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Table of contents:

1INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE......................................................................................................51.1Structure of this document.......................................................................................................5

2APPLICABLE AND REFERENCE DOCUMENTS..........................................................................52.1Applicable Documents (AD)....................................................................................................52.2Reference Documents (RD)....................................................................................................52.3ni!ersal Resource "ocators (R")........................................................................................52.#Acron$ms and Abbre!iations...................................................................................................5

3BACKGROUND.............................................................................................................................94GLOBCURRENT USER REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING..........................................................9

#.1Approach to ser Re%uirement Specification .......................................................................10#.2ser &onsultation 'eetin....................................................................................................10

#.3ser Re%uirements template.................................................................................................10#.#ser Re%uirements anal$sis and Specification......................................................................23

5GLOBCURRENT USER REQUIREMENTS.................................................................................245.1Application domains..............................................................................................................2#5.2Area of nterest .....................................................................................................................2#5.3Dri!in re%uirements.............................................................................................................2#5.#*roduct Re%uirements...........................................................................................................2#

5.#.1+omenclature and s$mbolo$.......................................................................................2#5.#.2&o!erae ..................................................................................................................... 2#5.#.3Spatial resolution...........................................................................................................2#5.#.#,emporal resolution/re!isit ............................................................................................2#5.#.5-ormat .......................................................................................................................... 2#

5.#.-las and auiliar$ data.................................................................................................2#5.#.ualit$ indicator and metrics..........................................................................................2#5.#."enth of data record re%uired.......................................................................................2#5.#.Deli!er$ timeliness.........................................................................................................255.#.104ther product aspects..................................................................................................25

5.5Ser!ice re%uirements............................................................................................................255.5.1Documentation...............................................................................................................255.5.2elp and support........................................................................................................... 255.5.3-eedbac6.......................................................................................................................255.5.#Data access and deli!er$...............................................................................................255.5.5Data !isualisation...........................................................................................................255.5.Data disco!er$...............................................................................................................25

5.7alidation data.......................................................................................................................25.8lob&urrent numbered ser Re%uirements..........................................................................2

6SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION..................................................................................................317ANNEX I DOCUMENTED USER REQUIREMENTS...................................................................33

.1'ain ser Application areas..................................................................................................33.2Specific ser +eeds..............................................................................................................3.3ser Area of nterest (A4)....................................................................................................3.#4cean Surface &urrent *roduct Re%uirements.....................................................................#2.5Documentation re%uirements................................................................................................5#.4cean current nomenclature re%uirements...........................................................................5.4ther 4cean Surface &urrent *roduct re%uirements.............................................................0

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.10:istin acti!ities rele!ant to 8lob&urrent............................................................................11ser feedbac6 preferences..................................................................................................#.124ther information rele!ant to 8lob&urrent...........................................................................

!ANNEX"II......................................................................................................................................91ESA DUE GLOBCURRENT USER CONSULTATION MEETING...................................................91FINAL AGENDA.............................................................................................................................91

ntroduction................................................................................................................................ 1*ractical Details......................................................................................................................... 1&ontact....................................................................................................................................... 2Session 4!er!ieB and Detailed Aenda.....................................................................................3

9ANNEX"III.....................................................................................................................................97INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................ 97

#$AT YOU NEED TO DO TO ENSURE GLOBCURRENT MEETS YOUR NEEDS......................9!USER REQUIREMENTS................................................................................................................9!

Cour 4cean Surface &urrent Applications..................................................................................YOUR OCEAN SURFACE CURRENT REQUIREMENTS .............................................................99CONFIRMATION OF USER REQUIREMENTS............................................................................1%%LETTER OF COMMITMENT........................................................................................................ 1%1

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1 INTR6DUCTI6N AND SC6PEThe European Space Agenc +ESA, is see(ing to pro2ote a &ider de:elop2ent andapplication o7 ocean sur7ace current 2easure2ents deri:ed 7ro2 all e


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2 APPLICA>LE AND REFERENCE D6CU5ENTS

2.1 Applicable Documents (AD)

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2.2 Reference Documents (RD)

Re7erence docu2ents8 though not 7or2all part o7 this docu2ent8 a2pli7 or clari7 itscontent1 The 7ollo&ing RD contain rele:ant in7or2ation and can be consulted b the>idder

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ERD;3F Chapron8 >18 F1 Collard8 and F1 Ardhuin1 #$$.1 Direct 2easure2ents o7 oceansur7ace :elocit 7ro2 space Interpretation and :alidation8 ournal o73eophsical Research ""$8 C$-$$8 doi"$1"$#G;#$$0C$$#$G1

