EMSO Regional Facilities as test beds for industrial equipment,

methods or services.

Henry Ruhl, A Gates, S Hartman, L Beranzoli, G Petihakis, M Cannat, D O’Conchubhair et al.

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INTEROPERABILITY TECHNOLOGIES FOR SHARING OCEAN INSTRUMENTS AND REAL-TIME DATA

– Oceanology MARCH 15 2018

Service Activites • Geo-Hazard Services

– EPOS

• Climate and Oceanography Services – Copernicus – GOOS – ICOS

• Enviromental indicators – MSFD

• Integrative Services – DOOS – Artificial Intelegence and deep learning

OUTLINE I

Trans National Access • Successes with FixO3 – Approach – Example projects

• New oppottunites with EMSO-Link – Process – TNA host sites

• EMSO PYLOS • EMSO SmartBay • EMSO Nice

• Conclusions

OUTLINE II

SCIENCE SERVICE CONCEPT

Data

Quality assurance / Quality control

Archiving

&

CurationAdding value Disseminating

Sensing

&

Sampling

Automated analytics

Reanalysis Modelling - Now/hindcasting

Operational oceanography data supply

Civil alerting

Interpretation for policy

Examples of value

adding activity that

can be tailored to

stakeholder need

TSUNAMI SERVICE

Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and connected seas (NEAMTWS)

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al.

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COPERNICUS SERVICE

• Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS) provides regular and systematic reference information on the physical state, variability and dynamics of the ocean and marine ecosystems for both the global ocean and the European regional seas.

• Relies on the timely provision of both satellite and in-situ observations. While satellites provide a global view of the surface of the oceans, in-situ systems (i.e. OceanSITES locations, Argo floats via its fleet of ~3,800 in-situ floats) provide complementary data primarily by monitoring their interior.

• Themes include • marine safety, • marine resources, • coastal and ocean environment • weather, climate and seasonal forecasting

ICOS SERVICE

EMSO

SCIENCE SERVICES CONCEPT

In lab & manufacturer

calibrations then deploy Validation pre and

post deployment

CTD samples

Analysis ashore

Cross over Quality control with SOO

Overview of pCO2 data collection at PAP-SO

Keel: 1 m pCO2

Real Time raw data:

www.noc.ac.uk/pap

Archive BODC, ICOS carbon portal, SOCAT) Flash card delayed mode data

30 m pCO2

SCIENCE SERVICES CONCEPT

Hartman, M.C., Hydes, D.J., Campbell, J.M., Jiang, Z.P. and Hartman, S.E.

(2012) Digital processing procedures for SNOMS project 2007 to 2012. NOC, 05

MSFD SERVICES • Descriptor 1. Biodiversity is maintained

• Descriptor 2. Non-indigenous species do not adversely alter the ecosystem

• Descriptor 3. The population of commercial fish species is healthy

• Descriptor 4. Elements of food webs ensure long-term abundance and reproduction

• Descriptor 5. Eutrophication is minimised • Descriptor 6. The sea floor integrity ensures functioning

of the ecosystem • Descriptor 7. Permanent alteration of hydrographical

conditions does not adversely affect the ecosystem • Descriptor 8. Concentrations of contaminants give no

effects • Descriptor 9. Contaminants in seafood are below safe

levels • Descriptor 10. Marine litter does not cause harm • Descriptor 11. Introduction of energy (including

underwater noise) does not adversely affect the ecosystem

INTEGRATIVE SERVICES OBSEA – A test bed for observatory work

del Rio et al. Sensors 2013, 13

INTEGRATIVE SERVICES

14 Porcupine Abyssal Plain (PAP) Dataset

ASTROID5 CRINOID2 CNIDARIA5 DEIMA

• ~53k samples, annotated by experts

• ~74 different classes of fauna

15

Detection and Classification • ~53k samples from 74 classes of fauna

• GoogleNet Inception v3 model • 94% accuracy (weighted average, # samples per class) • >90% of biomass categorised with high accuracy

DEEP OCEAN OBSERVING STRATEGY 1. What is the role of the deep-ocean in the Earth’s energy imbalance and land/sea water redistribution on annual to

multi-decadal time scales? This includes closing the heat and fresh water budget, the warming and freshening of the deep ocean, and their contribution to sea level change.

