Workshop: exchange and availability of ocean data
A workshop marking the official launch of the SIMORC service
On the exchange and availability of ocean data and products
Held on 28th March 2007
from 9.00 - 12.30 hours at OGP offices London
Participants:
- SIMORC Coordination group and Advisory Members
- OGP Metocean Committee members
- NOAA and JCOMMOPS representatives
There is a lot of activity in Europe and the US to develop and operate infrastructures for ocean data and information management and provision. The output of these systems has added value for the offshore oil & gas industry such as are represented in the OGP Metocean Committee. The objective of this workshop is to raise OGP members' awareness and become acquainted with the infrastructures and their specific ocean products and services, and to establish more communication and exchange between the industry and the research and public communities who are developing and operating these systems. At the same time it is positioning the SIMORC service within this field.
The presentations can be downloaded:
- Opening by Charles Bowen (OGP Executive Director)
- SeaDataNet - a Pan-European infrastructure for ocean and marine data management by Lesley Rickards (BODC)
- MerSea project - a European system for operational monitoring and forecasting of the ocean physics, biogeochemistry, and ecosystems, on global and regional scales by Yves Desaubies (IFREMER)
- EuroGOOS activities. Operation of regional ocean monitoring systems in Europe by Patrick Gorringe (EuroGOOS/SMHI)
- IOOS - US Integrated Ocean Observing System and DMAC - a national US infrastructure for ocean and marine data management by Kurt Schnebele (NOAA)
- JCOMMOPS - international coordination of data from ocean platforms for marine meteorology and oceanography by Hester Viola (JCOMMOPS)
- SIMORC Service - System of Industry Metocean data for the Offshore and Research Communities, now operational by Dick M.A. Schaap (MARIS)
- Official launch of the SIMORC Service by Alan Edwards (European Commission)