1. NOOS NW Shelf Operational Oceanographic System www.noos.cc Operational Oceanography for the NW European Shelf: NOOS 2008 Prepared by Kees van Ruiten Chair, NOOS Steering Group October 2008 EuroGOOS Annual Meeting Galway

2. NOOS NW Shelf Operational Oceanographic System www.noos.cc Efficient shared production of ocean monitoring and forecasting services for the European NW Shelf Operational Oceanography for the NW European Shelf

3. NOOS NW Shelf Operational Oceanographic System www.noos.cc  NOOS partners  Activities by NOOS  Services provided by NOOS partners  Examples from NOOS projects  Opportunities for NOOS Talk outline

4. NOOS NW Shelf Operational Oceanographic System www.noos.cc …...Make formal agreements and commitments between participating agencies to create networks of existing systems and services, delivering operational ocean data products……… NOOS MOU 17 Full Members: organisations engaged in national operational oceanographic services 4 Associate members: research institutions, non-governmental, or multi-national organisations 2 new members: Meteo-France and Deltares (NL) Strategic principles: The NOOS strategy 2002-2007

5. NOOS NW Shelf Operational Oceanographic System www.noos.cc Members (19) AWZ, BSH, Cefas, DMI, IMR, KNMI, Marine Institute, MetO, met.no, MUMM, POL, RDANH, RWS-NZ, SHOM, SMHI New 2007: ACRI, Ifremer New 2008: Deltares, Météo-France Associate Members (4) NERSC, NIVA, GKSS, Uni-Oldenburg Representing: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and UK NOOS members October 2008

6. NOOS NW Shelf Operational Oceanographic System www.noos.cc Kees van Ruiten Deltares (chair) Stephan Dick BSH Bruce Hackett met.no Lennart FunkquistSMHI Henning WehdeIMR Vac………. Hans DahlinEuroGOOS ex-officio A balance between monitoring and modelling NOOS steering group 2008

7. NOOS NW Shelf Operational Oceanographic System www.noos.cc Position of NOOS according to ECOOP MFC Model Forecasting Centre TAC Thematic Assembly Centre Model Product Observation Product ROOS (Regional OO system) EuroMiss common services (WMS, CSW) EuroDESS common services (search, view, get) Ocean Weather MyDSS Decision Support Service Other Products Find, view and get dataset instances of data product

8. NOOS NW Shelf Operational Oceanographic System www.noos.cc NOOS Systems NOOS System NWSHELF Storm Surge and wave forecasts In-situ monitoring –Ferrybox (GKSS, RIKZ, NIVA, …) –Coastal Observatory (POL) 3D Circulation Modelling –POLCOMS/ OPTOS / BSHCmod / MIPOM / HIROMB Coupled Ecosystem nowcast/forecast modelling –RCS polcoms-ersem, NORWECOM Remote sensing –SST / altimeter / ocean colour / sea-ice… Strong links to BOOS & IBI-ROOS

9. NOOS NW Shelf Operational Oceanographic System www.noos.cc NOOS activities 2002 onwards 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008.. Storm surge forecast exchange Started 1999 EGS paper RIKZ “MATROOS” Water level exchange ftp box North Sea map complete Model transports exchange ftp box waves ftp box T, S NOOS-Monitoring Contribution to ICES-EuroGOOS North Sea pilot project MyOcean SEANET

10. NOOS NW Shelf Operational Oceanographic System www.noos.cc Data Exchange Storm Surge forecasts => observations => water level maps Waves ftp box; T&S profiles ftp box Modelling infrastructure Provision of boundary data for nested 3D models (ECOOP, MyOcean) Exchange of modelled transports NOOS Rivers data exchange (ECOOP) Other project participation past and present FP5 EDIOS, ODON, Ferry Box, MERSEA, Sea-Search, MAXWAVE, DISMAR FP6 MERSEA IP, InterRisk and FP7 proposals MyOcean, MiCON ICES - NORSEPP (North Sea pilot project nowcast and ecosystem modelling for fisheries application) NOOS activities

11. NOOS NW Shelf Operational Oceanographic System www.noos.cc Operational Observing Network Waves real-time stations (figure from SEPRISE)

12. NOOS NW Shelf Operational Oceanographic System www.noos.cc NOOS products

13. NOOS NW Shelf Operational Oceanographic System www.noos.cc MATROOS within NOOS BMA-tool for Storm Surge Forecast data (Ensemble estimate) MATROOS online viewer (RIKZ/Deltares - ECOOP)

14. NOOS NW Shelf Operational Oceanographic System www.noos.cc NOOS-Activities 2008… Cooperation on regional storm evaluation and training staff WG on Coordination of monitoring activities (  filling gaps) WG OSPAR-NOOS Contribution to Initial assessment for EU-MSD Connection to MyOcean for all Member States in NOOS

