Sustaining and Evolving Argo Following up on OceanObs 09 Eric Lindstrom, OOPC Chair Albert Fischer, IOC

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1 Sustaining and Evolving Argo Following up on OceanObs 09 Eric Lindstrom, OOPC Chair Albert Fischer, IOC AST-12, Buenos Aires, March 2011

2 Outline OceanObs 09 and Argo A Framework for Ocean Observing the output of the post-oceanobs 09 working group and what it means for Argo OOPC Deep Ocean Workshop 30 March 1 April 2011

3 Building a common vision for ocean observations Provision of routine and sustained global information on the marine environment sufficient to meet society s needs for describing, understanding and forecasting marine variability (including physical, biogeochemical, ecosystems and living marine resources), weather, seasonal to decadal climate variability, climate change, sustainable management of living marine resources, and assessment of longer term trends post-oo 09 Working Group

4 A decade after OceanObs 99 OceanObs 99, brought physical oceanography community together to consider ocean observations for climate OceanObs 09 brought together physical, chemical and biological oceanographic communities to consider future ocean observations The conference in numbers 600+ attendees from 36 countries, majority from developed countries 99 Community White Papers submitted and reviewed before the conference 47 Plenary Presentations with plenary papers submitted and peerreviewed after the conference >200 Poster Presentations 2 volumes of reviewed papers to be published imminently (and available on web now) 14 international coordination sponsors, 14 additional national/regional agency sponsors in kind support from ESA, IOC, WCRP, CLIVAR, NASA 4

5 OceanObs 09: Argo in particular Clear recognition of the importance of sustaining Argo at its design network density High level of interest in using the profiling float platform with other sensors: rainfall, oxygen, bio-optical variables Recognition of potential tradeoff in float lifetime and array maintenance costs Deep ocean observations: deeper profiling floats can play a key role Strategy to meet a wider variety of scientific and societal goals will carry a higher cost 5

6 OceanObs 09: calls for action (1) Calls on all nations and governments to fully implement by 2015 the initial physical and carbon global ocean observing system originally envisioned at OceanObs 99, and refined at OceanObs'09. (2) Calls on all nations and governments to commit to the implementation and international coordination of systematic global biogeochemical and biological observations, guided by the outcomes of OceanObs 09, and taking into account regional variations in ecosystems. 6

7 OceanObs 09: calls for action (3) Invites governments and organizations to embrace a framework for planning and moving forward with an enhanced global sustained ocean observing system over the next decade, integrating new physical, biogeochemical, biological observations while sustaining present observations. Recommendations on this Framework, considering how to best take advantage of existing structures, will be developed by an post- Conference working group of limited duration. (4) Urges the ocean observing community to increase our efforts to achieve the needed level of timely data access, sensor readiness and standards, best practices, data management, uncertainty estimates, and integrated data set availability. (5) Asks governments, organizations, and the ocean observing community to increase their efforts in capacity-building and education. 7

8 Working Group terms of reference The WG will consider the outcomes and recommendations from the OceanObs 09 Conference and, in consultation with the international organizations and expert advice, shall: Recommend a framework for moving global sustained ocean observations forward in the next decade; integrating feasible new biogeochemical, ecosystem, and physical observations while sustaining present observations; considering how best to take advantage of existing structures, Foster continuing interaction between organizations that contribute towards and are in need of sustained ocean observations, and Report back to its sponsors late

9 Sponsorship IOC Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO GEO Group on Earth Observations CEOS Committee on Earth Observation Satellites POGO Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans SCOR Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research SCAR Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research GCOS Global Climate Observing System GOOS Global Ocean Observing System JCOMM Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology PICES North Pacific Marine Science Organization ICES International Council for the Exploration of the Sea CoML Census of Marine Life IGBP International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme WCRP World Climate Research Programme 9

10 Task Team Membership January 2011

11 A Simple System Input (Requirements) Output (Data & Products) Process (Observations) January 2011

12 January 2011

13 Framework: Societal Driver 2010 Weather & Climate UNFCCC/IPCC WCRP January 2011

14 Framework: Societal Drivers Next Decade Regional Regional Seas CCAMLR Fisheries FAO RFMOs Ecosystem services/ Biology CBD CSD WSSD Assessments Global Marine (UN) TWAP (GEF) Regional Real-time services Emergency support Ocean forecasting Weather & Climate UNFCCC/IPCC WCRP Climate services Requirements Expanded EOVs Data Products Expanded observing systems and networks January 2011

15 Concept: Initial articulation of ideas, and appropriate feasibility studies. Pilot: Plans evolve from draft to projects and vetted in real-world implementation. Attributes: Peer review of ideas and studies at science, engineering, and data management community level. Mature: Requirements, systems, and data become elements of the sustained global ocean observing system. Attributes: Planning, negotiating, testing, and approval within appropriate local, regional, global arenas. Attributes: Products of the global ocean observing system are well understood, documented, consistently available, and of societal benefit. January 2011

16 Needs of the framework Aligning existing organizations to the framework A central tenet of working group s discussions was to build on existing structures needs sustained dialogue and negotiation amongst the sponsors, transition over time Framework articulates best practices of a systematic approach, a theory that needs to be put into practice now in roll-out phase soliciting feedback and input from the sponsors Organizations need to articulate the function they would like to play

17 What does the Framework ask of Argo? You are already doing much of what is being asked for the framework was built on existing best practices Ask Argo to actively work on interface with other communities work with teams focused on particular variables such as surface topography and SST (already being done) work with other observing networks on common issues (already being done through JCOMM OCG) feed information up to OOPC and other bodies working on requirements for societal benefit areas (already being done) ; on the development of further requirements (example of Deep Ocean Observations, more in a moment)...

18 What does the Framework ask of Argo? Ask Argo to actively work on interface with other communities be open to new communities that want to explore profiling floats as a platform for observation of new variables, beyond the Argo core recognize your limitations (Steering Team and funder-agreed core mission, power/lifetime tradeoffs, etc.), but be open to new sources of funding that can achieve multiple sets of requirements This is a voluntary collaborative system, and participation needs to appeal to Argo you need to see clear benefit Your feedback on these ideas is welcome: to Eric and/or Albert

19 Deep Ocean Workshop 30 March 1 April 2011, Paris, sponsored by OOPC and partner organizations. ioc-goos.org/dow Strawman objective: Develop a common statement of requirements and a first strategy for sustained global deep ocean observations for climate; considering all Essential Climate Variables, regions, and technologies to extract high priority and feasible actions for the next 5-10 years. The workshop will be the start of a process, of developing and selling a common strategy if that is possible From Argo: bring your possibilities and aspirations for deep Argo observations, to incorporate them into a common strategy Attending the DOW will be: Alberto Piola (OOPC), Brian King, Stephen Riser, Toshio Suga (?)