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ecoop-eurodess:s9.2.2_-_ecosystem_health_in_the_north_sea [2009-05-27 08:32:49]
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 ===== Users and user requirements ===== ===== Users and user requirements =====
  
-Interviews conducted with users and experts to find out what requirements are for this applications. The following quantities were found to be most important+User requirements were captured for S9.2.2 Ecosystem Health in the North Sea and S9.2.8 Environmental Status Support to North Sea Fisheries Assessment, from interviews conducted with users and experts.  A single requirements capture exercise covered both applications, since the users were able to offer expertise on both and the main input dataset (UK Met Office physical-ecosystem shelf seas model) is the same.  The differences in requirement between the two systems are reflected in the two web portals.
  
 ==== Variables: ==== ==== Variables: ====
  
-  * Temperature, salinity and chlorophyll most important.   +  * Temperature, salinity and chlorophyll most important, followed by algal occurences.   
-  * Waves, wind and currents also useful. +  * Waves, wind and currents also useful for fisheries.
  
 ==== Products: ==== ==== Products: ====
  
-  * Surface and bottom fields and anomalies, surface-bottom difference.+  * Maps of surface and bottom fields and anomalies, and surface-bottom difference as a familiar proxy for stratification.
  
   * Time series.   * Time series.
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   * Daily for ecosystem health, past data plus five day forecast where available.   * Daily for ecosystem health, past data plus five day forecast where available.
 +  * Monthly means for fisheries.
  
 ==== Regions: ==== ==== Regions: ====
  
-  Whole MRCS domain fine for Ecosystem Health – DESS provides full flexibility for region and zoom+  Whole MRCS domain fine for Ecosystem Health – DESS provides full flexibility for region and zoom 
 +  * Subregions useful for fisheries - ICES regions are a good choice.
    
 ==== Resolution: ==== ==== Resolution: ====
  
-  * 6km model resolution adequate for many applications but maybe insufficient for very-near-coast applications.+  * 6km model resolution adequate for open water applications but may be insufficient for very-near-coast applications.
  
 ===== The present system ===== ===== The present system =====
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