Baltic Operational Oceanographic System and

In Situ Thematic Assembly Centre for Copernicus Marine Service

J. Linders/SMHI, BOOS Members & INSTAC Partners

Operational oceanography can add value to environment assessment:

• Higher quality• More frequent assessment, especially to

abnormal situation• Identify observation gaps

Aim

OUTLINES

• BOOS and CMEMS In-situ TAC => EMODnet

• What is In-Situ Observation and why?

• BOOS at a glance

• CMEMS In-situ TAC at a glance o In-Situ Products in CMEMS catalogueo NRT serviceo Ocean State Report

• Possibilities and advantages with collaborations between HELCOM, BOOS and CMEMS.

BOOS and In-situ TAC CMEMS

Baltic Operational Oceanographic System -BOOS• BOOS is part of the EuroGOOS network of observing platforms

One of the Regional Operartional Oceanographic Systems (ROOS’s)

• BOOS has the vision to provide integrated marine services to the marine users and policy makers.

BOOS and CMEMS In-situ TAC

Copernicus Marine Environmental Service (CMEMS)

+ In situ observations (INS TAC)+ Monitoring and Forecasting Centers (MFC TAC’s)+ Satellite observations (OC TAC,OSI TAC, SL TAC)

BOOS and CMEMS In-situ TAC

CMEMS In-situ TAC• Thematic Assembly Center for marine In-situ observations within

the Copernicus Marine Service

• CMEMS In-Situ TAC integrates thousands of observing systems to provide a global picture of the 3D ocean state and ocean variability at different spatial and temporal scales

• BOOS and CMEMS In-situ TAC => EMODnet

• What is In-Situ Observation and why?

• BOOS at a glance

• CMEMS In-situ TAC at a glance o In-Situ Products in CMEMS catalogueo NRT serviceo Ocean State Report

• Possibilities and advantages with collaborations between HELCOM, BOOS and CMEMS.

OUTLINES

In-situ observations are on-site local measurements of sea water properties.

What is In-situ observation and why?

• In-situ observations are obtained using ad-hoc on-site sensors onboard of a wide range of platforms.

• Sensors attached on eg. buoys and ships are used to captureocean variability at different scales.

• In-situ observations are madelocally.

What is In-situ observation and why?

• In-situ observations are obtained using ad-hoc on-site sensors onboard of a wide range of platforms.

• Sensors attached on eg. buoys and ships are used to captureocean variability at different scales.

• In-situ observations are madelocally.

• CMEMS In-Situ TAC gathers them viathe ROOS’s into ONE data base.

What is In-situ observation and why?

• Many organizations acquire in-situ data in differentlocations at sea.

• BOOS and CMEMS’s job is not to acquire in-situ data andnot to operate or maintain any observing systems. It israther to identify (BOOS), gather and integrate them intoONE DATA BASE.

• « Gathering data » from outsider organisations requiresstrong mutual agreements.

• « Integrating data » into ONE data base requires strongformat standard definition and quality controlprocedures.

What is In-situ observation and why?

OUTLINES

• BOOS and CMEMS In-situ TAC => EMODnet

• What is In-Situ Observation and why?

• BOOS at a glance

• CMEMS In-situ TAC at a glance o In-Situ Products in CMEMS catalogueo NRT serviceo Ocean State Report

• Possibilities and advantages with collaborations between HELCOM, BOOS and CMEMS.

BOOS at a glance

IntegrateFixedplatforms

IntegrateTidegauges

IntegrateMooredbuoys

IntegrateFerryboxesVessels

Distribution ofIn-situ products

BOOSUsers

BOOS at a glance

OUTLINES

• BOOS and CMEMS In-situ TAC => EMODnet

• What is In-Situ Observation and why?

• BOOS at a glance

• CMEMS In-situ TAC at a glance o In-Situ Products in CMEMS catalogueo NRT serviceo Ocean State Report

• Possibilities and advantages with collaborations between HELCOM, BOOS and CMEMS.

Same processes

Same directory structures

CMEMS In-situ TAC at a glance

7 regions

• Parameters• Surface and at depth

TEMPERATURE• Surface and at depth SALINITY

• Surface and at depth OCEANCURRENTS

• SEA LEVEL

• WAVES (height, period and direction),

• BIOGEOCHEMICAL (Dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll)

• Standards & conventions:•NetCDF format

•CF Conventions and Standard names

•UdUnits2 units

•SeaDataNet vocabularies•Variable names: P09 vocabulary•Platform types : L06 vocabulary•Institution codes: EDMO

•Product User Manual (PUM) http://dx.doi.org/10.13155/43494

In-situ Products in CMEMS catalogue

• Nearly 36000 platforms/7000 platforms per month /3250 per day ( +40% since V1)• 305 providers • About 180 users /quarter (+ 28% since Jan 2016)• 99,9 % availability over a year

NRT Service

• Global + regional seas• Published in JOO • Baltic Contribution• Plan: annual update• Focus on last year’s event

• Ocean State Report for 2016: – Inflow – Eutrophication – Hypoxia– Sea level extremes Both BAL-MFC data and INSTAC data were used for the analysis performed by BAL-MFC.

Ocean State Report

Ocean State Report

Observations fro mthe MARNET station in Arkona

Reproduced from the CMEMS forcasting product

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OUTLINES

• BOOS and CMEMS In-situ TAC => EMODnet

• What is In-Situ Observation and why?

• BOOS at a glance

• CMEMS In-situ TAC at a glance o In-Situ Products in CMEMS catalogueo NRT serviceo Ocean State Report

• Possibilities and advantages with collaborations between HELCOM, BOOS and CMEMS.

Operational oceanography can add value to environment assessment:

• Higher quality• More frequent assessment, especially to

abnormal situation• Identify observation gaps

Remember: User driven service… +

Possibilities…