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Last updated: 21 December 2019

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no 633211.

Project AtlantOS – 633211

Deliverable number 11.4

Deliverable title Strategy for the Intellectual Property Exploitation

Description Strategy for defining measures for exploitation “after the project” phase, providing evidence of best practices in capturing and assessing Intellectual Property.

Work Package number 11

Work Package title Management and Exploitation

Lead beneficiary GEOMAR

Lead authors Sandra Ketelhake (KDM)

Contributors Anja Reitz (GEOMAR)

Submission data 9 December 2019

Due date 30 September 2019

Comments Due to changes in the project management during the last months of the project lifetime (starting in April / May 2019) some more time was needed to deliver the report.

Strategy for the Intellectual Property Exploitation

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Stakeholder engagement relating to this task*

WHO are your most important stakeholders?

☐ Private company If yes, is it an SME ☐ or a large company ☐? ☐ National governmental body ☐ International organization ☐ NGO X others Please give the name(s) of the stakeholder(s): All actors interested in exploitation of best practices and AtlantOS project results

WHERE is/are the company(ies) or organization(s) from?

X Your own country X Another country in the EU X Another country outside the EU Please name the country(ies): Countries connected to the AtlantOS project

Is this deliverable a success story? If yes, why? If not, why?

X Yes, because ….. D11.4 offers best practices to be considered for exploitation and dissemination activities within the framework of the AtlantOS project and the following up in AtlantOS the program. ☐ No, because …..

Will this deliverable be used? If yes, who will use it? If not, why will it not be used?

X Yes, by …… Interested stakeholder groups (e.g. project manager). ☐ No, because …..

NOTE: This information is being collected for the following purposes: 1. To make a list of all companies/organizations with which AtlantOS partners have had contact.

This is important to demonstrate the extent of industry and public-sector collaboration in the obs community. Please note that we will only publish one aggregated list of companies and not mention specific partnerships.

2. To better report success stories from the AtlantOS community on how observing delivers concrete value to society.

*For ideas about relations with stakeholders you are invited to consult D10.5 Best Practices in Stakeholder Engagement, Data Dissemination and Exploitation.


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AtlantOS - Strategy for the Intellectual Property Exploitation

Contents

List of Abbreviations ................................................................................................................... 4

1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 5

1.1 AtlantOS project’s concept ....................................................................................................... 6

1.2 Access rights to the project results and obligation to exploit results ....................................... 7

1.3 Technological Readiness Level (TRL) ......................................................................................... 8

2. Exploitation and dissemination of project results .................................................................. 10

2.1 Website and social media ....................................................................................................... 10

2.2 Publications and further dissemination material ................................................................... 11

2.3 Open Access Publications and Open Data .............................................................................. 11

2.4 Newsletter and Briefing Paper including science-policy briefings .......................................... 11

2.5 Visual and interactive outputs ................................................................................................ 14 2.5.1 AtlantOS project Whiteboard Animation Video ............................................................... 14 2.5.2 AtlantOS Success Story Videos ......................................................................................... 14 2.5.3 Scrolling web-story on ocean observing history .............................................................. 14

2.6 First International AtlantOS Symposium ................................................................................ 15

2.7 AtlantOS Early Career Scientists ............................................................................................. 15

2.8 Participation in conferences and fairs .................................................................................... 15

3. Dissemination measures during the closing phase of the project ........................................... 16


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List of Abbreviations ADCP Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler AtlantOS All-Atlantic Ocean Observing System BGC Bio-Geo-Chemical CMEMS Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service CPR Continuous Plankton Recorder DOI Data Object Identifier EMODnet European Marine Observation and Data Network EMSO European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water column Observatory EOV Essential Ocean Variables EU European Union Euro-ARGO European contribution to the ARGO programme GEO Group of Earth Observations GEOSS Group of Earth Observations System of Systems GOOS Global Ocean Observing System GO-SHIP Global Ocean Ship-based Hydrographic Investigations Program H2020 Horizon 2020 HAB Harmful Algae Blooms IOOS Integrated Ocean Observing System IP Intellectual Property JCOMMOPS Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology

Observing Programmes Support Centre OceanSITES A worldwide system of long-term, deepwater reference stations PIRATA Prediction and Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic SME Small and Medium size Enterprises SDG Sustainable Development Goal TRL Technology Readiness Level WP Work Package


