Marine Core Service MY OCEAN The GMES MyOcean Marine Service Bertil Håkansson SMHI, Core Service MyOcean Core User Requirements

Marine Core Service What is « MyOcean » ? n MyOcean is a PROJECT –An FP7 project, the GMES « Marine Fast Track » project –3 years ; has started on 1st April 2009, will end 31 March 2012 –Cost 20 M/year, with 11 M/year EC funding 2009 – 2010 – 2011 – (2012) n MyOcean is a SERVICE –The main component of the « GMES » Marine Core Service –Global & regional Ocean monitoring and forecasting Marine Core Service n MyOcean is a TEAM of European partners –61 partners, out of 29 countries ; an effort of ~150 person/year –20 core partners committed for operations; european best monitoring and forecasting systems Pan-European team

Marine Core Service Talk outlines The MyOcean Marine Core Service n The challenge : what is our main goal ? n The market : who are are users ? n The offer : what do we propose to them ? n The production : how do we elaborate information ? n The service : how do they access the information ? n The organization : how do we manage the challenge ?

Marine Core Service MY OCEAN The challenge

Marine Core Service A European Marine core service seeking for the european added value From GMES MCS Implementation Group report by P.Ryder & al, oct 2005 In 3 years, create the maximum core value for the users by providing on a reliable basis the common denominator data for all users in the marine sector, in other words the information for existing & new downstream services.

Marine Core Service MY OCEAN The market GOAL : Collecting and understanding users requirements, to adjust the MyOcean offer

Marine Core Service Users of the MyOcean core service are specialized service providers of the downstream sector. Intermediate users

Marine Core Service Climate Marine Environment Seasonal and weather forecasting Offshore Maritime transport and safety Fisheries Research General Public Areas of benefit The MyOcean market covers a wide of application sectors

Marine Core Service The Mission

Marine Core Service Market Segmentation The users, their requirements, their assessment Area 1 « MARINE SAFETY » (marine operations, oil spill combat, ship routing, defense, search & rescue, …) Area 2 « MARINE RESSOURCES » (fish stock management, ICES, FAO, …) Area 3 « MARINE AND COASTAL ENVIRONMENT » (water quality, pollution, coastal activities, …) Area 4 « CLIMATE & SEASONAL FORECASTING » (climate monitoring, ice, seasonal forecasting,..)

Marine Core Service The MyOcean value … to market users needs n A network of partners all around Europe n A privileged link with first- rank users –EU agencies –Conventions and policies n A MyOcean « core user group » n A MyOcean User Requirement database A MyOcean network involving all European maritime countries Partners networking 29 countries for users requirements Linking with Member States key services, linking with the Maritime Policy, linking with conventions HELCOM, OSPAR, UNEP/MAP, ICES, … EEA

Marine Core Service MY OCEAN The offer GOAL : Proposing a clear offer to users, with the best core information available

Marine Core Service The MyOcean value The Global Ocean + 6 European Seas

Marine Core Service The MyOcean offer MyOcean will deliver regular and systematic reference information (processed data, elaborated products) on the state of the oceans and regional seas: at the resolution required by intermediate users & downstream service providers, of known quality and accuracy, for the global and European regional seas. Physical state of the ocean, and primary ecosystem For global ocean, and main European basins and seas Large and basin scale ; mesoscale physics Hindcast, Nowcast, Forecast Data, Assimilation and Models

Marine Core Service The MyOcean products portfolio

Marine Core Service The MyOcean products portfolio 1. Marine Safety 2. Marine Ressources 3. Marine & Coastal env. 4. Climate and Seasonal Model-based products Obs-based products Type of products Variables (T, S, ice, currents, …) Geographical coverage Real time or delayed mode …

Marine Core Service The MyOcean value … for a Marine Core Service portfolio n A simple and single portfolio of products for the whole pan- European MyOcean marine core service n A reference definition shared by users, producers and stakeholders, regularly updated n A simple and single portfolio of products for the whole pan- European MyOcean marine core service n A reference definition shared by users, producers and stakeholders, regularly updated Standard parameters

Marine Core Service MY OCEAN The production GOAL : Ensure the best production of the « core » information through the involvement of first-rank players in Europe.

Marine Core Service The Production Units Sea Level Ocean Color Sea Surface Temp. Sea Ice & Wind In Situ Arctic Ocean Baltic Sea Atlantic NWS Atlantic IBI Mediterranean Sea Global Ocean Black Sea 5 Thematic Assembly Centres 7 Monitoring and Forecasting Centres Observations Models Service Desk

Marine Core Service The Production Units

Marine Core Service Qualification Steps

Marine Core Service MY OCEAN The service GOAL : Providing an easy and reliable access to the information

Marine Core Service The MyOcean value … for the core service n A pan-european service desk, single and reliable entry point for users, connected to all production units in Europe n One single desk, one access point to the MyOcean pan- european information n Open access n Free access n Open access n Free access

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Marine Core Service Free access n 7 Apr 2009, Sea Temperature, Surface

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Marine Core Service Free access n 1 Apr 2009, Sea Ice Thickness

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Marine Core Service MyOcean/BOOS In Situ Component - BISC

Marine Core Service MyOcean provides satellite data to users through ESA and ECMWF

Marine Core Service Free access n 8 March 2011, Currents & Sea Ice, Surface

Marine Core Service Free Access n 2010 Algae Season, Hindcast, Cyanobacteria bloom Bloom days 2010

Marine Core Service MY OCEAN The organization GOAL : Run the project, prepare the future

Marine Core Service The Consortium 61 partners throughout Europe

Marine Core Service The Consortium 61 partners, leaders in oceanography 1/3 are producers 1/3 for support and R&D 1/3 bridging with users

Marine Core Service The project organization

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Governance

Marine Core Service MY OCEAN Contact point MERCATOR OCEAN (Pierre BAHUREL) Telecopy: