ECOOP WP9.2 EuroDeSS Demonstrations

This webpage describes the demonstrations of the Decision Support Systems (DeSS) in ECOOP, as described by task 9.2. Below we outline the objectives and the different subtask. The subtasks has been divided into fast track services that will demonstrate the DeSS during the Target Operational Period (TOP)

Develop targeted application elements of an integrated EuroDeSS according to the specifications laid down in Task 9.1. Demonstrate the usefulness and applicability of EuroDeSS through user-oriented demonstrations in a representative range of European coastal areas.

The targeted applications to be developed cover three key GMES/GEO marine service areas: marine security (oil spill and search-and-rescue response support), ecosystem health (eutrophication, algal blooms) and fisheries assessment. Development is carried out on a limited number of well-established, state-of-the-art systems. The developed target services aim to embody best practises for similar decision support systems, and provide a framework for establishing local, regional and pan-European services for the coastal and shelf seas.

Each target application will be performed as a separate subtask, but following a common procedure. The existing systems are identified as version V0. These are developed (Mo 9-24), through adoption of standards from Task 9.1 and interfacing to EuroMISS, to V1 in time for the TOP. Demonstrations, with user involvement, are carried out during the TOP with the V1 systems (Mo 24-27). Assessment of the TOP demonstrations (reported in Task 9.2) leads to revision and development from V1 to the final V2 systems (Mo 24-33). Representative V2 systems will be applied to a new area as a relocatability demonstration near the end of the project (Mo 33-36). Verification of codes will be carried out routinely and tested in connection with the demonstrations. Coordination and exchange of ideas with similar applications (through meetings and reporting) will support the development.

S9.2.1 - Marine security in the Northwest Shelf (fast track service)

Göran Broström (MET-NO) - MET-NO, NERSC, UREADES

S9.2.2 - Ecosystem health in the North Sea (fast track service)

Martin Price (METO) - CEFAS, IMR, METO, NIVA, TECHWORKS

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.

S9.2.3 - Marine security and ecosystem health in the Aegean Sea (slow track service)

Nittis Kostas (HCMR) - HCMR

S9.2.4 - Marine security in the Iberian coast and the Western Mediterranean (slow track service)

Paradis Denis (MF) - AZTI-Tecnalia, IST, LIM/UPC, MF

S9.2.5 - Ecosystem health in the Baltic Sea (slow track service)

Stipa Tapani (FIMR) -

S9.2.6 - Marine security in the Levantine Basin (fast track service)

Zodiatis George (OC-UCY) -

S9.2.7 - Ecosystem health in the Adriatic Sea (slow track service)

Coppini Giovanni (INGV) -

S9.2.8 - Environmental status support to North Sea fisheries assessment (slow track service)

Martin Price (METO) - IMR

The objective of the work package “Environmental Status Support to North Sea Fisheries Assessment” is to provide information about the state of the North Sea from dynamical models output and from direct observations to assist decision making in the fisheries sector. The DESS web portal presents a subset of the environmental assessments made in the document-based North Sea Pilot Project (NORSEPP) reports (an ICES and EuroGOOS project). Key advantages of this service are:

• A more frequent update (the target is for a monthly update).
• An interactive display – for example displaying areas and times selected by the user
• Flexible display of other relevant information – for example time series of fisheries information.

The products displayed are mainly based on the Met Office Medium-Resolution Continental Shelf (MRCS) model. Information about MRCS can be found at http://www.ncof.co.uk/Coastal-Seas-Modelling.html