Joint EMECO/NOOS meeting – Lowestoft – 2-3 June 2009Joint EMECO/NOOS meeting – Lowestoft – 2-3 June 2009

Some Norwegian activities relevant to EMECO

and to the implementation of the MSFD

Dominique DurandHead of Dept. Oceanography and Remote SensingNorwegian Institute for Water Research

Ferrybox in Norwegian waters and Northern regions

Cargoship Norbjørn, NIVA

M/S Trollfjord, NIVA

M/S Vesterålen, IMR (NIVA’s ferrybox)

M/S Norønna,

MARLab/NIVA

M/S Bergensfjord,

NIVA

M/S Color Fantasy,

NIVA

M/S Lysbris,

GKSS (NIVA)

Revisit: 6-11 days

Revisit: 7-15 days

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Ferrybox networkcontribution to the Norwegian Overall Management Plans for Norwegian marine sectors

Norrøna

SBE45: TemperatureSalinity

Oxygen (AADI)

Particles (Polymetron)

Algae (Trios)

CDOM (Trios)

Cyano (Trios)

pH

• Cleaning• Air-pressure cleaning - harbour• Weekly to monthly manually cleaning

Operational realtime observationsOperational realtime observations

OsloKiel

Offline delayed-mode measurementsOffline delayed-mode measurements

NutrientsNutrients, HPLC-pigments, contaminants, algae determination, HPLC-pigments, contaminants, algae determination

Deck sensors Satellite validation and atmosphere optical properties

• Downwelling irradiance• Downwelling radiance• Air pressure

• Upwelling radiance

• Irradiance and UV sensor from TRiOS

• Two (port and starboard) downwelling TriOS radiance Ramses sensors

• Two (port and starboard) upwelling TRiOS Ramses sensors

Overview of collected data

The data recovery within every month can vary (approx 90%), some docking and maintenance time not shown

Example of productsFerryboxSatellite ocean colour and SST

Skagerrak - 2005Skagerrak - 2005

Northern Norway - 2008Northern Norway - 2008

Sensors under testing or under consideration

Analysator for PO4, NO3, SiO2

Optical sensor for oil (PAH)

Optical sensor for CO2

Optical sensor for NO3

Passive samplers, e.g. SPMD or DGT Test in 2008

pCO2 systems

Others: Radioactivity

What in 2009-2010?

• Operational activities• Re-establishing the Bergen – Newcastle line• Implementing new sensors (nutrients, contaminants)• Integration/harmonisation of European ferrybox data

within MyOcean (in-situ TAC)

• R&D activities• QC/QA: automation, warning system• Climatology of T, S, Chl-a, TSM, aerosol (Coop. univ.

Littoral, Fr)• Data assimilation of ferrybox transect observations into

coupled 3D models (coop. NERSC)• Lagrangian modelling integrating ferrybox and buoys

data (coop. GKSS)

Needs and ways forward

• Regional decision on establishing new ”strategic” and trans-boundary ferrybox lines• Regional marine strategies (MSFD)• EuroGOOS regional nodes• Institutional cooperation on implementation,

maintenance and data delivery• Concrete initiatives: EMECO -JERICHO

• North-south European collaboration• Increase number of ferrybox lines in the

Mediterranean, Black Sea• Implement VOS-XBTs in Northern Seas

Norwegian Monitoring programmes coordinated by NIVA

• Riverine inputs and discharge to the coast (land-based and local nutrient sources at the coast)

• Norwegian contribution to OSPAR’s coordinated Environmental monitoring programme (contaminants)

• Coastal monitoring programme (nutrients, biodiversity, hydrophysics )• NIVA, IMR

• Comprehensive assessment of oil and chemicals discharge, distribution and transport in Norwegian marine areas• NIVA, NILU, DnV, Radioactivity protection agency, (IMR, next

phase)• Norwegian overall management plan for the North Sea and

the Norwegian Sea

• Common Procedure for Identification of the Eutrophication Status of Maritime Area of the OSPAR

Norwegian monitoring programme on River discharge to the coast

Norwegian annual coastal monitoring programme

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