Marine Core Service MY OCEAN WP 13 Thematic Assemby Center for SST

Marine Core Service MyOcean : Second Annual Meeting / April 2011 / Roma WP 13 SST TAC Management & coordination (M-F) R&D Development Maintenance Production CalVal M-F MetO NOCS IFR CNR Met.no DMI M-F MetO NOCS IFR CNR Met.no DMI M-F MetO NOCS IFR CNR Met.no DMI M-F MetO NOCS IFR CNR Met.no DMI Reminder - Partnership

Marine Core Service MyOcean : Second Annual Meeting / April 2011 / Roma n Main objectives of R&D activities over 3 years : n Improvement of inter-sensor bias correction schemes n Improvement of error co-variances used in SST analysis schemes n Improvement of SST climatologies n SST analysis in Arctic Ocean Marginal Ice Zone n Necessary R&D activities for SST TAC new products (OSTIA re- analysis, higher resolution regional SST analyses) n Main issues : n Little resources dedicated to R&D (low ratio imposed during the proposal preparation) n MyOcean R&D call : no possibility for funding R&D activities outside the MyOcean Consortium Reminder - Objectives for R&D

Marine Core Service MyOcean : Second Annual Meeting / April 2011 / Roma R&D : main achievements n Main achievements for the 2nd year : n OSTIA re-analysis : final tuning of the OSTIA re-analysis chain before extensive re-processing : improved sea ice masking of PATHFINDER AVHRR data, improved smoothness in time, bias correction of ATSR- 1 data against in-situ observations (MetO) n HR and UHR SST analyses in Med Sea : development of an improved bias correction and data merging scheme, and validation of the new scheme over year 2008 (CNR) n Main difficulty : n DMI/M-F proposal on inter-sensor bias correction to the first MyOcean R&D call finally not endorsed by SAC n Remaining activities/objectives n Improvement of SST climatologies : will be derived from OSTIA re- analysis (MetO)

Marine Core Service MyOcean : Second Annual Meeting / April 2011 / Roma n Main objectives over 3 years : n From V0 to V1, main objectives are : n Operational consolidation of processing systems in place n Interfacing with MyOcean system (Service Desk, MIS etc…) n Implementation of KPIs for SST TAC production n Definition and implementation of NRT quality control and validation tools for SST TAC n Implementation of the OSTIA re-analysis chain n From V1 to V2, products upgrades (higher resolution SST analyses over Baltic Sea and Arctic Ocean) n Main issue : n too short time between the availability of specifications for V1 (T0 + 5) and the V1 operational qualification (T0 + 18) Reminder - Objectives for Dev. & Maintenance

Marine Core Service MyOcean : Second Annual Meeting / April 2011 / Roma Dev. & Maint. : main achievements n Main achievements for the 2nd year : n Implementation, configuration and testing of the THREDDS server and MIS gateway in SST TAC Dissemination Units (IFR, CNR and MetO) n Consolidation of operational production line for Arctic SST analysis (Met.no) n Development of new operational production line for global ODYSSEA SST analysis (IFR) n Main difficulties : n Lack of progress of HR-DDS (NOCS) n Lack of information for THREDDS server configuration and MIS gateway installation n Very tight schedule for V1 integration and testing n Remaining tasks : n Upgrades for V2 (including evolution towards GDS V2)

Marine Core Service MyOcean : Second Annual Meeting / April 2011 / Roma n Production architecture : n SST TAC production distributed over 6 Production Units n A 7 th unit running a central quality monitoring and validation tool (HR-DDS at NOCS) n SST TAC products from 4 Production Units disseminated by IFR n 2 other Dissemination Units : MetO (OSTIA, GMPE), CNR (Med Sea and Black Sea products) n Almost all production lines already in place (but at various operational levels), key issue for V1 is their integration into the MyOcean system n Main issue : n Not enough resources for extensive reprocessing of all SST TAC products Reminder - Objectives for Production

Marine Core Service MyOcean : Second Annual Meeting / April 2011 / Roma Production : main achievements n Main achievements for the 2nd year : n All committed SST TAC near real-time products produced and made available operationally for V1 Stream 1(except global ODYSSEA SST analysis) n All SST TAC Dissemination Units interfaced with the MyOcean system n Global OSTIA SST re-analysis (1985 – 2007) produced and made available (MetO) n Main difficulties : n Start of global ODYSSEA SST analysis operational production delayed (IFR) n Remaining objectives : n Operational production of remaining committed products for V1 (global ODYSSEA SST analysis) n Improvement of incident/problem management in SST TAC

Marine Core Service MyOcean : Second Annual Meeting / April 2011 / Roma n Main objectives over 3 years : n Quality control of input satellite data sources (L2P) based on match- up data bases (in-situ) made available in NRT by IFR and monitored continuously by M-F n First quality control step in NRT by each production unit for its products (L3/L4) n All SST TAC NRT products fed into the HR-DDS at NOCS, which can generate alarm messages to production units n Use of GMPE for quality control and validation of global SST analyses (MetO) n Main issue : n Definition of common validation areas and metrics with the MFCs Reminder - Objectives for Cal / Val

Marine Core Service MyOcean : Second Annual Meeting / April 2011 / Roma Cal/Val : main achievements n Main achievements for the 2nd year : n Collection/production of match-up data bases for most of the input L2P SST TAC products in a standardized format (IFR) n Implementation of consistent products validation and quality monitoring schemes in all SST Production Units n Main difficulties : n Lack of progress of HR-DDS (NOCS) n Remaining tasks : n Full exploitation of match-up data bases for continuous quality monitoring of input L2P SST products (M-F)

Marine Core Service MyOcean : Second Annual Meeting / April 2011 / Roma n Scientific Challenge : –Strong interaction needed to understand and define which is the “best” satellite SST product for data assimilation in each MFC (we didn’t achieve this in MERSEA) n Technical Challenge : –Schedule for V1 getting more and more challenging (detailed interface specifications between production/dissemination units and central sub-systems not yet frozen) n Operational Challenges : –Strong dependence on multiple input satellite data sources (SST L2P producers) –Single point of failure : AATSR SST L2P products (currently no satellite alternative for bias correction) Main Challenges

Marine Core Service MyOcean : Second Annual Meeting / April 2011 / Roma n Scientific Challenges –None n Technical Challenges –None n Operational Challenges –Management of SST TAC transition from V1 to V2 (SST TAC products format change), and of its impact on users n Ultimate Challenges –Having and keeping people with the right expertise in the right job in the long term n Main Risks –Disappoint users Future Challenges

Marine Core Service MyOcean : Second Annual Meeting / April 2011 / Roma n Past : –December 2010 : SST TAC near real-time products part of MyOcean V1 Stream1 –End 2010 : end of global OSTIA SST re-analysis production (1985 – 2007) n Future : –June 2011 : global ODYSSEA SST analysis part of MyOcean V1 Stream2 –End 2011 / early 2012 : SST TAC production compliant with GDS V2 Calendar

Marine Core Service MyOcean : Second Annual Meeting / April 2011 / Roma WP 11 EXPENSES Actual (March2010) Variance versus Budget Comments K€ % Coordination %More… R&D %Less… Dev/Maint. Production Cal/Val WP Coordination 1st reporting period : Budget  Figures will be provided by PMO as soon as your partners have finished reporting and will be added to your presentation.  Be ready to give short explanations on main deviances during your presentation...  We are talking about estimated budget (best estimates) ! ~ 2 mn

Marine Core Service MyOcean : Second Annual Meeting / April 2011 / Roma Global OSTIA SST re-analysis Nino 3.4 climate index for OSTIA (Red) and Reynolds (Blue)