International Oceanographic Dataand Information Exchange

Outline

What is IOC What is IODE Roles and functions of IODE Data sharing policy Data standards OceanDataPortal ODIN Capacity building, OceanTeacher Project Office

IOC Intergovernmental Oceanographic

Commission: body within UNESCOHeadquarters in Paris, FranceField Offices

Colombia, Brazil, Thailand, Kenya, Denmark, Belgium, Australia

141 Member States

IOC ProgrammesScience: Addressing scientific

uncertainties for the management of the marine environment and climate change

Observation: Developing operational capabilities for the management and sustainable development of the open and coastal

Tsunami Unit: Works with Member States and other UN agencies and NGOs, to build sustainable tsunami early warning systems.

Capacity Development: Empowering developing countries to sustainably use their coastal and marine resources

IOC Structure

IODE

IODE: International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange Established in 1961

‘to enhance marine research, exploitation and development by facilitating the exchange of oceanographic data and information between participating Member States and by meeting the needs of users for data and information products’

IODE Structure

IODE CommitteeThe IODE Programme is managed by the IODE

CommitteeMeets every 2 years

The IODE Committee reports to the IOC Governing Bodies (IOC Assembly and Executive Council)

Membership of the IODE Committee includes: IODE Co-Chairs IODE National Coordinators for Ocean Data Management IODE National Coordinators for Marine Information Management Directors of the WDCs-Oceanography and WDCs-Marine

Geology and Geophysics

Groups of ExpertsThe IODE Committee has established a number

of small groups that provide expert advice to the IODE Committee

The following Groups of Experts are currently active: IODE Group of Experts on Biological and Chemical

Data Management and Exchange Practises (GEBICH) IODE Group of Experts on Marine Information

Management (GEMIM) IODE Group of Experts on the Biogeographic

Information System (OBIS) Joint JCOMM/IODE Expert Team on Data

Management Practises (ETDMP)

JCOMMJCOMM is the Joint WMO-IOC Technical

Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology

JCOMM provides the mechanism for international coordination, regulation and management of oceanographic and marine meteorological observing, data management and services systems

IODE collaborates with JCOMM through the JCOMM Data Management Programme Area (DMPA) and its JCOMM/IODE Expert Team on Data Management Practices (ETDMP)

IODE: global networkNational Oceanographic Data Centres & Marine Information Centres

80 NODCs

Role of an IODE NODC

National Oceanographic Data Centre (NODC) is a facility for providing ocean data and information in a usable form to a wide user communityNational: acquire, process, quality control, inventory,

archive and disseminate dataInternational: international data exchange

NODC functions

Receive data from national, regional and international programmes collecting oceanographic data

Verify the quality of the data (using agreed standards)Ensure long term preservation of data and associated

metadata Make data available, nationally and internationally

(see: IOC Manuals and Guides No. 5)

IOC Data Policy

The timely, free and unrestricted international exchange of oceanographic data is essential for the efficient acquisition, integration and use of ocean observations gathered by the countries of the world for a wide variety of purposes including the prediction of weather and climate, the operational forecasting of the marine environment, the preservation of life, the mitigation of human-induced changes in the marine and coastal environment, as well as for the advancement of scientific understanding that makes this possible

“IOC OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA EXCHANGE POLICY, 2003”

IOC Strategic Plan

July 2007: IOC Assembly adopted the

IOC Strategic Plan for Oceanographic Data and Information Management

“A comprehensive and integrated ocean data and information system, serving the broad and diverse needs of IOC Member States, for both routine and scientific use.”

The Strategy includes …process and archive data on a diverse range of variables

according to scientifically sound and well-documented standards and formats

distribute data on a diverse range of variables (observations and model outputs) in both real time and in “delayed” modes depending on the needs of user groups and their technical capabilities (automatic dissemination as well as “on demand”)

enable efficient access to data on core variables and derived products (including forecasts, alerts and warnings) by users who have a broad range of capabilities.

IODE Projects

IODE is responsible for a number of Global and Regional Activities

Global activities are implemented by Steering Teams or through the NODCS or marine library

Regional activities focus on capacity development related to oceanographic data and information management through the ODIN network

Ocean Data StandardsThe objective of the Project is to achieve broad agreement

and commitment to adopt standards related to ocean data management and exchange

Standards Forum (2008) recommended a formal process to submit and publish standards

Aim is to reach agreement and commitment to adopt standards that will meet the interoperability requirements of the Ocean Data Portal including:Date and time – Recommended StandardRecommended StandardCountry codes – Recommended StandardRecommended StandardQuality control flags – Submitted StandardSubmitted StandardPlatform names – use ICES Platform Codesuse ICES Platform Codes Metadata – ISO 19115 candidateISO 19115 candidate Keywords (parameters, instruments) – work underwaywork underway

Ocean Data Portal

The Ocean Data Portal (ODP) facilitates and promotes the exchange and dissemination marine data and services.

