Ocean Applications for Societal Benefit from Observations and Models


Session ID#: 36113

Session Description:
In recent years, innovation in ocean observations and modelling activities has allowed the development of new and more accurate mid-downstream products and services that contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals 13 “Climate Action” and 14 “Life below water”.

Integration of marine data, from combined sources, for end-user products has been a challenge within the marine and maritime communities for several decades. This meeting will report on recent tangible progress through the integration of Earth Observations, in-situ data systems, model analyses, reanalysis and forecasts, and information on human related activities to create useful products of value to Blue Economy priority areas. These products will enhance the safety of coastal communities and promote economic development in key emerging marine and maritime sectors through the development of better decision support tools.

The European AtlantOS project, the BluePlanet initiative and the IOOS organization have come together to describe the products/services they deliver. The following themes are covered: disaster/hazard risk reduction (coastal flooding risk mapping, maritime transport, efficient ship routing, harmful algal blooms, oil spill hazard mapping), ocean resource assessment and finally climate descriptors for environmental reporting.

Target audience: science community, environmental protection agencies, ‘ocean data, science & information’ users and decision makers.

Primary Contacts:  Caroline Cusack, Marine Institute Ireland, Oranmore, Ireland and Eleanor O'Rourke, Marine Institute, Galway, Ireland
Presenters:  Nadia Pinardi, CMCC, Ocean application and Prediction Division, Lecce, Italy, Augusto Sepp Neves, University of Bologna (UniBO), Via S.Alberto 163, 48123 Ravenna, Italy, Kevin Horsbourgh, National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Carl C Gouldman, Integrated Ocean Observing System, Silver Spring, MD, United States, Paul M DiGiacomo, NOAA College Park, College Park, MD, United States, Jonathan Tinker, Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, United Kingdom, Gregory Smith, Environment Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada, Anne-Sophie Ste-Marie, St. Lawrence Global Observatory, Rimouski, QC, Canada and Eleanor O'Rourke, Marine Institute, Galway, Ireland
 

See more of: Town Hall