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1. Introduction The vision of the European Union (EU) Horizon 2020 (H2020) project ‘AtlantOS’ was to improve and innovate Atlantic Ocean observation by using the Framework of Ocean Observing (FOO) to obtain an international, more sustainable, more efficient, more integrated, and fit-for-purpose observation system. The AtlantOS project aimed to have a long-lasting and sustainable contribution to the societal, economic and scientific benefits arising from this integrated approach, by implementation beyond the project’s lifetime. Advances will be achieved by improving the value for money, extent, completeness, quality and ease of access to Atlantic Ocean data required by industries, product supplying agencies, scientist and citizens. In addition, AtlantOS promoted and innovated methods for the identification, documentation and exploitation of observing systems by adopting an AtlantOS Exploitation Plan Strategy for Knowledge and Innovation Management that encapsulates the guiding principles of Horizon 2020. To achieve the overarching target of the project – namely to deliver an advanced framework for the development of an integrated All-Atlantic Ocean Observing System (AtlantOS) – it was important to establish i) improved international collaboration in the design, implementation and benefit sharing of ocean observing, ii) the promotion of engagement and innovation in all aspects of ocean observing, iii) the facilitation of free and open access to ocean data and information, iv) the provision and dissemination of methods achieving quality and integration on ocean information, v) strengthening of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) and the Blue Planet Oceans and Society initiative within the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), thus support observing systems that are critical for the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS) and its applications, and vi) the contribution to the aims of the Galway and Belém Statements on Atlantic Ocean Cooperation. Eleven objectives supported the accomplishment of the overarching target of the project:

(1) Establish European leadership in a cooperative design of Integrated Atlantic Ocean Observing System

(2) Enhance and integrate ship-based and autonomous platform observing networks so they become sufficiently mature for long-term sustainability.

(3) Support existing communities and networks observing Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) in the Atlantic by disseminating best practices, harmonizing data processing and normalizing quality control procedures.

(4) Close the gap between continental shelf and deep ocean observing networks (5) Showcase the power of integrated trans-Atlantic observing to provide information

necessary to contribute to the UN sustainability goals and to cope with global challenges such as climate change, increased pressures on natural resources, declining ecosystem state, loss of species and global-scale hazards.

(6) Significantly upgrade the performance, coverage, and cost-effectiveness of Integrated Atlantic Ocean Observing Systems through innovation of sensors and instruments.

(7) Provide new information products in several societal benefit areas (i.e. climate, disasters, ecosystems, and health including increased safety for offshore activities and coastal communities.

(8) Improve system evaluation by providing quantitative and near-real-time information on the technical performance of the Integrated Atlantic Ocean Observing System networks and their timely data delivery.


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(9) Develop a result-oriented dialogue with key stakeholder communities. (10) Engage a wide range of interested organizations and individuals over the course of

AtlantOS. (11) Enable free and open access to all data.

A key objective of publicly-funded research is that it should lead to knowledge and technology transfer as well as the exploitation of results and informed decision-making. Innovation is understood as a reflective process including the implementation of knowledge and technologies in societal processes. The AtlantOS Strategy for Intellectual Property exploitation will point to different approaches (see chapter 2) showing how AtlantOS exploitation products were made available during the project’s lifetime and how they will be kept available after the project ended. The strategic use and management of Intellectual Property (IP) in international research initiatives and in business is essential for strengthening the (European) scientific and technological base, boosting innovation and ensuring growth in the EU. In this context, the AtlantOS project consortium had been aware that Horizon 2020 places much emphasis on systematic Intellectual Property exploitation strategies as a mean to better protect innovation initiatives, and to reap commercial and economic benefits from EU-funded research. 1.1 AtlantOS project’s concept The ocean is critical to the Earth’s global systems by regulating weather and climate, the concentration of oxygen and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and nutrient recycling as well as by providing important food resources and refilling the Earth’s fresh water supplies. The Atlantic is impacted substantially by the civilizations of the surrounding continents. Both, the ocean and mankind, are in return impacted by pressures such as the degradation of coastal environments, pollution, destructive fishery practices, biodiversity decline, bleached and dying coral reefs, receding polar ice sheets, sea-level rise and ocean acidification. In 2015, the UN General Assembly formally accepted a new set of 17 measurable Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDG number 14 ‘conserve and sustainably use oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development’ gives the ocean a much needed and focused attention. AtlantOS brought together scientists, industry and business people, and other stakeholders from around the Atlantic basin to develop a concrete structure for improved and better coordinated efforts in observing, understanding and predicting ocean dynamics in order to deliver integrated ocean information and products for a large range of societal benefits. AtlantOS built on the largely independent observing systems that have emerged to meet the needs of particular research disciplines and stakeholders – the majority of these measuring ocean physics. It was critical to extend the scope of the existing Atlantic observing networks to include ocean biogeochemistry and biology, and to integrate efforts across these scientific disciplines, because of 1) the limited resources available for ocean observing systems require strong international cooperation and leverage, and 2) many of the risks and opportunities of ocean exploitation faced by societies today are interdisciplinary (e.g. fishing, deep-sea mining) and require collaborated biological, biogeochemical and physical oceanographic observations, and scientific concepts for the definition of a good ecosystem state, as well as for conservation of resources for future generations.


