Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES):

Marine data management & policy issues.

The Colour of Ocean Data - The Palais des Congrès, Brussels, Belgium, 25-27 November 2002

A Edwards

DG Research, European Commission

E-mail: Alan.Edwards@cec.eu.int

Overview

• A brief introduction to GMES

• GMES and Global Ocean Monitoring

• GMES and Data

• Conclusions

GMES Objectives(GMES is a Joint EC-ESA Initiative)

• By 2008: to establish an operational and autonomous European capacity for Global Monitoring of the Environment and for Security.

• By 2003: to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the current capacity and the needs for improvement in the scientific, technical, socio-economic and institutional domains, (including data mgmt. and policy).

The EU Council Resolution on the GMES Initial Period

• Urges the Commission to start, together with ESA and stakeholders, the Initial Period of GMES (2001 - 2003)

• Asks to build on existing infrastructures and capabilities: terrestrial, air- & sea-borne, space-based

• Prepare the next phase of GMES (2004-2008) to achieve an OPERATIONAL & AUTONOMOUS European capability by 2008

Initial GMES Priority ThemesA. Land Cover Change in Europe

B. Environmental Stress in Europe

C. Global Vegetation Monitoring

D. Global Ocean Monitoring

E. Global Atmosphere Monitoring

F. Support to Regional Development Aid

G. Systems for Risk Management

H. Systems for Crisis Management & Humanitarian Aid

I. Information Management Tools

GMES Provisional Planning

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008…....2009

R&D

EC (FP6) Implementation PhaseEC (FP5)

GMES

Action Plan Initial Period Capacity build-up …………

GMES CapacityBuild-up

ESA Service elements

EC (tbd) Capacity build-up and operations programme (tbd) ……….

ReportFP6 Results

ESA ElementsEC Elements

GMES and Global Ocean Monitoring• (Pre-) Operational Oceanography is a well

established scientific and technological discipline, both NATIONALLY within most EU Member States, and also at the European Community level.

• For example, the total EC commitment to

Operational Forecasting Research in FP5

exceeds 31 M€.

Example of EC fundedPre-Operational Forecasting Research

SST 3-day Forecast from the Med. Forecasting System Pilot Project

GMES and Data

• If the GMES Initiative is to succeed, proper

data management strategy(s) and policy(s)

must be established.

(Remember that GMES should bring

together operational marine, atmospheric

and terrestrial monitoring systems.)

Selected GMESData Mgmt Issues

• Access to data: GMES is an Operational

System & requires rapid (and free?) access

to all relevant Quality CONTROLLED data.

• Control of data: ownership, IPR rights, etc.

• Safeguarding data: Long term archiving

• Sustainable Funding: European & national

for the “public good”, or private funding?

GMES Data MgmtA Possible (Simplified) Example

“Just in Time”

DATA WAREHOUSE

In-Situ Systems

Remote Sensing

Modelling Factory

“Just in Time”

DataData

Data Archive

Model Output

Info Products

STOREROOMor Archive

Real-Time Alarms

Service Providers

Policy Info

Real-Time Forecasts

Predictions Reports

ConclusionsBasic proposition discussed within the GMES Fora

(to which everyone is invited to contribute.)

“Effective data management and policies are essential to ensure that the right information can be made available in the right form and at the right time. To date, data management and policies within European countries can differ greatly and are poorly adapted to the changing monitoring and surveying technologies, and the changing needs of policy.”