Download IOC Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and

IOC Intergovernmental
Oceanographic Commission
and
JCOMM Joint WMO-IOC Technical
Commission for Oceanography and
Marine Meteorology
Albert Fischer
IOC
GODAE OceanView Steering Team meeting, Tokyo, Japan, 6 October 2010
IOC in the UN System
• The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
of UNESCO serves as the focal point in the UN
System for ocean observations, ocean science,
ocean services and data exchange.
• The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea considers
IOC to be the competent international organization
for marine science
IOC Member States
• 136 Member States (subset of UNESCO MS)
• Widely varying capacities for research, monitoring,
projections
• Widely varying capacities for ocean observations,
provision of ocean services
• Less than 20 countries provide the vast majority
of global-scale space-based and in situ ocean
observations
• Widely varying capacities for the use of information in
setting policy and guiding development
Four High Level Objectives: and major actions
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Prevention and reduction of the impacts of natural hazards
– sustained monitoring and warning systems
– community education
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Mitigation of the impacts of and adaptation to climate change and
variability
– increasing scientific understanding
– improving climate prediction through observations and process studies
– increasing the understanding of the impacts of climate change on the
marine environment
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Safeguarding the health of ocean ecosystems
– UN Regular Process for Global reporting and Assessment of the State of
the Marine Environment
– Research and monitoring for prevention of marine environment
– Capacity-building focused on regional needs
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Management procedures and policies leading to the sustainability of
coastal and ocean environment and resources
– Enhancing regional cooperation and capacity-building
– Science for ocean and coastal resource management
– Decision-support tools
Global sustained ocean observations
Ocean satellite missions
A Framework for Ocean Observing
Issues
Requirements
What to Measure
Data Assembly
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Data Products
Decision guidance
Issues Impact
Essential Ocean Variables
Argo
SOOP
Satellite
Constellation
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VOS
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IMOS
IOOS
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Observations
GODAE OV and ocean observations
• One key transformation of observations into
information for decision support
• Increasing the societal benefits of observations
for all stakeholders
• Feedback onto observational requirements
JCOMM
• Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for
Oceanography and Marine Meteorology
• Coordination and standards for
– observations: focus on global-scale observing systems,
technical coordination
– services: focus on coastal and marine safety
– data management: focus on real-time systems
JCOMM and GODAE OV
• Relationship with ET-OOFS
– GODAE O/V focus on innovation, research
– ET-OOFS focus on users through best practices,
performance metrics, standards for operational systems
– clear links between groups: work towards complimentarity
while retaining coordination
• Relationship with the Services Coordination Group
– ocean forecast systems interface with marine services
• Observational requirements
– next meeting of the JCOMM Observations Coordination
Group (tentatively) scheduled April 2011 in Hobart, Australia
Landscape: data assimilation
• WCRP/CLIVAR Global Synthesis and Observations Panel
(GSOP)
– close links already to GODAE community
– focused on ocean reanalysis
– chairs: B. Sloyan (CSIRO), K. Haines (U. Reading), D. Stammer (U.
Hamburg)
• WCRP-CAS Working Group on Numerical Experimentation
(WGNE)
– foster development of AGCMs for weather prediction and climate
studies
– model validation through intercomparisons (AMIP)
– numerical techniques and processes
– data assimilation and analysis methods
– chair: C. Jakob (Monash U.), A. Brown (UK Met Office)
Landscape: ocean model development
• WCRP/CLIVAR WG on Ocean Model Development
– model formulation, validation of ocean models, focused on climate
research
– chairs: G. Danabasoglu (NCAR), H. Drange (U. Bergen)
• WCRP/CLIVAR WG on Seasonal-to-Interannual Prediction
(WGSIP)
– assessment and improvement of predictions
– develop data assimilation, model initialization, forecast procedures
– chairs: B. Kirtman (U. Miami), A. Scaife (Hadley Centre)
• WCRP WG on Coupled Modeling (WGCM)
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development of coupled climate models
validation through intercomparison (CMIP)
coordinated studies, link to IPCC
chairs: S. Bony (LMD/IPSL), G. Meehl (NCAR)