The GMES MyOcean Marine Service Bertil Håkansson SMHI, Core Service MyOcean Core User Requirements

1. The GMES MyOcean Marine Service Bertil Håkansson SMHI, Core Service MyOcean Core User Requirements

2. What is « MyOcean » ? • 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 20 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 29 countries ; an effort of ~150 person/year • 20 core partners committed for operations; european best monitoring and forecasting systems • Pan-European team

3. Talk outlines The MyOcean Marine Core Service • The challenge : what is our main goal ? • The market : who are are users ? • The offer : what do we propose to them ? • The production : how do we elaborate information ? • The service : how do they access the information ? • The organization : how do we manage the challenge ?

4. The challenge

5. 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.”

6. The market GOAL: Collecting and understanding users’ requirements, to adjust the MyOcean offer

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

8. Areas of benefit The MyOcean market covers a wide of application sectors • Climate • Marine Environment • Seasonal and weather forecasting • Offshore • Maritime transport and safety • Fisheries • Research • General Public

9. The Mission

10. 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, …)

11. The MyOcean value … to market user’s needs • A network of partners all around Europe • A privileged link with first-rank users • EU agencies • Conventions and policies • A MyOcean « core user group » • A MyOcean User Requirement database EEA A MyOcean network involving all European maritime countries Partners networking 29 countries for user’s requirements Linking with Member States key services, linking with the Maritime Policy, linking with conventions HELCOM, OSPAR, UNEP/MAP, ICES, …

12. The offer GOAL: Proposing a clear offer to users, with the best core information available

13. The MyOcean value The Global Ocean + 6 European Seas

14. 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

15. Standard parameters The MyOcean value … for a Marine Core Service portfolio • A simple and single portfolio of products for the whole pan-European MyOcean marine core service • A reference definition shared by users, producers and stakeholders, regularly updated

16. The production GOAL: Ensure the best production of the « core » information through the involvement of first-rank players in Europe.

17. 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

18. The Production Units

19. Qualification Steps

20. The service GOAL: Providing an easy and reliable access to the information

21. The MyOcean value … for the core 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

29. MyOcean/BOOS In Situ Component - BISC

30. MyOcean provides satellite data to users through ESA and ECMWF 2011-03-10 2011-03-09

31. Free access • 8 March 2011, Currents & Sea Ice, Surface

32. Free Access • 2010 Algae Season, Hindcast, Cyanobacteria bloom Bloom days 2010

33. The organization GOAL: Run the project, prepare the future

34. The Consortium 61 partners throughout Europe

35. The Consortium 1/3 are producers 1/3 for support and R&D 1/3 bridging with users 61 partners, leaders in oceanography

36. The project organization

38. Governance

39. Contact pointMERCATOR OCEAN(Pierre BAHUREL)email: contact@myocean.eu.orgTelecopy: +33 5 61 39 38 99