— My STATUS MY OCEAN Marine Core Service

- My STATUS MY OCEAN Marine Core Service Globcolour/Medspiration Workshop, Oslo, 20 -22 November 2007

Recap My. Ocean objectives Marine Core Service n Objective 1: Set up the Marine Core Service – A “system of systems” of 14 components (6 TACs, 7 MFCs, and 1 central) forming the backbone of the core service – 13 CORE PARTNERS, committed for operations n Objective 2: Ensure Operational Certification – A group of “engineering-operated” space companies and met offices n Objective 3: Ensure Sustainability through User involvement – A group of 23 “Member States” users & all EU “marine” countries are represented n Objective 4: Ensure Sustainability through Products ‘state-of-the-art’ quality – A group of 24 R&D partners, distributed all over Europe

My. Ocean consortium Marine Core Service n Lead : MERCATOR OCEAN n Core partners from France, UK, Italy, Norway, Denmark, Spain, Greece, Netherlands, Ukraine, . . . n 27 different countries, from EU, but also Norway, Israel, Russia, Canada, Morrocco, . . . n 69 partners total

Before My. Ocean Marine Core Service n Before GMES (<2002) – GOAL: Conducting research, developing network and capacities – The Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (GODAE) initiated n GMES initial period (2002 -2003) – GOAL: Demonstrate the “European maturity” of oceanography: • MERSEA Strand 1 – We proposed a system based on existing skills and capacities n GMES Implementation period (2004 -2008) – GOAL: Build the main components of the GMES system • MERSEA IP for the marine component – Based on the integration of the European core of the existing systems and their networks

OCEAN Core Service Marine SURFACE QUANTITIES MEASURED FROM SPACE WAVES SEA ICE CHLOROPHYLL SEA ICE THICKNESS GEOID & MDT SURFACE SALINITY SURFACE CURRENT NEAR SURFACE WIND SURFACE TEMPERATURE SEA LEVEL ICEBERG

GODAE Modelling/Assimilation Centers Marine Core Service n n cf. GODAE Implementation plan Australia : (BLUELINK): Regional Australian seas to Global Ocean Japan : N. Pacific to Global Ocean US (ECCO, HYCOM-US projects, …) : N. Atlantic and Global Ocean Europe – France (MERCATOR) : N. Atlantic & Med – – Sea to Global Ocean Norway (TOPAZ) : North Atlantic to Arctic UK (FOAM) : N. Atlantic / Global ocean to Northern Shelves

3. MERSEA “Mersea Strand 1” 2003 -2004 “Mersea IP” 2004 -2008 MY OCEAN Marine Core Service

MERSEA Strand-1/IP Objectives Marine Core Service n develop at European level an “integrated capacity” for global to regional ocean monitoring and forecasting Share efforts, capacity, skills and data Develop a European system of systems

The Marine Core Service n In october 2005, the “Marine Core Service” definition workshop – In 2006: The “MCS” GMES Implementation Group report : Ryder & al n GMES Operational period (2008 -xxxx) – GOAL: Run the GMES European Service • My. Ocean MCS for the marine component - moving from system integration to services.

GMES schedule Marine Core Service 11 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10. . . 12 13 GMES Phases Initial Demonstrate the European maturity of oceanography Implementation Build the GMES marine system, integrating the “core” capacities Operational Run the GMES marine core service, on an operational basis Today’s challenges : n Challenge (1): run the European core service on an operational basis n Challenge (2) : link with the European and member states main services and applications, (and the rest of the world) n Challenge (3) : organise on a sustainable basis the link between this operational European service and the existing research networks

LL TI S AL OS P A OP R MY OCEAN Marine Core Service A project for the European “Marine Core Service”

A European Marine “core” service clearly defined by the EC GMES Implementation Group Marine Core Service Core information (ocean state) GMES input information (raw data) GMES Satellite and in situ networks GMES Service outputs (others) Marine Core Service User customized information (user products) Marine Downstream Services GMES Marine Operational Users

