SeaDataNet Overview and Management

1. SeaDataNet Overview and Management Catherine Maillard Kick-Off Meeting, June 8-10 2006, Heraklion, Greece

2. Objectives • SeaDataNet aims to develop an efficient data management infrastructure for the present and future ocean observing and forecasting programmes, able to handle the diversity and large volume of data collected via the Pan-European oceanographic fleet and the new observation systems, both in real-time and delayed mode. • It is based on a semi-distributed system that incorporates and enhance the existing NODC network and satellite data centres. • An important technical development activity will make the data centres interoperable as a virtual data centre, able to deliver integrated data, meta-data and products of controlled quality through a unique portal.

3. North SeaNorwegian Sea Arctic Seas Baltic Sea AtlanticGlobal Ocean Black Sea MediterraneanSea SeaSataNet Consortium represents a unique group of 49 partners from in-situ and satellite oceanographic data centres hosted by major oceanographic institutes of 35 countries bordering the Baltic, the Black Sea, the Mediterranean and the North-East Atlantic, modelling centres, IOC and ICES

4. A Network of experienced Data Centres • National Oceanographic Data Centres (NODC) • In charge of the national marine data and information archives • Official contact points for International Exchange (IOC/IODE) • Responsible of, or participating in the data management structure of several international scientific projects: WOCE, JGOFS, MTPII-MATER, CANIGO, OMEX, ARGO, MERSEA etc. • Leaders of Data Management Concerted Actions • MEDAR/MEDATLAS II - Mediterranean Data Archaeology and Rescue http://www.ifremer.fr/medar • SEA-SEARCH – Gateway to Oceanographic and Marine Data & Information in Europe http://www.sea-search.net/ • Satellite data centres

5. Work Plan of the projectTechnical Annex The Integrated Research Infrastructure Initiative (I3) project includes three types of activities • I- Networking Activities (NA) • II- Transnational Access (TA) to data, meta-data and products • III- Joint Research Activities (JRA) to develop and improve the system • Technical research activities • Scientific research activities

6. I- Networking activities (NA) -> aim to managing, organizing and promoting the infrastructure • NA1: Project Management • NA2: Infrastructure Management, Organization and Monitoring • NA3: Training and Capacity building • Maintenance of the Pan-European Directories • NA4 : Cruises Summary Reports (ROSCOP/CSR) • NA5 : Marine Data of research laboratories (EDMED/MEDI) + Permanent Observing Systems (EDIOS) • NA6 : Common Data Index (CDI) of data centres • NA7 : Marine Research Projects inventory (EDMERP) • NA8: Communication - outreach • Data providers & Users Marketing and feedback • International Conferences

7. Data discovery Atmospheric Data System Data sets aggregation Catalogues Web browser Models output OBSERVING SYSTEMS ANALYSIS & MODELLING User Land Data Systems Regular deliveries on ftp sites or usual media Product generation Quality control Safeguarding II- Transnational Access to data, meta-data, products • A Network of 40 data platforms: • NODC/Designated National Agencies for International Exchange of marine data and information (IOC/IODE) • Satellite Data Centres • Providing Basic Data Management Services

8. II – Remote Access from TA V0: present status: each DC interrogated and sending nonstandardized data separately V1= Preliminary version installed on 11 interoperable test platforms • Anavyssos platform • Brest platform • Hamburg platform • La Spezia platform • Norrkoping platform • Obninsk platform • Madrid platform • The Hague platform • Swindon platform • Toulouse platform • Trieste platform V2:Final version installed by step on the other data platforms

9. III-Joint Research Activities to develop the distributed system that incorporates and enhances, the currently existing infrastructures and technology • JRA1: Development of standards • JRA2:Technical development of the interoperable system • JRA3: Development of Portable data management software based on ODV (AWI) for capacity building and training - off line data management system • JRA4: Development of Geostatistic Methodology & Software (based on GHER VIM) for Regional & global statistical products • JRA5-JRA9: Regional and Global Products preparation & qualification

10. JRA1: Standard development in cooperation with the ad hoc international authorities (ICES, IOC, JCOMM) • for communication of meta data, observation data and gridded data (ISO, Marine XML) • to insure the common data and products quality level • Automatic and Visual checks • Without data modification  All these standards are used both for the technical development and for operating the TA infrastructure

11. Version Two (V2) Version One (V1) JRA2: Development of the Interoperable system components

12. JRA3: Portable data management software • To train young data managers in data QC and standardization according to the project protocols • To equip new data centres • To provide a tool for processing and visualizing in-situ and remote sensing data  Ocean Data View (ODV) extension

13. Technical Task Team • The technical developments in data management represents an important part of the activity, even when using existing elements of the new communication technology : selection, interfacing, adaptation, documentatino, maintenance .. • SeaDataNet Technical Task Team will design, develop and install the common software components of the system, and make recommendations for its further evolution and sustainability.

14. Products Development • To check the system operability • To cross-check the data • To assess the coherence and compatibility of existing products • To widen the data dissemination. • The tasks include: • Development of common geostatistics methodology & software for computing and/or checking the regional gridded fields and statistics software (JRA4, based on GHER VIM) • Products preparation over five zones: the Mediterranean (JRA5), the Black Sea (JRA6), the Baltic (JRA7), the Northern and Polar Seas (JRA8) and the Atlantic and Global ocean (JRA9)

15. Tasks Organization

16. Implementation Plan(Technical Annex)

17. 12 months Management NA1 Deliverables

18. Annual report • The Annual report covers each successive period of 12 months from the contract start date. It is composed of the following parts: • A. an activity report including: • a progress report, • the list of deliverables, • a report on the use and dissemination of knowledge. • B. a management report (financial information) including: • a justification of the resources deployed, • the Form C Financial Statements (which may require an Audit certificate if provided for under Article 7.2 of the contract), • a summary financial report. • C. a report on the distribution of the Community financial contribution. • D. a detailed implementation plan for the next 18 months. • A template is given, similar to the technical annex, inluding the tables of man/month per activity.

19. Annual Reporting • Activity report • NA coordinator • NA workpackage leaders • Participating partners • Technical Coordinator • JAR1, JRA2, JRA3, JRA4 leaders • Participating partners • Scientific Coordinator • JAR4, JRA5, JRA6, JRA7, JRA8, JRA9 leaders • Participating partners • Financial Management report  Marie Pierre zelverte • Including the time spent in each task by each category of personnel (see each activity in Technical Annex & p74-79) • A first financial audit will be made at the end of the second year

20. Management Documents • The CPF are in the EC database, not in the contract • In the Contracts with the partners • EC contract with coordinator (IFREMER) • Technical Annex including synthetic tables from CPFs: • TA : P 46 = CPFA3.2b • Budget breakdown per type of activity and partner: • for the whole project P 81-84= CPF A3.1 • for the first 18 months p121-124 = CPFA3.4 • Budget breakdown per Year (about 25%, 25%, 20%, 20%, 10%) p85= CPFA3.2a • Consortium Agreement • A3 forms • Banking references

21. Management Mailing Lists • Coordination Group : snd-coord@seadatanet.org • Steering Committee : sdn-stcom@seadatanet.org • Advisory Group : sdn-advisory@seadatanet.org • All participants : sdn@seadatanet.org

22. Thanks to HCMR for organizing the first Meeting in this inspiring region