European COastal-shelf sea OPerational monitoring and

forecasting system

ECOOP

Call text (most recent version)

• Integrated development of European coastal and regional seas forecasting systems (Topic for up-to-one IP)

• Support the consolidation, integration and development of existing networks (remote sensing and in-situ observations) into an integrated pan-European system able to make long-term systematic measurements of the oceanic parameters, including biological parameters, in the regional and coastal seas of Europe. Such a system is targeted at detecting environmental and climate changes, predicting their evolution, producing forecasts and developing decision supporting systems, taking particularly into account the GMES and GEO initiatives. Such a system should be designed to respond to the end-users needs as stressed in the GMES 2004-2008 Implementation Plan. Emphasis will be given to international co-operation and to the participation of SMEs and to international cooperation partners, as well as on the potential for technology transfer.

GMES Diamond

Key items in GMES Plan

• SERVICES– Public authorities and

private sector– user-friendly and cost-

effective access to standardised data and harmonised data policies must be fostered

– Basis for decision making– Dialog with users– Secure sustainability of

services

• Overall continuity, comparability and integration of space and in-situ data,modelling activities and interoperability of the systems need to be strengthened

• Closing gaps in existing monitoring network

• Interoperability – linkage between observing systems and other data sources

• Climate change• Water Framework Directive• Integrated coastal zone

management• Risks in maritime transport,

ice monitoring and oil spills

Key items in GMES Plan

• Collection and distribution of large volumes of data at very high speeds

• Information technologies

• Securing access to data and information

• Structured framework for data integration and information management

• Define datapolicies.

• Knowledge development and exchange incl. basic research on environmental processes and methodologies

• Research activities:– Enhancement of

monitoring technology– Improvements of

models and capacity for analysis, forecasting, planning and decision support

• Preparation of training courses

Global – regional - local

MERSEA ECOOP

The goal of ECOOP is: • to build up a sustainable pan-European capacity in

providing timely, quality assured marine service (including data, information products, knowledge and scientific advices) in European coastal-shelf seas

in order to support • the request of environmental information for policy

makers, the monitoring and prediction of environmental and climate changes, for GMES, the 6th Environmental Action Plan, European Water Framework Directive and regional Conventions for environmental protection,

through • the development of an integrated capacity and a

coordinated research with critical mass which will ensure sustainable, systematic and advanced performance with minimum overlap in workload and maximum outcome.

Broad Issues

• Marine ecosystem health• Sustainable marine

resource management • Sedimentary system

sustainability• Coastal climate change

impacts• Water cycle• Water contamination,

response and mitigation • Operational forecasting in

shelf and coastal areas

Major challenges

1. To integrate present• non-integrated monitoring and modelling activities,• non-integrated research and operational application

activities,• non-integrated marine technology and operational

monitoring developments,• Un-coordinated long-term national research plans,• Un-coordinated national monitoring plans,• Separated research components• into• a sustainable operational monitoring and forecasting

systems for European coastal-shelf seas

2. To fill the necessary knowledge gaps and components in building up the next generation systems through joint research activities

Organisation

ECOOP WP’s

Integrated Capabilities• WP1. Community Monitoring

Framework (Kai Soetje)• WP2. Community Modelling

Framework (Roger Proctor)• WP3. Data Management

(Guiseppe Manzella)• WP4. Coupling to and

integration with the MERSEA global system, Pierre Bahurel

• WP5. Forecasting and Information Service System, Martin Holt

Joint Research Activities• WP 6 An environment assessment

service system, Jun She • WP 7 Optimal synergy between

remote sensing and in-situ observing networks. Pierre Yves le Traon

• WP 8 Model validation and inter-comparison, Gennady Koroteav

• WP 9 Ecosystem modelling and data assimilation, Sukru Besiktepe

• Wp 10 Advancing Coastal-Shelf Sea modelling; Emil Stanev

• WP 11 Ensemble and super-ensemble forecasting, Nadia Pinardi

• WP 12 Hindcast and scenario studies on coastal climate/environment change, Einar Svendsen

• Wp 13 Demonstration and evaluation of ECOOP Monitoring, forecasting and information system, Kostas Nittis