One year into multidisciplinary observations Sofia Alexiou, Project Manager National Oceanography Centre, Southampton FixO³ First Year – EuroGOOS 2014, Lisbon

 4 Year Project  Started 1 st September 2013  29 Partner Institutions  11 European Countries  23 Fixed Point Observatories  12 Work Packages  EU Contribution: 7 million Euros FixO³

 Integrate and harmonise current procedures and processes across 23 European fixed point open ocean observatories  Offer free access to : observatory infrastructures Free and Open data services and products  Innovate and enhance current capability for multidisciplinary in situ ocean observations FixO³ aims to:

FixO³ Structure Coordinantion Support Joint research activities  Coordinated by NOC, UK  12 Work Packages  International Advisory Board

FixO³ Observatories and Partners

Vertical Coverage from Atmosphere to Surface Ocean to Seafloor Multidisciplinary time-series Meteorology Temperature Salinity Currents Nutrients Water sampling Chl-a Zooplankton sampling CO 2 O 2 Particle flux Benthic biology Real-Time Telemetry

Sensor Frame Deployment 2010 PAP ODAS Buoy

FixO³ First Year  Active presence promoting FixO3  11 Milestones  17 Deliverables  First TNA call for applications  6 Steering Committee meetings  4 Advisory Board meetings  First annual General Assembly – Crete, Oct 2014

Some include:  Irminger Sea Workshop, Boston – Dec 2013  Ocean Sciences, Hawaii – Feb 2014  Oceanology Int’l, London – March 2014  ICRI, Athens – April 2014  EGU General Meeting, Vienna – April 2014  IMBER, Bergen – 2014  Challenger Society, Plymouth UK – Sept 2014  EurOCEANS 2014, Rome – Oct 2014 Presence on International Front

Including :  Launch of website  First TNA call  Review of current status of all sites  Presentation of FixO³ label, common protocols and standards & best practices  Evaluation of Observational Network  FixO³ Standards and services registry and Metadata catalogue ready and on website  Collaborative workshops and meetings between Work Packages  FixO³ and TNA featured in several magazines  First Annual Interim Report  First Annual Newsletter 11 Milestones & 17 Deliverables

 Call open from June 15 th to July 31 st 2014  15 Applications  9 out of 15 TNA observatories received proposals  Now in evaluation phase  Final announcement November 2014 First TNA Call

Some upcoming goals:  Data Policy  Best Practices Handbook  TNA projects from 1 st call will be active  Second TNA call for proposals Summer 2015  Establishment of technology clusters of industry and academic partners  Launch of visual data products on FixO³ website  First Report on Service Activities  Mid-Term Review FixO³ Ahead

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