WP5.1 Ground Segment Description with contributions from all partners Lucas Merckelbach Dan Hayes with contributions from all partners

GROOM General Assembly AIM Aim of WorkPackage 5.1 is to determine what kind of infrastructure is required for efficient underwater glider operations? “Infrastructure” termed Glider Port GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

GROOM General Assembly AIM Questions to be answered are: What is a glider port and what are its functions? What components are needed? How does it work (now)? What can be done to improve/extent? GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

GROOM General Assembly Approach Designed an extensive questionnaire Analysis of the results Identifying pros and cons GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

GROOM General Assembly Questionnaire Two purposes: Gather information on status quo Gather information on “Glider Port Guide” booklet We used service of an external company to create an online survey (Lmental Mallorca). GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

GROOM General Assembly Questionnaire WP 5.1 Report Topics: Institute details Facilities (hardware) Software and communication Sensor calibration Logistics and access to sea Glider fleet Glider Port Guide GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

GROOM General Assembly Respondents Institutes that have responded: GEOMAR NOC CSIC/SOCIB OC-UCY OGS UdeC UEA CNRS NERSC PLOCAN SAMS HZG GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

GROOM General Assembly Respondents GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

Glider Port Guide Booklet GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

Questionnaire results GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

GROOM General Assembly Personnel GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

GROOM General Assembly Personnel Scientists seem to play an important role. What is their input in the operational aspect of gliders? What personnel effort is required per glider? GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

GROOM General Assembly Personnel GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

GROOM General Assembly Personnel 0.2 – 0.3 FTE Technician/glider GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

Other data from the questionnaire GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

GROOM General Assembly Glider Port Glider port: Operate gliders and gather data. 5 Core components GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

Glider Port Components GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

Operations and maintenance GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

GROOM General Assembly Buoys Underwater Gliders and Ships BUGS Finder GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

Glider Port Components GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

Mission planning and piloting GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

Glider Port Components GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

GROOM General Assembly Data management GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

GROOM General Assembly More details in Workpackage 3 GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

Glider Port Components GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

Hardware calibration and development GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

GROOM General Assembly “Wavepack” Acoustic sensors Video systems …. GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

Glider Port Components GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

GROOM General Assembly “Public relations” GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

GROOM General Assembly Networking with other glider ports GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

Networked glider ports No one-size-fits-all solution Glider ports need to cooperate GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

Networked glider ports An example of a fairly sophisticated glider port. Most important tasks Covered but at great costs/efforts. GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

GROOM General Assembly A networked solution GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

GROOM General Assembly A networked solution Common divisor is that resources need to be shared. GROOM: guide lines on how to achieve that GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

Organisational Models Institutional level (dispersed) Largely autonomous glider ports with optional small satellite glider ports Example: Germany National/regional level (centralised) A collection of specialised glider ports, including ONE covering a broad spectrum of Operations, Mission design/Piloting and Sensor calibration Example: France European level Most glider ports are specialised, complemented by a few glider port centres covering (almost) all aspects of the glider port palette Glider port centres under one umbrella GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

GROOM General Assembly Institutional level “Classic” way Centred at research institute/university Optional “satellite” glider ports mainly for operational aspects Advantages Gliders can be used in a more flexible way Researchers have more direct control over “their” gliders Facilitates specialised and science driven solutions GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

GROOM General Assembly Institutional level For efficient operation of this model: this type of glider port needs to be highly connected to other glider ports in practice this is implemented unsatisfactorily at present day This modus operandi has merit where: There is no driving force or political will on national level to centralise activities The national community is too small for implementing a centralised model GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

National/regional level Centralised model Relatively well equipped and developed glider port Can be an entity on its own Optional “satellite” glider ports mainly for operational aspects Needs to engage with scientists with various levels of understanding of glider platform Advantages Highly skilled team Law of scales applies Management becomes more complex → sophisticated tools Only one wheel needs to be invented GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

GROOM General Assembly European level Centralised model Relatively well equipped and developed glider port Can be an entity on its own Optional “satellite” glider ports mainly for operational aspects Needs to engage with scientists with various levels of understanding of glider platform Advantages Highly skilled team Law of scales applies Management becomes more complex → sophisticated tools Only one wheel needs to be invented Larger scale experiments Paneuropean access GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

How can the future landscape of glider infrastructure look like? Implementation of European level requires Top-down approach with governing European umbrella or Bottom-up approach with a broad consensus amongst partners (includes political consensus) GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

How can the future landscape of glider infrastructure look like? Need to take into account the differences between countries and institutes (philosophy, size, finances) Mix and match institutional level and national level GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

Mix and match institutional level and national level Adopt the GROOM standards set out for data formats, sensor use/calibration etc. This provides the lingua franca Promote and streamline the networking between glider ports Promote joint developing of tools that are useful for wider community Promote sharing of data processing schemes Embrace SMEs to take part in the networked glider port concept GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

Getting SMEs into the mix Some tasks of the glider port lend themselves to be outsourced (ballasting, piloting, sensor calibration) SMEs can take over tasks that have a strong “service” character Developing a sensor calibration setup is one thing, making it available to others is another... Must be of (financial) interest to SMEs GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

Promote and streamline networking Instrument: glider committee Report and communicate current developments Bring people together (connecting) Identify new needs and opportunities Accessible repository for various software projects (centrally or in cloud) GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris

GROOM General Assembly Summary Questionnaire for status quo Booklet on glider ports Defined the concept of glider ports and the necessity for them to be networked Discussed three models: institutional level, national level and European level Proposed organisation of European glider infrastructure as a mix of institutional level and national level glider ports Guiding instrument: glider committee Inclusion of SMEs GROOM General Assembly 19 September 2014, Paris