2. How are natural and anthropogenic variations in climate connected to the global overturning circulation and its variability? This includes variations in deep and bottom water formation rates and water properties, circulation and deep ocean mixing, geothermal heating, and impacts on deep sea ecology.

3. How does deep pelagic ecology respond to natural variation and multiple climate change stressors, including warming, deoxygenation, acidification, changes in biological production, as well as industrial activities?

4. How might such changes influence the function of the solubility and biological carbon pumps, continental slope, nephloid layer transport and the sequestering of carbon in the deep ocean, and the supply of organic carbon food supplies to deep-sea communities?

5. What drives variation in seafloor fluxes of heat, nutrients, tracers, oxygen and different carbon pools? How are these quantities connected to larger-scale ocean circulation? This includes long term links between seafloor fluxes and greater oceanic physical and biogeochemical processes.

6. How might natural and anthropogenic change influence the functional importance of animals and microbes in the deep sea and the seafloor? What environmental variations do they experience in space and time? This includes consideration of benthic storms and currents, fluctuations in turbidity, T, pH, O2, and POC flux. This will improve spatial planning and impact assessment for seabed mining, bottom trawling and oil and gas extraction.

TNA was a major activity in FixO3 Provides access to observatory infrastructure to stakehoders/useres from one county to infrastrucutre hosted by another. Can be used to help: • Fill gaps in obsrvatory capablity • Test new approaches • Meet the high-level objectives of ocean observing

TRANS-NATIONAL ACCESS (TNA)

FixO3 Project User & field origin – TNA call metrics

FISHAUT Analysis of FISH community structure and trophic relationships by AUTomated video imaging at a coastal cabled observatory

Main Objectives

Undertake a systematic monitoring of a coastal Mediterranean fish assemblage in order to enforce biological objectives and associated technological implementations Where

Obsea – UPC

User

Emanuela Fanelli

ENEA Marine Environment Research Center

COMBO: Combined clear water testing of new acoustic profiling instrumentation with high frequency optode measurements of pCO2 and pH in surface and deep waters at E2-M3A

Main Objectives

• Clear water trials of new acoustic instrument

• Test of new pH and pCO2

• Improved data quality on deep-water measurements

• Seasonal dynamics of the upper mixed layer

• Surface current assessment

• Better assessment Adriatic Deep Water formation

Map of E2M3A location Buoy deployment with SGII mounted below

Data from SeaGuard II profiler, Apr-Oct 2015

Improved quality on deep water Conductivity

AGE-CO-DEEP

Main Objectives

Study the long-term behaviour of composite materials in the deep-water environment

What/Where

Deployment of composite specimens in deep sea (900-1000m) in the area north of Crete island, Greece – one batch of specimens will be recovered every 6 months – 3 batches in total

User: ALS Marine Consultants

top-c-UV: UV photometer operation and improvement in the top pelagic layer of an oligothrophic station

Main Objectives

Optical detection and computation of nitrate in the top pelagic layer of an oligotrophic station

Long-Term observations of nitrate via UV

Where

ESTOC, Canary Islands

Host

PLOCAN

User

ICBM, UOL

NeXOS Project

Status/Progress

Sensors and supply pruchased and tested

Installation planned and shipped

1 Photo of general project implementation (can be a deployment, a device, a preparatory meeting

1 Photo of team players working on the preparation, deployment, testing, results, etc.

1 Photo of the deployment area or host organisation logistics/lab facilities

1 Map of the location where the deployment takes/will take place

Corrosion Resistance, Biofilm and Protection Data In Deep Seawater (DeepCorr)

Main Objectives

Corrosion Data

Cathodic protection Data

Environmental Data

Where

Close to Lucky Strike

Host

MOMAR

Ifremer

User

SWEREA KIMAB

1 Photo of team players working on the preparation, deployment, testing, results, etc.

1 Map of the location where the deployment takes/will take place

• Three sites will offer TNA access via an application process starting this spring.