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AtlantOS integrated existing international observation systems around the Atlantic such as the network of profiling floats (Argo) and surface drifters, the collection of deep hydrographic surveys (GO-SHIP), the network of Ships of Opportunity near surface observations, the network of Continuous Plankton Recorders (CPR), an impressive number of arrays of deep ocean and coastal moorings (OceanSITES), fishery surveys and high precision sea floor mapping observations. It supported several emerging networks (like gliders, cabled observatories, and (meta)genomic observation) and activities to share, integrate and standardize these in-situ observations, reduce the cost by network optimization and deployment of new technologies, and increased the competitiveness of European industries, particularly of the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) of the marine sector. For achieving the overall goal, the AtlantOS project cooperated with several observing networks and initiatives as well as with research and innovation activities established at international, European and national levels:

• Global Ocean Observing System and its Regional Alliances (e.g. US IOOS, EuroGOOS) • Group on Earth Observations and its Blue Planet Initiative (GEO Blue Planet) • Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) • Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service • European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) • Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology

Observing Programmes Support Centre (JCOMMOPS) • GODAE OceanView • International research programmes (e.g. CLIVAR, IMBER and SOLAS) • Ocean observing networks (e.g. Argo, GO-SHIP, OceanSITES, DBCP) • Ocean observing initiatives (e.g. OSNAP, RAPID, SAMOC) • European research infrastructures (e.g. Euro-Argo, EMSO, ICOS)

In 2016, a team of 19 ocean observing experts with different expertise, from different countries around the basin were appointed, subsequent to an application process, to work on a BluePrint for an Integrated Atlantic Ocean Observing System - now called the AtlantOS High-level Strategy. In the end, this AtlantOS BluePrint Process Team developed a strategy that points to a vision and the contents of an All-Atlantic Ocean Observing System. This strategy builds one part of the legacy of the project and is supported by the ocean observing community and will be implemented through the AtlantOS program. 1.2 Access rights to the project results and obligation to exploit results All AtlantOS consortium partner gave access to their results, on a royalty-free basis, to each other and wherever possibly to EU institutions, bodies, offices or agencies for developing, implementing or monitoring EU policies or programmes. However, such access rights are limited to non-commercial and non-competitive use. In practice, all AtlantOS deliverables can be accessed through the projects website and can be found through Data Object Identifiers (DOIs).


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Due to this approach, all documents as well as other materials, such as pictures or audio-visual material that is provided by any party of the consortium can be used with reference to the EU H2020 AtlantOS project by any interested stakeholder for their communication and publishing activities. Each consortium partner took measures to ensure direct or indirect exploitation of its results by:

• Using them in further research activities • Developing, creating or marketing a product or process • Creating and providing a service • Using them in standardisation activities