ERD;#F Chelton8 D1 >18 #$$" Report o7 the =igh@Resolution 6cean Topograph

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3 >AC!3R6UND5easure2ents o7 po&er7ul8 co2ple< and highl :ariable ocean sur7ace currents are7unda2ental to a large nu2ber o7 scienti7ic and operational acti:ities1 =igh@resolutionocean sur7ace current in7or2ation is re4uired 7or ship routing8 2arine search andrescue8 &a:e 7orecasting8 seis2ic sur:e8 ship routing8 2ariti2e securit8 2arineaccidents and e2ergenc response8 anthropogenic and natural pollution8 o77shoreoperations8 a4uaculture8 o77shore rene&able energ8 a2ongst others1

6cean Sur7ace Currents +6SC, are the coherent horiBontal 2o:e2ent o7 sur7ace ocean&ater &ith a gi:en :elocit and an upper boundar in contact &ith the at2ospherethat persist o:er a geographical region and ti2e period1 The characteristic speed o7horiBontal currents is $1$"@"1$ 2s@"+&ith large regional :ariations, and is signi7icantllarger than :ertical current speeds that are $1$$" 2s@"in a strati7ied ocean1 6SC are7orced and steered b sur7ace &ind stress8 sur7ace &a:es8 horiBontal and :erticalther2ohaline dna2ics8 tidal 7orces8 bath2etr8 shoreline con7iguration andinteraction &ith each other1 The general circulation o7 the ocean +Figure ", is dri:enhoriBontall and :erticall b t&o 2ain 2echanis2s that are closel lin(ed thether2ohaline densit@dri:en circulation and &ind dri:en circulation1

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To develop new ocean surface current products and demonstrationservices based on the innovative use of satellite and in situ data insynergy linked to external Scientific, Operational and Commercial userapplications that demonstrate their utility.

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ESA but it results in a co2prehensi:e User Re4uire2ents Docu2ent +URD, 7or thepro'ect that captures real user needs1 A URD pro:ides e:idence that there is a need 7ora particular ser:ice or product and engages the user co22unit at the earliestpossible stage o7 a pro'ect li7eccle1 This leads to 2ore success7ul and cost e77ecti:epro'ects1

The 7ollo&ing sections describe the approach used to gather 3lobCurrent UserRe4uire2ents1

4.1 Approach to ser Re5uirement Specification

To de:elop and run a success7ul 3lobCurrent pro'ect8 ESA needs to engage a

representati:e group o7 users that re4uires E6@deri:ed ocean sur7ace current products1User inputs and re4uire2ents are considered essential to guarantee that the3lobCurrent pro'ect is success7ul and a good &or(ing relationship bet&een the pro'ectand user co22unit 2ust be de:eloped as earl as possible in the pro'ectde:elop2ent1 The DUE process has learned that a 7or2al relationship bet&een the3lobCurrent pro'ect and its users is necessar1 This is a tested Quser engineeringapproach that 2eans 3lobCurrent pro'ect products and de2onstration applications aretuned to co22itted user re4uire2ents1

All DUE pro'ects 7ollo& a si2ilar approach and all users are re4uired to

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Co22it2ent +L6C,1 The L6C states that during the preparation o7 the pro'ect8Cha2pion Users agree to ta(e the responsibilit 7or

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ANNE@II presents the User Re4uire2ents Te2plate de:eloped 7or the 3lobCurrent UserConsultation process1 Table 01*1" presents a Director o7 3lobCurrent Users that ha:ereturned signed user re4uire2ent te2plates and;or L6C1 A total o7 /* speci7ic usersreturned the te2plate 7ro2 an international user co22unit co:ering a &ide breadtho7 di77erent application areas as sho&n in Figure 01*1"1

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5.1 A&&'()*+(,- ,/*(-0

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5.4.2 Coverage

See Section 5.2. sers re%uire local< reional and lobal products. ,he maorit$ of users re%uest',*' ),* &,)+0. Specific areas of interest are reported in Section 5.2.

5.4.3 Spatial resolution

Section .# re!eals a Bide rane of spatial resolution re%uirements for 8lob&urrent products. ,heminimum re%uirement is for products of KK100m spatial resolution. ,he maimum re%uirement isfor products of 1 deree resolution. 'an$ users note that the$ Bant Hthe hihest resolutionpossibleI.