My. Ocean strenghts Marine Core Service n A multi-year “experience” : preparing this “MCS” successful implementation through different GMES projects – The last ones are: MERSEA, Medspiration & Globcolor, Marcoast & Polarview, . . . n A collection of well-assessed existing “systems”, we’re not starting from nothing ; we have already a very good basis of existing core systems – See for instance the Mersea “system of systems” n A community of providers, operators, users and researchers: we have powerful networking organization such as Euro. GOOS – Organized by regions and linked to international (GOOS, GEO) – Gathering data Providers, model Operators and. . . Users

MCS My. Ocean Challenges Marine Core Service n Move from an inter- “National” cooperation to a “European” perspective define a “european core” and focus on the links with national systems n The “ocean community” has multiple faces: Met Offices, Ocean centers, Research & Operational, Public & Private, Data only, model only, etc define a functional architecture, assign the responsibilities, and be clear on the commitments n We have different definitions of “operationality” for our “operational oceanography” systems. use only one : use the EC guidelines as the reference n Move from “science-push” to “user-pull” set up a user-oriented organization: a user board, user commissioning forum, . . . n Move from demonstration to full scale operations a certification process, to deliver the “ready-for-operations” label

Card 1: “WHY? ” Marine Core Service § Areas of Benefit § My. Ocean will “provide the data for users in the marine sector, in other words the information for existing & new downstream services. ” § § § § Climate Marine Environment Seasonal and weather forecasting Offshore Maritime transport and safety Fisheries Research General Public

Card 2: “WHAT ? ” (Service) Marine Core Service § My. Ocean will § “deliver regular and systematic reference information (processed data, elaborated products) on the state of the oceans and regional seas: § at the resolution required by intermediate users & downstream service providers, of known quality and accuracy, § for the global and European regional seas. ” Data handling, Modelling and Assimilation Variables: T, S, UV, SSH, ice, Chl-a, . . . Products: Catalog of reference products : predefined data fields, reanalysis, reports, . . . Service: Real time, Delayed Mode, On request,

Card 3: “HOW FAR ? ” Provider MY-OCEAN Provider END - USERS OBSERVATIONS Marine Core Service European Core Service Provider The upstream cut-off upstream to our service. . . is done (duty) by an observation agency or center (raw data) Example : Eumetsat SAF or the ESA PAC The down stream Cut off Data, Model European added-value downstream to our service: . . . is done (duty), or will be better done (skill) by a specialized agency, a European agency or a national center ; usually already in place Example : COASTAL SYSTEMS

Card 4: “TO WHOM ? ” Marine Core Service n The Key Users My. Ocean will deliver a service to – EU: The European Union • Users: European agencies (EEA, EMSA, EDA, . . . ) – MS: The Member States • Users: National Service Providers – IG: The Intergovernmental bodies • Users: MS and/or exec. bodies such as OSPAR, UNEP-MAP, HELCOM, ICES, . . . EEA EMSA Met Offices EDA Ocean centers Env. agencies . . . Research centers Navies, Coast. Guards, . . OSPAR ICES UNEP-MAP. . . CORE n

The users Marine Core Service n The direct users of My. Ocean products are – a) Member States service providers (intermediate users) that provide downstream services and products to regional / national / local users – b) European and Regional Agencies: EMSA, EEA, HELCOM, OSPAR, UNEP-MAP, Arctic Council, OOPC, GCOS, JCOMM, . . . n A Core User Group composed by both a) and b) members will be set up n A much broader range of My. Ocean users (end-users) is involved indirectly in the demonstrations and together with the MS providers carry out the assessment n SLAs will be established by WP 17 following GSE approach n Existing relations ”Core service providers” ”Intermediate users” built through MERSEA, Marcoast/Polarview, regional organizations (e. g. GOOS/Euro. GOOS), . . . will be continued.

