OPERATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY: AN END-USER APPROACH

J. Fernandez, J. Lopez, F. Jerez, F. Hermosilla, M. Espino

SIMO, LIM-UPC, CIIRC

FIELD_AC 7th FRAMEWORK EUROPEAN PROJECT

SIMO: Operational Maritime Engineering Solutions. UPC spin-off company aiming to bridge the gap between research centres and end-users. - Ad-hoc spin-off created within the FIELD_AC framework to assess the feasibility of exploiting an innovative local-scale operational service with a new level of predictions for restricted domains. Three main objectives - Find suitable end-users - Understand end-users needs - Develop tailor-made service

This is being achieved through: - STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS Meeting at four selected organisations took place  Barcelona, 14 July 2010  Liverpool, 5 November 2010  Hamburg, 9 November 2010  Venice, 30 November 2010 - QUESTIONNAIRES Distributed to all potential users

WORKSHOPS AND QUESTIONNAIRES

Questionnaire main purpose was to: - Gather information about the usage of current operational products - Gather information about the needed and desired operational product, In total: - 40 end-users - 55 people attended workshops - 22 Questionnaire returned

Questionnaires Summary
Total Organisations Organisations Using OP 0 5 10 15 20 Total Organisations 8 7 5 3 0 Currents 2 4 6 8 10 12 25

Organisations Using OP Venice Hamburg Liverpool Barcelona 5 6 3 3

Do you receive operational oceanographic information?

What Information do you receive?

Waves Sea Level Water Quality Meteo Other Other Venice Hamburg Liverpool Barcelona 0 0 0 0 Meteo 4 2 2 3 Water Quality 1 2 0 1 Sea Level 2 3 3 1 Waves 3 2 2 2 Currents 1 4 2 2

Required OP. What information would you require?

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 Currents

Waves

Sea Level

Water Quality

Meteorological

Meteorological Venice Hamburg Liverpool Barcelona 4 4 1 3

Water Quality 2 4 1 2

Sea Level 8 4 3 1

Waves 8 5 3 2

Currents 6 7 2 3

0 FTP

WEB

personal communication

How do you receive data?

GIS Direct data transf er 0 2 0 0 personal communication 2 0 1 0 WEB 1 3 2 1 FTP 1 4 0 2 1 0 0 0

Direct data transf er

GIS

Venice Hamburg Liv erpool Barcelona

0 How often?

10

12

14

16

How often do you receive data? Is that enough?

Every 6hr Daily When logging in Frequency required? YES NO Frequency required?

NO Venice Hamburg Liverpool Barcelona 0 1 0 0

YES 3 5 3 3

When logging in 2 2 3 1

Daily 1 5 1 2

Every 6hr 1 0 1 0

How often?

Where do you require your information?

0 Location Harbour Beach Urban Coastline Marine Platform Offshore Other Always Same Location? YES NO Always Same Location Marine Urban Platform Coastline 1 2 1 0 4 2 2 3 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16

NO Venice Hamburg Liverpool Barcelona 3 3 5 0

YES 3 4 0 3

Other 1 3 0 0

Offshore 4 5 3 1

Beach 5 4 3 2

Harbour Location 4 4 1 0

Does your existing OP meet your requirements?

0 2 4 6 8 10 12

YES

Bar celona Liverpool Hamburg

NO

Venice

NO Venice Hamburg Liverpool Bar celona 0 1 1 2

YES 4 5 1 1

0 1 days 2 days 3 days

0 3 days 4 days

4 days

6 days
6 days Other Other Venice Hamburg Liverpool Barcelona 0 0 1 0 6 days 2 1 1 1 4 days 2 0 0 0 3 days 1 4 1 1 2 days 0 1 2 1 1 days 2 3 2 0

7 days Other

What time-span prediction would you require?

