Using SeaDataNet Management System to preserve the XBT Data-Set of the Mediterranean Sea

significant amount of Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) data has been collected in the Mediterranean Sea since 1999 in the framework of operational oceanography activities. The management and storage of such a volume of data poses significant challenges and opportunities. The SeaDataNet project, a pan-European infrastructure for marine data diffusion, provides a convenient way to avoid dispersion of these temperature vertical profiles and to facilitate access to a wider public. The XBT data flow, along with the recent improvements in the quality check procedures and the consistence of the available historical data set are described. The main features of SeaDataNet services and the advantage of using this system for long-term data archiving are presented. Finally, focus on the Ligurian Sea is included in order to provide an example of the kind of information and final products devoted to different users can be easily derived from the SeaDataNet web portal.

From SeaDataNet II to SeadataCloud

The presentation highlight the present status and achievements of the SeaDataNet infrastructure and look forward to innovations and further developments that are proposed for the coming years.

Climatological analysis of temperature and salinity fields in the Mediterranean sea

A climatological field is a mean gridded field that represents the monthly or seasonal trend of an ocean parameter. This instrument allows to understand the physical conditions and physical processes of the ocean water and their impact on the world climate. To construct a climatological field, it is necessary to perform a climatological analysis on an historical dataset. In this dissertation, we have constructed the temperature and salinity fields on the Mediterranean Sea using the SeaDataNet 2 dataset. The dataset contains about 140000 CTD, bottles, XBT and MBT profiles, covering the period from 1900 to 2013. The temperature and salinity climatological fields are produced by the DIVA software using a Variational Inverse Method and a Finite Element numerical technique to interpolate data on a regular grid. Our results are also compared with a previous version of climatological fields and the goodness of our climatologies is assessed, according to the goodness criteria suggested by Murphy (1993). Finally the temperature and salinity seasonal cycle for the Mediterranean Sea is described.

Physical water column observations during summer breeze winds

During summer seasons (from 2012 to 2015) high resolution observation were performed in the Civitavecchia coastal area (Northern Tyrrhenian sea, west coast). All sampling was carried out from a small boat (5m rigid inflatable) starting in the early morning typically around 06:00 a.m. , and lasting from 2 to 8 h, depending on the weather conditions. The purposes of the experiment was to observe the variations of both the coastal circulation and the water column in response to rotation of 180 ° in the wind direction. During surveys both current measurements and yo-yo time series were performed. Current data were acquired using an ADCP SonTeck (500 Khz, sampling interval from 20sec to 60 sec, average interval 50% sampling, cell thickness 1 meter) and the yo-yo time series employing a small instrument package (CTD). The CTD contained an Idronaut 316 Plus and a SeaPoint fluorometer. The sampling rate for the CTD was 10Hz, profiling with the CTD was done by allowing the instrument package to free-fall, at an average descent rate of 1 m/s. During the summer 2012, the sampling plan consisted in four stations spaced a quarter of a mile (St. 1 - 10 m; St. 2 - 20 m; St. 3 - 30 m; and St. 4 - 40 m), in which yo-yo time series were performed with an interval of 20 min. In order to study fluorescence of Chlorophyll a pathes distribution in coastal zone. Breeze induced circulation was the goal of the following summers surveys, in these current measurements and yo-yo time series were performed moored at a depth of 40 m. Offshore station (St. 1 -40m) has been chosen to perform measurement, basis of previously observations (2012 sampling surveys). It was decided as wind driven circulation and mixing phenomena are less influenced by seabed than the other stations. Acquired data have been processed by NEMO SeaDataNet software.

