EMODnet Chemistry 2: administration, results, SWOT-analysis Alessandra Giorgetti, Lipizer Marina, Vinci Matteo EMODnet Chemistry 2 – Third year plenary meeting, 8-9 June 2016

The partnership Critical points: YugNIRO based in Crimea has been disbanded and exit MHI changed to FSBSI MHI, Ru IBSS changed to IMBR, Ru  45 participants ! 32 partners 14 subcontractors

Missing invoice from IMR (No), IOF (Hr), FMI (Fi), SOI (Ru), IMBR (Ru) Repeated the payment for IMGW (Pl) Under processing ISPRA (It) Problem in money transfer for MHI (Ru) and IMBR (Ru) All others should have received the second payment Payments EMODnet Chemistry 2 – Third year plenary meeting, 8-9 June 2016

Interim and final reports have to be sent to EU for approval and payments. Reporting to EU

Deliverables: Bi-monthly progress reports through phases 1 to 3 (from M2 to M36) First interim report (M12), approved on 4/9/2014 Second interim report (M24), approved on 26/10/2015 Draft final report 2 months before the end of phase 3 (M34) Final report at the end of phase 3 (M36) 15-page executive summary that can be read by a non- specialist Reporting to EU EMODnet Chemistry 2 – Third year plenary meeting, 8-9 June 2016

 All WP leaders/regional leaders are preparing a description of activity, challenges and lessons learned (request 25/5/2016, deadline 17/6/2016)  OGS will distribute to all participants the draft final report for revision (end June 2016) The draft final report EMODnet Chemistry 2 – Third year plenary meeting, 8-9 June 2016

 OGS will draft the allocation of project resources per partner and WP and will distribute for revision  OGS will draft the challenges faced during the project will distribute for revision  All partners should provide possibly within 27/6/2016 a short summary of their activities, including:  Dissemination activity (meetings, presentation to conferences, publications)  All WP leaders/regional leaders should provide possibly within 27/6/2016 a description of activity, challenges and lessons learned The final report EMODnet Chemistry 2 – Third year plenary meeting, 8-9 June 2016

Results Executed in 3 phases: construction (months 1-12) consolidation (months 13-24) convergence (months 25-36) M25=July – M36=June EMODnet Chemistry 2 – Third year plenary meeting, 8-9 June 2016

Data Collection and Metadata Compilation Focus on 5 sea regions defined as: Baltic Sea; Greater North Sea (including Norwegian Sea and Celtic Sea); Atlantic Sea (including Atlantic Coast and Macaronesia); Black Sea; Mediterranean Sea. The parameters are collected in 3 matrices: water column; biota; sediment. Year 1

EMODnet Chemistry 2 – Third year plenary meeting, 8-9 June 2016 Year 2 Data Collection and Metadata Compilation Focus on 5 sea regions defined as: Baltic Sea; Greater North Sea (including Norwegian Sea and Celtic Sea); Atlantic Sea (including Atlantic Coast and Macaronesia); Black Sea; Mediterranean Sea. The parameters are collected in 3 matrices: water column; biota; sediment.

EMODnet Chemistry 2 – Third year plenary meeting, 8-9 June 2016 Data Collection and Metadata Compilation Focus on 5 sea regions defined as: Baltic Sea; Greater North Sea (including Norwegian Sea and Celtic Sea); Atlantic Sea (including Atlantic Coast and Macaronesia); Black Sea; Mediterranean Sea. The parameters are collected in 3 matrices: water column; biota; sediment. Year 2 Year 3 : from data to regional aggregated and validated data collections

EMODnet Chemistry 2 – Third year plenary meeting, 8-9 June 2016 DIVA horizontal maps From Data to Products –workflow QC Regional Data Buffer Regional Data Buffer ODV QC + aggregation(P35) Viewing and Downloading Service (WMS/WFS/WPS) Dynamic Time Series NODCs CDI user interface CDI Robot harvester NODCs

EMODnet Chemistry 2 – Third year plenary meeting, 8-9 June 2016 Data Validation Loop Data are checked, flagged and completed with metadata by NODCs Regional Regional data collections - Data Aggregation - Parameter Homogenization - Unit Conversion (to «umol/l») - Regional Quality Check - Global Analysis Regional buffers Regional a buffers QCd data collections Report errors to the data originators Update the official copy of data Feedback loop guarantees data quality upgrade Questionnaire based on ISO/IEC 17025: Data and Metadata

EMODnet Chemistry 2 – Third year plenary meeting, 8-9 June 2016 from first reported period: CDIs made available through the portal for European waters, from first reported period: Total  increase of (22,24% from first period, 6,5 % in the last year) WP1 Data collection and metadata compilation Correction of entries with wrong metadata information or bad quality data files cdi duplicates maintenance Disbanding of YugNIRO CDIs CDIs

Data available at 31/5/2015 Water body ( CDIs) Sediment ( CDIs) Biota ( CDIs) EMODnet Chemistry 2 – Third year plenary meeting, 8-9 June 2016

Summary – third year: DIVA Maps have been generated for available Nutrients: PO4 in umol/l Total Phosphorus in umol/l NOx (NO3, NO2+NO3) in umol/l NO3 in umol/l Total Nitrogen in umol/l NH4 in umol/l SiO4 in umol/l DIVA Maps have been generated in the 5 sea regions, with 10-year running mean, per season and in all vertical layers, according to data distribution DIVA Maps still have to be generated for: Oxygen in umol/l Chlorophyll-a in ug/l Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in umol/l pH Alkalinity in umol/l WP2 Data Products generation - DIVA horizontal maps EMODnet Chemistry 2 – Third year plenary meeting, 8-9 June 2016

