ODINBLACKSEA Meeting, Sevastopol September BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY BGODC 2011 BULGARIAN NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTRE Atanas Palazov

2 DEVELOPMENT STAF – one Ph.D student join the BGODC staff INTERNET – HARDWARE SOFTWARE Win Server 2008 Projects’ custom software ODINBLACKSEA Meeting, Sevastopol September 2011

3 EVENTS  IODE50 Conference  IODE XXI ODINBLACKSEA Meeting, Sevastopol September 2011

4 PROJECTS  NATIONAL BulArgo - Development of National research infrastructure as a Bulgarian component of the Euro ARGO network  INTERNATIONAL SEADATANET - Pan European Network for Ocean & Marine Data and Information Management MyOcean - Development and pre-operational validation of upgraded GMES Marine Core Services and capabilities UBSS - Upgrade BlackSeaScene Geo-Seas  BI-LITERAL IO-BAS – GEOECOMAR – GIS coastal clasification ODINBLACKSEA Meeting, Sevastopol September 2011

5 DATA SOURCES CRUISES Delayed mode profiles data BulArgo Real time Argo profiles data ODINBLACKSEA Meeting, Sevastopol September 2011

Data types Total Progress Projects 45 updated CDI new Datasets 8 updated Research cruises(V1) (V1) Organizations 21 2 new Scientist 57 updated Bibliography 156 updated Socio economic - - DQC - - BgODC databases progress ( )

7 BulArgo Development of National research infrastructure as a Bulgarian component of the Euro ARGO network BulARGO ODINBLACKSEA Meeting, Sevastopol September 2011

8 BulArgo To develop national research infrastructure as a Bulgarian component of the Euro ARGO network. To increase sources of the Black Sea in-situ data and to improve quality of local in-situ products and forecasts To promote international collaboration towards establishment of a Black Sea Argo program PROJECT GOALS ODINBLACKSEA Meeting, Sevastopol September 2011

9 BulArgo 1.Institute of Oceanology – BAS 2.National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology – BAS 3. Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” PARTNERS ODINBLACKSEA Meeting, Sevastopol September 2011

10 BulArgo Project Tasks Task 1. Project co-ordination and management Task 2. Communication Task 3. Float technology An investigation of the likely floats evolution over the coming years and the most appropriate strategy for the Black Sea. Task 4. Float deployment The deployment of 4-5 floats during the 2 years of project execution. Task 5. Data management system Set-up of database and tools for data storing and archiving. Task 6. Application of Argo data Integration of Argo data into Black Sea climatology; Validation of SST satellite images using Argo data; Argo data assimilation in climate foercast models; Detect and attribute climate change effects on the Black Sea ecosystem. Task 7. Development of system for disseminating Argo data products ODINBLACKSEA Meeting, Sevastopol September 2011

11 BulArgo data on the WEB ODINBLACKSEA Meeting, Sevastopol September 2011

12 BlackSea data ODINBLACKSEA Meeting, Sevastopol September 2011

13 BlackSea data ODINBLACKSEA Meeting, Sevastopol September 2011

14 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION BGODC 2011 BULGARIAN NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTRE ODINBLACKSEA Meeting, Sevastopol September 2011