Real-time system

1. Expert Team on Operational Ocean Forecast Systems GOVST, ESA-HQ, Paris 2011 Real-time system

2. Overview ETOOFS ETOOFS and GOV Progress/activities JCOMM-IV JCOMM IV Workplan – proposed

3. Some background: The JCOMM family tree and acronym soup IOC WMO JCOMM-MAN Real-time system SFSPA OPA ETOOFS ETWS ETMSS

4. ETOOFS - role Goal: Improve the quality of services provided by the agencies of member states in their respective theme Types of Objectives: Develop guidance for operational agencies and encourage best practices and standardisation Develop and maintain requirements documentation for operational systems Coordination of operational monitoring Coordinate actions to address identified deficiencies in services Capacity building

5. ETOOFS – membership (JCOMM III)

6. ETOOFS – membership (JCOMM III) Members Gary Brassington (BOM) Alistair Sellar (UKMetoffice) Frank Bub (NAVOCEANO) Eric Dombrowsky (MERCATOR) Jang-Won Seo (KMA) Pierre Daniel (Meteo-France) Shiro Ishizaki (JMA) National and task team representatives Frederique Blanc (CLS) Fraser Davidson (DFO) => Charles Hannah Hendrik Tolman (NOAA) Sudheer Joseph (INCOIS) => Francis Vasiliy Smolyanitsky (Sea-ice) Laurent Bertino (NERSC)

7. ETOOFS and GOVST Shared advocacy for OOFS – relationship clarified GOVST – composed of science and technology experts ETOOFS – composed of operations and services experts Community is not large so some overlaps between groups e.g., myself, Eric, Hendrik and Fraser ETOOFS bring new competencies to the coordination e.g., Frank Bub, Alistair Sellar Direct linkages TT-OSE => Observational requirements for OOFS TT-IV => Operational monitoring for OOFS Capacity building

8. ETOOFS – Workplan (JCOMM III) The guide Observational requirements Monitoring User requirements Capacity building

9. ETOOFS - Activities JCOMM OCG-III, Paris, 2009 JCOMM OCG-IV, Hobart, Australia, 2010 Oceanobs’09, Invited paper, 2009 WMO RRR submissions Prepare JCOMM-MAN letters – Jason-1 extension of mission GOV-GSOP workshop, Santa Cruz, 2011 JCOMM SCG-IV, Geneva, 2009 JCOMM SCG-V, Melbourne, 2010 JCOMM SCG-VI, Seoul, Korea, 2011 JCOMM-III ET-OOFS, JMA, 2010 AGU, Ocean sciences, special session, Operational global ocean forecasting: Promise, progress and performance, Portland, 2010 GODAE summer school, Perth, 2010 Second in-region capacity building workshop of the DBCP, Mauritius, 2011

10. ETOOFS – The guide Content Agencies/centres description and points of contact System overview and reference material Observations (inventory, requirements process) Monitoring (common metrics and practices) Data standards and practices Coordination Editor – Alistair Sellar (UKMet) Content writers – ETOOFS members Content reviewers – Francis Pavanathara Google docs managed by Alistair Progress JCOMM III – 25% completion

11. ETOOFS – The guide Target – JCOMM IV First full reviewed guide – High priority Invitation More content writers More reviewers (Experts and developing countries, Brazil, India, China, …) Contact: Alistair Sellar <alistair.sellar@metoffice.gov.uk>

12. ETOOFS – Observational requirements WMO Observing Requirements Database http://www.wmo-sat.info/db/ Theme: Ocean and sea-ice Application area: Ocean applications Statement of guidance http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/OSY/GOS-RRR.html Specific debate Ocean dynamic topography or Sea surface height anomaly Invitation for all OOFS agencies/centres Review the DB and SoG Periodic review process Email: g.brassington@bom.gov.au and s_ishizaki@met.kishou.go.jp

13. Issues raised within JCOMM Remote sensing – Managing altimetry data gap Advocate the rapid transition of AltiKa Advocate the timely launch of Jason-3 Pursue access agreements for HY2(A-D) Change notification – better coordination Argo format change, separation of delayed and NRT data products Coordination of points of contact and distribution of notifications Glider data Advocate inclusion in JCOMM-OCG Advocate the development of data standards and integration to GTS Advocate the adoption of best practice RT QC Adaptive and rapid sampling Advocate for capability and international coordination Advocate for GOOS contributions to capability

14. ETOOFS – Monitoring Draft discussion paper operational monitoring document (Bub and Brassington) Endorse participation with the QC intercomparison UKMet, NAVOCEANO, BOM, EC Review of GODAE intercomparison Immature and impractical for sustained monitoring Endorse participation with GOVST IT-IV workplan Review and document metrics for routine monitoring Contact: Frank Bub and Gary Brassington

15. JCOMM IV JCOMM IV intersessional meeting, Seoul, Korea, May 2012 5 year period – realign with intergovernmental calendar Coincides with Expo2012 (http://www.expo2012.kr/main.html) Proposed new TT-SAT – not clear specific workplan Positive step for JCOMM which tradition is in situ MAN proposed focus for surface vector winds (SVW)

16. JCOMM IV – MAN guidance Proposed to largely retain JCOMM III structure Nomination process as usual Teams to nominate a vice-chair, succession planning ETOOFS related Guide publication - high priority Extend observational requirements for coastal/seasonal Coordination for ocean component of seasonal ETMSS and ETOOFS Coordination of dispersion services for radioactive materials

17. ETOOFS workplan (JCOMM IV) JCOMM IV Workplan - proposed The Guide Monitoring Observational requirements User requirements – Maritime safety (New) Coordination of capability or dispersion of radioactive materials (New) Defining JCOMM’s role for seasonal prediction (New) Ocean extremes monitor 8 members, usual nomination process Diversity requirement, regional, female membership

18. New plan - seasonal The Commission endorsed the workplan of ETOOFS to liaise with the seasonal climate forecasting community to identify the best approach for the coordination of seasonal climate forecasting and in particular prepare a recommendation specifying the role required from JCOMM and to facilitate the implementation of the approved recommendation First steps Consult Magdalena, Oscar, Michelle Reineker et al. Member in ETOOFS (recommendations)

19. New plan – ocean extremes The Commission noted the ETOOFS workplan to develop an ocean extremes monitoring system which will establish a suite of ocean variables and indices together with their reference variability/probability density (Action). The Commission encouraged contributions from the member states in both ocean observations and modelling(Recommendation). First steps Leverage off multi-ensemble products Liaise with OOAP Member of ETOOFS and link to OOAP working group (recommendations)

20. New plan - dispersion The Commission agreed on the role of ETOOFS in the coordination of the strategy for MPERSS outlined under Agenda Item 8.3, and requested the Team to lead the coordination of an extension of capability to fill the gap identified following the recent Fukushima nuclear accident in cooperation with IAEA and partner groups (Action). In doing so, the Commission requested ETOOFS to identify a responsible member within the Team for this task as Activity Leader on marine environmental emergencies (Action). The Commission also requested the ETOOFS to work with ETMSS who should take the lead on the international coordination for meeting the service requirements (Action). Related discussion was recorded under agenda item 8.3. First steps Review IAEA interaction Coordinate expert working group Liaise with GOVST on best structure to manage filling the capability gap Member in ETOOFS (recommendations)