Pierre BAHUREL Mercator Ocean MyOcean project coordinator GODAE Final IGST Meeting, Washington DC, 2-4 June 2008

1. Pierre BAHUREL Mercator Ocean MyOcean project coordinator GODAE Final IGST Meeting, Washington DC, 2-4 June 2008

2. MyOcean • A project • A service • A team

3. MyOcean, a projectfor ocean monitoring and forecasting in Europe

4. MyOcean, a European Commission “GMES” project • GMES : the European Union program for « Global Monitoring for Environment and Security ». • A joint program European Commission / European Space Agency • Different themes ; the first 3 priorities are Marine, Land & Risk • Funded through the EC 7th Research Program 03 05 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 00 01 02 04 06 G O D A E GMES Phases Operational Implementation Initial Marine projects Mersea Strand 1 MERSEA MyOcean

5. The challenge • Set up and demonstrate operationality of a European Marine Core Service • MERSEA Strand 1 (2003-2004) has shown the value of the European monitoring and forecasting systems • MERSEA (2004-2008) has worked on the design and development of a European integrated system • MyOcean (2008-2011) has to deliver a fully qualified service Ocean monitoring and forecasting

6. The project • A project initiated and co-funded by the European Commission (EC research program) • Involving 60 partners from 28 different countries • A 3-year project • Should start before end of 2008, to end in 2011 • 60 M€ for 3 years, with 33 M€ funded by EC • Currently ending the negotiation with EC • First call Dec 2006; First proposal June 2007

7. MyOcean, a servicefor ocean monitoring and forecasting in Europe

8. The “core” service • MyOcean will “provide the common denominator data for all 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

9. MyOcean 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, …)

10. The MyOcean offer • MyOcean will deliver regular and systematic reference information on the state of the oceans • Physical state of the ocean, and primary ecosystem • Global ocean, and main European basins and seas • Large and basin scale ; mesoscale physics • Hindcast, Nowcast, Forecast • Data, Assimilation and Models

11. Organization The MyOcean Production Units • 5 TAC : Thematic Assembly Centers • “Observations” • 7 MFC : 1 global and 6 regional Monitoring and Forecasting Centers • “Model / Assimilation” • 1 single DESK • “Products to users” 12 PRODUCTION UNITS TAC MFC Arctic Sea Level Baltic Color Atl. NWS DESK Global SST Service Interface Atl. IBI Ice&Wind Med Sea In Situ Black Sea

12. SL TAC OC TAC Sea Ice TAC In situ TAC SST TAC Wind TAC MFC Global Arctic MFC Baltic MFC NW Shelves MFC IBI MFC Med Sea MFC Black Sea MFC A pan-european organization TAC MFC

13. 3 years to … • Implement and run the MyOcean system to deliver the core service • Qualify it to get the « operational » stamp • Interact with users to get requirements and feedbacks • Bring in continuous innovation through R&D • Prepare the organization for the longer term

14. MyOcean, a teamfor ocean monitoring and forecasting in Europe

15. The MyOcean team • Lead by Mercator Ocean • 60 partners, 28 countries • All European maritime countries • A core group of ~ 15 partners: the European GODAE partners A MyOcean network involving all European maritime countries Partners networking 28 countries for user’s requirements • In the consortium, • 1/3 of « operators », • 1/3 of « expertise » (research & industry), • 1/3 to market « users’ » need

16. Responsibilities • A Board: • P.Bahurel (coord), M.Bell, PY. Le Traon, E.Buch, F.Jacq, J.Johannessen, N.Pinardi • An Executive Committee • Partners: Mercator Ocean, CLS, CNRS, NERSC, DMI, Met Office, INGV, MHI, CNR, Ifremer, met.no, HCMR • Individuals: F.Adragna, E.Dombrowsky, J.Siddorn, C.Donlon, S.Pouliquen, P.Brasseur, G.Larnicol, L.Bertino, … • A scientific advisory committee • To be organized by P.Brasseur • A core user group • To be organized by K.Nittis

17. Conclusion

18. MyOcean & GODAE • MyOcean, a European project opened to the GODAE world and partners • Links to be reinforced as soon as the European-centric nego phase is over • MyOcean, the European focal point for GODAE-follow-on activities • MyOcean to continue and foster GODAE good practices • Metrics and validation practices • Data exchanges and interoperability issues • Science & technics • ….

19. Contact pointMERCATOR OCEAN(Pierre BAHUREL)email: my-ocean@mercator-ocean.frTelecopy: +33 5 61 39 38 99

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