WP2 Data Products generation - DIVA horizontal maps EMODnet Chemistry 2 – Third year plenary meeting, 8-9 June 2016 Water body phosphate in the surface for all EU seas: mean

WP2 Data Products generation - DIVA horizontal maps EMODnet Chemistry 2 – Third year plenary meeting, 8-9 June 2016 Water body nitrate in the deepest layer for all EU seas: mean

WP2 Data Products generation - DIVA horizontal maps EMODnet Chemistry 2 – Third year plenary meeting, 8-9 June 2016 Temporal evolution of Water body nitrate in the surface in the Adriatic Sea Nitrate 2009 Nitrate 2000 Nitrate 1995 Nitrate 1990 Nitrate 2005

EMODnet Chemistry 2 – Third year plenary meeting, 8-9 June 2016 WP2 Data Products generation - DIVA horizontal maps

EMODnet Chemistry 2 – Third year plenary meeting, 8-9 June 2016 WP2 Data Products generation – Dynamic Time Series Parameters: NO3, NOx, Total Nitrogen, PO4, Total Phosphorus, SiO4, NH4 + Alkalinity, pH, Dissolved Oxygen and Chlorophyll-a Time period: defined by the user (default is ) Vertical layers: defined by the user (default is 0-10m) Selecting a parameter you get dynamically (WFS, WPS OGC services): Spatial distributions Time series plots Vertical profiles Contaminants will be available soon!

WP2 Data Products generation – P35 Data products generation requires parameter aggregation Parameter groupFocus on AntifoulantsTBT, TPT Hydrocarbonsanthracene, benzo(a)pyrene, fluoranthene, naphthalene, phenanthrene Heavy metalscadmium, lead, mercury, copper, zinc PCBsPCB118, PCB138, PCB153, PCB180, PCB28, PCB52, PCB101, PCB 105 Pesticidesp,p'-DDTs (including p,p'- DDE, p,p'-DDT and p,p'- DDD) and HCB Radionuclides137Cs EMODnet Chemistry 2 – Third year plenary meeting, 8-9 June 2016

WP2 Data Products generation – P35 "For a general overview, data on contaminants (antifoulants, hydrocarbons, heavy metals, polychlorinated biphenyls, pesticides & biocides, radionuclides) are grouped regardless of sediment grain size, of Mytilus species and size classes, of measurement units, of phase (dissolved/particulate), of analytical and normalization protocols adopted. Specific information is linked to the data. Visualizations may not be directly comparable".   EMODnet Chemistry 2 – Third year plenary meeting, 8-9 June 2016

WP2 Data Products generation Time series plot for fertilizers and silicates (after parameter aggregation, P35): Nitrate time series Phosphate time series Case study in the North Adriatic:

WP3 QA/QC - Validation - MSFD interaction WP5 Analyses and Recommendations ISPRA and OGS will give specific presentations on the surveys circulated ICES will present analysis and recommendations Three EMODnet-MSFD Coordination Meetings took place in Bruxelles to better coordinate EMODnet activities with MSFD requirements and formulate requirements on products, metadata and QA/QC procedures. Meetings with BSC and UNEP-MAP to find synergies and integration. EMODnet Chemistry may provide maximum impact on MSFD reporting on the Mediterranean and Black Sea 2 nd Expert WS took place in Oostende, 21 st October 2015, back to back with the first EMODnet Open Conference EMODnet Chemistry supports access to data and data products used for MSFD assessments and monitoring EMODnet Chemistry 2 – Third year plenary meeting, 8-9 June 2016

WP4 Portal development and operation

Strengths: Improved spatial & temporal coverage of chemical data (especially eutrophication) for all EU basins (ur-EMODnet vs EMODnet) Regional aggregated and validated data buffers for nutrients (interest by RSC) Harmonised Data products on eutrophication covering all EU basins Sharing of practices (QA/QC, DIVA,…) for increased harmonization at EU level Increased connections with MSFD and Marine Conventions (MoU) Raised awareness of the complexity and need of harmonization at EU level First example of aggregated and harmonized contaminant dataset at EU scale EMODnet Chemistry 2 – Third year plenary meeting, 8-9 June 2016 Strength Weakness Opportunities Threat - analysis

Weaknesses Several issues on ODV data format Very large set of parameters which need specific expertise to be handled Need to increase dialogue with chemical experts (contaminants) Data aggregation and validation very time consuming For data product: very heterogeneous possible end-users, need to better understand who needs what Limited visibility of data managed in comparison with large content User-friendliness of services Not easy browsing in Data Access service for long lists Synchronization between EMODnet distributed data infrastructure and regional buffers EMODnet Chemistry 2 – Third year plenary meeting, 8-9 June 2016

Strength Weakness Opportunities Threat - analysis Opportunities Integration of contaminant data revealed high heterogeneity in data collection, useful as knowledge base for policy makers Contaminant data management revealed gaps in common standards and needs for harmonization, possibility to better tune further steps Synergy with other EU initiatives (Data Ingestion, ActionMed, AtlantOS, …) New calls focused on gaps (eg. ADRION in Adriatic – Ionian area focused on contaminants) Strengthen dialogue with Marine Conventions EMODnet Chemistry 2 – Third year plenary meeting, 8-9 June 2016

Strength Weakness Opportunities Threat - analysis Threats Very (too?) ambitious objectives (EU harmonised products for contaminants) Large effort in highly heterogeneous chemical data management is underestimated EMODnet Chemistry 2 – Third year plenary meeting, 8-9 June 2016