EMECO State of play, future development and EMOS

EMECO State of play, future

development and EMOSDave Mills

CEFAS, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences

Lowesoft UK

MRI, Brussels, Nov [email protected]

MRI, Brussels, Nov 2011

• Partnership – bottom up

• Integrated approach - EDT

• Whole greater than the sum of its parts

• Make best use of new observational strategies, tools, & technologies

• Research & policy driven community

Creating better evidence & new knowledge

Ferries

Satellites

Research vessels

Gliders

Buoys

Models

Towed bodies

CPR

European Marine Ecosystem Observatory

www.emecogroup.org

An ecosystem based approach

Building the partnerships…


EMECO – NOOSNorth Sea

Observatory meeting Lowestoft

June 2009

Western Shelf Observatory –

(IBI-ROOS)Kick-Off meeting

AFBI, Belfast June 2010

Why an ecosystem based approach


• MSFD requires GES by 2020• Management of human activities having an

impact on the marine environment, • Integrating the concepts of environmental

protection and sustainable use• Apply an ecosystem-based approach to the

management of human activities• Regional cooperation at each stage

– Active dialogue between scientists and policy makers to turn ecological data into a useable form


Turbo-charging observations

• Acoustics• Remote sensing – satellites,

aircraft, radar• Optics – laser particle sizers, flow

cytometry, multispectal sensors• Sensors and probes galore –

optrodes, electrodes, • In situ analysers• Automated water samplers -

multiple variable analysis• Lab on a chip

• Multiplatform – RVs, moorings, ships of opportunity (Ferries), drifters, bottom landers, profilers, towed bodies (CPR, Scanfish), gliders, animals, people (divers, beach goers, sailors)

Data intensive science I


Ecopath Size – spectra

ECOSYSTEM MODELS

BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS

BIOTA – Production, Consumption, Spatial pattern, responses to environmental

change and fishing

Turbo-charging models

Where next - partnerships• UK – Integrated Marine Observing Network• Top down process (MSCC) based largely on

existing resources• Partnership delivering efficiency gains• Research and policy driven observations• Based on UKMMAS infrastructure• Delivering societal benefits: policy, science and

operations



EMECO Datatool – Integration & assessment

ICESDelayed mode

Datato

ol In

terface

EMECOAssessment

database

User Q

uery

DataXML, CSV

Assessment map

Time-series

KML–Google Earth

Calibration

Validation

Gridded data

Data ArchiveCentres

Real time

CPR Delayed mode QA’d

Data

Marine Core Service Provision

Delayed mode

Delayed mode

XML


Marine Integrated Information and Evidence Pipeline

Datato

ol In

terface

Assessmentdatabase

User Q

uery

DataXML, CSV

Assessment map

Time-series/trends

KML–Google Earth

Gridded data

Sea Level

Ocean Color

SST

Sea Ice & Wind

In Situ

Physics

Chemistry

Geology

Biology

Bathymetry

Ur-EMODNET Lots

GMES MCS TAC

CPR

Fish

ICES


Time series North Sea temperature

www.emecodata.net

Assessment mapTime series chartKML, Data (CSV, SML)

North Sea (OSPAR) UK Maritime Area (CP2)NW European Shelf (1ogrid)Physical (T, S, Waves, SPM)Chemical (N, P, Si, O2)Biological (chlorophyll, benthic species numbers, diversity)

Ship, Buoys (multi

parameter), Wavebuoys,

satellites, models

EMECO Datatools


OSPARN/SeaChl

UK-CP2Benthic Sp. Diversity

Ecological data in a ‘useable’ form – observations

Time series temperature multi platform

Ecological data• Physical• Chemical• Biological

MRI, Brussels, Nov 2011Eutrophication – descriptor 5

Useable information – eutrophication assessment



Other descriptors to follow•Litter•Commercial fisheries•Hydrography (?)



Other descriptors to follow•Litter•Commercial fisheries•Hydrography (?)

A streamlined ‘on-line’ assessment system that:-“enables rapid integration and assessment of

multi-national, multi-agency multi-platform, and multi-variate ecological

data”

EMECO State of play

• Partnerships, to create better evidence and new knowledge

• Tool to streamline evidence creation from partner data

• Initial focus on North Sea, subsequently Western Shelf

• North Sea partnership based on NOOS consortium

• UK IMON recent development (last week !)

EMECO Datatool - EDT• Enabling technology that streamlines environmental

assessments • Initial focus on eutrophication (OSPAR, MSFD, ND,

UWWTD, WFD) • Current work

– Broadening to other descriptors (Defra)• Litter, Commercial Fisheries, Hydrography (?)

• Risk based approach to monitoring and assessment

– Operationalising EDT (Cefas) (– review compliance)– JERICO Datatool based on EDT engine

• Future work - – FIXO3 (New I3 proposal)– Marine Litter– Uptake into EuroGOOS WG Products

Could EMODNET provide the backbone for a European marine observation system? If not, why? What is lacking?

• Yes – possibly• What purpose will EMOS serve• Will the proposed division of funding for EMODNET

deliver whats needed – will it support ecosystem based management– Problems with biology !

• Clarity about problem(s) to be addressed – ie why do we need EMOS

• Clarity about End User (Funder) and Intermediate User needs is critical

• EMOS needs to be based on a shared vision stretching across the community – Emphasis on co-development of the system, co-ownership and

co-production for its operationMRI, Brussels, Nov 2011

How could they be developed to better serve needs at regional level or at global level

• Regional/global level– Engage with relevant regional /global infrastructures

(policy, programmatic, alliances)

– Being clear about the ‘regional question’ in order to define needs

– Natural system integrity can help to determine correct spatial scale

– Clear links between different parts of the supply chain; from data to information to knowledge and products

– Ensuring solutions (to problems/needs) that are adaptive

– Recognising what is generic and what is specific

– Scaleability

– Aim for operational status – robust, reliable, repeatable etc

• Environmental monitoring/MSFD (policy)– Straight forward where monitoring and assessment

requirements clearly defined (indicators, data needs, reference conditions, targets, measures, confidence requirements etc

• Ocean climate– Real time/delayed mode, forecasting / nowcasting,

operational – Acidfication – ecosystem structure and function

• Industry– Define information products– Use existing infrastructure !

How could they be developed to better serve needs at regional level or at global level

What does useable mean – Future fisheries and environmental assessment needs

• Latest status of marine environment• Monthly time resolution• Set into historical context – long term

time series• Future ‘realistic’ scenarios of

environmental status (much advice based on predictions)

• Method of communication and timing crucial

Summary• Partnerships the flavour of the decade !

• Agreeing to work together easy – making a difference is the challenge

• Clarity about purpose is essential – data management is a means to an end

• Enabling technologies changing the way we can meet need

• EMOS the right way forward

• Need to engage to sustainMRI, Brussels, Nov 2011

Thanks for your attention


A scientific workflow approach

Workflow

eScience engines !

XMLWeb Services

Databases

Cloud Services

Visualization

After HoweMRI, Brussels, Nov 2011


Benthic data – Shannon species diversity


Model results for policy uptake

Ecological data in a ‘useable’ form – model results


EMECO - Western Shelf Observatory

Map Room

An exercise in scaling !

(www.westernshelfobservatory.org)

EuroGOOS products


WGOOFEOperational oceanographic products for fisheries and

the environment


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EMECO State of play, future development and EMOS