GMESMarineService

MY OCEAN

5th GEO European projects’ Workshop

Frédéric ADRAGNAMyOcean Project Manager

London – 8/9 February 2011

GMESMarineService

MY OCEAN

What does theGMES Marine Service need or would like to

see included in the next GEO work programme ?

Marine Core Service

Marine Core Service

Altimetry (from space and in-situ)

Currents (in situ)

Sea Surface Temperature (from space and in situ)

Sea Temperature in depth (in situ)

Salinity (in situ and from space : SMOS)

Ocean Colour (from space)

Biogeochemistry (in situ)

Sea Ice (from space)

Wind (from space)

Input Data (observation)

Marine Core Service

Recommendations

Essential : sustainability, complementarity, and compatibility of all EO observations systems, including in situ…

GEO should support the continuity of observations, consolidate the coordination between EO missions (for complementarity) and to encourage the exchange of Data (for inter-comparison, cross-calibration, …)

Marine Core Service

Altimetry :

High resolution altimeter system with at least three sensors, in addition to the existing ones (= high accuracy).

Long term : Wide Swath altimetry

Sea Surface Temperature :

The priority is “high accuracy”.

More satellites

“Large swath” is secondary.

Our priorities (observation)

Marine Core Service

Ocean Colour : “SeaWiFS like” sensors are suitable for the open ocean.

“MERIS like” sensor are essential for coastal ocean water quality issues.

Long term : Geostationary satellite (permanent obs)

SAR : (oil spill detection and sea ice monitoring)

Continuity of existing missions

At least one and preferably two SAR missions in addition to the other non-European missions (e.g. Radarsat).

Our priorities (observation)

Marine Core Service

In Situ data are essential at Global scale

Need international cooperation for Systematic data collection

Sustainability of observation infrastructure (ARGO)

Quality control (cross calibration)

Access to data Real or near-real time (for assimilation)

Off-line (for Validation & Calibration)

In-situ data : key issues