 CENTRO ECUATORIANO DE DATOS  MARINO-COSTEROS  CENDO  2009

 ODINCARSA  Latin America Planning Meeting Ensenada, Mexico, 7-10 December 2009

NATIONAL CONTACT INFORMATION

IOC CONTACT POINT CCaptain Patricio Goyes Arroyo HHead of the Oceanographic Naval Institution – INOCAR AAv 25 de Julio, Vía Pto. Marítimo IINOCAR- Base Naval Sur GGuayaquil - Ecuador

IODE national coordinator for data management LLieutenant Luis F. Morales Auz HHead of the National Oceanographic Data Centre -CENDO AAv 25 de Julio, Vía Pto. Marítimo IINOCAR- Base Naval Sur GGuayaquil - Ecuador

IODE national coordinator for marine information management LLieutenant Giorgio De la Torre Morales HHead of the Department of Marine Sciences – INOCAR AAv 25 de Julio, Vía Pto. Marítimo IINOCAR- Base Naval Sur GGuayaquil - Ecuador

NATIONAL DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT CAPACITY

Ecuadorian IODE national oceanographic data centre  Centro Ecuatoriano de Datos Marino-Costeros – CENDO  Lieutenant Luis F. Morales Auz  Head of the National Oceanographic Data Center -CENDO   Av 25 de Julio, Vía Pto. Marítimo  INOCAR- Base Naval Sur  Guayaquil - Ecuador

Other national institutions that manage oceanographic data Instituto Nacional de Pesca – INP Escuela Politécnica del Litoral – ESPOL

NATIONAL DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT CAPACITY

Data products and services currently provided by IODE NODC CENDO: – Oceanographic Data Provider for researchers at INOCAR and University Students ( Thesis / Dissertations). – Oceanographic Data Storage and Backup. – Support for Data Management for the Ecuadorian Tsunami Warning Center.

Marine Information Centres INOCAR library INP library

Information products and services currently provided national marine libraries Publication of “Acta Oceanográfica del Pacífico” - INOCAR Publication of Scientific Papers (Marine Biology) - INP

NATIONAL COORDINATION MECHANISMS

National Coastal Management Plan The coastal management plan is in charge of the Ministry of Environmental Affairs.

National body that coordinates oceanographic/coastal research, observation and/or management INOCAR Coordinates almost 80% of the Oceanographic and Coastal research,observation and data management in our Ecuador, 15% is covered by INP and 5% by ESPOL.

SOPORTE INFORMÁTICO NÚMERO DE USUARIOS INOCAR  DIRECCION SUBDIRECCION TÉCNICA  HIDROGRAFÍA  CIENCIAS DEL MAR  AYUDAS A LA NAVEGACIÓN SUBDIRECCION ADMINISTRATIVA  FINANCIERO  PERSONAL  LOGÍSTICA ASESORIAS UNIDADES ADSCRITAS

Member Institutions of National Body INOCAR

National body that coordinates oceanographic data and/or information exchange  CENDO - INOCAR

DATA POLICIES

National Data Management Policy The National Planning and Development Secretariat (SENPLADES) is working on a National Law for Geo-information Management, INOCAR is part of the working group for this Law.

NATIONAL OBSERVATION PLATFORMS

Ecuadorian Research Vessels BAE Orión -INOCAR LAE Rigel -INOCAR Tohalí -INP

Institutions that manages cruises data Data from Orión and Rigel is managed by CENDO and INOCAR and is available at request for researchers and university students. Data from Tohalí is managed by INP and is available as well at request for researchers and university students.

Data Buoys or other Observation Systems Data from Oceanor Buoys from almost 20 months, not continuous from 2004 to Data from Three Argo Profilers deployed on 2007 Data from 7 tidal and meteorological coastal stations ( 2010 all will be replaced with automatic stations) Oceanographic Data from two coastal stations 10 miles off the coast. Oceanographic Data from Periodical Regional Cruises INOCAR, manages these data and is available at request for researchers and university students.

NATIONAL/REGIONAL OCEAN RESEARCH/OBSERVATION/MANAGEMENT PROJECTS

National Ocean research/observation/management Projects Regional Cruises – INOCAR – INP - National Universities – This project include data and information management plan – Oceanographic Data for climatological evaluation.

National Ocean research/observation/management Projects  Characterization of Marine and Coastal Areas – INOCAR – This project include data and information management plan – Oceanographic Data for climatological evaluation. ENSO Monitoring – INOCAR -INP -INAMHI - ESPOL – This project include data and information management plan – Reports for decision / policy makers.

Regional Ocean research/observation/management Projects *SPINCAM This project include data and information management plan Coastal Management policies

Regional Ocean research/observation/management Projects  *Regional Oceanographic Cruises CPPS  This project include data and information management plan  ENSO regional oceanographic evaluation  *GRASP  This project include data and information management plan  Development of a regional observation net

PARTICIPATION IN ODINCARSA

Capacity Building Katiusca BRIONES ESTÉBANEZ – CIIFEN – Combined Modeling and Data Management Training Workshop (Jamboree-I) – ODINCARSA Ocean Data Management Training Course – Second ODINCARSA Training Course in Marine Data Management – First ODINCARSA Training Course in Marine Data Management Johnny JGUZMAN - CENDO – Training on the management of the End to End data Management (E2EDM) prototype system – First ODINCARSA Training Course in Marine Data Management

Capacity Building Rodney MARTÍNEZ – CIIFEN – First ODINCARSA Training Course in Marine Information Management César Arias MORAN - TAMU – ODINCARSA Ocean Data Management Training Course Juan NIETO - CIIFEN – ODINCARSA Ocean Data Management Training Course Marco SANTOS CASTANEDA – INOCAR – JOINT IODE/IOI TRAINING COURSE ON REMOTE SENSING & GIS

Capacity Building Maria Elena TAPIA B. - INOCAR – MarBEF/IODE/VLIZ Training Course on Marine Biodiversity Data Management Leonor VERA S. - INOCAR – ODINCARSA Marine Information Management Training Course

ODINCARSA ODINCARSA has been really positive for our country in capacity building, giving to the people that works for national institutions better knowledge for their work. INOCAR organized workshops for institutions working in ocean research to teach what their researchers had learn from ODINCARSA capacity building program.

Recomended Focus Areas of ODINCARSA ( ) Development of products for operational oceanography Ocean Modeling for Marine Warnings Data and Information management using open source software

National capacity building requirements Open source Databases managers. Open source software for Oceanographic Information Systems Data mining and quality flags Statistics to establish a regional / national climatology

ODINCARSA INOCAR consider thar none of the past ODINCARSA activities should be terminated. Suggested new products/services : – Oceanographic Data / Information Consults – Regional Marine Climatology

ODINCARSA Sugested programmes to linked with: – DBCP Argo Project Office (JCOMMOPS) because this project generates important oceanographic data that can be exchanged. – HAB to develop a regional net to exchange information about these kind of events.

 CENTRO ECUATORIANO DE DATOS  MARINO-COSTEROS  2009