MFC and regions Marine Core Service n Arctic GOOS 2 n n n NOOS GOOS/ Godae IBI-ROOS 4 1 1 16 5 n 3 BOOS 7 n n 1. Global 2. Arctic 3. Baltic 4. NWS 5. IBI 6. Med Sea 7 Black Sea GOOS 6 MOON & Med. GOOS

Card 5: “WHEN ? ” Marine Core Service GMES Implementation 2006 MCS Workshop 2007 CALL PROPOSAL GMES Operations 2008 KICK-OFF (prototyping core system) 2009 2010 QUALIF MCS V 1 2011 QUALIF MCS V 2 MY OCEAN (core service) Qualif Service V 1 Qualif Service V 2 n n n A 3 -year project Starting before summer 2008, ending in 2011 2 phases : – First 18 months: qualification of Service Version 1 – Last 18 months: qualification of Service Version 2 2012

Card 6: “HOW ? ” Marine Core Service n 13 PRODUCTION UNITS MFC Sea Level SST Ice Wind Color In Situ – “Observations” Arctic Baltic Atl. NWS Global Atl. IBI Med Sea Black Sea n Service Interface TAC 6 TAC : Thematic Assembly Centers 1 global and 6 regional MFC: Monitoring and Forecasting Centers – “Model / Assimilation” n Each Production Unit – under operational commitments to deliver a service (OLAs) – Conducting R&D, Integration, Operations, and Assessment

My. Ocean WP 1 MANAGEMENT & CROSS-CUTTING WP 2 CENTRAL ENGINEERING Marine Core Service System engineering WP 3 R&D The breakdown Quality assurance WP 4 to WP 16 PRODUCTION WP 17 to WP 20 SERVICE WP 4 to WP 10 MFCs Service definition (Monitoring & Forecasting Centers) WP 11 to WP 16 TACs (Thematic Assembly Centres) Service provision Service Integration & assessment Common Sub-systems

Marine Core Service Selection of TACs & MFCs Rationale n Consolidation (operational, Cal/Val, R&D, service) of facilities developed over the past 5 -10 years (MERSEA, Eurogoos, ESA projects including GSE, national projects, etc). n Criteria : maturity, skill, pan-European scale, operational capabilities, links with MFCs, Member state support (sustainability) n Global and regional services n Builds on Implementation Group Report

My. Ocean 6 TACs Marine Core Service n Sea Level TAC n CLS n Sea Surface temperature TAC n UK Met Office, Météo-France n Ocean colour TAC n CNR n Wind TAC n KNMI n Sea Ice TAC n Met. No, (NERSC) n In-situ TAC n Ifremer

My. Ocean 7 MFCs Marine Core Service n Global and North Atlantic n Mercator Ocean, France n Atlantic: North west Shelves n Met office, UK n Atlantic: IBI area n n Puerto del Estados, Spain Mercator Ocean, France n Arctic n met. no, (NERSC) Norway n Baltic n DMI, Denmark n Med Sea n INGV, Italy n Black Sea n MHI, Ukraine

My. Ocean arteries network Marine Core Service SL TAC OC TAC Sea Ice TAC In situ TAC SST TAC Wind TAC MFC Global: NEC/Fujitsu Arctic MFC Baltic MFC NW Shelves MFC: NEC IBI MFC : Cray Med Sea MFC Black Sea MFC

Card 7: “WHO ? ” Marine Core Service Engineers Duty: central engineering Operators Users duty: operational and qualified A few, but under strong operational commitments Duty: ensure MCS integration into real world R&D Duty : quality and innovation

What´s next Marine Core Service We expect to receive an official letter from the Commission in beginning December that will invite us to start negotiations: - The negotiation phase is assumed to take about 3 -4 months (end in April 2008). - The negotiation and finalization of the Do. W will have to provide a full outline of the My. Ocean objectives and workplan in consistence with the 33 meuro of EU contribution. - MERSEA IP ends in April 2008 - Possible start of My. Ocean in 3 rd quarter of 2008.