1. European Virtual Ice Centre DMI / Ice Charting and Remote Sensing Division Programmatic Framework Better exploitation of existing data and adaptation of existing observing system

2. European Virtual Ice Centre DMI / Ice Charting and Remote Sensing Division Partners  Danish Meteorological Institute  SevenCs  Norwegian Polar Institute  Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre  VTT - Technical Research Centre of Finland  Vexcel Corporation  Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute  BSH - Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency  FIMR - Finish Institute of Marine Research

3. European Virtual Ice Centre DMI / Ice Charting and Remote Sensing Division The Concept Archive Ice charts European national ice services Scientists Weather and forecasting services Public agencies and educators Virtual European Ice Centre Virtual European Ice Centre Satellites (a) EVIC users (b) Sources of data Operators at sea A interdisciplinary project involving sea ice, oceanography as well as satellite remote sensing..

4. European Virtual Ice Centre DMI / Ice Charting and Remote Sensing Division The Concept Archive Ice charts European national ice services Scientists Weather and forecasting services Public agencies and educators Virtual European Ice Centre Virtual European Ice Centre Satellites (a) EVIC users (b) Sources of data Operators at sea A review and consultation exercise covering all the areas of requirements that the European Virtual Ice Centre would need to address including science and marine operations requirements...

5. European Virtual Ice Centre DMI / Ice Charting and Remote Sensing Division The Aims Archive Ice charts European national ice services Scientists Weather and forecasting services Public agencies and educators Virtual European Ice Centre Virtual European Ice Centre Satellites (a) EVIC users (b) Sources of data Operators at sea Innovative exploitation of existing European ice charting services to support a broader user base and in particular to support the scientific community and to enhance the services provided to the operational community..

6. European Virtual Ice Centre DMI / Ice Charting and Remote Sensing Division The Aims Archive Ice charts European national ice services Scientists Weather and forecasting services Public agencies and educators Virtual European Ice Centre Virtual European Ice Centre Satellites (a) EVIC users (b) Sources of data Operators at sea To establish a consistent, consensus-based set of requirements for the European Virtual Ice Centre covering the requirements of the scientific and marine operational communities.

7. European Virtual Ice Centre DMI / Ice Charting and Remote Sensing Division The Aims Archive Ice charts European national ice services Scientists Weather and forecasting services Public agencies and educators Virtual European Ice Centre Virtual European Ice Centre Satellites (a) EVIC users (b) Sources of data Operators at sea To establish a high level design and implementation plan for the European Virtual Ice Centre that will result in a proposal for full implementation of the European Virtual Ice Centre

8. DMI / Ice Charting and Remote Sensing Division Innovation  Providing a new source of information to scientific community  Set the scene for new innovative ice products  Application of state-of-the-art communications and Internet techniques  Enhanced co-operation among National Ice Services

9. European Virtual Ice Centre DMI / Ice Charting and Remote Sensing Division Project Timetable

10. European Virtual Ice Centre DMI / Ice Charting and Remote Sensing Division Management and Networking  Organise project meetings  Establish links to institutions, agencies and organisations e.g. – Ice services – IICWG, JCOMM, BSIM, ACSYS-CliC

11. European Virtual Ice Centre DMI / Ice Charting and Remote Sensing Division Marine Operations Requirements  Establish a set of consensus requirements form a broad range of the polar marine operations community for ice chart services and products

12. European Virtual Ice Centre DMI / Ice Charting and Remote Sensing Division Science Requirements  Establish a set of consensus requirements from the sea ice and polar research community for sea ice products

13. European Virtual Ice Centre DMI / Ice Charting and Remote Sensing Division Emerging Observation Methods  Ensure and facilitate access to all important space and non-space sea ice data using existing as well as future observation methods – Promote effective use of current and future satellite data that are important for sea ice observations

14. European Virtual Ice Centre DMI / Ice Charting and Remote Sensing Division Ice Services Requirements  Establish the requirements that would need to be supported by the national ice services to operate and maintain an European Virtual Ice Centre. – IICWG required to endorse requirements – Operational practices – Product formatting and specifications – Quality assurance issues

15. European Virtual Ice Centre DMI / Ice Charting and Remote Sensing Division Communication Infrastructure  Establish the infrastructure required to host and operate the European Virtual Ice Centre efficiently – Protocols – Security issues – Loads – Bandwidth

16. European Virtual Ice Centre DMI / Ice Charting and Remote Sensing Division Operational Models  Establish candidate operational models that would allow the European Virtual Ice Centre to make efficient use of existing ice services operations – Definition of roles for the Virtual Ice Centre and the National Ice Services – Product ordering – Maintenance – Product quality control – Distribution and copyright control

17. European Virtual Ice Centre DMI / Ice Charting and Remote Sensing Division Implementation Plan  Generate a plan for implementation of an European Virtual Ice Centre in the form of a EU 6th. Framework Programme Proposal.

18. Good or bad news from EU ? We will let you know early next year !