EMODNET needs of Dutch government

Gerben J. de Boer (Deltares, NL)

Not representing the opinion of the Netherlands,

nor necesarrily my own opinion (devil's advocate).

Opportunities for matching EMODnet & legislation reqs.

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WISEmarine

EMODnet, yet another initiative, or the opportunity?

• Many top-down legislation:

• no technology prescribed• Many top-down funds

• many technologies available• Why aren’t these connected?

• Dutch want EMODnet governance by EC• More than one solution too expensive:

• EU can’t afford maintainance

• MS can’t afford implementation• EMODnet the opportunity to link

top-down legislation with subsidized bottom-up technologies

• WFD, MSFD, N2000, NOOS, INSPIRE can EMODnet’s best clients

• to guarantee political support

Natura 2000

INSPIRE

WFD

MSFD

SEIS

CISE

SDN

EMODnet

EUROGOOSNOOS MyOcean EUROBIS

GMES JERICO

Dutch data open to flow into EMODnet

EMODnet opportunity:

4 oct 2011 mininster

Schultz van Haegen

(Infrastructure &

Environment) declared

all their data open

by jan 1st 2015 on a

‘yes, unless’ basis.

Min. Schultz and USB stick

with data formerly under

50,000€ license

(national topography DB)

http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/opendatahttp://www.clubvanmaarssen.org/http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/opendata

WFD www.informatiehuiswater.nl

• Dutch national body for WFD reporting technology: IHW• Information House Water

• National government (Rijkswaterstaat )• Provinces (IPO )• Waterboards (WaterSchapsHuis )

• 100% Dutch standard www.Aquo.nl• Required by Dutch national standards forum• means secure IHW funding (~ 10 fte)

• Concern: no match with EU standards (goodwill)• Too late to use EU standards for national technology• No double reporting coastal waters in WFSD: WFD is EMODnet concern• Suggested reqs. new tenders:

• Let WFD institutes participate • Subsidize mapping & hosting of

national to EU standards

Dutch UM Aquofor OGC formats

CF conventionsfor netCDF format

BODC vocabsfor SDN odv format

tables forNOOS format

WoRMS listfor RDBMS format

MSFD www.noordzeeloket.nl/ihm/

• Official Dutch opinion:

Make EMODnet fit for INSPIRE-compliant WFSD reporting

• Letter WG DIKE by Sandra vd Graaf & Niels Kinneging (RWS)

• “… It should be made clear what still has to be done to make EMODnet operational for MSFD data reporting and a realistic time schedule should be set …”

• Suggested reqs. new tenders:

• let MSFD institutes participate this time, do not repeat WFD mistake

• make generic MSFD assessment/workflow tools, using EU standards

• 1st step towards WISE marine: from data to information

Natura 2000 e.g. http://www.maasvlakte2.com/nl/index/show/id/149/Monitoring,+evaluatie+en+bijsturing

• Project-wise Monitoring & Evaluation Plans (MEP) • Millions of € budgets: much data

• Large infrastructures & compliance with N2000

• After approval, data delivery acceptable format

• Deltares in MEPs:> EU standards should be acceptable> Government should map to own central DB

• We experience EU standards to be a challenge• No off-the-shelf scientific strategy on monitoring large works

• Natural variability ?

• Effect local ban bottom trawling on birds?• Suggested reqs. new tenders:

• Get big MEP consortia into EMODnet

• Organize free hands-on workshops to teach EU standards. Documentation is not enough.

• Coordinate EU off-the-shelf monitoring strategy

Port of Rotterdam MV2, foto: Aeroview

www.dezandmotor.nl

Crisis information (Near Real Time via NOOS, MyOcean) http://www.rijkswaterstaat.nl/water/veiligheid/watermanagement/

• Developing IT solutions is 20% of cost, maintenance is 80%.• Dutch are cleaning up their own technologies (my Matroos into FEWS)• Likewise, plethora of EMODnet technologies needs simplification• Q: will implementation of EMODnet technologies be financially feasible?• A: Operational systems & archives need 1 technology, at 2 service levels. • Technology tailored to most demanding client: NRT operational services:• direct acces of NRT and archive data, no delayed mode any more • Data stays at source, with live dissemination via web services

(DataTube)

archive database operational database

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe4TeTowwUE

any user operational user

Marc Philippart (Rijkswaterstaat)

EMODnet

EMODnet

INSPIRE http://www.geonovum.nl/dossiers/pdok/nationaalgeoregister

• INSPIRE is a slow top-down process• Experts sometimes surprised by de uire standards: ISO O&M?!?• Who will implement? At whos expenses? Will it work?• Need pragmatic ‘Manhattan project’ attitude, like GHRSST • Q: can we make EMODnet match INSPIRE?• A: discovery: let all EDMO institutes host catalogue service (CSW)

• test live meta-data aggregation from EDMO sources (free geonetwork)

• define reporting frameworks (MSFD etc.) into INSPIRE xml• A: view: all EMODnet WMS layers via CSW catalogs into one portal (VLIZ)• A: download: involve EMODnet lots in discussing data standards

……………………………… Reporting?

summary: legislation initiatives helped out by EMODnet

• WFD:

• participation WFD institutes

• map national standards to EU standards• MSFD:

• participation MSFD institutes

• develop generic assesment tool software onto EU standards• Natura 2000:

• common monitoring strategy

• hands-on traning of EU standards to non-EMODnet partners• Crisis information:

• make maintance affordable: 1 data technology, 2 service levels• INSPIRE

• experiment with harvesting INSPIRE OGC services

• let EMODnet participate in INSPIRE data standards