15. NOOS NW Shelf Operational Oceanographic System www.noos.cc Opportunity in initial assessment 2012 WORKSHOP at EEA 23/24 oct’06 Connecting operational oceanography with the European Marine Strategy and EEA assessments ETC EC/ MSD EEA/ EMMA OSPAR HELCOM EMSA GMES MCS NOOS EuroGOOS MARCOAST MERSEA MOTIIVE BOOS MOON ECOOP Demand Offer (knowledge)

16. NOOS NW Shelf Operational Oceanographic System www.noos.cc  Suggested at the EuroGOOS conference in 2005 (Brest)  Up to 13 partners from NOOS and BOOS have expressed their interest  Launched at the NOOS annual meeting 2005 (Gothenburg) NOOS/BOOS working group on drift

17. NOOS NW Shelf Operational Oceanographic System www.noos.cc  Share best modelling practices  Share data bases on drift coefficient and oil characteristics NOOS/BOOS working group on drift: Objectives

18. NOOS NW Shelf Operational Oceanographic System www.noos.cc  Participation of models during the Super CEPCO (MUMM, April 2008)  SeaTrackWeb used by all BOOS partners  SeaTrackWeb implementation in the North Sea (BSH)  Cooperation with KSAT within the frame of MarCoast (MUMM)  Participation of NOOS members in Mersea oil spill demonstrations  NOOS partners involved in the preparation of the TOFS proposal (FP7 Downstream) NOOS/BOOS working group on drift: activities

19. NOOS NW Shelf Operational Oceanographic System www.noos.cc NOOS Project: 3D Modelling BSH-DMI-SMHI NOOS-BOOS –BSHcmod/HIROMB shared model development Met Office / met.no exchange –bilateral exchange Atlantic 1/9° (1/3°) FOAM with met.no → NEMO Atlantic in Fall 2008 Met Office POLCOMS ~12km Atlantic Margin model –Ongoing development to share North Sea data from Atlantic Margin model – pilot with MUMM, with DMI for T&S initial and lateral BCs –Core forecast system in MyOcean, serving all in NOOS

20. NOOS NW Shelf Operational Oceanographic System www.noos.cc EMECO into NOOS The European Marine Ecosystem Observatory (EMECO) is a consortium with partners aiming to integrate marine environmental monitoring, modelling, and research to provide a holistic approach to improve understanding of the status and predict future changes in ecosystem structure and function.

21. NOOS NW Shelf Operational Oceanographic System www.noos.cc EMECO

22. NOOS NW Shelf Operational Oceanographic System www.noos.cc NOOS partners resources: Ferrybox Some NOOS partners run Ferryboxes: NIVA POL GKSS (NOCS) RWS-NZ

23. NOOS NW Shelf Operational Oceanographic System www.noos.cc NOOS partners operate a range of research vessels, or have access to ship time NOOS partners resources: ships

24. NOOS NW Shelf Operational Oceanographic System www.noos.cc NOOS opportunities We can do a lot more with what we have by just coordinating among providers We should better cover the shelf seas (Irish, Celtic Sea, Western Channel) Gathering different views on implementing the Marine Strategy Directive Offering services to EU-MSD initial assessment in 2012 Start with Eutrophication (EMECO-framework)

25. NOOS NW Shelf Operational Oceanographic System www.noos.cc Search and rescue forecast modelling Oil spill or marine pollution drift Harmful or nuisance algal bloom monitoring and warning Coastal flood forecasting (waves, storm surges) Fisheries management assessments Transport [ports and harbours operation, ship routing] Safety of life at sea (GMDSS) Defence and Naval operations Supporting tourism and leisure Sea Ice forecasting …………. Supporting national responses to ….OSPAR, GMDSS, MPERSS, SOLAS, JCOMM…. NOOS partners: provide services

26. NOOS NW Shelf Operational Oceanographic System www.noos.cc Quarterly summary on ICES website: BSH, IMR, Met O, MUMM contributions Monthly mean temperature, salinity and currents data Modelled transports To come: (ECOOP) Online presentation IBTS and fishery cruise observations More model-obs comparison Satellite and modelled Chl ICES-NOOS North Sea pilot project NW shelf climate status assessment for fisheries

27. NOOS NW Shelf Operational Oceanographic System www.noos.cc NOOS partners make the transition from Research to Operations NOOS can build on national projects and developments, as well as European Commission or ESA projects NOOS projects show that …

28. NOOS NW Shelf Operational Oceanographic System www.noos.cc Efficient shared production of ocean monitoring and forecasting services for the European NW Shelf GMES and GMES sustainability: Networked “European ocean forecast system” for NW Shelf (ECOOP, MyOcean, …..) Develop Downstream services: Challenge for NOOS partners to contribute to initial assessment for the EU-Marine Strategy Directive NOOS Challenges for 2009 and beyond