,he maorit$ of users re%uest hiher resolution products closer the coast (1;2 6m)< 1;10 6m forinland seas and 10;25 6m spatial resolution for lobal products. ?ased on these data the taret for8lob&urrent is G',*' ),* 1%"25 8/ *-


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5.4.5 FormatSection .# shoBs that the o!erBhelmin re%uirement for &,)+ ,/*+ (0 N+CDF =CF"C,/&'(*-+>. n addition< man$ operational users re%uest GRIB2 ,/*+ products L particularl$Bhere email transmission is re%uired as this data format compresses data substantiall$. AS&@#7or2at1

Note: this reuirement addresses the needsof operational!commercial systemsreuiring compressed N"# delivery of datato e$isting tools and systems

URD INSP

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Product 3lobCurrent shall pro:ide 2easure2ents o7Total Current at a speci7ied ti2e +t,8 location+$%y, and 2easure2ent depth le:el +&,pro:ided as :ector co2ponents o7 the 7or2+u`t%$%y%&8 vt%$%y%&, &here u is a :ectorco2ponent &hich is positi:e &hen directedeast&ard +negati:e &est&ard, and v is a:ector co2ponent &hich is positi:e &hendirected north&ard +negati:e south&ard,1

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Cli2ate Forecast +CF, 2etadata +seehttp;;c7@pc2di1llnl1go:,1

Note: Sufficient metadata shall be providedto allo' a reasonable number (#)C* offreely available netC, readers to read anddisplay the data 'ith no additional tools.

3C@UR@$-$

Product 3lobCurrent 2etadata shall be su77icientldetailed to i2ple2ent end@to@end data2anage2ent o7 all products and relatedpara2eters &ithin the 3lobCurrent pro'ect1

Note: the intention of this reuirement is toensure that metadata is able to properlycapture such aspects as processing systemidentification% input data sets used 'ithin afile% contact points for data% licensing andversion control etc.

ESA INSP

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Product 3lobCurrent shall pro:ide Le:el@0 analsis+L0, products1

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Product 3lobCurrent global co:erage L0 productsshall ha:e a target spatial resolution o7 #.(28 or the highest a:ailable resolutionpossible1

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Product 3lobCurrent regional co:erage L0 productsshall be produced at the highest spatialresolution possible1

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URD ANAL

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Product All 3lobCurrent products shall includeancillar data as dna2ic 7lags to interpretthe 4ualit o7 6SC data1

Note: many users reuire uncertaintyestimates attached to data values 'ithin

products. -uality indicators and metrics(particularly to help define accuracy* arereuired to help users e$ploit uncertainty

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information.3C@UR@"#$

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Product 3lobCurrent L0 products shall be produced7or a period o7 at least "$ ears usingarchi:e data1

URD INSP

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Product All 3lobCurrent L# 7iles shall pro:ide L#data using an identical nati:e grid or s&athpro:ided b the data pro:ider1

Note: #he intent of this reuirement is topreserve the data in their native form 'hilereformatting to a common format data file.

ESA INSP

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Product All 3lobCurrent L# 7iles shall pro:ideuncertaint esti2ates &ith each2easure2ent1

URD INSP

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URD TEST

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Deli:er The pri2ar 2echanis2 7or 3lobCurrentproduct deli:er to users shall be 7tp;s7tp1

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Deli:er The secondar 2echanis2 7or 3lobCurrentproduct deli:er to users shall be 6penDAP1

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3C@UR@#.$ Deli:er The tertiar 2echanis2 7or 3lobCurrentproduct deli:er to users shall be =TTP1 URD TEST

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Ser:ice 3lobCurrent shall pro:ide a single@point&eb portal to ser:e the needs o7 the userco22unit1

URD INSP

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Ser:ice The 3lobCurrent &eb portal shall pro:ide asearchable catalogue o7 data products1Users 2a access data products 7ro2 thecatalogue1

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Ser:ice The 3lobCurrent Portal shall pro:ide

:isualisation tools 7or users to &or( &ith3lobCurrent products1

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Ser:ice The 3lobCurrent Portal shall pro:ideauto2ated per7or2ance 2etrics 7or eachproduct and ser:ice pro:ided b the pro'ecton a dail basis1 A ti2e series o73lobCurrent 5etrics 7or the processingsste28 the deli:er sste2+s, and productper7or2ance shall be pro:ided1

Note: the intention of this reuirement is toprovide users 'ith an early 'arning ofissues and problems and to helpdemonstrate the reliability of the system(as reuested by many users*.

URD ;ESA

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Ser:ice Registered users o7 the 3lobCurrent Ser:iceshall be in7or2ed i22ediatel o7 proble2sand outages i7 the subscribe to this ser:iceele2ent1

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3C@UR@*#$

Ser:ice 3lobCurrent shall in7or2 registered usersb e2ail contact as the pre7erred 7or2 o77eedbac(1

URD TEST

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Ser:ice In addition to e2ail8 all ser:ice in7or2ation

shall be published on the 3lobCurrent &ebportal1

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Ser:ice 3lobCurrent shall publish a ne&slettere:er * 2onths throughout the pro'ectli7eccle1 The ne&sletter shall be a:ailableon the eb portal and deli:ered to allsubscribed users1

URD INSP

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Ser:ice The 3lobCurrent eb Portal shall include aninteracti:e blog1

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Ser:ice 3lobCurrent shall 2a(e 7ull use o7 socialnet&or(ing tools +e1g1 T&itter8 Faceboo( etc,

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aspart o7 its basic operational8 outreach andco22unication ser:ice1

3C@UR@*-$

Ser:ice 3lobCurrent shall pro:ide dedicated pointso7 contact to assist users throughout thepro'ect1

URD TEST

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Ser:ice 3lobCurrent shall arrange an annual&or(shop 7or users1

URD INSP

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Docu2ent

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7 ANNE I D6CU5ENTED USER REJUIRE5ENTSThe 7ollo&ing sections present the replies gi:en b users to the 3lobCurrent UserRe4uire2ents Te2plate 7ollo&ing the 3lobCurrent User Consultation 2eeting8IFRE5ER8 -@""th5arch #$"#1

7.1 4ain ser Application areas

IDPlease provide a short summary of your applications what do you do!" that are relevant to#lobCurrent.

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e de:elop and run the F6A5 ocean 7orecasting sste2 &hich &e use to pro:ide dail analsesand -@da 7orecasts o7 ocean currents and tracers +including biogeoche2ical 4uantities, in :ariousregi2es1

In the deep ocean this includes the ";0 degree global F6A5 sste2 as &ell as * regional F6A5

sste2s at ";"# degree resolution in the North Atlantic8 Indian 6cean and 5editerranean Seabasins1

Additionall &e run F6A5 Shel7 Seas sste2s too &ith a -(2 Atlantic 5argin 5odel +on the North@

est European Shel7, and a 0(2 2odel in the Persian 3ul71

e also use the a:eatch* &a:e 7orecasting sste2 to produce sur7ace &a:e 7orecasts1 These

* sste2s include a *.(2 global sste2 t&ice dail8 a "#(2 North Atlantic European sste27our ti2es per da and a "(2 2odel t&ice per da in the Persian 3ul71 In the near 7uture the *2odels &ill be 7orced using F6A5 sur7ace currents1

D4I

The Danish 5eteorological Institute +D5I, is responsible 7or operational 2onitoring and 7orecasting

o7 the ocean phsical en:iron2ent in Danish and 3reenland aters1 In addition &e pro:ide a

nu2ber o7 co22ercial ser:ices to o77@shore operators such as the oil and gas industr operating in3reenland1

D5I operates and de:elops * ocean 2odels1 ", A global cli2ate 2odel8 the EC@earth setup #, A

regional 2odel8 the =>5 2odel8 co:ering the North Sea and the >altic Sea8 and 7inall *, a deepocean 2odel coupled &ith a sea ice 2odel8 =co2;CICE8 co:ering the North Atlantic and the Arctic6cean1 Further2ore8 our 2odel groups are currentl de:eloping 2odules 7or ice berg dri7t and oildri7t in sea ice conditions8 7or the Arctic setup1 >oth the =>5 and the =co2;CICE are appliedoperationall and 7orecasts are produced dail1

All 2odels operate in partl sea ice in7ested areas8 &here in situ data 7or cal;:al purposes are

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!N5I is in:ol:ed in scattero2eter &ind processing1 ind scattero2etr is an i2portant source o7

in7or2ation on the ocean sur7ace &inds8 notabl8 since in 2ost areas no in@situ 2easure2ents7ro2 buos or ships e8 2eteorological satellites operated b the European 6rganisation7or the E in #$"# and 5etop@C &ill 7ollo& in #$"-8 thus ai2ing at least ". earso7 operational scattero2eter ser:ices1 A second 2a(e o7 scattero2eter currentl in space is 6SCATon board the Indian 6ceansat@# satellite1 A &ind product deri:ed 7ro2 this instru2ent is no&operational1 In the 7uture8 &ind products 7ro2 the Chinese =@# and the Chinese@ French CF6SAT

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I.6IS

As the nodal agenc to pro:ide operational oceanographic ser:ices in India8 Indian National Centre

7or 6cean In7or2ation Ser:ices is acti:el in:ol:ed in de:eloping ocean prediction sste2s usingnu2erical ocean 2odels1

At present8 &e are pro:iding ocean predictions based on the Regional 6cean 5odelling Sste2

+R65S,8 &hich is setup at a uni7or2 horiBontal resolution o7 $1"#. degree 7or the entire Indian6cean do2ain1

Apart 7ro2 2an oceanographic para2eters8 one o7 the 2ost i2portant para2eter &e are

pro:iding to the user co22unit is the sur7ace current prediction1

e ha:e a rich user base co:ering 7ro2 Indian Na: to local 7isher2en and 5ariti2e authorities to

o77shore energ sectors1

To cater the e:er increasing needs o7 this user co22unit8 &e are currentl setting up a hierarch

o7 ocean 2odels &ith data assi2ilation capabilities8 &hich co:ers global oceans in a relati:el

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6A

For 2an ears I ha:e been routinel in:ol:ed in suppl o7 reliable 6SC data deri:ati:es to support

the 7ull range o7 o77shore industr applications1 This includes long ter2 historic data to supportengineering design and operabilit studies8 &ith an increasing e


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4SS

5arine Scotland Science +5SS, is the Science Di:ision o7 the 5arine Scotland directorate o7 the

Scottish 3o:ern2ent +S3,1

5SS pro:ides scienti7ic ad:ice to the S3 on all sub'ects relating to thee 2arine en:iron2ent1

In particular8 o7 rele:ance to 3lobCurrent81 5SS carries out research in support o7 a4uaculture8

2arine rene&able energ8 7isheries and other o77shore acti:ities8 7or the sustainable e


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T.7

The Cro&n Estate is go:erned b an Act o7 Parlia2ent1 The propert &e 2anage is o&ned b the

Cro&n8 but is not the pri:ate propert o7 =5 the Jueen1 e &or( supporti:el &ith go:ern2ent inest2inster8 in Scotland8 ales8 Northern Ireland and at a local le:el1 6ur propert port7olio isdi:erse8 co:ering urban areas8 the countrside8 around hal7 o7 the 7oreshore and al2ost all o7 theseabed around the U!1

The Cro&n Estate lease seabed space 7or 2an sectors &ithin U! &aters1 Rele:ant sectors to

3lobCurrent include rene&able energies +o77shore &ind8 &a:e and tide,8 a4uaculture8 cables8pipelines and 2arine bio2ass1 Access to high 4ualit tidal current data is essential to support ourplanning and de:elop2ent acti:ities &ithin these sectors1

BR Coastal 7lo& 2odelling

Pro:ision o7 5etocean conditions +operational and e


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I.IT

e conduct research rele:ant to the de:elop2ent o7 the 2arine rene&able energ industr +both

tidal and &a:e,1 Research includes studies to understand the resource +e1g1 the strength o7currents and their :ariabilit spatiall and te2porall, and the sensiti:it o7 that resource toenerg eoard +SNS>, and incollaboration &ith the S&edish 5eteorological and =drological Institute +S5=I,1

Starting up the pro'ect Future Sustainable Shipping in the Arctic Assess2ent o7 en:iron2ental

e77ects o7 oil spill supported b satellite re2ote sensing &here sur7ace current &ill be ani2portant input para2eter1

7RS.

e do ocean data assi2ilation8 reanalsis and operational 7orecasting &ith the T6PA% sste21

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7RI 6cean Sur7ace Current Analses Real@ti2e +6SCAR, is an eloo2s1

=o&e:er8 &e are 7ish 7ar2ers pri2aril so are real end users o7 the products de:eloped and do not

understand the ?ins and outs? o7 ho& this is achie:ed1

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.!I3AR

orld Cli2ate Research Progra22e +CRP, pro'ect that addresses Cli2ate 9ariabilit and

Predictabilit8 &ith a particular 7ocus on the role o7 ocean@at2osphere interactions in cli2ate1

CLI9AROs 2ission state2ent is ?To obser:e8 si2ulate and predict changes in Earths cli2ate

sste28 &ith a 7ocus on ocean@at2osphere interactions8 enabling better understanding o7 cli2ate:ariabilit8 predictabilit and change8 to the bene7it o7 societ and the en:iron2ent in &hich &eli:e1?

R7S

RES 677shore 7ocuses on the de:elop2ent o7 2arine rene&able pro'ect8 pri2aril o77shore &ind1 It

is in:ol:ed in the de:elop2ent o7 o:er . 677shore ind 7ar2 and a:e and Tidal pro'ects1 Currentdata are used

o For design +e1g1 o7 7oundations,

o For the planning o7 construction and installation o7 all co2ponent +turbines8 substations8

cables,

o For the planning o7 operations and 2aintenance +access at port8 access at site,o For resource assess2ent in the case o7 tidal energ

IR.2

The Irish Coast 3uard +IRC3, has responsibilit 7or the 2arine e2ergenc 2anage2ent in IrelandOs

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4BI$AS

5arine =drophsical institute National Acade2 o7 science o7 U(raine de:elops and e:aluates in@

situ di77erent (inds o7 sur7ace dri7ters8 including S9P and S9P@> standard and 2ini tpes1 TheeCP or(shops

allo&s to suggest reliable dri7ters &ith high spatial@te2poral resolution to 2onitor the subsur7acecurrents1 Use o7 these buos 2a(es it possible to create inter@co2parison nets o7 dri7ters to2onitor the currents under &ide range o7 :ariabilit 7ro2 2esoscale to inter@ear1 Further tealtic Sea area +in

particular 3er2an >ight,1

e are running =F radar sste2s as part o7 the C6SNA sste2 in the 3er2an >ight to 2easure

sur7ace currents1

o*

5 group de:elops approaches to 2onitor coastal areas8 especiall shallo& &aters1

6ne 2a'or issue is the &ater colu2n correction to deri:e tpes o7 botto2 substrate +sedi2ent8

roc(8 :egetation tpes, in shallo& &aters1 To do this8 &e deri:e &ater 4ualit para2eters +ello&substances8 chlorophll8 D65, and calculate bath2etr1 A second issue is the at2osphericcorrection o:er shallo& &ater areas to enable &ater colu2n correction1

For the 7uture I plan to couple re2ote sensing data &ith sub2erged :egetation gro&th 2odels1

4AI 5ainstrea2 Rene&able Po&er is a pri:ate enterprise engaged in the De:elop2ent8 Construction

and6peration o7 large@scale 677shore ind Far2s in the North Sea

6. The de:elop2ent and analsis o7 datasets o7 para2eters i2portant 7or air@sea interaction

"I6

To 2onitor the dna2ic processes in the coastal sea and its ad'acent area1

To predict the ocean en:iron2ent and the di77usion or dri7ting o7 pollution such as oil spill8 red tide

and sea ice1

To ser:e the 7isher and transport industr1

To stud ocean circulation1

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ATI

A%TI Is a pri:ate non@7ar@pro7it research organiBation1 A%TI belongs to the research corporation

called TECNALIA that has beco2e the 7i7th EU pri:ate research organiBation In siBe1 Its 2ainob'ecti:e is the social de:elop2ent and the Increase o7 the co2petiti:eness in Its &or(ing areas b2eans o7 the research and technological inno:ation1 Since "G" the acti:ities o7 A%TI ha:e been7ocused to sol:e the proble2s o7 its clients +public ad2inistrations8 =arbour Authorities8 7isheriesand 2ariti2e sta(eholders8 o77shore Industr8 etc, &ith an inno:ati:e and e4uilibrated 2odelbet&een the generation and caption o7 technologies and Its di77usion and trans7er1 SpecialiBedscienti7ic (no&ledge8 inno:ation and continuous technological de:elop2ent ha:e been (e tools togi:e response to the re4uire2ents 7or Integrated coastal and ocean resources 2anage2ent and tosupport decision 2a(ing lin(ed to the 2arine en:iron2ent1 The 5arine Research Di:ision and8especiall8 the 5arine Dna2ics and 6perational 6ceanograph +D566, group ha:e a longea o7 >isca +>o>,1 During the last . ears thisgroup has been in:ol:ed in se:eral regional8 national and European pro'ects about ocean@2eteorological net&or(s8 operational oceanograph8 2arine energ8 en:iron2ental i2pacts8

7isheries 2anage2ent anda4uaculture1

In the 7ra2e&or( o7 phsical and operational oceanograph8 an obser:ational and 2odelling net&or( in theSE >o> has been eas4ue coast1

T&o buos located o:er the slope in 7ront o7 San Sebastian +Donostia >uo, and Cape 5ato> ha:e been 2onitored1 For the last "$ ears8CTDs8 and ADCPs data o7 the upper "$$ 2 depth8 ha:e been earl collected N0$ das In5archf5a during >I65AN and TRIENAL ca2paigns and N0$ das in Septe2ber@6ctober duringU9ENA ca2paign1 CTD data are also a:ailable 7ro2 other punctual sur:es8 co:ering the SEcorner o7 the >o> +EC6ANC=6A8 I5PRESS8 SA96R pro'ects,1

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ATI

"igure +: 7%ample of .TD stations during 137A surveys In +,//&

+ii, An ocean 2odelling nested sste2 co:ering regional8 sub@regional +# (2, and coastal scales M.$$ 21=indcast and prediction are per7or2ed using 2ainl R65S 2odel +Shchepet(in and 5cIllia2s8 6cean2odel18 #$$., 7or regional and subregional con7igurations and 56=ID +Coelho et al18 #$$"8 our15ar1Ss18#$$",8 TRI56DENA +3onBaleB et aI18 #$$", and SELFE +%hang and >aptista8 6cean 5odel18 #$$, 2odels 7orlocal applications1 A5 +a:e prediction 5odel, 2odel Is also used 7or &a:e prediction &ithin thesoutheastern >a o7 >isca1

"igure 9& Simulated surface salinity #ith R64S model sub$regional operational configurationfor the S7 CoC' on 1anuary +,/9

The de:elop2ent o7 this obser:ational and 2odelling net&or( in the SE >o> has allo&ed the group tosigni7icantl progress in the 7ields o7

a, 6perational 6ceanograph applications

6cean currents and &a:e predictions 7ro2 the hdrodna2ic and &a:e 2odels are used to

produce G/@hour 7orecast o7 currents8 te2perature8 salinit and &a:es 7or se:eral users8 &a:eenerg resource esti2ations8 ri:er plu2es e:olution8 2ariti2e rescue8 oil spill dispersion8 ello&7ish e:olution in su22er8 &aste &aters discharges e:olution8 eggs and lar:ae dispersion 111

6perational use o7 =F radar data to 2onitor 6SC and Lagrangian transport1 5ain lines Lagrangiandiagnostics and tools and application o7 short ter2 prediction algorith2s 7ro2 =F radar data+based on 65A8 E6Fs,1

A centralised online T=REDDS data catalogue is being i2ple2ented to 2anage and distribute all

the data and products generated in the group1 >ig e77orts are being In:ested to adopt standards 7or7ile 7or2ats and 2etadata1

Ne& endfuser oriented eb Ser:ices are being de:eloped using openfsource libraries and

applications +6penlaers8 geoe


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7.2 Specific ser eeds

ID3lease describe your specific needs ('hat do you 'ant4* from the GlobCurrent pro5ect and describe thepotential benefits that the pro5ect may provide.

*46

Pri2aril &e &ould li(e ocean current 2easure2ents against &hich to :alidate the ocean currents

7ro2 the F6A5 sste21

Additionall8 i7 a su77icientl high 4ualit product &ere a:ailable8 &e &ould li(e to in:estigate the

possibilit o7 assi2ilating these current 2easure2ents1

The 2ost signi7icant bene7it that the 3lobCurrent pro'ect could pro:ide &ould be to increase the

accurac o7 sur7ace current predictions +and hence our &a:e 7orecast predictions too,1

D4I

In general &e lac( all le:els o7 sur7ace current obser:ations at :er high latitudes8 i1e1 obser:ationso7 sur7ace current at all te2poral and spatial resolutions1 A 2a'or issue 7or tuning our large@scale2odels is to get the general ocean circulation in place and unbiased1 There7ore8 the 2ost urgentneeds are te2porall aggregated general circulation data at high latitudes8 &ith special 7ocus onice@in7ested areas8 li(e the Arctic 6cean1

5onthl or seasonal net Arctic 6cean circulation &ill be ea77in >a1 Thesis L1L1 Christo77ersen8

Uni:ersit o7 Copenhagen and Danish 5eteorological Institute1

!i2ura8 N1 and 51 a(atsuchi8 #$$$1 Relationship bet&een sea@ice 2otion and geostrophic &ind in

the Northern =e2isphere1 3eophsical Research Letters8 #-8 no1 ##8 pp1 *-*.@*-*1

.7P

6cean currents is one o7 the 2ost &idel used 7ields in our 7orecast products in both coastal +e1g1

7or US Coastal 3uard incident response, and global +e1g1 3ul7strea2 North all location 7orshipping, scales1

=a:ing reliable ocean currents analsis and 7orecast &ill allo& us to signi7icantl i2pro:ing &ind

&a:e predictions through &a:e@current interaction1

7.4"

6cean currents are rele:ant 7or &a:e 7orecasts1

6cean currents are also i2portant 7or :alidation o7 ocean reanalsis and initial conditions8 and

ocean 2odel de:elop2ent1

I7 the ocean currents could be properl assi2ilated in the ocean 2odel8 its in7or2ation could be

used in the NP coupled 7orecasts o7 &eather8 &a:es and ocean1

6cean reanalsis and coupled 2odel e:aluation

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S4BI 9eri7ication o7 2odel results and assi2ilation o7 data into 2odels1 Direct use in dail production 7or

ship routing8 ice ser:ices and &arning ser:ices

4" =igh 4ualit sur7ace currents to :alidate predicted currents pro:ided b ocean 2odels1