1 2 3 4 5

250m 1000m

0 Spatial Resolution Required 50 100

8 2500m

5000m 48nm 1/8

250 500 1000 Other Spatial Resolution Venice Required

1/12 variable

What spatial resolution do you require?

varia 5000 2500 1000 1/12 1/8 48nm 250m ble m m m 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 Othe 7 6 4 3 r days days days days 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 1

Other 0 0 1 0

1000 1 3 1 2

500 2 0 1 1

250 2 2 0 1

100 3 2 1 0

50 2 1 3 1

Serie4 Serie3

Hamburg Liverpool Barcelona

01/06/10

Serie2 Serie1

QUESTIONNAIRE OUTPUT
 End-users may say that their operational product is right, even stating that they need more resolution/variables  Usually more temporal and spatial resolution is required  More parameters are needed  Prediction time-span is not such a significant issue in most cases (experienced users)

Tailor-made Service
 Data (SQL, THREDDS)  Numerical Model (Wave, Ocean Circulation, Oil Spill)  Visualization tools (GODIVA2, osgeo, mobile)  Reports (results, validation, implementation)  Training

DATA THREDDS CATALOG

THREDDS

(Thematic Real-time Environmental Distributed Data Services) is a opensource software that allow the interconnection of data providers with endusers. Objective: To simplify the discovery and use of scientific data. To allow learning and scientific material and publications to reference data

Catalogs are the heart of the THREDDS concept. They are XML documents that describe on-line datasets. Catalogs can contain arbitrary metadata, and we have also defined a standard set of metadata to bridge to discovery centers like GCMD, DLESE and NSDL. Dynamic Catalog Generation The THREDDS Catalog Generator produces THREDDS catalogs by scanning or crawling one or more local or remote dataset collections. Catalogs can be generated periodically or on demand, using configuration files that control what directories get scanned, and how the catalogs are created. The TDS uses the Common Data Model to read datasets in various formats, and serves them through OPeNDAP, OGC Web Coverage Service, NetCDF subset, and bulk HTTP file transfer services. The first three allow the user to obtain subsets of the data, which is crucial for large datasets

Serves scientific data

Any dataset read by the netCDF-Java library E.g., netCDF 3&4, HDF 4&5 (and HDFEOS), GRIB 1&2 Using various data access services E.g., OPeNDAP, OGC WMS & WCS, NCSS, HTTP

THREDDS Data Server

Servlet Container

catalog.xml
THREDDS Server
NetCDF-Java library
WCS OPeNDAP HTTPServe r WMS

Remote Access Client

configCatalog.xml
IDD Data Datasets
motherlode.ucar.edu

NUMERICAL MODELS OPERATIONAL IMPLEMENTATIONS Ocean Circulation models

Operational implementation for the Catalan Sea (ROMS). Model suite being implemented using FIELD_AC model suite: - ROMS implementation by LIM/UPC - MyOcean boundary conditions - BSC meteo information. - KUL continental inflows.

So far working in the lower resolution grids

OPERATIONAL IMPLEMENTATIONS - Wave models

First operational implementations of the FIELD_AC model suite. SWAN 9x9 and 3x3 implementations undertaken. Forecasting quality is being analysed.

VISUALIZATION - END-USERS APPLICATION Three end-users applications: -MARINE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY - OIL-SPILL - MARINE GEOTEHCNICAL COMPANY

MARINE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY -Shipment of 25 big boxes for new Palma Harbour Terminal -Requirement of wave and wind Predictions to ensure safe transport

VISUALIZATION TOOL
GODIVA2 application Future development of routing tool

AUTOMATIC DAILY REPORT

 Shipment controlled by several companies, so a common daily report needed. 6 day wave forecast information for the whole ship route  Easy to inspect result table  Detailed predictions  User configured alarms

VALIDATION
 Right now using PREVIMER wave and wind predictions  US NAVY (FNMOC) model predictions as back-up  Our own model predictions are being tested, and hence will be fully implemented as the first option shortly.

1.5 Measured Modelled

Significant Wave Height (m)

VALIDATION

0.5

0 01/08

05/08

09/08

13/08 17/08 Time (days)

21/08

25/08

29/08

1.5 Measured Modelled

Significant Wave Height (m)

0.5

0 01/08

05/08

09/08

13/08 17/08 Time (days)

21/08

25/08

29/08

OIL SPILL DRIFT MODEL

 Implemented System at the Catalan Emergency Centre  Possibility of using different wind or current forcing  Visualization of particles or concentration

MARINE GEOTECHNICAL COMPANY

 Different locations and constant changes (routes).  Incorporation of buoy (validation) and geotechnical data Climatic reports Operations assessments  User requirements regarding hosting of visualization tools

FUTURE WORK
 Further operational implementations of numerical models. Whole FIELD_AC suite will be implemented.  ROMS and SWAN numerical implementations will be coupled.  Automatic validation report.  Development of further visualization tools.  Mobile applications

jfernandez@simo.cat