All communication and dissemination outputs related to the AtlantOS project and any major results funded by the AtlantOS project i) displayed the EU emblem and ii) included the following text to acknowledge the funding body: “This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 633211.” 1.3 Technological Readiness Level (TRL) The challenge of developing and improving technology for research and innovation activities in Atlantic Ocean Observing was to increase performance and efficiency, even though these activities are mostly sustained by national initiatives. To build on existing capacities and to fill the gaps in EOV observation in space and time around the Atlantic, a better coordination, harmonization, and integration system was needed as well as the use of new and improved ocean observation technologies. Some project activities focused on the feasibility of improved technologies and sensor developments at technology readiness level 4-6. This included proven prototypes for nutrients (TRL 5-6), the development of pCO2 optodes (TRL 4), pH sensors (TRL 6), dissolved inorganic carbon and total alkalinity sensors (TRL 4) and improved oxygen sensors (TRL 6). AtlantOS was aiming to accelerate the TRL of these systems such that prototypes could be used on platforms used by AtlantOS networks (TRL 7). The metrology aspects of the integrated Atlantic Ocean Observing System were at TRL 9 for most physical parameters, TRL 6 for many biogeochemical parameters, and only at TRL 4 for most (meta)genomic measurements. Gaps in emerging EOVs like biological and (meta)genomic survey instrumentation and sensors were addressed by including a review of technologies at TRLs 3-5 and adaptation test and demonstrations of in-situ oceanic genomic sensors, and sampling approaches were dedicated to new pressures such as plastic littering. We coordinated and promoted a progression to a minimum of TRL 7 in areas with less mature metrology practice. AtlantOS improved the technological readiness for the interoperability of the data system to TRL 6-9, depending on the data type. Limited pilot actions aimed to show technical feasibility in a near-to-operational environment aiming to integrate the individual existing technologies (i.e. in-situ, remote observations and models) into single products, targeting a TRL of 5-6. A number of pilot data and information products were generated to support specific user needs at TRL 6-7.


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Within the AtlantOS project a roadmap for sensors and instrumentations was developed to provide an open access to technology enhancements for research centered in and around the Atlantic Ocean to both engage and improve collaboration and integrated efforts from all stakeholder groups. In the end, a full description of the work undertaken on technology and sensor enhancement and the respective Technology Readiness Levels that have been demonstrated is provided in the AtlantOS deliverable 6.3 ‘Sensor and instrumentation validation’.

In summary, eight separate technologies that address key Essential Ocean Variables received direct support from AtlantOS project partners and a total of 18 TRLs have been advanced through the AtlantOS project. Table 1 shows the sensors and instruments. AtlantOS partners also undertook multiple collaborations with previous FP7 EU funded ‘Oceans of Tomorrow’ projects to further demonstrate and validate technologies that had been developed prior to the start of AtlantOS. Table 1: Summary of technology development through Work Package 6 ‘Cross-cutting issues and emerging networks’

Parameter EOVs (inc supported variable)

Advancement

pH Prototype optode

• Inorganic carbon • Phytoplankton biomass

and diversity • Hard coral cover and

composition

TRL 5 to 6+

pCO2

Optics electronics board

• Inorganic carbon • Phytoplankton biomass

and diversity • Stable carbon isotopes

TRL 5 to 6

O2

Completed optode

• Oxygen • Nutrients • Inorganic carbon

TRL 7 to 9

Total Alkalinity

Prototype system

• Inorganic carbon • Stable carbon isotopes • Phytoplankton biomass

and diversity

TRL 4 to 7

Dissolved inorganic

carbon

Prototype system

• Inorganic carbon • Stable carbon isotopes

TRL 4 to 7


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Nutrients

Completed microfluidic and electronic integration

• Nutrients • Dissolved Inorganic

Carbon • Phytoplankton biomass

and diversity

TRL 7 to 8+

Marine Autonomous

Plankton Sampler

System trial on buoy

• Fish abundance and distribution

• Hard coral cover and composition

• Phytoplankton biomass and diversity

TRL 2 to 7

Environmental Sample

Processor

System preparation for trial

• Fish abundance and distribution

TRL 6 to 8

2. Exploitation and dissemination of project results A list of all AtlantOS deliverables and exploitation products can be found in the Exploitation Plan (D11.3; pp. 11-13). The following chapters present the different approaches to capture and access the Intellectual Property achieved in the project as well as the dissemination and engagement measures after the end of the project. Results generated by one or several project parties during the lifetime of AtlantOS will be disseminated to the public as soon as possible by appropriate means, including scientific publications and presentations up to 3 years after the end of the project (30/09/2019). 2.1 Website and social media The project homepage at www.atlantos-h2020.eu was and is still the main tool for

(1) Exploring the different levels of information and tailoring the dissemination to different categories of stakeholders (policy makers, business stakeholders, etc.) through fora for mobilising the stakeholder community


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(2) Providing information by reports, observing products and services (both current and future) with interactive maps, a showcase for products and services, observatory profiles and links to related resources and portals

(3) Featuring the suite of products targeted at issues of societal concern developed by Work Package 8 ' Societal benefits from observing/information systems’ and demonstrating success stories targeted at stakeholder groups

(4) E-learning tools (interactive material) (5) Promotion of project outputs, products and services.

