The ChloroGIN Project to address GEO Task EC-06-07

Steve Groom, Nick Hardman-Mountford PML, UK;Mark Dowell, Nicolas Hoepffner, JRC;

Srinivas Kumar, INCOIS, India; Stewart Bernard, CSIR, South Africa, Milton Kampel, INPE, Brazil; Vivian Lutz, INIDEP, Argentina

Shubha Sathyendranath, POGO, GEO Point of Contact

ChloroGIN co-chairs: Trevor Platt, BIO, Canada, John Field UCT, South Africa

ChloroGIN• ChloroGIN is the Chlorophyll Globally Integrated Network

• Developed during a GOOS/POGO/GEO sponsored workshop in Plymouth, Sept 2006

• Addresses GEO task EC-06-07– “Build upon existing initiatives e.g. ANTARES in South America … to

develop a global network of organization-networks for ecosystems, and coordinate activities to strengthen observing capacity in developing countries. “

• ChloroGIN aims to promote in situ measurement of chlorophyll in combination with satellite derived estimates and associated products.

- variable of importance for ecosystem and carbon cycle- simple and well-established measurements

ChloroGIN Network

• The Network presently consists of three principal Regional Centres – Latin America, South Africa, India

• Linked by good communications to three northern centres – UK, EC-JRC, Canada

• additional Regional Center in Asia in discussion (e.g. CEARAC-NOWPAP)

Milestones 1• Presentation at 4th CBC meeting, Geneva, 31 May – 1 June

2007

• 1st Ocean Colour Training Course, Mombasa (Kenya), 24 Sept.- 5 Oct. 2007

• ChloroGIN exhibition at the GEO Ministerial, Cape Town, Nov. 2007

• Presentation at IO-GOOS annual meeting, Phuket, 30 Nov.-3 Dec. 2007

• ChloroGIN SC meeting, coinciding with IOCCG annual meeting, Paris (UNESCO), 14 Feb. 2008

• DevCoCast kick-off meeting, Paris (UNESCO), 14-15 May 2008

land and marine (subset of ChloroGIN) community together

• ChloroGIN exhibition at Oceanology International, London, March 2008

• ChloroGIN exhibition at EuroGOOS Conference, Exeter, May 2008

• Presentation at 1st GEOCoast meeting in Athens 9-13th June 2008

• DevCoCast 1st training session (GEONETcast and ChloroGIN products) at Accra, Ghana, 27-31 Oct. 2008

Milestones 2

Achievements

• Update of ChloroGIN-related web portal at Regional Centres

• Development of ChloroGIN.org global web server link to regional sites

• Improved connections between networks and receiving stations

• Best practice protocols for in situ measurements– Report on Inter-calibration of Chlorophyll

measurements (www.antares.ws/documents)

• Training event and specific promoting activities

ChloroGIN.org

Click here

ChloroGIN – ANTARES http://www.antares.ws/

ChloroGIN S. Africa – UCT MARE Web Site

ChloroGIN – UK NEODAAS web site http://www.neodaas.ac.uk/

JRC ChloroGIN AMIS website http://amis.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

GIS websiteSatellite derived products

Models data

Environmentalvariables

(e.g. Bathymetry)

Maps Navigation

Basic Statistics

Time-series

Threshold analysis

Multivariate analysis

Progress of ChloroGIN - Indian Ocean • Automatic data processing chain has been setup at Indian National Centre for

Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) to process MODIS – Aqua data

– Chl-a, SST, K490 and total suspended matter (TSM)

– 5 - 27 N and 55 - 98 E (Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal)

• Daily images, weekly and monthly composites for the 4 products disseminated through INCOIS website in PNG/HDF

• Eight Time-series stations planned in coastal waters for monthly in-situ measurements (Chl., SST, TSM, and optical properties)

• IOGOOS Members endorsed ChloroGIN and requested INCOIS to provide real-time Satellite Products for the coastal regions of the following countries:

– Tanzania, Iran, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Oman, Thailand

• INCOIS is in the process of providing MODIS data products for the above regions.

Outreach: ChloroGIN at the GEO Ministerial, Nov 2007, Cape Town

• ChloroGIN was exhibited at the GEO Ministerial, Cape Town.

– Funded by the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem, POGO, CSIR and JRC

– The exhibit consisted of two 3 x 2 m curved posters; two large plasma screens demonstrating various ChloroGIN web-sites and the IOCCG Ocean Colour film (courtesy Roland Doerffer)

– The exhibit was manned by MRSU;

– generated a great deal of interest from attendees ranging from school children to ministerial delegates; and did much to raise the profile of ChloroGIN.

Outreach: ChloroGIN Leaflet

Outreach: ChloroGIN Leaflet

1st Ocean Colour Training Course 2007 Africa (24 Sept.-5 Oct., Mombasa, Kenya)

Objectives

To provide theoretical basis of satellite Ocean Colour measurements

To promote applications of OC radiometry in Africa

• for monitoring and managing coastal zones• for protecting marine ecosystems and resources

A EC-JRC contribution to FP7 policy theme 4: The EU as a Global PartnerEnvironmental Dimensions of Development co-operation

Course Highlights

18 participants selected out of 65 applications

11 Nations represented (Africa and Eastern Indian Ocean islands)

12 lecturers and application trainers from Africa and Europe

11 computers with both Linux and Windows configuration

Funding Initiative: DevCoCast

• ChloroGIN has been selected as one of the demonstration systems in the EU FP7 DevCoCast, – Kick-off meeting Paris (UNESCO) 14-15 May 2008

• DevCoCast uses the GEONETCast concept to provide processed land and ocean satellite data and value-added products in developing countries

• Regional marine data providers (PML, JRC, MARE, DMI)

- to countries in Africa (Namibia, Tanzania, Ghana and Senegal) and South America (Brazil) and Asia (China)

• As DevCoCast develops it is hoped that additional partners will join the team. It is also expected that additional products will be developed.

• Link to GEO Coastal CoP – GEOCOAST

• Link to aquaculture/fisheries SAFARI – AG-06-02

• Link to Water Quality WG – WA-07-01

• ChloroGIN as a coastal contribution for proposed Ocean Colour Virtual Constellation (DA-07-03)

Existing Links in GEO “space”

Potential Future Links

• Potential link to HARON and other drainage basin tasks

– i.e. Land-Ocean interaction

• Link to open ocean initiatives i.e. Argo and OceanSITES (CL-06-06) and GCOS ECVs (CL-06-02)

Potential limitations for ChloroGIN activities

• If continuity of ocean colour sensors after 2010 cannot be achieved

• Communications bandwidth must be improved in developing countries (i.e.,could be a limiting factor for the delivery of ocean chlorophyll and related products)

• funding

Funding suggestions: Current ChloroGIN activities rely on minimal resources and on voluntary contributions from many members of the network, with few opportunities to compete for larger funding

Need to invest major efforts in identifying resources – to consolidate the in-situ networks and ensure minimum capability

at sites– to secure a full ChloroGIN meeting (e.g. early 2009)– To organize (asap) progress meeting for the Latin America

ANTARES Network

Possible funding sources: EU FP 7 specific call , EU Development Fund, WorldBank/GEF, IBSA –Ocean partnership

Difficulties and Expectations from CBC

Expectations from CBC

Outreach recommendations: Persuading other GEO member states to

recognize ChloroGIN as a priority would

- increase national fundings

- strengthen existing activities

- attract additional nations to the network

Forge links with other GEO Tasks (e.g. HARON)