MyOcean: Pan-European Marine Monitoring and Forecasting Service

1. MyOceanthe GMES Marine Core ServicePierre BAHURELMyOcean coordinatorMercator Ocean, France GODAE Ocean View, Toulouse, 10 June 2009

2. Talk Outlines • The MyOcean project : overview • MyOcean : status • MyOcean : your entry points

3. Project overview

4. Main keys • Objective: pan-European service for ocean monitoring and forecasting • Targetted users: specialized service providers • Challenge: a sustained European Marine Core Service • Framework: European Union « GMES » program • Budget: 55 M€ • Funding: European Commission 33 M€ / Partners 22 M€ • Duration: 3 years • Consortium: 61 partners, 29 countries • Organization: a pan-European system composed of 12 units, 5 for observations, 7 for assimilation/modelling, and shared facilities • … the GODAE centres in Europe, working together to provide a single pan-European service, reducing unnecessary redundancies, increasing the service value

5. The Consortium 61 partners throughout Europe

6. MyOcean is … • MyOcean is a PROJECT • An FP7 project, the GMES « Marine Fast Track » project • 3 years ; has started on 1st April 2009, will end 31 March 2012 • Cost 18 M€/year, with 11 M€/year EC funding • 2009 – 2010 – 2011 – (2012) • MyOcean is a SERVICE • The main component of the « GMES » Marine Core Service • Global & regional Ocean monitoring and forecasting • Marine Core Service • MyOcean is a TEAM of European partners • 61 partners, out of 28 countries ; an effort of ~150 person/year • 20 core partners committed for operations; european best monitoring and forecasting systems • Pan-European team

7. Targets: Intermediate users Users of the MyOcean core service are specialized service providers of the downstream sector.

8. Market Segmentation • The users, their requirements, their assessment Area 1 « MARINE SAFETY » (marine operations, oil spill combat, ship routing, defense, search & rescue, …) Area 3 « MARINE AND COASTAL ENVIRONMENT » (water quality, pollution, coastal activities, …) Area 4 « CLIMATE & SEASONAL FORECASTING » (climate monitoring, ice, seasonal forecasting, ..) Area 2 « MARINE RESSOURCES » (fish stock management, ICES, FAO, …)

9. A European Marine “core” serviceseeking for the “european added value” From GMES MCS Implementation Group report by P.Ryder & al, oct 2005 • In 3 years, create the maximum “core” value for the users by providing on a reliable basis “the common denominator data for all users in the marine sector, in other words the information for existing & new downstream services.”

10. The MyOcean offer • MyOcean 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.” • Physical state of the ocean, and primary ecosystem • For global ocean, and main European basins and seas • Large and basin scale ; mesoscale physics • Hindcast, Nowcast, Forecast • Data, Assimilation and Models

11. The MyOcean products portfolio Model-based products Obs-based products 1. Marine Safety 2. Marine Ressources Type of products Variables (T, S, ice, currents, …) Geographical coverage Real time or delayed mode … 3. Marine & Coastal env. 4. Climate and Seasonal

12. The MyOcean service • A pan-european service desk, single and reliable entry point for users, connected to all production units in Europe • Open access • Free access • One single desk, one access point to the MyOcean pan-european information

13. http://www.myocean.eu.org One single address: www.myocean.eu.org

14. http://www.myocean.eu.org

15. Free access • 7 Apr 2009, Sea Temperature, Surface

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17. Free access • 1 Apr 2009, Sea Ice Thickness

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19. Free access • 4 Apr 2009, Currents, Surface

20. The production facility (roles) 61 partners throughout Europe

21. The production facility (roles) 1/3 are producers 1/3 for support and R&D 1/3 bridging with users 61 partners, leaders in oceanography

22. The Production Units

23. The Production Units 5 Thematic Assembly Centres 7 Monitoring and Forecasting Centres Service Desk Global Ocean Sea Level Arctic Ocean Ocean Color Baltic Sea Sea Surface Temp. Atlantic NWS Sea Ice & Wind Atlantic IBI In Situ Mediterranean Sea Black Sea Models Observations