PYLOS – offshore Greece, HCMR et al.

SMARTBAY – Galway Bay, Marine Institute et al.

NICE - Ligurian Sea, Ifremer et al.

EMSO-LINK

PYLOS

PYLOS

PYLOS

PYLOS

NICE

NICE

SMARTBAY

SMARTBAY

SMARTBAY

SMARTBAY

SMARTBAY

TNA PROCESS

Modalities of access: 1 -‐ Remote: the presence of the user or user group is not required at any time during the access period, 2 -‐ Partially remote: the presence of the user or user group is required at some stage, e.g. for installing and uninstalling an instrument. 3 -‐ In-‐person (“hands-‐on”): the presence of the user or user group is required/recommended during the whole access period.

TNA PROCESS

Evaluation Criteria (& maximum number of pages) Max

score

Threshold

Scientific and technical objectives (Potential interest to the research/service

provider community; Originality and innovation, European relevance) – 2 pages

5 3

Quality of the methodology and implementation: clarity, adequacy in relation

to set objectives, work plan, adequacy with the infrastructure (incl. e.g. prior

scientific, technical or logistical arrangements, risk table) – 2 pages plus risk

table

5 3

Scientific Excellence of user group – 2 pages 5 3

Links or potential for seeding links with Industry (e.g., European enterprises

interested in the measurements, participating to the project, e.g. testing new

measuring systems or methods, etc.) – 1 page

3 -‐

Applications from Member States where similar infrastructures are not available

as well as from user groups with no prior experience accessing an infrastructure

2 -‐

Total score 20 -‐

TNA

Office

EMSO-ERIC launches the TNA calls

Provides all information and guidelines needed

Applicant

Contacts the Observatory Manager (OM) for a pre-feasibility evaluation of the project

Sends application to the EMSO-ERIC if the OM validated the project

Collects applications and checks the requirements

Distributes applications to the Evaluation Panel (EP)

EP

Reviews applications

Sends evaluation reports to the TNA Office

Collects evaluation reports

Establishes a ranking of successful applications per observatories and sends it to the OM

OM

Reviews the evaluation reports and decides which project will be funded

Communicates final decision to the TNA Office

Contacts each participant to give them an update on their application status (accepted or refused)

OM

+

Applican

t

Sign an agreement between all parties involved (including EMSO-ERIC)

Organise, manage and implement the TNA project

IMPORTANT DATES • Opening of the call:

31 March 2018 • Submission deadline:

31 July 2018 • Evaluation and

Selection deadline: 30 September 2018

• Feedback to applicants: 15

October 2018

• There are many drivers from the UN, GOOS, DOOS, and EU Directives, as well as national to local interests.

• Service Activities provide a framework to guide how to add value to data for specific users and stakeholders.

• TNA provides a way to increase engagement and help achieve broader ocean observing goals.

CONCLUSIONS

The EMSO-Link project has received funding from the European

Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under

grant agreements N° 731036.

Thank you for your attention.

Electrochemical corrosion measurements in seas – Elcomedes

Main Objectives

perform different studies of corrosion in a real environment using a new potentiostat device.

This new potentiostat has designed to be connected in underwater observatories and be operated remotely

Host

UPC-OBSEA

User

CENIM (Csic-Spain)

LESIM (Uni Sannio, Italy)

SMARTSEA

Main Objectives

To test Smartbay Test Site equipment in a real scenario (OBSEA) before deployment in Galway; to train SmartBay personnel on operation procedures; to compare the data collected with several similar instruments; to compare data processing routines; to exchange know-how

Host

OBSEA-UPC

User

SMARTBAY Ireland

Underwater Sound and Radon Measurements of Rainfall and Wind at Sea

Main Objectives • Deploy and operate an environmental gamma ray detector

(Katerina) coupled to an innovative underwater passive acoustic sensor.