During the lifetime of the project, the website received over 177k visits (checked on 19th November 2019). Top 10 countries are United Kingdom, France, Germany, USA, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Russia, Ireland, Portugal. The project Twitter account has 3,400 followers (12th November 2019). This is an increase from 1,110 in the first period of the project. The followers were gained organically and through ‘community building’ and represent a very focussed set of ‘quality’ followers. This ensures that messages sent through the Twitter account receive significant retweet / distribution through networks. The AtlantOS project Twitter account will stay alive and was taken over by the AtlantOS program. Thus, the contact between the ocean observing community and its stakeholder groups is secured. 2.2 Publications and further dissemination material AtlantOS project results were published both in peer-reviewed scientific journals (in open access) and in popular scientific journals for the lay audience. Brochures and flyers about the project further raised awareness of the project in general as well as its products and services in more detail amongst target groups and communities. This helped to drive target users to the AtlantOS website and social media activities and further enhanced communication of the AtlantOS project and its products and services. Around 180 publications (including AtlantOS deliverables) and dissemination documents can be identified. Information about publications can be found on the AtlantOS website. 2.3 Open Access Publications and Open Data AtlantOS was fully committed to implementing a free and open data sharing policy. This objective was achieved through the provision of open access to peer-reviewed publications, with a combination of green and golden Open Access, and through the provision of open access to research data, by taking part in the “Pilot on Open Research Data in Horizon 2020”. 2.4 Newsletter and Briefing Paper including science-policy briefings Besides publications, posters, presentations and deliverables, six newsletters and three briefing papers have been published during the project’s lifetime. With these activities the work carried


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out in Work Packages 1 to 11 was communicated to the scientific community, the interested public, and other stakeholder groups. The newsletters had different special foci, included an opinion page from an ocean observing expert as well as information from the private sector. In addition, activities on capacity building and activities focusing on activities with school kids (Kids Corner) were presented. The newsletters were used to build greater awareness about activities around ocean observing and shared these information with different communities. Newsletter have been published as follows:

1: Delivered Month 21, 12/2016






By publishing science-policy briefing papers and organising briefings the results of the work conducted in Work Packages 1 to 11 were communicated to relevant decision-making and implementation bodies. Thus, greater awareness about ocean observatories was achieved by


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contributions to the papers and the presentations at the events. Presentations were given mainly by AtlantOS partners, but occasionally external guests were invited. Briefing Papers have been published as follows:




Briefing events were planned at locations and in combination with events that offered the opportunity to engage an interested community such as at relevant trade fairs as well as in the cities of Brussels, Washington, New York, and Ottawa in order to enable a critical mass of relevant stakeholders to participate. AtlantOS briefings for policy communities included:

- Side event ‚Building partnerships for Integrated Ocean Observing and Information in support of the implementation of SDG 14’ at Preparatory UN conference ‚The Ocean Conference’, 15th February 2017 in New York.

- Briefing event as part of the AAAS Conference on Science Diplomacy in Washington, D.C. on 29th March 2017. This was specifically aimed at the science-policy community in Washington that is involved in decisions related to ocean development and management, but not necessarily directly working with observatories.


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- Side Event ‚Alliances for Integrated Ocean Observing and Information Services Supporting the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14’ at UN ‚The Ocean Conference’, 8th June 2017 in New York.

- On 6th June 2018, a celebratory event entitled “Transatlantic Research Cooperation to Treasure and Protect the Atlantic Ocean” was held in the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Celebrating 20 years of the EU-US Science and Technology Agreement and 5 years of EU-US marine research cooperation, the event brought together European and US representatives of industry, science and policy to identify the best ways for science to help us treasure and protect the Atlantic Ocean, to keep it healthy and productive and to understand and tackle the issue of plastics in the ocean.