Recueil des campagnes océanographiques françaises 2006

Ce recueil présente les résumés des campagnes océanographiques des organismes publics français qui se sont déroulées en 2006 sur les navires français ou en coopération sur d’autres navires. Les navires océanographiques français sont gérés par les organismes suivants : * CNRS/INSU (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique / Institut National des Sciences de l’Univers), * IFREMER (Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer), * IPEV (Institut Polaire Français – Paul Emile Victor), * IRD (Institut de Recherche et Développement, anciennement ORSTOM), * MARINE NATIONALE/SHOM (Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine Nationale). Enfin, des accords d’échange de temps navire existent avec plusieurs pays dont la Grande-Bretagne, l’Allemagne, les Etats-Unis et l’Espagne. Ils permettent de réaliser des campagnes sur des navires de ces pays. Les résumés (Cruise Summary Reports) des campagnes sont publiés annuellement dans ce recueil depuis l’année 1977, et archivés dans la base du SISMER « Campagnes Océanographiques Françaises ». Par ailleurs, dans le cadre du programme européen SeaDataNet (contrat n°026212, http://www.seadatanet.org ), ces résumés sont transmis au BSH/DOD (Centre national de données allemand) qui assure la diffusion internationale des CSR (Cruise Summary Report) européens, en particulier vers le CIEM. La collecte et la circulation internationale de ces résumés constituent une composante importante des échanges internationaux de données océanographiques. En retour, ils facilitent la constitution de jeux de données globaux accessibles à tous. C’est un devoir d’y contribuer, c’est aussi un intérêt pour tous.

Recueil des campagnes océanographiques françaises 2005

Ce recueil présente les résumés des campagnes océanographiques des organismes publics français qui se sont déroulées en 2005 sur les navires français ou en coopération sur d’autres navires. Les navires océanographiques français sont gérés par les organismes suivants : * CNRS/INSU (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique / Institut National des Sciences de l’Univers) * IFREMER (Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer) * IPEV (Institut Polaire Français – Paul Emile Victor) * IRD (Institut de Recherche et Développement, anciennement ORSTOM) * SHOM (Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine Nationale) Enfin, des accords d’échange de temps navire existent avec plusieurs pays dont la Grande-Bretagne, l’Allemagne, les Etats-Unis et l’Espagne qui permettent de réaliser des campagnes sur des navires de ces pays. Les résumés (Cruise Summary Reports) des campagnes sont publiés annuellement dans ce recueil depuis l’année 1977, et archivés dans la base du SISMER « Campagnes Océanographiques Françaises ». Par ailleurs, dans le cadre du programme européen SeaDataNet (contrat n°026212, http://www.seadatanet.org), ces résumés sont transmis au BSH/DOD (Centre national de données allemand) qui assure la diffusion internationale des CSR (Cruise Summary Report) européens, en particulier vers le CIEM.

Recommendations for in-situ data Near Real Time Quality Control

With the construction of operational oceanography systems, the need for real-time has become more and more important. A lot of work had been done in the past, within National Data Centres (NODC) and International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) to standardise delayed mode quality control procedures. Concerning such quality control procedures applicable in real-time (within hours to a maximum of a week from acquisition), which means automatically, some recommendations were set up for physical parameters but mainly within projects without consolidation with other initiatives. During the past ten years the EuroGOOS community has been working on such procedures within international programs such as Argo, OceanSites or GOSUD, or within EC projects such as Mersea, MFSTEP, FerryBox, ECOOP, and MyOcean. In collaboration with the FP7 SeaDataNet project that is standardizing the delayed mode quality control procedures in NODCs, and MyOcean GMES FP7 project that is standardizing near real time quality control procedures for operational oceanography purposes, the DATA-MEQ working group decided to put together this document to summarize the recommendations for near real-time QC procedures that they judged mature enough to be advertised and recommended to EuroGOOS.

Sextant. A spatial data infrastructure for marine environments

At national and European levels, in various projects, data products are developed to provide end-users and stakeholders with homogeneously qualified observation compilation or analysis. Ifremer has developed a spatial data infrastructure for marine environment, called Sextant, in order to manage, share and retrieve these products for its partners and the general public. Thanks to the OGC and ISO standard and INSPIRE compliance, the infrastructure provides a unique framework to federate homogeneous descriptions and access to marine data products processed in various contexts, at national level or European level for DG research (SeaDataNet), DG Mare (EMODNET) and DG Growth (Copernicus MEMS). The discovery service of Sextant is based on the metadata catalogue. The data description is normalized according to ISO 191XX series standards and Inspire recommendations. Access to the catalogue is provided by the standard OGC service, Catalogue Service for the Web (CSW 2.0.2). Data visualization and data downloading are available through standard OGC services, Web Map Services (WMS) and Web Feature Services (WFS). Several OGC services are provided within Sextant, according to marine themes, regions and projects. Depending on the file format, WMTS services are used for large images, such as hyperspectral images, or NcWMS services for gridded data, such as climatology models. New functions are developped to improve the visualization, analyse and access to data, eg : data filtering, online spatial processing with WPS services and acces to sensor data with SOS services.