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SeaDataNet, pan-European infrastructure for ocean and marine
data management
A key component of EMODNet
A possible building block for GEOSS
By
Dick M.A. Schaap – MARIS
London, 8-9 February 2011, 5th GEO European Projects Workshop
Supported by the European Commission
Relevant international context
EU DG Research projects for marine and ocean data management
EU - INSPIRE Directive – European Spatial Data Infrastructure
GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) from ESA and
EU Research as European component of GEOSS
Marine Strategy Framework Directive with EMODNet initiative and
striving for Good Environmental Status (GES)
UNESCO – IOC – IODE – Intergovernmental Oceanographic
Commission
ICES – International Council for Exploration of the Seas
GEO-GEOSS initiative from the G8 ad-hoc Group of Earth Observations
for a Global Earth Observation System of Systems
SeaDataNet, pan-European infrastructure
for ocean and marine data management
SeaDataNet is operating and further developing a distributed
infrastructure by connecting National Oceanographic Data Centres
(NODC’s), national oceanographic focal points, and ocean satellite
data centres, in Europe
SeaDataNet sets standards and protocols which are widely adopted in
the marine and oceanographic domain
SeaDataNet provides and maintains a range of pan-European
directories for research projects, cruises, monitoring, organisations
and large data sets
SeaDataNet gives unified access to distributed databases
SeaDataNet standards and services are adopted by related projects
and EMODNet resulting in expansion of the number of connected
data centres and data coverage in volume and disciplines
Cross sector involvement
SeaDataNet cooperates and provides services for many other
European and international groups and projects, contributing and
safeguarding good data management. Examples:
EuroGOOS, maintaining the European Directory of Ocean
observing systems (EDIOS) and quality controlling and archiving
long-term data series.
POGO, collecting and providing information on ocean-going
research vessels, and their operators, planned and completed
cruises.
MoU with MyOcean for adopting SeaDataNet standards and
streamlining the provision of long-term archives for optimising
marine forecast services
SIMORC Services for the international oil & gas industry for
metocean data
SeaDataNet Expansion
SeaDataNet standards and services are adopted and adapted by related EUfunded projects, resulting in expansion of the SeaDataNet infrastructure in
other regions and disciplines:
Up-Grade Black Sea SCENE project, (2009 – 2011) involving 6 NODCs
and 35 other data holding institutes from the 6 Black Sea countries, to
provide metadata and data access and to strengthen their national NODC
networks.
CASPINFO project, (2009 – 2011) involving 12 institutes and private
industry from the Caspian Sea region, to provide metadata and data
access and to build their capacity for data management and user services.
Geo-Seas project, (2009-2012) involving 24 geological and geophysical
data centres from 16 European countries (EuroGeoSurveys), to provide
metadata and data access.
EuroFleets project, (2009-2012) involving 24 research institutes and
data centres from 17 European countries, to optimise the management of
research vessels and to streamline the flow of data from the research
cruises to the data centre infrastructure.
In each project several SeaDataNet NODCs are participating for transfer of
knowledge & expertise, to secure interoperability and to learn from new
developments
EMODNet
EU has adopted a new Marine Directive and Maritime Policy.
It includes taking steps towards an overarching European Marine
Observation and Data Network (EMODNet)
EU Taskforce is lead by DG-MARE and comprises also representatives
of DG Research, DG Enterprise (GMES), DG Environment, and EEA.
EMODNET will be a network of existing and developing
European observation systems, linked by a data management
structure covering all European coastal waters, shelf seas and
surrounding ocean basins, accessible to everyone.
EMODNet is also considered as important basis for the Water
Information System for Europe (WISE-Marine) for the implementation
of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive.
SeaDataNet and EMODNET
SeaDataNet and EMODNET
EU Taskforce launched preparatory actions aiming at setting up portals
to grant access to certain types of data over a number of maritime
basins.
3 year data pilots, harvesting from DG Research developments:
Geology – undertaken by EuroGeoSurveys consortium
Chemistry – undertaken by SeaDataNet consortium
Biology – undertaken by EurOBIS – MARBEF consortium
Hydrography – undertaken by sub SeaDataNet consortium
Marine Habitats – undertaken by JNCC consortium
Physics – undertaken by SeaDataNet, EuroGOOS and MyOcean
consortium
SeaDataNet has been adopted as core element in EMODNet for the
data management component and this way is enabled to upgrade its
status from project based to sustained operational infrastructure.
Common Data Index (CDI) – Data Coverage in SDN
CDI coverage at early 2011: > 850.000 CDI entries from 28
countries and 50 connected data centres; connecting
another 20 data centres and more countries and extending
data coverage is well underway
SeaDataNet and GEOSS - required action
Need for action to establish interoperability between the SeaDataNet /
EMODNet infrastructure and GEOSS
Will make available a large volume of marine and oceanographic data
from various disciplines (physics, chemistry, geology, geophysics,
bathymetry, biology)