- Together with the EU-funded Blue-Action project, the AtlantOS project and the SEARICA Intergroup took the initiative to organize an event on 2nd September 2018 to discuss with scientist the Atlantic Ocean circulation and its potential impacts. Approx. 50 participants took part in this event hosted by the SEARICA Intergroup in the European Parliament.1

2.5 Visual and interactive outputs To engage more with the ocean observing community and other interested stakeholder groups, several videos were produced. With this activity some project results were presented to the wider public through a combination of digital and print outputs. 2.5.1 AtlantOS project Whiteboard Animation Video AtlantOS develop a whiteboard graphic animation to explain the value-added by ocean observing and the strategic work of the AtlantOS project to a broader audience. The video is available on YouTube, it is 2.41 minutes long and has 1.698 views so far (24/11/2019). 2.5.2 AtlantOS Success Story Videos To showcase the relevance of Ocean Observing for the benefit of society some exemplary success stories of the AtlantOS project, six videos, were produced and published via YouTube. These videos explain (1) product related achievements (like mapping of the seafloor, identifying oil spill hazards, and ship route hazard mapping), (2) technological improvements (considering Argo floats), and (3) community related achievements (like AtlantOS high-level strategy and opinions of the observing community on the benefit gained by AtlantOS). The videos are publicly available and can be used by everybody. The videos were published in July 2019 and have several views so far- ranging between 53 and 163 (24/11/2019). 2.5.3 Scrolling web-story on ocean observing history A multidimensional (parallax) website highlighting current developments and future trends on ocean observing was developed with a similar aim to inform interested stakeholders and can be found on the AtlantOS project website.

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2.6 First International AtlantOS Symposium The three-day long symposium on the ‘All-Atlantic Ocean Observing System: Ambitions and Opportunities feeding into the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030)’ took place from 26 to 28 March 2019 at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris (France). The symposium celebrated the success of the Horizon 2020 EU Research and Innovation Action AtlantOS and simultaneously marked the beginning of the international AtlantOS (All-Atlantic Ocean Observing System) program, which benefits from the Galway and Belém Statements. The symposium brought together scientists, policy makers, users, funders and other stakeholders, to articulate and refine a joint All-Atlantic ambition for ocean observing. Outcomes provide input to the G7 Ocean group and feed into the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030). The symposium showcased achievements and articulated opportunities, needs and benefits from the work of the EU H2020 AtlantOS project feeding into the implementation of the AtlantOS program and its role of enabling a wide range of societal benefits. The symposium concluded by articulating the path forward to sustain and grow the All-Atlantic Ocean Observing System (AtlantOS) during the next decade – highlighted in the Paris Declaration on All-Atlantic Ocean Observing. Outcomes are summarized in the Symposium Report. 2.7 AtlantOS Early Career Scientists Through the lifetime of the AtlantOS project, a number of young doctoral and post-doctoral scientists were employed to undertake specific tasks within the project and disseminated the project results by scientific papers and meeting contributions. Through AtlantOS some Early Career Scientists (ECS) worked with excellent sensor research groups and companies in Europe and gained practical experience in project management and marketing by their involvement in these small and medium sized enterprises. Moreover, the ECS organized their own meetings at General Assemblies (staring at the 3rd) to discuss e.g. how ethics and theories about sustainability should apply in marine research activities or what value ECS can add to AtlantOS. The 4th Newsletter focused on contributions written by ECS in cooperation with senior scientists dealing with these topics. In addition, during the First AtlantOS Symposium an ECS representative presented the views of this group to the AtlantOS program. 2.8 Participation in conferences and fairs To display the previous mentioned scientific work and information material, AtlantOS partners participated in several conferences, workshops, fairs, etc. Moreover, several workshops were organized by AtlantOS partners itself and external experts were invited to such events too. In general, around 5000 persons from the scientific community, industry, civil society, general public, decision-making experts, communication experts, investors, funders, customers were reached through this path way during the project’s lifetime.