• Study the environmental total gamma ray intensity increase due to high precipitation events and correlating the activity concentration of radon daughters with precipitation rates as calculated with other methods.

• Establish the influence of wind and rainfall structure on the acoustic quantification of rainfall and use this information to develop improved rainfall and wind speed estimation algorithms.

Where: North-Western Mediterranean Sea.

Ligurian Sea / Gulf of Genoa.

Host: W1M3A offshore observatory.

80 Km from the coast, 1200 water depth.

User: Hellenic Center for Marine Research.

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Team at CNR laboratory for testing and preparation of the instrument “Katerina” for the deployment.

Reaching the observatory for the deployment of the instruments.

Katerina deployed along the buoy’s body.

Position of the W1M3A observatory in the Ligurian Sea.

Dynamics of Nutrients using Autonomous Instruments at Fram Strait (DYNAMITE)

Main Objectives

To assess temporal changes of organic and nutrient transports

To characterised microbial communities associated with nutrient transports.

To test lab-on-chip nitrate sensors over long term (1 yr) deployment under Arctic conditions.

Where

Fram Strait, Arctic Ocean

Host

HAUSGARTEN/FRAM, AWI

User

S Torres, A Beaton, S Bacon (National Oceanography Centre), I Salter (AWI)

HAUSGARTEN Observatory; red circles show Mooring Stations where sensors were deployed.

Jonas (AWI) and Alex (NOC) preparing nitrate sensor for deployment.

Alex connecting cables prior to programing Sensor sampling protocol aboard Polarstern.

Sensors and automated samplers deployed at EG-IV (A) and HG-IV (B) mooring sites.

SeaPAP –Bio-Optical Platform (BOP)

Main Objectives: We have developed the BOP system to measure size-distribution and abundance of settling particles throughout a whole year. The BOP system is equipped with a settling column that enables measurements of size-specific settling velocities of the particles. This is done with a camera system that switches on for 5 minutes daily and records the sinking particles. Finally, the BOP system is equipped with 40 collection cup that contain a viscous gel. These are used to collect and preserve the original size and structure of the settling particles throughout the year. The BOP system was deployed at Porcupine Abyssal Plain (PAP) during the RV Discovery cruise DY050. The system was installed together with the existing PAP#3 mooring from Southampton Oceanographic Institute, who is also hosting the observatory. The deployment and development of the BOP system was done by the SeaPump group in Bremen, Germany. The is a Helmholtz young investigator group from Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research. The group collaborates with MARUM and University of Bremen. The BOP system was deployed during DY050 in 2016 and recovered in 2017.

Test of pH and pCO2 sensors at deep-sea conditions at the TNA observatory ANTARES

Main Objectives

to test sensors and instruments measuring partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2) and pH at deep-sea conditions (2500 m) during a long deployment (many months, up to one year).

Where:

at the TNA observatory ANTARES in the Mediterranean sea

Host:

BJS-ANTARES (ID No. 9 in FixO3) IFREMER

User:

UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG, UGOT, University Of Tokyo

Larval Occurrences in Open Ocean: Connectivity studies in the East Atlantic and West Mediterranean (LO3CAted)

Main Objectives

1. Report distribution and availability of larval pools at different water masses;

2. Observe biofilm colonization and settlement of deep-sea larvae on biogenic substrates;

3. Infer population connectivity between Atlantic and Mediterranean deep-sea populations.

Hosts

PAP; ESTOC; CVOO; DYFAMED.

User

Universidade de Aveiro (Portugal) – PI + 3 team members

Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (Greece) – 1 team member

University of Oregon (USA) – 1 team member

PAP

CVOO ESTOC

DYFAMED

A - LO3CAted experimental frame [Ø -14 cm; 55 cm height] to hold biogenic substrates [pine wood, oyster shells and bones] and larval traps (on top). B- Preparation of net baskets to enclose substrates. C – Deployment at PAP [April 2016]. D - Location of selected infrastructures.

A

C

B

D

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