-term loop
S&T
WGsloop
long-term
external
R&D
R&D
results
– User requirements
– Scientific &
technical feasibility
Issues for discussion
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How capturing the user requirements
 Per application area
 Synthesis
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How implementing R&D activities
 Prioritization / arbitration processes
 Long-term R&D planning
 Links with external R&D activities