Review of MAMA WP 1 Activities July 2003 - January 2004

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Review of MAMA WP 1 Activities July 2003 -
January 2004
Aldo Drago MedGOOS Executive Secretary IOI
Malta Operational Centre University of Malta
aldo.drago_at_um.edu.mt Tel/Fax [phone]
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MAIN WP 1 Activities Task 1.2

• Country profiles on the current capabilities in
  pre-operational ocean observations and
  forecasting
• Inventory on marine monitoring activities

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Questionnaire entries by country
Country Entries Country Entries
Spain 13 Greece 3
France 13 Cyprus 2
Italy 6 Turkey 4
Malta 5 Lebanon 2
Slovenia 2 Israel 1
Croatia 7 Egypt 2
Bosnia Herzegovina 3 Tunisia 1
Yugoslavia 1 Algeria 1
Albania 1
TOTAL ENTRIES 67 TOTAL ENTRIES 67 TOTAL ENTRIES 67 TOTAL ENTRIES 67
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MAIN WP 1 Activities Task 1.2

• Updating new entries
• Cross-checking between Inventory entries and
  profile info
• Classified into tables

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MAIN WP 1 Activities Assessment Reports

• Prioritisation of the capacity building actions
  according to technical gaps and users' needs
• Report on Capabilities in pre-operational ocean
  forecasting in the Mediterranean
• - Monitoring Strategies, Quality Control
  Procedure and Dissemination of Operational data

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WP1 - Interface
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Key to MeDir-OP

• One comprehensive database difficult
• large variety of info and relatively few entries
  for useful correlations between parts
• Opt for specific databases
• institutes
• monitoring programmes

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Key to MeDir-OP
Visual representation Use clickable layered
maps Location of main monitoring
programmes Locations of key institutes Positions
of buoys Country descriptions of resources (eg
human)
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Key to MeDir-OP
MAP 1 Country Profiles MAP 2 Marine
institutes targeting ocean observations/forecastin
g MAP3 Research and Monitoring Programmes
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MAP1 Country Profiles
? Lists institute/entity names in each country
with marine-related activities - Marine
centres related to ocean observations/forecasting
- Oceanographic data centres - General marine
research centres - National Marine Environmental
Agencies - Other marine-related entities
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MAP1 Country Profiles

• ? Lists research programmes/projects
• ? Lists ocean modelling activities
• ? Marine Affairs
• - Ministries/Authorities/Agencies
• Coordinating bodies
• ? Marine Sector economy
• - General description
• - Economic relevance of marine-related activities

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MAP2 Marine institutes

• Set of 5 sub-maps
• One for each entity category
• ? Information on each entity
• - Contacts
• - Mission
• - Institute Type
• - Activity Type
• - Sectors/Field of Activity
• Human resources
• - Research and monitoring programmes

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MAP3 Monitoring programmes
Set of sub-maps One for each category of
programme Trend monitoring Ships of
Opportunity Sea level observations Wave
monitoring Other programmes
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MAP3 Monitoring programmes
? Information on each programme - Name of
programme - Responsible entity and contacts -
Objectives - Geographical Area - Key variables
measured - Platforms used - Period of operation
- Source of funding
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Next steps
Finalise prototype by mid-March 2004 Obtain
feedbacks by April 2004 Final version by end of
May