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http://www.oceansites.org

R. WellerOOPC 12

May 2-5, 2007

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OceanSITES Steering Committee

Bob Weller WHOI, USA (Co-Chair)

Uwe Send IfM Kiel, Germany (Co-Chair)

Ed Boyle MIT, USA

Francisco Chavez MBARI, USA

Don ConleeNDBC, USA

Tommy Dickey UCSB, USA

Dave Karl SOEST, USA

Tony Knap Bermuda Station

Yoshifumi Kuroda JAMSTEC, Japan

Richard Lampitt NOCS, UK

Roger Lukas SOEST, USA

Mike McPhaden PMEL, USA

V. S. N. MurtyNIO, India

Kostas NittisHMRC, Greece

Rodrigo Nuñez SHOA, Chile

John Orcutt SIO, USA

Svein Osterhus Bergen Univ., Norway

Sylvie PouliquenIfremer/Corilois, France

Hendrik van Aken NIOZ, Netherlands

Douglas WallaceIFM Kiel, Germany

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At OOPC 10, a statement of purpose: A global ocean timeseries observatory

system is now under development

• A GOOS/CLIVAR/POGO sponsored (via OOPC/COOP) activity

• The system is multidisciplinary in nature, providing physical, meteorological, chemical, biological and geophysical timeseries observations

• Goal is to make the data are publicly available as soon as received and quality-controlled by the owner/operator

• An international Science Team provides guidance, coordination, outreach, and oversight for the implementation, data management and capacity building

• A pilot system (2001-2006) has been defined consisting of all operating sites and those planned to be established within 5 years, subject to evaluation in terms of the qualifying criteria by the Science Team.

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Milestones since OOPC 11

• Development and potential development of the observing system

• Western boundary current moorings•Keo•Gulf Stream

• Applications for new sites

• Cross-linking networks

• The global component of US NSF ORION

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A data issue: insertion of data on the GTS.

Useful means of distribution, but where OceanSITES sites are meant to provide withheld data (not used for model initialization) to serve as independent validation, verification for models or other fields, does insertion put the validity of the ‘independent’ data at risk?

How to ensure GTS data not used for initialization?

What is need to insert on the GTS?

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sensible latent

Net longwave Net shortwave

Green - NCEP2Blue - ERA40

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Gulf Stream mooring 38.5°N, 65°W

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Stabilized platform for radiometers under consideration for use at OWS M

(from Oystein Godoy, Norwegian Met Inst.

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SOTS/PULSE

Eurosites

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Stable platform design under consideration for ORION Global

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OceanSITES continues as a volunteer group liaising with JCOMM OPS.

Could do better at: - data management/sharing

- advocacy- tracking performance, QC

Ship support - coordination with other activitiesLong-term national commitments

Rapid tech evolution (ORION, multidisc.)Coordinated sites - climate/carbon/tsunami/swell

Growing out of the ‘pilot phase’ data flow, standards,…Sampling, calibration standards - linking networks (BSRN, cross cal at Davos ….)

JCOMM, DBCP …

OceanSITES has moved forward as a collaboration OceanSITES has moved forward as a collaboration of investigators from different nations. How to now of investigators from different nations. How to now move forward to a more formal existence?move forward to a more formal existence?The advice and guidance of the OOPC is sought.The advice and guidance of the OOPC is sought.