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Keith Alverson Ocean Observations and Services

NASA, NOAA, JCOMMOPS, FNMOC, CRT, URK. Keith Alverson Ocean Observations and Services Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO. GEO Plenary. GEO Coastal CoP. GEO Climate SBA. Major Accomplishments 2005- 2010: Global Ocean Climate Observations.

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Keith Alverson Ocean Observations and Services

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  1. NASA, NOAA, JCOMMOPS, FNMOC, CRT, URK Keith Alverson Ocean Observations and Services Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO

  2. GEO Plenary GEO Coastal CoP GEO Climate SBA

  3. Major Accomplishments 2005-2010:Global Ocean Climate Observations • The ocean observing system for climate is 62% complete. • Reporting to UNFCCC ensures high visibility and national engagement. • Understanding of global climate change – particularly detection and attribution - has been substantially enhanced. • Development of a Global Framework for Climate Services is being enabled.

  4. Major Accomplishments 2005-2010:Regional Observations for Societal Benefit • Relevant regional components of the GOOS are increasingly available in real time, enabling coastal hazard warnings and mitigation (eg. oil spills, storm surges, tsunami, cholera …). • Seasonal products derived from ocean observations are also starting to become possible (eg ENSO, Monsoon, drought, flooding and fire regime forecasts). • Quotidian services are being delivered (eg. Shipping and Port traffic optimization, offshore wind and drilling operations supported …)

  5. Recent and Upcoming Publications

  6. Many nations are not (fully) participating Broadest Participation: Tide Gauges Typical Participation: Hydrographic Sections

  7. Implementing Coastal and Regional GOOS SAON SOOS 1st GOOS Regional Forum, Athens, Greece, 2002 2nd GRA Forum, Nadi, Fiji, 2004 3rd GRA Forum, Cape Town, S. Africa, 2006 4th GRA Forum, Guayaquil, Ecuador, 2008 5th GRA Forum and 1st Regional Council, Sopot, Poland, 10/2011

  8. Regional Seas Conventions Can they play an analogous role for regional GOOS to the one that the UNFCCC has played in developing the global climate module of GOOS? BARCELONA 1975, 1995 HELCOM 1974, 1992, 2001 OSPAR 1972, 1998 BLACK SEA 1992

  9. Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems: global, substantial, not climate dominated. Halpern et al, Science, 2008

  10. Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems: Early warning for management decisions?

  11. Geneva Ministerial Call for Immediate Action. Presented to UN General Assembly(New York 22 September) and CBD COP High Level Segment (Nagoya, 27-29 October) “ The issues of climate change and biodiversity loss are inextricably linked; each can exacerbate the impacts of the other, but at the same time there are policy options that can address both issues. The identification of such co-benefits is essential at global, regional and national levels. In particular the implementation of voluntary REDD/REDD+ mechanisms should be done to enrich biodiversity. ”

  12. Report on the Status of the Global Ocean Observing System for Biodiversity Monitoring. Convention on Biological Diversity. CBD COP 10. Nagoya 18-29 October 2010 Upcoming Events Call for Sustained, Integrated Earth Observations Group On Earth Observations Plenary 7 and Ministerial Summit. Beijing 3-5 November 2010 Report on the Status of the Global Ocean Observing System for Climate Monitoring UNFCCC SBSTA-31 and COP 16 Cancun 29 November – 10 December 2010

  13. Sustaining the system Governmental engagement and willingness to commit resources for both implementation and coordination remains weak. Demonstrating clear societal benefits to catalyze ‘user pull’ requires better advocacy The observing system – especially the coastal module – needs redesigning to serve adaptation needs. Alverson and Baker, Science, 2006

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