Www.mersea.eu.org IGST – Exeter - 14 November 2005 Overview of MERSEA Mike Bell & Yves Desaubies The fast-track marine service for GMES The M ERSEA

www.mersea.eu.orgIGST – Exeter - 14 November 2005

Overview of MERSEA

Mike Bell & Yves Desaubies

The fast-track marine service for GMES

The MERSEA Integrated project

The MERSEA system


GMES – Global Monitoring for Environment and Security

A joint project of European Commission and European Space Agency. First conceived in 1998

To support the monitoring needed to pursue European policies for sustainable use and protection of the environment

Monitoring system includes space, in situ and modelling components

Services delivering benefits are part of GMES GMES is viewed as the European level

contribution to GEO Sustainability of monitoring system is a key issue


GMES – Fast track workshops

3 fast-track services identified for implementation by 2008 (2012): marine, land and emergency response

Workshop held 27-28 October to review fast-track status of marine component

Break-out sessions on: needs and requirements Implementation Sustainability (including dependence on observations)

Recommendations: Implement a network of regional and global forecast systems Support for content of GMES space component programme

Commission is likely to set up an Implementation Group


GMES Space Component Programme

Two segments: Segment 1: 2006 – 2012; 200 M€ envelope; GMES-1Segment 2: 2008-2013; 430 M€ envelope; Sentinels

5 SentinelsSentinel 1 – C-band SARSentinel 3 – altimeter; wide-swath optical; “AATSR”

GMES-1 – gap-filler C-band SAR; “MERIS”; “AATSR”; + ?? altimeter

Programme to be presented in Berlin to ESA Ministerial early December for adoption & subscriptions


Policy areas marine service must support

Reducing loss of life and property from natural and human-induced disasters; Oil spills, marine safety, search and rescue, wave forecasts

Understanding environmental factors affecting human health and well-being; Harmful Algal Blooms

Improving management of energy resources; Offshore oil industry; wind energy

Understanding, assessing, predicting, mitigating, and adapting to climate variability and change; Hurricanes, El Niño, global change


Improving weather information, forecasting, and warning;Seasonal forecasting

Improving water resource management through better understanding of the water cycle;Evaporation – precipitation,

Improving the management and protection of terrestrial,

coastal, and marine ecosystems;

Understanding, monitoring, and conserving biodiversityMarine ecosystems, deep ocean

Policy areas marine service must support




The MERSEA system


Development of a European system for operational monitoring and forecasting of the ocean physics, biogeochemistry, and ecosystems, on global and regional scales

Mersea Executive Committee (Y. Desaubies, P. Bahurel, M. Bell, E. Buch, J. Johannessen, P.-Y. Le Traon, G. Manzella N. Pinardi, S. Pouliquen, R. Rayner, H. Roquet, U. Send, J.Verron),

and many partners ….


MERSEA Integrated Project

R&D project funded under 6th FP of the European

Commission

Thematic priority : SPACE - GMES (Global

Monitoring for Environment and Security)

Ocean and Marine Applications

4-year project (2004 –2008)

38 contractors, 16 countries (or Int. Org.)

Coordination : IFREMER (Institut Français de Recherche

pour l’Exploitation de la Mer), France ; Y.Desaubies


MERSEA Project Participants

Cyprus FDMR

DenmarkDMI

U.EJRC

FinlandU-HEL

FranceASPBOOSTCLSCNRSIFREMER coordinatorMERCATOR OCÉANMÉTÉO FRANCE

[+ Canada :] DFO

GermanyAWIGEOBIFM/UNIV. KIELIFM/UNIV. HAMBURG

Greece : HCMR

Ireland : TECHWORKS

Italy : CNR-ISACCNR-ISSIACONISMAENEAINGVOGS

Netherlands : MARISUNIV. UTRECHT

Norway : MET NONERSC

Spain : CSICICCMIEO

Turkey : IMS

UK : NERC-SOCOCEAN NUMERICS PMLNERC-POLTHE MET OFFICEUNIV. READINGUNIV. SOUTHAMPTON

International : ECMWF


MERSEA IP objectives

Development of a European system for operational

monitoring and forecasting of the ocean physics,

biogeochemistry and ecosystems A network of regional and global systems

Support for coastal systems

To build the marine component of GMES (2008)

To build on expertise and systems developed in

national and European programmes

Nowcasts, forecasts, hindcasts


MERSEA IP: Work Packages

WP2 Develop Satellite products – P Y le Traon WP3 Develop in situ – U Send (& S Pouliquen) WP4 Develop surface flux products – H Roquet

WP5 Overall system design & evaluation – P Bahurel WP6 Information system – G Manzella

WP7 Research and Development of forecasting systems – J Verron WP9 Implementation and Production of forecasting systems – M Bell WP10 Downscaling – E Buch

WP11 Develop applications – N Pinardi WP12 Develop services – R Rayner WP13 Capacity building & overall assessment – J Johannessen




The MERSEA system


The MERSEA Integrated System

NE Atlantic

ARCTIC

BALTIC SEA

MED SEAGLOBALOCEAN


An Integrated System

Cross functions : integration, consistency, quality of services Information management : adapt product and delivery to user need

Ocean Portal, Catalogue, …

Standardisation, Chart, …

Overall Assessment,…

Monitoring, Supervision, …

User Desk, …

Thematic Portals : production services


Classes of services (and user classes ): Monitoring and basic mapping;Operational forecasting;Global and main regional areas

Downstream servicesEmergency response and crisis management;On-demand customized products and informationTo be provided by Agencies or Value adding

companies, in support of their mission coastal and local systems,shore processes

} Generic,core

Classes of service


GMESSatelliteand in situnetworks

Marine Core

Services

Marine Core

Services

Marine Downstream

Services

Marine Downstream

Services

GMES Marine

OperationalUsers

GMESService outputs(others)

Core information

(ocean state)

User customizedinformation

(user products)

GMES input information (raw data)

Services and products –and delivery system, must be customized to user needs


Version Implementation

v.0 1st Apr 2004

v.1 1st Oct 2005

v.2 1st Apr 2007

v.3 1st Apr 2008

Two Targetted Observational Periods (TOPs)

Oct 05 – Mar 06

Apr 07 – Sep 07

Timetable for development

Documents

Www.mersea.eu.org IGST – Exeter - 14 November 2005 Overview of MERSEA Mike Bell & Yves Desaubies The fast-track marine service for GMES The M ERSEA