Transcript Argo - How are “we” doing?

SeaDataNet Meeting
Bob Keeley
Marine Environmental Data Service
Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
Ottawa, Canada
Jun, 2006
MEDS
(Marine Environmental Data Service)
MEDS is Canada’s national oceanographic
data centre
Oceanographic data in Canada are
collected by federally funded research
facilities and monitoring networks, other
national agencies. Our archives also
contain data from international partners
and through international programmes.
Responsibilities
MEDS leads a national committee (newly formed) to coordinate ocean data
management within our Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
MEDS is directly responsible for the assembly, processing, archiving and
dissemination of:
• ocean profiles (physical, chemical, biological) and associated data
• surface drifters
• surface wave and associated wind data
• water levels and tide gauges
• contaminants data and information
More recently we have started work in managing data and information on:
• plankton data
• aquatic animal health
• invasive species
• acoustic tagging of fish
Experience
MEDS has contributed to a number of projects. Within these, we have contributed
in the developments of:
• standard procedures for quality assessment of profile data
• standard quality flags
• duplicate analysis procedures
• using unique tags for data
• controlled vocabularies for variable names
• data system monitoring tools
Observing System Status:
2006, Q1 Temperature Profiles
Sampling requirements:
1 profile
Every 10 days
In every 3 x 3 º
Quarterly Reporting
BATHY (mostly XBTs)
TRACKOB (surface underway data)
TESAC (mostly Argo floats)
BUOY (moored and drifting)
Requirement: All boxes blue
Goal: 100% Global Coverage
DMAC
I am a member of the US DMAC Steering Team and chair the International Caucus
DMAC = Data Management And Communications subsystem == SeaDataNet
• is a US focused program
• is to be the link between data collectors and clients
• is still in initial stages of funding - requested budget not yet approved
The role of the International Caucus is to:
• provide DMAC with connections to activities outside of the US
• to encourage working links to outside activities
Some of your SeaDataNet colleagues are members of the IC
Jun, 2006
DMAC
Composed of Expert Teams for
• metadata - linking to the Marine Metadata Initiative of MBARI
• archives
• transport and access
• system engineering
+ some consideration of orphans (IT security, browse, QC)
+ representatives of various federal organizations
+ caucuses (private industry, modeling, international, regional associations)
First results (May, 2006):
• netCDF with CF conventions
• standards adoption process
• building link to QARTOD work on data quality assessment
• working on controlled vocabularies as well
• 2 independent conceptual designs completed by Sep, 2006
Jun, 2006
JCOMM
JCOMM is a global organization with:
 Approximately 250 experts in marine meteorology and oceanography
 A global network to provide maritime services including the provision of weather and sea bulletins.
 6500 volunteer merchant vessels observing meteorology and surface oceanography.
 120 volunteer vessels observing subsurface temperature and salinity.
 1250 drifters observing meteorology and surface oceanography.
 100’s of moored ocean buoys for meteorology and ocean parameters.
 Partnership with global programs such as Argo, TAO
 400 tidal stations for sea level, some reporting in real time.
 Arctic and Antarctic ice monitoring.
 Collaborations with the satellite community
 The capacity to provide end-to-end data management support
 A number of nations carrying out numerical modelling and data assimilation.
 A major focus on capacity building and implementation assistance for services.
• http://www.jcommops.org/
• http://www.wmo.ch/web/aom/marprog/marprog.html
• http://ioc.unesco.org/goos/jcomm.htm
Jun, 2006
Organization
Rapporteurs
on CB
Jun, 2006
DMPA Developments
• Draft data management strategy to be circulated mid year 2006
• Meeting of DMPA + reps from OPA, SPA in October to seek
commonalities and review strategy
• Prominent components will be
• adoption of standards
• data discovery needs
• strong links to other programs
Jun, 2006