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3. Dissemination measures during the closing phase of the project The final report of the project will include a plan for the use and dissemination of foreground, to demonstrate the added value and impact of the project results to the benefit of the European Union. A final publishable summary of the results will be made available to the Commission for dissemination in the public domain. This will include information on realised or expected results, and their wider societal implications. The text will be drafted in such a way as to be understandable for a lay audience. In addition, the AtlantOS High-level strategy (initially called AtlantOS BluePrint) was formally launched at the First International AtlantOS Symposium in March 2019 and published as OceanObs’19 Community White Paper through Frontiers in Marine Science in July 2019. A final project booklet, the ‘Blue Print’, will be released as a best practice guide covering the following issues of ocean observation: i) observing platform capabilities, ii) new technologies and workforce training, iii) communication with user communities, iv) financial resources from nations and other sponsors, v) ocean data and information products, vi) national and other partnership, vii) network design and impact studies, and viii) visions for 2030 including a collection of all project publications will be produced at the end of the project. The Blue Print will be made available for download on the website. Dissemination measures after the closure of the project: After the official end of the project, the foreground of the project will be available as a web-based archive for all interested parties. The domain name of the project website will be assigned to GEOMAR. The website archives all documentation related to the project, including publications, and will be accessible for 5 years after the end of the project. To get a perspective on which activities the AtlantOS partners were most proud of, a survey was conducted at the beginning of 2019 and shared between the Work Packages 1 to 10. This survey covered as well the most challenging issues that arose by achieving the task goals. Table 2 displays a compilation of these results Table 2: Summary of activities AtlantOS partners were most proud of and indication of challenging issues with regard to these activities.

Work Package Most proud of Most challenging issues Observing system requirements and design studies

Report providing an initial overview of the estimated running costs of Ocean Observing networks in the Atlantic Creation of templates for each of the networks to be used in future analysis Capacities and gap analysis

Difficulty to estimate the cost of running the networks due to the complexity and diversity of the Ocean Observing networks A detailed gap analysis (detailed requirements on resolution in space and time, timelines and quality need to be defined)


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Enhancement of ship-based observing networks

Getting the South Atlantic Ships of Opportunity route up and running with NRT data display Contribution to high resolution pCO2 data Inter-comparison between optode and established pCO2

instrumentation Defining new habitats for the whole North Atlantic and enhancing the CPR platform with new physical and molecular data Establishment of a system of European reference laboratories for some EOVs not frequently measured and the continued support for a technical coordinator of this system Establishment of the ‘underway bathymetry’ Data integration of bathymetry data to a global database, where the data is accessible for everyone Identification of priority areas for upcoming mapping surveys

Ensuring that the Ship of Opportunities route will continuously running run after the AtlantOS project’s lifetime Accuracy of pCO2 optode and their ongoing adoption as standard instrument An operational pCO2 sensor Data ingestion systems for all variables, also the ones, measured by the network. Filling the bathymetric data gaps in the world’s oceans

Enhancement of autonomous observing networks

First online oxygen data from the oxygen minimum zone of the tropical North Atlantic (PIRATA) Successful and timely adaptation of CO2 sensors on new T-Flex moorings system

Avoid biofouling on the CO2 sensors


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Based on the value, for numerical weather prediction, of additional data collected by AtlantOS, funding commitment was secured from European national meteorological and hydrological services for barometers on drifters in the Tropical Atlantic for the time period 2019-2023

Interfaces with coastal ocean observing systems

The AlterEco sustained glider network reached its 12 months mark in November 2018 and continues to operate; All data is made available to international networks in near-real-time and is currently used for assimilation into operational ocean and met forecasting models

Quality control of delayed mode and near-real-time data from long term deployments of autonomous vehicles remains a problem. Biofouling, sensor drift and uncertainties in lithium cell endurance each play a part here but limited opportunities for cross calibration and dedicated calibration cycles during missions remain our biggest challenge

Integrated regional observing systems

Contribution to the process in connecting stakeholder from different disciplines to identify mechanisms for stakeholder dialogue

Enhance capacity development – creating new opportunities for ocean observing Provision of data products for selected regions (e.g. Europe "Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service”) – a mechanism to request products is not transparent (e.g. eastern boundary African fisheries) Motivate strategy to enhance and better link international observing initiatives (e.g. FAO and the “Global Ocean Observing System”) Establish better mechanisms to routinely review ocean observing in connected regions (e.g. eastern boundary African fisheries)

Cross-cutting issues and emerging networks

The Sensors and Instrumentation Roadmap has reached into the

Implementation of a broader transatlantic infrastructure bartering sharing mechanism (“OFEG-Atlantic”)


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community and strengthened the following areas: • Improved ability by

observational communities to plan the design, deployment and maintenance of ocean observing systems into the future

• Improved cost estimation for ocean observation systems; improved foresight of metrology possibilities for ocean observation platform (e.g. vehicles) developers

• Improved dissemination and take up of ocean technologies and hence improved market conditions and dissemination pathways for sensor and instrumentation developers.

