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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 • Prevention and reduction of the impacts of natural hazards – sustained monitoring and warning systems – community education • 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 • 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 • 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 … Data Products Decision guidance Issues Impact Essential Ocean Variables Argo SOOP Satellite Constellation Sat. VOS … … IMOS IOOS … … … … … 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) – – – – development of coupled climate models validation through intercomparison (CMIP) coordinated studies, link to IPCC chairs: S. Bony (LMD/IPSL), G. Meehl (NCAR)