Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES): Marine data management

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Global Monitoring for Environment and Security
(GMES)Marine data management policy issues.
A Edwards DG Research, European
Commission E-mail Alan.Edwards_at_cec.eu.int

• The Colour of Ocean Data - The Palais des
  Congrès, Brussels, Belgium, 25-27 November 2002

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Overview

• A brief introduction to GMES
• GMES and Global Ocean Monitoring
• GMES and Data
• Conclusions

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GMES Objectives(GMES is a Joint EC-ESA
Initiative)

• By 2008 to establish an operational and
  autonomous European capacity for Global
  Monitoring of the Environment and for Security.
• By 2003 to identify the strengths and weaknesses
  of the current capacity and the needs for
  improvement in the scientific, technical,
  socio-economic and institutional domains,
  (including data mgmt. and policy).

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The EU Council Resolution on the GMES Initial
Period

• Urges the Commission to start, together with ESA
  and stakeholders, the Initial Period of GMES
  (2001 - 2003)
• Asks to build on existing infrastructures and
  capabilities terrestrial, air- sea-borne,
  space-based
• Prepare the next phase of GMES (2004-2008) to
  achieve an OPERATIONAL AUTONOMOUS European
  capability by 2008

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Initial GMES Priority Themes

• A. Land Cover Change in Europe
• B. Environmental Stress in Europe
• C. Global Vegetation Monitoring
• D. Global Ocean Monitoring
• E. Global Atmosphere Monitoring
• F. Support to Regional Development Aid
• G. Systems for Risk Management
• H. Systems for Crisis Management Humanitarian
  Aid
• I. Information Management Tools

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GMES Provisional Planning
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
....2009
RD
EC (FP6)
Implementation Phase
EC (FP5)
FP6 Results
Report
GMES Action Plan
Capacity build-up
Initial Period

ESA Elements
GMES Capacity Build-up
EC Elements
ESA
Service elements
EC (tbd)
Capacity build-up and operations programme (tbd)
.
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GMES and Global Ocean Monitoring

• (Pre-) Operational Oceanography is a well
  established scientific and technological
  discipline, both NATIONALLY within most EU Member
  States, and also at the European Community level.
  
• For example, the total EC commitment to
  Operational Forecasting Research in FP5 exceeds
  31 M.

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Example of EC fundedPre-Operational Forecasting
Research
SST 3-day Forecast from the Med. Forecasting
System Pilot Project
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GMES and Data

• If the GMES Initiative is to succeed, proper data
  management strategy(s) and policy(s) must be
  established. (Remember that GMES should bring
  together operational marine, atmospheric and
  terrestrial monitoring systems.)

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Selected GMESData Mgmt Issues

• Access to data GMES is an Operational System
  requires rapid (and free?) access to all relevant
  Quality CONTROLLED data.
• Control of data ownership, IPR rights, etc.
• Safeguarding data Long term archiving
• Sustainable Funding European national for the
  public good, or private funding?

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GMES Data MgmtA Possible (Simplified) Example
In-Situ Systems
Remote Sensing
STOREROOM or Archive
Data
Data
Data Archive
Just in Time DATA WAREHOUSE
Just in Time
Model Output
Modelling Factory
Real-Time Alarms
Info Products
Service Providers
Policy Info
Real-Time Forecasts
Predictions
Reports
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Conclusions

• Basic proposition discussed within the GMES Fora
  (to which everyone is invited to contribute.)
• Effective data management and policies are
  essential to ensure that the right information
  can be made available in the right form and at
  the right time. To date, data management and
  policies within European countries can differ
  greatly and are poorly adapted to the changing
  monitoring and surveying technologies, and the
  changing needs of policy.