1. Marine Core Service MY OCEAN Cal / Val activities at MUMM in relation with MyOcean WP7 J. Ozer, S. Ponsar, G. Lacroix, X. Desmit and S. Legrand MUMM

2. Marine Core Service MyOcean Cal/Val Meeting, Hambourg, April 12 th, 2010 Content Overview of Cal / Val activities at MUMM Description of models NRT validation Next steps

3. Marine Core Service MyOcean Cal/Val Meeting, Hambourg, April 12 th, 2010 Model description Physics: COHERENS 3-D hydrodynamic model (V1, V2) – Developed in the nineties (MAST projects; Dr.P Luyten et al.) – Verified/validated – Long list of users Biology: MIRO (Dr. Lancelot et al.) – 32 state variables – 28 processes linking the state variables – Phytoplankton, Zooplankton, microbial loop and benthic diagenesis. – Hindcast run 93-06: validation against in situ and remote sensing data using various metrics (see e.g., Lacroix et al., 2007, JMS 64)

4. Marine Core Service MyOcean Cal/Val Meeting, Hambourg, April 12 th, 2010 Hydrodynamics: operational 2D barotropic model for NWS (~6km) 3D baroclinic model for the North Sea (~6km) 3D baroclinic model for the BCS (~0.750 m)

5. Marine Core Service MyOcean Cal/Val Meeting, Hambourg, April 12 th, 2010 Pre-operational Miro&CO (ECOOP) UK FR NL BE Canche Leie IJser Authie Seine Somme Scheldt Rhine/M euse Thames Atlantic water Southern North Sea circulation dispersion

6. Marine Core Service MyOcean Cal/Val Meeting, Hambourg, April 12 th, 2010 NRT validation: water levels http://www.noos.cchttp://www.vlaamsehydrografie.be

7. Marine Core Service MyOcean Cal/Val Meeting, Hambourg, April 12 th, 2010 NRT validation: Water levels

8. Marine Core Service MyOcean Cal/Val Meeting, Hambourg, April 12 th, 2010 NRT validation: transport

9. Marine Core Service MyOcean Cal/Val Meeting, Hambourg, April 12 th, 2010 NRT validation: SST OSTIA MODIS ODAS

10. Marine Core Service MyOcean Cal/Val Meeting, Hambourg, April 12 th, 2010 NRT validation: SST

11. Marine Core Service MyOcean Cal/Val Meeting, Hambourg, April 12 th, 2010 NRT validation: SST

12. Marine Core Service MyOcean Cal/Val Meeting, Hambourg, April 12 th, 2010 NRT validation: SSS Not yet operational

13. Marine Core Service MyOcean Cal/Val Meeting, Hambourg, April 12 th, 2010 Monitoring NRT validation: Biochemistry Monitoring Ocean Color http://www.mumm.ac.be/datacenter Ferry Box ?

14. Marine Core Service MyOcean Cal/Val Meeting, Hambourg, April 12 th, 2010 NRT validation: Chlorophyll

15. Marine Core Service MyOcean Cal/Val Meeting, Hambourg, April 12 th, 2010 NRT validation: DIN

16. Marine Core Service MyOcean Cal/Val Meeting, Hambourg, April 12 th, 2010 NRT validation: PO4

17. Marine Core Service MyOcean Cal/Val Meeting, Hambourg, April 12 th, 2010 Summary and next steps Procedures for NRT validation do exist: Some are fully automatic Others are still in pre-operational mode For water level and SST (SSS?), we have enough data for some statistical computation. For biochemistry, remote sensing data are sparse. Comparison with climatology is possible at some stations For transports, NRT comparison between models is feasible. Verification/validation of the MIRO&CO (pre-oper): more diagnostics, automatization of procedures, … Must be done in compliance with Met. Office products.

18. Marine Core Service MyOcean Cal/Val Meeting, Hambourg, April 12 th, 2010 Cal / Val practical plan Proposal (to be discussed today) April: model outputs and data available End of June: implementation of metrics End of September: checking of the metrics implementation End of October: report and metrics code available