Training and field demonstrations of standard instrument and real-time data sharing via OGC SWE and OGC PUCK protocol technologies in operational environment

Most of the identified emerging networks are still at a very early stage of development. AtlantOS has facilitated meetings but the networks themselves need to organise at the community level to move the networks forward to become established observing system. There are positive developments of this from the biological observing communities with the ratification of the biological EOV’s as part of the GOOS biology panel

Data flow and data integration

Minimum standards for use of identifiers for platforms and institutions, metadata including vocabularies, quality control and dissemination means. Furthermore, guidelines regarding DOI assignment, catalogue techniques and vocabulary use in AtlantOS have been formulated Taking on board the network and integrator representatives that have all

Obtaining consensus among a diverse group of partners with individual interests and agenda


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entered into a continuous improvement loop to build and consolidate the European integrated data system, and that will continue to run beyond the end of the AtlantOS project in the framework of other projects The impact of the deep Argo floats was assessed in several systems, they are successfully assimilated in different Copernicus global ocean forecasting systems involved in this task Improvement of international carbon data bases (SOCAT, GLODAP) and integration of AtlantOS observations in these data bases and contribution of AtlantOS to their QC activities Based on the assembly of CPR data, 16 new ecoregional areas for the North Atlantic have been defined and monthly means from 1958 to 2016 for all 16 new ecoregions have been calculated for a series of biological EOVs (Phytoplankton Colour Index, Total Diatom abundance, Total Dinoflagellate abundance and Total Copepod abundance). Variability and trends for these bio EOVs shave been assessed. Comparison of current global ADCP (Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler) observations with AtlantOS ADCP data

Activity started and paved the way with common best practices but implementation need to continue especially for biogeochemical and biological data. Assimilation of Argo BGC (Bio-Geo-Chemical) observations is still challenging in ocean monitoring system. Better assembly of fully qualified in-situ ocean currents observations, in particular, ADCP data sets.


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Societal benefits from observing/information systems

Sharing know-how with the wider community through the dissemination of the Harmful Algae Bloom (HAB) bulletin so that this will help guide others who want to set up a HAB warning system in their target region Creating a proof of concept Aquaculture Site selection tool in three European areas that will evolve making use of already available data set and having helped future marine spatial planning efforts

Sustainability is an issue, for some regions/countries, to continue publishing a weekly HAB bulletin into the medium and long term. Ireland is one of the few countries in Europe to overcome this issue, due to the support from industry, regulators and government. Not all datasets required are open and free. Not all relevant datasets at adequate spatial and temporal resolution for aquaculture siting exist in all Atlantic European areas

System evaluation and sustainability

AtlantOS BluePrint process due to its community-based approach initiated through the AtlantOS project and supported / recognized by the whole observing community Assessment of the adequacy of ocean observing activities and information products in the Atlantic Ocean because such a request did not exist for the Atlantic Ocean before and pilot countries show high interest Successful European vision workshop and co-design of the European strategy to promote European capability and the contribution to an All-Atlantic Ocean Observing System

Involvement of policy stakeholder was not sufficient to get their view on this topic to discuss perspectives, plans, and needs between the scientific and their community

Engagement, Dissemination and Communication

Producing a review of the marine science and wider policy context that has led to European and international Ocean Observing development and reviewing key initiatives in Europe and worldwide that are contributing to future


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coordination and governance of ocean observing

All in all, this list just showcases a range of project outcomes and is not an exhausted representation. Together with the periodic reporting and final report an overall view of the project is given. However, it can be recommended to conduct such a survey with project partners (not only at the end of a project) to get a better idea about the activities that should be shared more widely with respective stakeholder groups. In addition to this survey, all AtlantOS deliverables of the second half life-time include a Stakeholder Engagement fact sheet that identifies the main stakeholder target groups of the deliverable in question. A more detailed analysis of these survey can be found within the updated AtlantOS Engagement Strategy.

Documents

AtlantOS – 633211 › download › deliverables › At... · 2020-01-06 · Last updated: 21 December 2019 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon