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Emodnet Chemistry 2

Matteo Vinci, Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale – OGS – NODC

group, Dipartimento OCE

The Pilot Project:where

NORTH SEA

BLACK SEA

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Regional Leaders:North Sea – NERIBlack Sea– MHIMed Sea – HCMR

The Pilot Project:what

-Choice based on MSFD requirements;-Selected from 8 groups of compounds;-3 matrices: water, biota, sediment;-17 selected parameters for product generation.

The Pilot Project:How

Based on SDN infrastructure:

• An efficient distributed Marine Data Management Infrastructure for large and diverse sets of data deriving from in situ and remote observation of the seas and oceans.

Principle of “ADOPTED AND ADAPTED”

SDN Standards for metadata ,data and products :

• CDI for metadata (xml ISO 19115),

• Standard Vocabs (P021,P011,P061...) for common terms.

• ODV format for background data exchange ,

Infrastructure:

• CDI mechanism to access data with data policy management,

• SDN Security Services for users registrations,

• SDN Products viewing services for discovery, visualization and downloading of products.

The Pilot Project:How

ADOPTED

Softwares:

• MIKADO → metadata mapping and xml generator

• NEMO → data formatting tool

• DIVA software → to produce gridded data products and error maps as NetCDF files,

• ODV software → for “time series” products generation and QC check

The Pilot Project:How

ADAPTEDExtension of SDN Common Vocabularies:

– P021 for CDI generation

– P061 for units

– P011 for ODV generationChemical CDI directory – continuously updatedOcean Browser Products Viewing Service ODV/DIVA softwares upgrade to produce maps, plots and related metadata DivadoXMLSextant Products Discovery Service – under finalization

The Pilot Project

Work Packages: • WP1 - Project Coordination

• WP2 – Data collection and metadata compilation

• WP3 – QC/QA and data products

• WP4 – Technical development and operation

• WP5 – Analysis and Evaluation

• Partners: 25 partners;

• Contract had a duration of 3 years from June 2009 to June 2012;

The Pilot ProjectWP2 Data collection and

metadata compilation :

All partners collected and updated : Data → ODV file → managed by Reg. Leaders at level of the 3

Regional data pools → (de-centralized) Metadata → CDI entries → Maris (centralized)

All partners gave access to:

• metadata (unrestricted)

• and data according to the data policy as agreed with the data ORIGINATOR

NORTH SEA

BLACK SEA

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

The Pilot Project:challenge to face along the path from DATA to

PRODUCTS Data complexity: • from 8 groups of compounds;• 3 matrices (sediment, water column and biota);• 17 selected parameters for products generation;

Heterogeneity:• Of the sampling/data distribution (coastal points time

series Vs homogenous sampling at basins level);• Of measurement methods (instrument, method, target

species, target basis, grain sizes).

The Pilot ProjectWP3 QC/QA and data products:

From available data main substets highlighted:

Expert workshop, summary of decisions for Products generation:

-Standard Diva Interpolated maps produced for parameters with homogeneous and suitable data coverage, measured on basin scale;

-“Time series plots”. Showing station maps linked to plots of measured time series. This for not homogeneous data as:

•coastal points repeated in time,•datasets with fragmented coverage.

Not homogeneous ditributionIn time and space (basins)

Homogeneous ditributionIn time and space (basins)

The Pilot Project: WP4

Services:

– Portal + wiki;

– Common Vocabs;

– CDI interface + Matrix Variables VS Regions;

– Ocean Browser ;

– Product Catalogue: Camioon → Sextant;

– Tools: Diva, ODV, Nemo, Mikado...

The Pilot Project

WP5 Analysis and Evaluation:

Open issues from the Pilot

• QC for exotic parameters (eg:contaminants...) no spikes to detect but events, at the moment not enough data to calculate regional ranges, help from Marine Conventions;

Finalization of Sextant and tuning with DivadoXML to load Maps metadata /Time series plots metadata loading;

• Improvements of web interfaces search criteria as highlighted by SDN2 userpanel and Chemistry Lot users (paramenters and geographic search);

• Handling of Chemical Parameters metadata and Common Vocabs (P01 vocab use case);

• Set up a group of experts for the data-products periodic validation for each regions.

The New Phase

The portal should cover all European waters

Note: This map is derived from the EU Tender document but lacks the Norwegian sea

The New Phase The parameters:

The table: The right hand column of the table above indicates the minimum number of

chemical species to be assembled; All available measurements of chemicals in the groups on the left hand column

of the table should be assembled; For pesticides, biocides, antifoulants, pharmaceuticals, heavy metals and

hydrocarbons the focus should be on those elements addressed at priority substances in the relevant EU legislation and proposed legislation.

* Parameters for the new call

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The New Phase

Enlarged partnership: 32 partners + 14 sub-contractors = total of 46 participants (about twice!);

New parameters;

The portal should cover all European waters;

New products: new tools to be developed for coastal visualization + proposal for assessment !!!

Specific focus on Coastal Data.

The New Phase, evaluation from EU:

Strengths of the proposal:- Large partnership with a small steering committee;- Great effort to raw data access;- Identified high number of datasets;- Portal is based on the previous one, quickly operation system;

Weaknesses of the proposal:-sevaral comments on how to deal with the userfriendliness of the portal and linked services;-need a verification of DG-ENV and... about compliance with INSPIRE, OGC, WMS, WFS...

Thanks!Questions/Suggestions/Remarks!?