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-====== S9.2.2 - Ecosystem health in the North Sea ======
-===== Description =====
-This work package addresses 'Ecosystem Health in the North Sea', intended for decision makers concerned with monitoring and predicting the health of marine ecosystems - for example whether there is a risk of algal bloom, poor water quality, or danger to marine organisms. The information provided is past, present and forecast ocean information from the UK Met Office Shelf-Seas physical and ecosystem numerical model (which is called MRCS-ERSEM), together with ocean measurements from several fixed and moving platforms. These include:
-  * SmartBuoys operated by the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
-  * Ferrybox systems operated by the UK National Oceanography Centre, and the Norwegian Institute for Water Research
-  * Fixed platforms that contribute observations to EuroGOOS, through the SEPRISE project
-Other observations are to be included during the demonstration phase. Standards based data services have been used where possible: Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Services for maps, Web Feature Service for observations, and THREDDS OpenDAP for gridded data. This addresses another aim of the project: to provide interoperable systems that can be combined for different uses and in different regions.
-===== Users =====
-===== User requests =====
-Interviews conducted with users and experts to find out what requirements are for this applications. The following quantities were found to be most important
-==== Variables: ====
-  * Temperature, salinity and chlorophyll most important.
-  * Waves, wind and currents also useful.
-==== Products: ====
-  * Surface and bottom fields and anomalies, surface-bottom difference.
-  * Time series.
-==== Time Horizon: ====
-  * Daily for ecosystem health, past data plus five day forecast where available.
-==== Regions: ====
-  - Whole MRCS domain fine for Ecosystem Health – DESS provides full flexibility for region and zoom
-==== Resolution: ====
-  * 6km model resolution adequate for many applications but maybe insufficient for very-near-coast applications.
-===== The present system =====
-The system will contain the following information
-  * Ecosystem information from Met Office Medium Resolution Continental Shelf -  European Regional Seas Ecosystem Model (MRCS-ERSEM), plus near real time ecosystem observations (Smartbuoys, Ferrybox, coastal monitoring stations, others)
-  * Forecast and hindcast information from model and observations, plus model quality assessment by comparison
-[[http://lovejoy.nerc-essc.ac.uk:8080/ncWMS_Ecoop_Ecosystem/godiva2.html?menu=ecoop|Web page]]