1. Kick-off Kavala, Greece 6-8 June 2017
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No

2. level
Description
Reconstructed, unprocessed instrument and payload data at full resolution, with any and all communications artifacts (e. g., synchronization frames, communications headers, duplicate data) removed. 1a
Reconstructed, unprocessed instrument data at full resolution, time-referenced, and annotated with ancillary information, including radiometric and geometric calibration coefficients and georeferencing parameters (e. g., platform ephemeris) computed and appended but not applied to the Level 0 data (or if applied, in a manner that level 0 is fully recoverable from level 1a data). 1b
Level 1a data that have been processed to sensor units (e. g., radar backscatter cross section, brightness temperature, etc.); not all instruments have Level 1b data; level 0 data is not recoverable from level 1b data. 2
Derived geophysical variables (e. g., ocean wave height, soil moisture, ice concentration) at the same resolution and location as Level 1 source data. 3
Variables mapped on uniform spacetime grid scales, usually with some completeness and consistency (e. g., missing points interpolated, complete regions mosaicked together from multiple orbits, etc.). 4
Model output or results from analyses of lower level data (i. e., variables that were not measured by the instruments but instead are derived from these measurements).

3. Objective WP8: To assess and enhance the performance of the services and the quality of the data provided at the Model Observatories

4. WP 8: End-user Services WP6 WP7 WP8 WP9 Validation: Platform (D8.1)
Platform development (validation, operation, maintenance)
Big Data management (algorithms, tools)
End-user Services
Adjustment in Model Observatories
Uncertainty analysis methods
Platform functionality assessment
Data Management Plan
Ecosystem assessment
(all observatories)
End-users consultation and feedback analysis
Validation and Pilot testing of the platform
T9.3 (user validation workshops)
T9.1 (protocols to quantify benefits)
Validation:
Platform (D8.1)
Data and results for every pilot project (D8.4)
Ecosystem assessment: Link data and future ecosystem state (D8.2)
DMP regarding processed and generated data (D8.5)
Is there feedback to WP4 and WP5?

5. WP 8: End-user Services
Task 8.1: Experimental and operational platform assessment
identification of defects, gaps, areas of risk
measuring the adequacy of the output
assessment of the reliability of the operations
Task 8.2: Ecosystem evaluation in each observatory
multi-scale monitoring of current ecosystem indicators
linking data and estimate future ecosystem state
error propagation, uncertainty and quality assessment
Task 8.3: End-users consultation and feedback analysis
developing stakeholder community
showcasing and testing the forecasting and scenario capabilities of the platform by the stakeholders
hindcasting past periods and calibrating the models to produce an operational model
assessing stocks per ecoregion or observatory
Task 8.4: Validation and Pilot testing of the platform by selected end-users
validatiing and testing the platform by the end-users (user friendliness, efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the data acquisition process)
quantify benefits, report necessary adjustments to Model Observatories
Task 8.5: End-users services operation and maintenance
developing and implementing a plan for the operation and maintenance of the services
developing Data Management Plan (DMP)

6. Framework Task name Duration Deliverable name
Task 8.1: Experimental and operational platform assessment
M6-M20
D8.1: Report on functionality assessment (M20) D8.2: Ecosystem assessment for all observatories (M40) D8.3: Report on End-users consultation and feedback analysis (M48)
D8.4: Protocol and report pilot project, including analysis of the results of the pilot projects (M48) D8.5: DMP regarding processed and generated data (M48)
Task 8.2: Ecosystem evaluation in each observatory
M20-M40
Task 8.3: End-users consultation and feedback analysis
M20-M42
Task 8.4: Validation and Pilot testing of the platform by selected end-users
Task 8.5: End-users services operation and maintenance
M43-M48

7. Next steps Kick-off of WP8 activities:
Detailed Skype with WP8 partners (framework of activities, internal kickoff)
Skype together with WP6-7-8 partners (flow of information)
Identification of pilots together with WP3
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8. Thank you for your attention
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No

9. WP8 contributors Please help to fill in! Name PM Role Contact person
Contact information
Deltares 9
Resp.
Ghada El Serafy
DUTH 1
Cont.
FORTH 2
Technion
WCMC
Alseamar
AGIR
NSV
ANDDCVS
RAED IU 6
HCMR
Hidromod 5
Develogic 3
gtd
EcoOcean
SPNI
AUTH
CLS
Thales PC

10. WPs connections