Marine Board EuroGOOS Panel

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A Vision Document for EMODNET

• Marine Board EuroGOOS Panel
• Marine Observation and Data Expert Group
  (18/06/08, Brussels)
• Marine Board Secretariat

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A joint initiative

• Marine Board - European focal point for marine
  science
• Forum Strategy
• Voice Synergy
• EuroGOOS Development of Operational
  Oceanography for the benefit of Europe

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Context

• EMODNET Concept
• Introduced in IMP Green Paper (i.e. Background
  document n 4) June 2006
• Supported by the Aberdeen Declaration June 2007.
• Revised in IMP Blue Book (road map 2008
  action plan 2009) October 2007,
• Marine Board Response
• Call for clarification re. EMODNET concept Set a
  Expert Panel jointly with EuroGOOS
• welcomed by Commissioner Borg

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The Panel

• Members
• 2 co-chairs A. Dosdat (Marine Board), P. Ryder
  (EuroGOOS)
• 12 experts (individual expertise)
• Panel facilitated by Marine Board Secretariat.
• Modus operandi
• 3 meetings (Feb, Apr and June 2008)
• Remote work (February until July 2008)
• Foreseen publication September 2008
• Deliverable
• a Vision Document for EMODNET

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The Panel composition

• Antoine Dosdat (Marine Board Vice-Chair, Panel
  Co-chair) antoine.dosdat_at_ifremer.fr
• Peter Ryder (EuroGOOS Chair, Panel Co-Chair) -
  peter.ryder600_at_ntlworld.com
• Taco de Bruin (NIOZ, NL) - bruin_at_nioz.nl
• Franciscus Colijn (GKSS, DE) - franciscus.colijn_at_g
  kss.de
• Roger Proctor (POL, UK) - rp_at_wpo.nerc.ac.uk
• Geoffrey OSullivan (MI, IE) geoffrey.osullivan_at_
  marine.ie
• Dick Schaap (MARIS, NL) - dick_at_maris.nl
• Howard Cattle (NOCS, UK) - hyc_at_noc.soton.ac.uk
• Hans Dahlin (EuroGOOS Director) -
  Hans.Dahlin_at_smhi.se
• Michael Gillooly (MI, IE) - mick.gillooly_at_marine.i
  e
• Johnny Johannessen (NERSC, NO) -
  johnny.johannessen_at_nersc.no
• Juha Markku Leppanen (FIMR, FI) -
  Juha-Markku.Leppanen_at_fimr.fi
• Sylvie Pouliquen (Ifremer, FR) -
  sylvie.pouliquen_at_ifremer.fr
• MARINE BOARD SECRETARIAT
• Maud Evrard (Marine Board Science Officer) -
  mevrard_at_esf.org
• Niamh Connolly (Marine Board Executive Scientific
  Secretary) nconnolly_at_esf.org

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The Vision Document

• Aim
• Strategic overview and a European Vision on
  EMODNET (and its added value)
• Address whole scope from observation to
  information
• Unlock access to existing data
• Fill existing gaps
• Complementary to other initiatives (e.g. EC
  expert group)
• Targets
• Decision makers at national and EU level
• Format
• Short (9 pages) and highly pictorial/visual

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The Vision Document

• Content
• The Vision
• Why EMODNET?
• EMODNET scope and functionality
• EMODNET scales
• EMODNET technologies
• Data management
• How to implement EMODNET?
• Recommendations

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The Vision

• The EMODNET Vision is for an end-to-end,
  integrated and inter-operable network of European
  marine observations, data communications,
  management and delivery systems, supported by a
  comprehensive user-oriented toolkit to enable
  implementation of the Integrated Maritime Policy
  for Europe.
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• It is essential to improve the quantity, quality
  and accessibility of marine information for
  decision making and to open up new economic
  opportunities in the marine and maritime sectors
  of Europe, for the benefit of the European
  citizen and the global community.

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Why EMODNET?

• Good stewardship requires sound data,
  understanding and advice which is transparent and
  accessible to, and challengeable by stakeholders.
• Some such data are existing, but inaccessible.
  These need to be unlocked and made easily
  accessible.
• There are huge data gaps too either because the
  necessary measurements have not been made or
  because observing networks are inadequate. These
  gaps need to be filled.

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What would it be made of?

• EMODNET will be a network of existing and future
  European observation systems, linked by a data
  management structure covering all European
  coastal waters, shelf seas and surrounding ocean
  basins, accessible to everyone.

• EMODNET will provide an end-to-end system linking
  the modules Sensors Platforms, Surveys,
  Communication Systems, Data Management and
  Information Tools. Depending on the specific
  tasks and problems in the different regions there
  may be differences in details on the application
  of strategies and methods.
• Essential Components of EMODNET

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EMODNET scales

• GLOBAL European Seas and Oceans are an integral
  part of the Earth Ecosystem. They are influenced
  by the Global Oceans, particularly through
  internal transport between them but also
  indirectly through interactions between the
  atmosphere and Oceans.
• REGIONAL Europes Regional Oceans and seas
  comprising the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans and the
  Baltic, Mediterranean and Black Seas and
  Sub-Regional seas such as the North and Adriatic
  Seas have specific, distinct characteristics.
  Although it is possible to use some common
  techniques, each must be monitored separately to
  provide a context in which to interpret
  local/coastal trends and conditions.
• LOCAL The coastal zone, because it is an area of
  great physical and biological diversity and the
  area of greatest interaction between nature and
  anthropological forces, represents one of the
  greatest challenges for observation, monitoring
  and assessment.

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EMODNET technologies

• Pictorial examples of...

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Data Management

• Data management
• Great wealth of data
• for a wide range of disciplines, from in situ and
  remote sensing observations, in real-time,
  near-real-time, and delayed mode
• Key challenges is to organise a common data
  management approach to be adopted by all actors
• EMODNET must engage and build upon existing
  initiatives to harmonise data management
  practices overall
• Key elements of the harmonisation are
• A common data policy enabling free and open
  access to data
• Common standards and protocols for quality
  control procedures, metadata formats and
  descriptions, and data exchange formats
• Technically, EMODNET to be established as a
  system of systems. Interoperability between
  systems will be achieved by adopting the EU
  (INSPIRE) principles under development.

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How to implement?

• Discover existing holdings of relevant marine
  data
• Remove impediments to exchange access to data
  ? better harmonisation management
• Conduct a gap analyses to determine shortcomings
  in existing data lie (both coastal and open
  oceans)
• Coordinate joint investment in sustainable,
  efficient observing systems that exploit
• The complementary strengths of remote sensing and
  in situ methods
• Platforms of opportunity (e.g. ships in transit,
  research and fishing vessels)
• National networks (e.g. FWD, EMS, DCR)
• Autonomous, adaptive vehicles
• Highly capable observatories in key locations.
• Implement collaboration governance arrangements
  to sustain the EMODNET in the long term. Towards
  a system of systems.

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Recommendations to ensure that appropriate,
sustainable investments are made in EMODNET

• costs benefits of observing system scenarios
• appr. level of funding, responsibility and
  cooperation
• Establish methods to access data from ? sources
• Include data collected by industry and local
  networks
• Contribute to multidimensional mapping of MS
  waters European Atlas of the Seas
• Encourage development of new technologies and
  sensors by MSs and within the ongoing FPs to help
  fill identified data gaps.

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For further information marineboard_at_esf.org
Thank you.