This is achieved through the IODE network of NODCs which provide seamless access to collections and inventories of marine data

The ODP provides the full range of processes including data discovery, access, and visualization

Discover -> Deliver -> View -> Download

ODP: InteroperabilityThe IODE is working with World Meteorological Organization

(WMO) to ensure ODP is interoperable with the WMO Information System (WIS)

WIS will be the core component of the GEOSS for weather, water, climate and disaster societal benefit areas and ODP will contribute oceanographic data to GEOSS, through the WIS

NODC

ODP WIS

NODC

NODC

NODCGEO

PORTAL

GODAR ProjectThe Global Oceanographic Data Archaeology and Rescue

(GODAR) ProjectEstablished in 1993 by the IODE

Project lead is WDC for Oceanography, Silver Spring, USA "Data Archaeology"

the process of seeking out, restoring, evaluating, correcting, and interpreting historical data sets;

"Data Rescue" the work required to save data at risk of being lost to the science

community by digitizing manuscript data and copying data from old electronic media, then archiving these data to an online database.

The GODAR project has resulted in the acquisition of:9 million temperature stations158,200 chlorophyll stations218,695 plankton stations

Metadata

A key part of any marine dataset is the accompanying metadata.

Metadata includes characteristics about the data such as the content, accuracy, reliability and the source.

IODE has established a metadata directory to locate marine and coastal datasets from IOC member states.

Other IODE ProjectsGTSPP. Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Program is

an international project to develop and maintain a global ocean Temperature-Salinity resource.

GOSUD. Global Ocean Surface Underway Data Pilot Project is a global project to collect, process, archive and disseminate sea surface salinity and other variables collected underway by research and opportunity ships.

OBIS. Ocean Biogeographic Information System is a web-based access point to information about the distribution and abundance of living species in the ocean.

OceanDocs. A repository network for oceanography and marine science

IODE and Capacity Development

Capacity development has been a cornerstone of the IODE since the programme’s inception in 1961

The objective is to assist Member States to acquire the necessary capacity to manage marine data and information and become partners in the IODE network.

Capacity development teaches the principles of data and information management and also promotes the use of "standards" amongst all IODE centres and thus achieve interoperability between centres.

IODE Capacity Development Strategy

ODIN – Ocean Data and Information Network strategyODIN is based upon four elements:

providing equipment providing training providing seed funding for operational activities for newly created data

centres and marine libraries work in a regional context, addressing common as well as national

goals ODIN regional networks

ODINAFRICA. 25 African countries ODINCARSA. Latin America and Caribbean ODINCINDIO. Central Indian Ocean ODINWESTPAC. Western Pacific region ODINBlackSea. Black Sea region ODINECET. European Countries in Economic Transition ODIN-PIMRIS. Small Island Pacific States

ODINsIODE regional capacity building projects:

ODINAFRICA. 25 African countries

ODINCARSA. Latin America and Caribbean

ODINCINDIO. Central Indian Ocean

ODINWESTPAC. IOC WESTPAC region

ODINECET. European Countries in Economic Transition

ODINBlackSea. Black Sea region

Benefit of ODINs

Participating countries identify national priorities and develop work plans that aim to address them

Added value

-Sharing of expertise-Sharing of data-Sharing of information

Added value

-Sharing of expertise-Sharing of data-Sharing of information

Benefits of ODINs

ODIN: Regional products

African Marine AtlasFor resource managers, planners and decision-makers from

various administrative institutions and specialized agencies in Africa

800 layers

Atlas Themes GEOSPHERE HYDROSPHERE ATMOSPHERE BIOSPHERE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT

ODIN: Regional products

Caribbean Marine AtlasA joint initiative of 9 countries including Barbados, Cayman Is,

Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks and Caicos Islands

Atlas will identify, collect and organize available geo-spatial datasets for the Caribbean region as a support service to the sustainable development and integrated management of marine and coastal areas in the region

Prototype released 2010

Training Tool: OceanTeacher

Training resource for marine data and information management

Audience: data/information managersocean researchers University studentsContinuous development

Increasing focus on continuous professional development

http://www.oceanteacher.org

OceanTeacher model

Classroom: Courses on data and information management based upon Moodle

Digital Library: online encyclopaedia about marine data management and marine information management

IOC Project Office for IODEBased in Oostende, Belgium International Training Centre International Conference

Centre2005-2010: > 800 students

from 120 countriesHost for IOC/IODE data and

information servicesSupport from Flanders

GovernmentClose cooperation with

Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)

http://www.iode.org