2 b Contribution of open ocean observatories to

2 b: Contribution of open ocean observatories to GEO Data Core – Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Health Euro. GOOS Annual Meeting 2009/10/06 -2009/10/08 Richard Lampitt, Kate Larkin and the Euro. SITES Consortium GEO GEPW 5 8 -9 February 2010

Euro. SITES data management implements GEOSS data sharing principles From GEO Work Plan 2009 -2011: AR-09 -03: Advocating for Sustained Observing Systems: Global Ocean Observation System (GOOS, IEEE, IOC) - Improve the global coverage and data accuracy of the coastal/ open ocean observing systems as well as the management and archiving of the resulting data and information. -Building on existing capabilities, develop a global coordinated information and data system for deep-ocean monitoring to better understand the dynamics of the ocean processes throughout the ocean water column. Data management: As the European component of the Ocean. SITES network, Euro. SITES is building on existing initiatives to improve data discovery, availability, near real-time access, traceability (e. g. metadata) and dissemination of in situ ocean data

Data management -Common data policy and Open Access following Ocean. SITES and Community data policy (INSPIRE Directive) and GEOSS Data Sharing Principles for Free and Open Access -Real-time delivery and QC data (data/metadata) -Accessible data e. g. Websites (Euro. SITES), ftp (Ocean. SITES), My. Ocean (in situ TAC), GTS -Interoperability: Interchangeable format for both data (Ocean. SITES Net. CDF v 1. 1) and metadata (towards Sensor. ML) and quality assurance

Euro. SITES Data Access www. eurosites. info e. g. Porcupine Abyssal Plain e. g. Central Irminger Sea

Euro. SITES Data Download CORIOLIS, Ifremer: Ocean. SITES GDAC ftp site and data portal ftp: //ftp. ifremer. fr/ifremer/oceansites/DATA/

Data discovery: Euro. SITES is a key contributor of data to EMODNET pilot portals e. g. physical pilot portal real-time data delivery delayed mode data

Model applications: Euro. SITES is an in situ data provider to GMES through My. Ocean (in situ TAC) -Daily delivery of physical datasets through My. Ocean and to the GTS for the modelling community -Delayed mode data are used for validation of open ocean physical-biogeochemical models. Currently R&D. Future operational delivery.

Services and products: e. g. Marine Resources. Cape Verde physical variables Slide from Pierre Bahurel

Euro. SITES platforms are essential reference stations Calibration for Euro-Argo e. g. Irminger Basin, North Atlantic Using Euro. SITES CIS mooring as a reference station http: //www. euro-argo. eu/

Towards Good Environmental Status of our seas: Biodiversity, Ecosystem and Health 1. Enhance the capability for near real-time data flow of biogeochemical data (Technology, QC, tagging, metadata) 2. 2. Enhance access and uses of delayed mode data e. g. species identification using genetic/molecular approaches, time-lapse photography E. g. Near real-time biogeochemical datasets from the Euro. SITES CIS observatory, Irminger Sea, North Atlantic In situ detection of biological organisms and their gene products Environmental Sample Processor Moorings (MBARI)