1. ODINBLACKSEA Meeting, Ostende 21-22 October 2010 1 BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY BGODC 2010 BULGARIAN NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTRE Atanas Palazov

2. 2 DEVELOPMENT STAF – because of reduced budget we lost one person INTERNET – doubled (one optical cable connection) HARDWARE New servers – rack mountable New HDD Automatic AC power generator SOFTWARE Win Server 2008 Projects’ custom software ODINBLACKSEA Meeting, Ostende 21-22 October 2010

3. 3 EVENTS  IODE Steering Group for the IODE OceanDataPortal, 20 - 22 September 2010, Ostende, Belgium 1 participant ODINBLACKSEA Meeting, Ostende 21-22 October 2010

4. 4 PROJECTS  NATIONAL GALATA - Galata Platform Weather And Seastate Observing System POMOS - Port Operational Marine Observing System 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  BI-LITERAL ????? ODINBLACKSEA Meeting, Ostende 21-22 October 2010

5. 5 DATA SOURCES CRUISES Delayed mode profiles data GALATA platform Real time open sea data series POMOS system Real time coastal data series BulArgo Real time Argo profiles data ODINBLACKSEA Meeting, Ostende 21-22 October 2010

6. 6 GALATA GALATA PLATFORM WEATHER AND SEASTATE OBSERVING SYSTEM GALATA PLATFORM is a fixed, unmanned, earth gas production platform, owned and operated by a private gas company Melrose Resources Sarl LOCATION western part of the Black Sea on the Bulgarian shelf South-east of the city of Varna - 26 km depth - 34 m ODINBLACKSEA Meeting, Ostende 21-22 October 2010

7. 7 GALATA Meteorological sensors: Oceanographic sensors: 1.Wind Speed 2.Wind Direction 3.Air Temperature 4.Relative Humidity 5.Air Pressure 6.Net Radiation 7.Visibility 1.Dissolved Oxygen 2.Conductivity 3.Turbidity 4.Water temperature 5.Fluorometer 6.Temperature String-10 7.Doppler Current Sensor 8.Wave & Tide Recorder Meteorological parameters: Oceanographic parameters: 1.Wind Speed 2.Wind Gust 3.Wind Direction 4.Air Temperature 5.Relative Humidity 6.Air Pressure 7.Net. Radiation 8.Visibility 1.Dissolved Oxygen 2.Conductivity 3.Turbidity 4.Water temperature-3 levels 5.Chlorophyll 6.Water Temperature Profile – 10 levels 7.Surface Current Speed 8.Surface Current Direction 9.Sea level 10.Significant wave height 11.Maximum wave height 12.Mean zero crossing period Measured parameters 24 sensors 31 major oceanographic and meteorological parameters ODINBLACKSEA Meeting, Ostende 21-22 October 2010 AFTER MORE THAN TREE YEARS IN OPERATION SOME SENSORS AND UNDERWATER CABLING WERE DESTROED

8. 8 GALATA ODINBLACKSEA Meeting, Ostende 21-22 October 2010 New sensors: MicroCAT SBE 37-CM YSI CTD, DO, Fluorimeter WT520 weather station ADCP

9. 9 POMOS Port Operational Marine Observing System OPERATED by Port Infrastructure – governmental company 45 INSTRUMENTS - installed 1 INSTRUMENTS - destroyed 2 INSTRUMENTS - out of order 5 INSTRUMENTS - in servising ODINBLACKSEA Meeting, Ostende 21-22 October 2010

10. 10 POMOS RE ARANGEMENT ODINBLACKSEA Meeting, Ostende 21-22 October 2010 Change sensors location: Sea level sensors ADCP

11. 11 BulArgo ODINBLACKSEA Meeting, Ostende 21-22 October 2010 Development of National research infrastructure as a Bulgarian component of the Euro ARGO network BulARGO

12. 12 BulArgo ODINBLACKSEA Meeting, Ostende 21-22 October 2010 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

13. 13 BulArgo ODINBLACKSEA Meeting, Ostende 21-22 October 2010 1.Institute of Oceanology – BAS 2.National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology – BAS 3. Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” PARTNERS

14. 14 BulArgo ODINBLACKSEA Meeting, Ostende 21-22 October 2010 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

15. 15 BulArgo ODINBLACKSEA Meeting, Ostende 21-22 October 2010 08.12.200908:08 07.12.2009 Participants of EuroArgo Black Sea Meeting in Varna Lunching the first EuroArgo float in Black Sea

16. 16 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION BGODC 2010 BULGARIAN NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTRE www.bgodc.io-bas.bgbgodc@io-bas.bg ODINBLACKSEA Meeting, Ostende 21-22 October 2010