24. The project organization

26. Governance

27. MyOcean: status

28. Status (June 2009) • Planning • The project has started on the 1st of April 2009 • Ending 2 years of « negotiation » (the EC call was in dec. 06) • A big event in Toulouse involving European GMES stakeholders • A technical kick-off with all partners

29. Status (June 2009) • The project has started on April 1st (kick-off) • A big event involving European GMES stakeholders

30. Status (June 2009) • Planning • The project has started on the 1st of April 2009 • Ending 2 years of « negotiation » (the EC call was in dec. 06) • A big event in Toulouse involving European GMES stakeholders • A technical kick-off with all partners • Operations • April 2009: Opening of a first preliminary « MyOcean service » • Definition/Development • Management organization, cross-cutting activities (e.g. validation) • A tight schedule to prepare the first Technical review (Oct 2009) • Requires strong involvement of team leaders to reach inter-centres agreements on common definition and documentation • Preparation of MyOcean service V1 (Oct 2010) • System upgrades; Shared-components (desk, info magt system, …) developments

31. MyOcean : your entry points Issue : ensure the best level of interaction between Europe/MyOcean and the rest of the world ; set-up long-term relationships ; GODAE Ocean View has a role to play

32. Some entry points • Contact the Project (myocean@mercator-ocean.fr) • Coordinator : P.Bahurel • Project manager : F.Adragna • They are at the Board • P.Bahurel, M.Bell, F.Jacq, J.Johannessen, P.Y.Le Traon, N.Pinardi, J.She • They lead the Monitoring and Forecasting Centres • E.Dombrowsky (Global), L.Bertino (Arctic), N.Klimmt (Baltic), J.Siddorn (Atl. NWS), J.Chanut (Atl. IBI), M.Tonani (Med), G.Korotaev (Black Sea) • They lead the Thematic Assembly Centres • G.Larnicol (Sea Level), H.Roquet (SST), L.Santoleri (Color), L.A.Breivik (Ice&wind), S.Pouliquen (In Situ) • They lead Central or Cross-cutting components / activities • F.Adragna (mgt, outreach, …), P.Brasseur (research), S.Keogh (desk), D.Obaton (service def), K.Nittis (user’s requirements) • F.Hernandez (cal/val, metrics, …) • But also:F.Davidson, S.Dobrovic, M.Martin, P.de Mey, K.Wilmer-Becker, N.Ferry, .. • And: TOPAZ, FOAM, Mercator, MFS, Concepts, SSALTO/DUACS, Coriolis, OSTIA, Glorys, …

33. MercatorOcean FR Met Office UK INGV IT NERSC NO DMI DK PUERTO ES MHI-NASU UA CLS FR IFREMER FR MF FR KNMI NL CNR IT Met.No NO CNRS FR HCMR EL SMHI SE EDISOFT PT INRH MA IOBAS BG OC-UCY CY BSH DE BC DE DNSC DK CSIC ES STARLAB ES MSI EE JRC EU ACRI FR FIMR FIN ENEA IT OGS IT USAM IT APAT IT IOLR IL IMR NO Techworks IR UMT-IOI-POU MT IST PT NIMRD RO CMCC IT NERC (POL, NOC) UK MyOcean Partners • PML UK • UREAD UK • HRW UK • CEFAS UK • RBINS/MUMM BE • IFM-GEOMAR DE • NIVA NO • IASA-UAT EL • NIB-MBS SI • NERI DK • DTU-DIFRES DK • SYKE FIN • UL LV • CMR LT • MIG PL • DFO CA • UOP UK • BAS UK • AARI RU • NIERSC RU • ECMWF

34. Contact pointMERCATOR OCEAN(Pierre BAHUREL)email: myocean@mercator-ocean.frURL://www.myocean.eu.org