1. Marine Core Service MY OCEAN Potential contribution of Observatories to GMES Marine Core Service, MyOcean Fabrice HERNANDEZ IRD/Mercator Ocean, France

2. Marine Core Service 2 nd All regions workshop ESONET, 5/10/2009, Paris Ocean Monitoring and Forecasting Core Services, definition n Role –provide the common denominator data for all users requesting an information on the ocean: the information for downstream services. n Core information –Describing ocean currents, temperature, salinity, sea level, primary ecosystems, ice coverage … n Adding value through –Data combination and assimilative models, Continuity and consistency, Expertise on the ocean, Information Service ObservingDescribingDeciding

3. Marine Core Service 2 nd All regions workshop ESONET, 5/10/2009, Paris What is « MyOcean » n Objective: pan-European service for ocean monitoring and forecasting n Targetted users: specialized service providers n Challenge: a sustained European Marine Core Service n Framework: European Union « GMES » program n Budget: 55 M€ ; Funding: European Commission 33 M€ / Partners 22 M€ n Duration: 3 years ; Start: April 2009; End: March 2012 n Consortium: 61 partners, 29 countries; Lead: Mercator Ocean + Eur. Board n Organization: a pan-European system composed of 12 « centres », 5 for observations, 7 for assimilation/modelling, and shared facilities In other words: the ocean monitoring and forecasting centres in Europe, working together to provide a single pan-European service, reducing unnecessary redundancies, increasing the service value

4. Marine Core Service 2 nd All regions workshop ESONET, 5/10/2009, Paris The Consortium

5. Marine Core Service 2 nd All regions workshop ESONET, 5/10/2009, Paris A clear (and limited) role in the value chain

6. Marine Core Service 2 nd All regions workshop ESONET, 5/10/2009, Paris A clear (and limited) role in the value chain

7. Marine Core Service 2 nd All regions workshop ESONET, 5/10/2009, Paris Users of the MyOcean core service are specialized service providers of the downstream sector. Intermediate users

8. Marine Core Service 2 nd All regions workshop ESONET, 5/10/2009, Paris Market Segmentation  The users, their requirements, their assessment Area 1 « MARINE SAFETY » (marine operations, oil spill combat, ship routing, defense, search & rescue, …) Area 2 « MARINE RESSOURCES » (fish stock management, ICES, FAO, …) Area 3 « MARINE AND COASTAL ENVIRONMENT » (water quality, pollution, coastal activities, …) Area 4 « CLIMATE & SEASONAL FORECASTING » (climate monitoring, ice, seasonal forecasting,..)

9. Marine Core Service 2 nd All regions workshop ESONET, 5/10/2009, Paris Le service de base océanique The marine core service des systèmes intégrés integrated systems n Physical state of the ocean, primary ecosystem n Global ocean, and main European seas n Large and basin scale, mesoscale physics n Hindcast, Nowcast, Forecast n Data, Assimilation and Models

10. Marine Core Service 2 nd All regions workshop ESONET, 5/10/2009, Paris The MyOcean offer The Global Ocean + 6 European Seas n (1) Global Ocean n (2) Arctic Ocean n (3) Baltic Sea n (4) Atlantic North-West Shelves (NWS) n (5) Atlantic Irish-Biscay- Iberic (IBI) area n (6) Mediterranean Sea n (7) Black Sea

11. Marine Core Service 2 nd All regions workshop ESONET, 5/10/2009, Paris The Production Units Sea Level Ocean Color Sea Surface Temp. Sea Ice & Wind In Situ Arctic Ocean Baltic Sea Atlantic NWS Atlantic IBI Mediterranean Sea Global Ocean Black Sea 5 Thematic Assembly Centres 7 Monitoring and Forecasting Centres Observations Models Service Desk

12. Marine Core Service 2 nd All regions workshop ESONET, 5/10/2009, Paris http://www.myocean.eu.org

13. Marine Core Service 2 nd All regions workshop ESONET, 5/10/2009, Paris Le service de base océanique The marine core service des systèmes intégrés integrated systems

14. Marine Core Service 2 nd All regions workshop ESONET, 5/10/2009, Paris Obervatories: MyOcean needs n Why? The ocean is still UNDERSAMPLED (OceanObs’09) Statistics of in-situ data provided by the Coriolis data centre and processed at CLS between April and June 2009. Age of data by type (PF, profilers / BA, Global Transmission System [GTS] BATHY messages / CT, CTDs / MO, moorings / TE, GTS TESAC messages / XB, XBTs). Altimetric Sea Level Anomalies (SLA, heights given in meter) gathered the 24/03/2004 for the same day

15. Marine Core Service 2 nd All regions workshop ESONET, 5/10/2009, Paris Obervatories: MyOcean needs n When? –For assimilation (real time, 3-6 hours) –For validation (near real time, 6 hours to 1 week) –For reanalysis (delayed mode data, provided with several months delays) n What? –Sea level, bottom pressure –Temperature, salinity (zoom in the mixed layer) –Currents –Sea state, waves –Atmospheric parameters usefull if increase forecast skill of Weather Forecast Centers –Biogeochimical parameters: turbidity, O 2, CO2, inorg. nutrients, chlorophylle A… Typically hourly data

16. Marine Core Service 2 nd All regions workshop ESONET, 5/10/2009, Paris Obervatories: MyOcean needs n How? –Routinely Accessible for the InSitu MyOcean Portal, that play unique entry point for all MyOcean Production Units –Data Policy: Observatory data can enter MyOcean with a restricted access for operations (no dissemination of data)

17. Marine Core Service 2 nd All regions workshop ESONET, 5/10/2009, Paris ….. thank you