Breakout session Ocean colour and Sea Surface Temperature

The Need – Coral Triangle • Fisheries related aspects: • Fishing ground detection but… (SST, ocean colour, currents) • Coping with overfishing/sustainability, illegal and unregulated fishing • Safety of navigation (currents, etc) • Assimilation with models • Conservation related • • Preserving coral ecosystems – development impacts, bleaching Mangrove systems Harmful algal blooms Tourism - Water quality, biodiversity, aesthetics • Many of these aspects require high resolution, but potential for blended GEO-LEO products overcoming temporal limitations of LEO sensors • Potential to exploit high temporal H 8 data to assimilate with models to provide forecasts (algal blooms, stress related to bleaching), diurnal cycling • Prototype of product distribution system – delivery of data over larger regional area

Existing frameworks • Japan – Australia cooperation in collaboration with the countries of the Coral Triangle • Key organisations: • Coral Triangle initiative (http: //www. coraltriangleinitiative. org/) • INDESO - Indonesia (http: //www. indeso. web. id) - interests in H 8 data • SEAFDEC – Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (http: //www. seafdec. org/about/) • First task is to engage with these bodies to discuss their needs, interest in remote sensing data, potential societal benefits, relevant user groups, collaboration and potential demonstration projects, validation data • Identify max of 2 demonstration projects

Scope of work – • Discussion with key agencies operating in the region to identify: • Key themes to address • Nature of the potential collaboration • Up to two key demonstration products • Themes – identified following initial engagements with key organizations • Outcome/output • Improvements to fish prediction abilities – towards sustainability of the fisheries system • Products lead to improved policy and management of water quality and ecosystems – managed for environmental and tourism benefits • Demonstrated benefit of H 8 data in leading to a significant increase in capability to better manage the systems in the region • Demonstrated uptake of the H 8 products by local agencies • Capacity building?

Scope of Work - … • Milestone • Progress report to APRSAF and CEOS • Identification of needs, identified demonstration projects, role of GEO data (Nov? ) • Compilation of product datasets for general release • Product comparison to assess accuracy (cf. other satellite data) • Key learnings • Cooperative framework • Joint Japan-Australian teams working on same products, independently derive products using different algorithms for comparison • Australia supplies in situ data for parameterization and validation • Need to assess sources of in situ data for the region of interest

R&D work • Products: • • • SST Chl TSM Attenuation Bleaching product (based on Reef. Temp, incorporate water quality data? , more cloud free) Blended GEO-LEO products Assimilation with biogeochemical models Atmospheric correction Acquisition of validation / optical properties / understanding of optical complexities • Scientists on local research vessels/supply instrumentation to obtain validation data (e. g. DALEC) – aim to collect wider validation data

Framework and administrative issues: • Cooperation with the countries of the region (Indonesia, Philippines…, Brunei DS? , Solomon Is, PNG, Malaysia, Borneo? , Timor-Leste) • Funding – Need to be identified: • • • Philanthropic World Bank Asian Development Bank UNEP DFAT / JICA USAid – via potential collaborations with NASA, NOAA • Connection with existing systems – as part of the initial engagements

Notes

Ocean colour/SST Group • Projects of interest to end users • Interest in Asia in SST – Fishing • But potential political issues with respect to fish harvesting – balance between fishing effort and fish stocks • Dredging – currently an Australian demonstration project • Coral Triangle – possible key area to target (http: //www. coraltriangleinitiative. org/) • INDESO (http: //www. coraltriangleinitiative. org/) - interests in H 8 data • SEAFDEC (http: //www. seafdec. org/about/) • Focus on these to discuss potential demonstration projects

Demonstration project – Coral Triangle • Prototype of product distribution system – delivery of data over larger regional area • Scientists on local research vessels/supply instrumentation to obtain validation data (e. g. DALEC) – aim to collect wider validation data • Products from H 8 with lower cloud cover issues • GEO-LEO blended products – higher resolution products