*4I

For success7ul bias correction o7 scattero2eter near real@ti2e &ind processing8 predictions o7

ocean sur7ace currents are needed on a grid o7 "#1. (2 +co2parable in siBe to that o7 the EC5F2odel, &ith a 7orecast inter:al o7 " hour up to #0 hours and a precision o7 $1" 2;s1 Ta(ing intoaccount re4uired accurac and spatial resolution8 7or reprocessing8 it &ould probabl be su77icientto ha:e *@hourl analsis 7ields o7 ocean sur7ace currents8 since "$@(2 scale currents are generallnot e


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CSB

First ai2 &ould be the support o7 ocean 2odel de:elop2ent b 2odel :alidation based on

3lobCurrent data1

Further steps could be the assi2ilation o7 3lobCurrent data into the 2odel sste2 and direct use

o7 the data in dri7t 2odelling1

The potential bene7it is in i2pro:e2ents in the 2odel sste2 and all applications supported b the

sste28 especiall dri7t 7orecast 7or oil spill co2bating and search@and@rescue1

74SA

=igh resolution near@real@ti2e current data to be :isualised on the &eb graphical user inter7ace

and integrated;co2bined &ith other sources o7 data such as :essel tra77ic8 nautical in7or2ation8 oilspill detection8 etc1 to i2pro:e the end@users;operators (no&ledge in ter2s o7 2ariti2e situationala&areness1

=igh resolution near@real@ti2e current data to be 7ed in a nu2ber o7 auto2ated 2ariti2e tools8

&hich in co2bination &ith other sources o7 data such as :essel tra77ic8 nautical in7or2ation8 oil spill

detection8 etc18 can generate user@speci7ic post@processed products such as alerts8 etc1 Thisincludes the use o7 high resolution near@real@ti2e current data 7or input into hindcast and 7orecast2odels 7or e


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P".A!

Figures o7 the :alue o7 di77erent ocean currents +especiall the sur7ace current, to

o I2pro:e our (no&ledge and that o7 our co2petitors1

o Use these data as part o7 a strategic stud o7 a gi:en area1

o I2pro:e the per7or2ance o7 our co2petitors in ter2s o7 race strateg +routing8

obser:ation 111,1

ADR7A

e need current data a:ailable in a 3RI> 7ile 7or2at on a &orld&ide co:erage &ith :alidit

in7or2ation1

.4A

e need to i2pro:e our ship routing per7or2ance1

The 2ain need in ter2s o7 sur7ace currents is to be able to recei:e per2anentl

o 3ridded :alues 2aps o7 7orecasted sur7ace currents

o Scheduling current 7orecast until one 2onth +this is the Paci7ic crossing duration in super

slo& stea2ing at that ti2e,8 in order to use so2e 3lobal route opti2iBation so7t&ares

o Speed accurac about $8" (t

o Direction accurac about "$

o Sur7ace currents including Tidal currents

o Ti2e :alidit 6ne hour

o Con7idence le:el bad; 2ediu2;high in order to assess our ris(

o Sur7ace currents 7ro2 . to ".2 deep +usual dra7ts o7 container ships,

The potential o7 sa:ing can be assessed to be bet&een . to #$ 5 USD;ear1

The Fuel >udget o7 the co2pan is around 0 >illion USD;ear

.!S For 2ost o7 our ser:ices &e need high 4ualit obser:ations to :alidate our 2odels o:er the &hole

globe1

S6

e need a global and ongoing sur7ace current database based on satellite and in@situ2easure2ents1 Potential bene7its are

o better and 2ore co2plete 2onitoring o7 sur7ace current speed and direction an&here in

the &orld ocean8

o the i2pro:e2ent o7 our 63C5@based hindcast products through calibration;:alidation and

possibl assi2ilation o7 sur7ace current data

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T.7

Tidal current data is an i2portant input to our spatial planning1 6ur tidal energ sector re4uires

high 4ualit in7or2ation to identi7 and utilise areas o7 good tidal resource to de:elop cleanrene&able energ1

For other sectors &e acti:el use tidal resource data to plan opportunities and constraints1

5ost sectors see( to a:oid areas o7 higher tidal currents ho&e:er so2e de:elop2ents e1g1

a4uaculture and 2arine bio2ass8 rel on certain tidal conditions to suppl nutrients or reccle&aste1

>etter tidal data &ill help us support the U! 2arine sectors b in7or2ing decisions on &hich

acti:ities to lease &here1

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