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Pierre Testor LOCEAN, CNRS, Paris, France
EuroGOOS Joint ROOS-WG-TT, 04 March 2015, Brussels, Belgium
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~2-5km
Data Centers
Land Station
users
A “glider” Observing Task Team (TT) in EuroGOOS: towards the EOOS
04/21/23OCG5 - September 2013
EU, USA, Canada, Australia, Mexico, South Africa, Peru, Chile,…(academics+manufacturers)
• EGO meetings and Glider Schools
• Showcase website http://www.ego-network.org
• International fleet experiments
• OceanObs’09 White Paper (Testor and 44 co-authors, 2010). Gliders are perfectly suited for physical, biogeochemical and biological measurements can be used in combination with the other components of the GOOS can enhance the spatio-temporal sampling of the GOOS (in-situ) where
required
(10,000 unique visitors and 100,000 pageviews per year)
OceanObs’09 need for a glider component in the GOOS in line with the other components, recommendations
.
EGO: a glider community (sci & tech)
USA
AUEU and
others
~ 12,000 km altitude
process studies
AND
long-term observations (repeat-sections in key areas)
• Monitoring the glider network activity
is based on the operators good will.
• Maybe ~500,000 profiles since 2005.
• A lot of data sent to data centers
• Sustained activity (USA, Australia, EU)
All glider deployments since 2005 (+ deployments in the
Artic/Antarctic, SE/SW Pacific, Polynesia, Indian ocean,…)
EGO: international coordination
1410
2216
13
2
9
23
• COST Action ES0904 - EGO (coordination/wide-open: include Australia, South Africa, Israel, Mexico, USA, Canada, Peru, Chile, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria…)
• FP7 Research Infrastructure design study “GROOM” Gliders for Research, Ocean Observation and Management (WP2 = Integration into the GOOS) http://www.groom-fp7.eu
http://www.ego-cost.eu
Need for a glider component in the GOOS
~ 90 gliders in EU + « downstream » infrastructures + personel (~50 FTE)
> 10,000 profiles / year (physical/biogeochemical) 20-30% of the global activity ~ 3-6 Meuro / year (consolidated)
1
OceanObs’09 recommendations:Best practice for gliders
the formation of the global glider system;
the adoption of standards and a “Argo” like data system for gliders;
the setup of a network of shared resources and expertise;
to establish the adoption of a common and accessible portal for glider data.
Issues and challenges for gliders
Scientific, organizational, and technological issues (new paradigm: bidirectional communications)
“main” gliderports
distributed all around the world
users
The 5 aspects of a Gliderport
An example of a fairlysophisticated glider port.
Most important tasks covered but at great costs/efforts.
•Recommendations•Standards•Protocols•Best practise•Design
•System reviews•Gap analysis•Costs analysis
Networking towards a Glider EU Research Infrastructure
(GERI)
able to contribute to the GOOS(robust and sustained)
engage new users (access), enable new applications
coordination, sharing, exchange, standards
Level of integration of the GERI
Different aspects to consider for networking/pooling
Need for a glider coordinator
(Black) proposed tasks for the GERI (White) kept at the glider operator level
agenda for the next years (2015-2017; 2017-2019; 2019+)
Such a GERI is necessary for :
coordination of the European contribution to a sustained marine observational system, towards a European Ocean Observing System (EOOS)
working closely together with EU Marine Research Infrastructures, JPI Oceans, EMODnet, EU Copernicus Marine Service, EEA, ESA, EUMETSAT,… and EuroGOOS national/institutional members.
The way forward:GERI: a distributed architecture in six EU ROOSes (+ global) for sustained glider repeat-sections (gaps: shelf-open sea continuum, physics/biogeochemistry)
Gliders and EuroGOOS
• Systematic and long-term measurements, rapid interpretation and dissemination
• Development of Operational Oceanography (EU Seas + adjacent oceans)
• Foster European scale co-operation and integration on Operational Oceanography
Issu
es im
pact
• Endorsement, visibility and more outreach/awareness for the gliders.
• Networking with other obs. systems
• Definition of a global glider program ; consensus on main scientific objectives ; links with the ROOSes and WGs/TTs
• Help to set up a GERI (join the ESFRI roadmap?)
– Better use of gliders (e.g. research, operational oceanography, in-situ/satellite comparisons, academic models, industry…)
– Better coordination with the other in-situ and satellite components
(legal entity: excellent science, scale economies, maritime law/traffic issues…)
• Support for a glider coordinator and a glider committee
Desired outcomes ?
EuroGOOS and a glider TT
Expect a snowball effect for (present and future) glider operators. Sustainability, capacity building and development.
1. Act on behalf of the European part of the global glider community (EGO). Develop a glider component in the GOOS at the EU level together with international partners (USA, Australia, South Africa, Mexico, Peru, Chile,...).
2. Develop the European glider network, coordinate and assist the standardization of glider operations, data and applications. Ensure data availability, via EMODnet and ROOS data portals in particular.
3. Set up a framework for users and operators:1. promoting glider applications through liaison between providers and users,
advocacy, and provision of expert advice. 2. sharing success stories and difficulties 3. maintaining and sharing reference material on glider-related technologies
(sensors, their protocols, readiness levels and specifications, data management standards, protocols)
4. providing and exchanging open source tools (piloting, maintenance, data QC and analysis, applications…)
5. promoting scientific synergies with other observing systems for key questions; filling gaps !
6. promoting joint proposals
4. Contribute to the development of the European Ocean Observing System (EOOS), in the coastal area and in the open ocean. Establish a Glider European Research Infrastructure (GERI) to better sustain this glider activity.
Terms of Reference for a glider TT in EuroGOOS
Promotion of the glider group (ToR 1)
Action Term Who/ToR/…?
ToR and roadmap (this document) IP
Core group definition, adding strategic members IP
Draft an implementation plan for a glider component in the GOOS at the global scale, a common scientific international program for sustained glider observations
ST
Seek funding for joint/coordination activities ST
Interact with existing initiatives in other countries (USA, Australia, South Africa, Mexico, Chile, Peru...)
IP
Development of standards (ToR 2)
Action Term Who/ToR/…?
Publish and promote the results of the FP7 GROOM design study (website)
IP
Promote best practise with gliders, the usage of GROOM standards and formats (website)
ST
Develop tools for better monitoring the glider data flow MT
Work plan
Towards providing a framework to glider users (ToR 3)
Action Term Who/ToR/…?
Create website for the group in the EuroGOOS framework. Organization of the information (topics) in the website (news, links, …?)
ST
Repositories for software ST
ResearchGate group/topic? ST
Organization of the next (7th) EGO meeting and Glider School in 2016 (and every two years)
STMT
Towards the EOOS (Tor 4)
Action Term Who/ToR/…?
Reporting on existing European and national glider initiatives (work plan, results…)
ST
Strengthen the network of “gliderports” IP
Assess the sustainability of the glider activity. Help partners to join the ESFRI roadmap.
MT
Identify specific added value products of gliders that can be useful for specific stakeholders
ST
Work plan
Thank you !
http://www.ego-network.org http://www.ego-cost.eu http://www.groom-fp7.eu
http://www.groom-fp7.eu/doku.php?id=public:deliverables
EGO/GROOM ‘artistic’ view
Related EU projects: AtlantOS, JERICO-Next, ENVRIplus, BRIDGES…… but a lot to do !!!