1. Fixed-point Open Ocean Observatory network
Richard Lampitt
NOC
FixO3 Final GA UPC June 2017

2. Our mission and legacy. Central aim of the PAP observatory
European, National (UK and german)
Characterizing climate variability and separating regional from large-scale
forcing in the coastal ocean requires regional observing that resolves diverse
scales of variability and separates regional and large-scale forcing by
sampling sampled coincidentally with large scale observing, including
that at high latitude. 2

3. How did we get here? National programmes ANIMATE, MerSea EuroSITES
Geostar 1, 2 & 3
ESONET
YOYO
Carboocean
MFSTEP
Eur-Oceans
EMSO PP

4. Integrating Infrastructure Initiative
The I3 instrument
Integrating Infrastructure Initiative

5. Structuring and integrating effect on European infrastructures
I3 Objectives
Structuring and integrating effect on European infrastructures
Improvement of capacity and performance of European research infrastructures
Efficient access and use of research infrastructures
Manfred Halver, EuroRIs-Net

6. Collaborative Projects (CP) and
Is a combination of:
Collaborative Projects (CP) and
Coordination and Support Actions (CP-CSA)
Manfred Halver, EuroRIs-Net

7. 3 Types of activities obligatory
Networking activities
TransNational Access and/or Service Activities
Joint research activities
To be implemented in a coordinated way under a unified management

8. The Call (July 2011)
A project under this topic should integrate and improve access to the key infrastructures in Europe which make sustained time series observations in the open seas and ocean at fixed critical locations. These infrastructures should support fully multidisciplinary research on the entire oceanic environment, from sea floor to the air-sea interface, including carbon fluxes. The project should build on the investments and expertise developed by EuroSITES, ESONET and CARBOOCEAN projects and could consider expanding geographic coverage. It should also link to planned ESFRI infrastructures, such as EMSO and ICOS, as well as to other relevant initiatives. Data management should be addressed by ensuring compliance with SeaDataNet standards and contribution to the GMES initiative. Links with international initiatives including compliance with GEOSS principles and requirements (data sharing, compatibility) should also be reinforced. Particular attention should be paid to the involvement of European SMEs for the application of innovative technologies for in situ measurements and scientific services (this will be assessed under "Impact" criterion).

9. Submission: November 23rd 2011 EU Contribution: 9.7M Euro
29 partner institutions
International advisory board
Start: October 2012
7.0M Euro
September 2013

10. Writing team established
Galway declaration
Call text proposed
FixO3
start
FixO3
end
Call published
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
FixO3
Submission
OceanObs
Writing team established

11. FixO3
start
FixO3
end
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Grant
agreement
Technical report
Final report
Mid-term review

12. FixO3

13. Across the
Fram strait
Within the Mediterranean

14. With surface chlorophyll (average 2007)
FixO3
With surface chlorophyll (average 2007)
Courtesy RSDAS 14

15. With Surface temperature climatology
FixO3
With Surface temperature climatology
Courtesy NEODAAS, UK

16. FixO3 With air-sea flux of CO2 (average 2000)
(From Takahashi et al 2009)
Courtesy Ute Schuster, UEA

17. With dust deposition rate annual climatology
FixO3
With dust deposition rate annual climatology
(from Mahowald 2005)
Courtesy Natalie Mahowald

19. 3 Types of activities obligatory
Networking activities
Service Activities and/or TransNational Access
Joint research activities
Our mission

20. Networking
Enhanced links with industry
Training (our colleagues and the next generation)
Improved interaction with users and other observing systems
Better ways of making observations
Better ways of dealing with data and data products
Enhanced community coherence and trust particularly between the water column and seafloor communities

21. SA and TNA
JRA

22. Our legacy has been a massive level of achievement in almost all of our mission goals.
EMSO will be the durable single focus of European-scale eulerian observation.

23. Already funded
National programmes
EMSO Dev
EMSO Link
Future calls
INFRADEV :
Individual support to ESFRI and other world-class research infrastructures

25. Future calls/Opportunities
G7 Science Ministers proposals
Enhanced observatories. September 2017, Turin
INFRADEV :
Individual support to ESFRI and other world-class research infrastructures

26. "Integrating Activity Pilot" :
Future calls
INFRA IA -??-2019
"Integrating Activity Pilot" :
"Explore new ways to support RIs and the provision of integrated RI services at EU level“
Coastal and Fixed Point Open Ocean Observatories.
Previous grants FixO3 and JERICO-NEXT
Clustered to reduce RI fragmentation in the marine research field
Draft probably circulated October 2017

27. Module Migration from FixO3 to EMSO (& ICOS)
1: Handbook of Best Practice
2: Metadata catalogue, SWE & web access to data
3: FixO3 label
4: Description of observatories, Handbook of instrumentation and Yellow Pages
5: Outreach and training material
? Links to industry
Persistent undersaturation of surface waters throughout the year which gives rise to a perennial CO2 sink.
Regional trait: This continuous undersatuaration is characteristic of the entire subpolar North atlantic resulting from the general cooling of surface waters during their passage from low to high latitudes.
Over an annual cycle winter nitrate drives the biological pump of fixed carbon from the surface to depth.
We need to monitor how changes to the oceans such as increasing ocean acidification will affect the functioning of our marine ecosystem, productivity etc which may lead to less CO2 being absorbed into the oceans.
Reasons why this study is so important scientifically to study lon-term and at high resolution. A persistent feature of the North Atlantic is under-saturation of surface waters throughout the year which gives rise to a perennial CO2 sink. This makes this region of high global importance in the global carbon cycle. This continuous under-satuaration is characteristic of the entire subpolar North Atlantic resulting from the general cooling of surface waters during their passage from low to high latitudes. However, there is evidence for a trend of less CO2 being absorbed into the oceans (for the period 2003 to 2004) (Körtzinger et al. 2008). This shows that we need to monitor how changes to the oceans such as increasing ocean acidification will affect the functioning of our marine ecosystem, productivity etc which may lead to even less CO2 being absorbed into the oceans.
Regional trait: This continuous under-satuaration is characteristic of the entire subpolar North Atlantic resulting from the general cooling of surface waters during their passage from low to high latitudes and therefore data from the Porcupine Abyssal Plain Observatory can be used as a model for pCO2 processes occurring across the entire subpolar North Atlantic (this region).