Marine Core Service MyOcean WP18 & CUG Meeting September 2009, Athens, Greece Welcome

Marine Core Service MY OCEAN WP 18 User’s Assessment and Requirements

Marine Core Service WP18 Overview n Main objective: A structured interaction with Users n Expression of user needs: Manage / update User Requirements Documents (URDs) n Provision of feedback on MyOcean service and products by: n integrating core products into existing national/European operational systems & procedures n assessing the impact of this integration n 2 categories of users : n Reference Intermediate Users (RIU: 28 national agencies, plus ECMWF). Direct participation to the project. Existing experience with OO products : ready to deliver detailed requirements n 7 EU and IG agencies: EEA, EMSA, HELCOM, OSPAR, UNEP/MAP, ICES, (ECMWF). Contributing to the project through “interface” partners.

Marine Core Service Structure / Deliverables / Interactions n Four areas of benefit / sub-WPs: 1.Marine and Coastal Environment (HAB, eutrophication) 2.Marine Safety (oil spills, ice) 3.Marine Resources (fisheries) 4.Climate - Seasonal forecasting n Two types of deliverables: A.URDs (with updates) B.UARs Assessment reports (with updates) n Interaction with:  WP17 Service Definition  WP16 Service Desk  Board – Core Users Group

Marine Core Service WP18 Environment: URD & Assessment 18.2 Safety URD & Assessment 18.3 Resources URD & Assessment 18.4 Climate URD & Assessment 18.5 WP Management 18.1 Integration and management of URDs Integration and management of Assessment reports Management of Core Users Group Management of WP Development of Environment URD Use MyOcean products - assessment & recommendations Interaction with Environment EU/IG Users Development of Safety URD Use MyOcean products - assessment & recommendations. Interaction with Safety EU/IG Users Development of Resources URD Use MyOcean products - assessment & recommendations. Interaction with Resources EU/IG Users Development of Climate URD Use MyOcean products - assessment & recommendations. Interaction with Climate EU/IG Users Work Breakdown Structure

Marine Core Service WP18 Leader HCMR Environment CEFAS National users NERI CEFAS APAT MUMM IASA-UAT MSI UL CMR MIG IFREMER IG /EU Users INGV(EEA) BSH (OSPAR) HCMR (MAP) SMHI (HELCOM) Safety OC-UCY National users OC-UCY SYKE CSIC-IMEDEA DFO OC-UCY IOLR UMT.IOI.POU CNR NIB-MBS MF MetNo FIMR IG /EU Users NERSC(EMSA) Resources IST National users IST INRH DIFRES IMR IG /EU Users IFREMER -IMR (ICES) Climate ECMWF Users ECMWF CMCC MetO MF IG /EU Users ECMWF (EUROSIP) Management HCMR Management of URDs & Assessment Reports Starlab BC HCMR Management of Core Users Group HCMR SMHI Organisation Breakdown Structure and Partnership 35 Partners, 28 national systems

Marine Core Service MyOcean WP18, 2009 WP18 progress n URDs n Deadline was July09 (m ) for individual V1 URDs n Collected 31 URDs n (Individual URDs to form the basis for SLAs) n Synthesized to “area of benefit” URDs by Starlab and BC (due Sep09, m ) n Contributing to SRR/PCR reviews n Core Users Group n Composition finalized. Invitations sent. 1 st Meeting 30 Sep 09 n UARs n Template completed (m3, June09) n Delivery of V1 UAR due m12 (m24)

Marine Core Service Core Users Group #Organization 1HCMR/WP18WP18 Coordinator 2EEAEuropean Agency 3EMSAEuropean Agency 4HELCOMIG Agency 5OSPARIG Agency 6UNEP/MAPIG Agency 7Black Sea ComIG Agency 8ICESIG Agency 9ECMWFEuropean Agency 10MetONational Met Service 11MFNational Met Service 1212MetNoNational Met Service 1313CEFASWP18.2 Coordinator 1414OC-UCYWP18.3 Coordinator 1515ISTWP18.4 Coordinator 1616IMINational System 1717FIELD_ACDownstream project 1818AQUAMARDownstream project

Marine Core Service CUG members MyOcean WP18, 2009 #OrganizationRepresentativeNotes 1HCMRKostas Nittis coordinator 2EEA Trine Christiansen 3HELCOMBertil Hakansson be decided during the next MONAS meeting 4ICESAdi Kellermann 5Black Sea ComAhmet E. Kideys 6ECMWFMagdalena Balmaseda representing "Climate & Seasonal Forecasting" 7MetOAlberto Arribas 8MFPierre Daniel 9MetNoLars Hole 10CEFAS David Mills Replaced by Rodney Forster Also representing "Marine and Coastal Environment" 11OC-UCYGeorge Zodiatis representing "Marine Safety" 12IST Ramiro Neves Replaced by Marcos Mateus Also representing "Marine Resources" 13IMI Glenn Nolan Replaced by Guy Westbrook 14 AQUAMARStephane Pierotti Project 15FIELDS_ACAgustín Sánchez-Arcilla Project 16OSPARDecision pending 17UNEP/MAPDecision pending 18EMSADecision pending

Marine Core Service Scope of the meeting MyOcean WP18, 2009  Today RIU – Internal WP18 meeting i. Get an overview of RIU applications ii. Agree on the synthesis URDs – finalize them iii. Agree on the UAR iv. Initiate process for the assessment  Tomorrow – RIU+CUG Familiarize with MyOcean Service & Products Using MyOcean products; interface with the system SLAs URDs - FTSS

Agenda MyOcean WP18, :30 – 13:00 Opening – Scope of the meetingHCMR (K.Nittis) 5’ WP18 Overview HCMR (K.Nittis)15’ Overview of sub-WPs / Areas of benefit. Presentation of synthetic URDs Marine and coastal environment – Overview CEFAS (R.Forster)20’ Marine and coastal environment – URDBC (J.Geissler)15’ Discussion 11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break Marine Safety – Overview OC-UCY (G.Zodiatis)20’ Marine Safety – URDStarlab (L.Romero)15’ Discussion 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch 14:00 – 17:30 Overview of sub-WPs / Areas of benefit. Presentation of synthetic URDs (cont.) Marine resources – Overview IST (M.Mateus)20’ Marine resources – URDStarlab (L.Romero)15’ Discussion Seasonal forecasting – Overview ECMWF(M. Balmaseda) 20’ Seasonal forecasting – URDBC (J.Geissler) 15’ 15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break Discussion Do we need a new area of benefit on “Weather Forecast HCMR & Met Services Applications” ? User’s Assessment Report (UAR). Presentation of TemplateHCMR (K.Nittis)15’ 17:30 Adjourn

Marine Core Service End of Presentation MyOcean WP18, 2009

Marine Core Service UAR Template 1. Introduction i. Scope of the document ii. References 2. User Identification i. Area of benefit ii. User’s experience 3. Products Utilization i. User’s service description ii. Products used iii. Access to Products iv. Adjustments needed to make use of Products

Marine Core Service UAR Template (cont.) 4. Assessment of impact and benefit i. Methodology ii. Impact iii. Future exploitation 5. Comparison with alternative products (if applicable) 6. Feedback (to production units, to MyOcean system)