OPERATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY
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Local (coastal) requirements include complex ecosystems with benthic,
pollutants and suspended matter. These are important to intermediate and
end-users, such as tourism managers and local policymakers.
This is a complex problem: preoperational systems are less developed
and there is a lack of data. We need global primary production with ocean
colour data assimilation. Models should have regional and local very high
resolution with operational dispersion modelling, requiring preoperational
complex systems.
We are talking about an evolutionary system, which will have to include
both continuous improvments and occasional decisions implement new
generations.
MERSEA interfaces: MERSEA will have to establish interfaces with many
other organisations, including:
x Marine science activities of relevance, including European networks
of excellence and integrated projects;
x Other operational systems, more particularly those dealing with
meteorology, climate prediction, fisheries, and marine environment
monitoring;
x National agencies and private companies involved in the
development of operational oceanography, whether at global or
regional scales (likely to become members or associates of
ECOMF).
The MERSEA general principles: MERSEA will build on incremental
developments of ongoing science and technology. It will aim at establishing
a European operational system. MERSEA will identify and help organise a
set of European agencies to implement and fund a long-term operational
system as a component of a worldwide organisation by 2008. It should have
the capacity to adjust to new requirements, research results and technologies.
5.
Operational oceanography and research
Operational Oceanography must maintain connections with research, as:
x Evolution of the systems will benefit from open research and
technological developments;
x Evolution of requirements will lead to define research and
development questions to be addressed;
x Research activities devoted to outputs is an essential component of
their validation, beyond the operational, in-house validation;
x Research will be a customer of services and products
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Local (coastal) requirements include complex ecosystems with benthic,
pollutants and suspended matter. These are important to intermediate and
end-users, such as tourism managers and local policymakers.
This is a complex problem: preoperational systems are less developed
and there is a lack of data. We need global primary production with ocean
colour data assimilation. Models should have regional and local very high
resolution with operational dispersion modelling, requiring preoperational
complex systems.
We are talking about an evolutionary system, which will have to include
both continuous improvments and occasional decisions implement new
generations.
MERSEA interfaces: MERSEA will have to establish interfaces with many
other organisations, including:
x Marine science activities of relevance, including European networks
of excellence and integrated projects;
x Other operational systems, more particularly those dealing with
meteorology, climate prediction, fisheries, and marine environment
monitoring;
x National agencies and private companies involved in the
development of operational oceanography, whether at global or
regional scales (likely to become members or associates of
ECOMF).
The MERSEA general principles: MERSEA will build on incremental
developments of ongoing science and technology. It will aim at establishing
a European operational system. MERSEA will identify and help organise a
set of European agencies to implement and fund a long-term operational
system as a component of a worldwide organisation by 2008. It should have
the capacity to adjust to new requirements, research results and technologies.
5.
Operational oceanography and research
Operational Oceanography must maintain connections with research, as:
x Evolution of the systems will benefit from open research and
technological developments;
x Evolution of requirements will lead to define research and
development questions to be addressed;
x Research activities devoted to outputs is an essential component of
their validation, beyond the operational, in-house validation;
x Research will be a customer of services and products