GlobCurrent User MeetingGlobCurrent User Meeting
IFREMER and the European Space Agency (ESA) have sponsored an ocean current data user workshopwhich took place at Ifremer (Brest, France), on 7th to 9th March 2012.
The purpose of this User Consultation Meeting (UCM) was to bring users and experts in the field of EO (calibration, validation, data merging, algorithm development) and service delivery together to present their detailed requirements for ocean surface current products and services. Conclusions and stated user requirements from this meeting will be used to define the scope and develop guidelines for a potential Data User Element (DUE) project "GlobCurrent" competitively funded by ESA. GlobCurrent will demonstrate the feasibility of a unified service for ocean surface currents linked to external user applications.
Conclusions and stated user requirements from this meeting will be used to define the scope and develop guidelines for a potential Data User Element (DUE) project "GlobCurrent" competitively funded by ESA. GlobCurrent will demonstrate the feasibility of a unified service for ocean surface currents linked to external user applications.
The presentations from this meeting are available in the table below :
Wednesday 7th March 2012
| - GMES Operational Services - 1240_Brefort (798.12 kB) | T. Brefort, European Commission |
| - Overview of the ESA GlobCurrent DUE opportunity, Aims and Objectives for the UCM and expected outcomes - 1255_Donlon2 (13.19 MB ) | C. Donlon and O. Arino, ESA |
Session 1: Setting the Scene - Ocean Surface Currents from Space
| - Overview of Ocean Surface currents - Surface velocity observations from the Global Drifter Program - 1310_Lumpkin (8.05 MB) |
R. Lumpkin, NOAA/AOML |
| - Modeling the global ocean circulation with eddy-resolving resolution - 1330_Barnier (7.10 MB ) | B. Barnier et al., CNRS |
| - Ocean Surface Currents: What we can do with Earth Observation? - 1350_Larnicol (3.97 MB ) | G. Larnicol, CLS |
| - How far can we go with the ESA Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Experiment (GOCE)? - 1410_Bingham (4.84 MB ) | R. Bingham, Univ. of Newcastle |
| - Ocean Surface Currents: What we can do with Earth Observation at finer resolutions? - 1430_Emery (28.67 MB ) | W. Emery et al., CCAR, Univ. of Colorado |
Session 2: User Requirements for Ocean Surface Currents
| - NCEP usage and needs of ocean current measurements - 1450_Rivin (2.47 MB ) | I. Rivin et al., NOAA |
| - Impact of ocean surface currents on the ECMWF forecasting system for atmosphere circulation and ocean waves - 1505_Bidlot (7.41 MB ) | J. Bidlot, ECMWF |
| - Ocean Currents at the Met Office - 1520_Blockley (1.16 MB ) | E. Blockley, Met Office |
| - Modeling drifts and waves at Météo-France: the need for observations of currents - 1535_Lefevre (1.63 MB ) | J. M. Lefèvre, Météo-France |
| - The GMES Marine Service and its Myocean project: a user and provider of surface current observations - 1550_Dombrosky (2.39 MB ) | E. Dombrowsky, Mercator-Océan |
| - Current data assimilation and drift forecast models for search and rescue - 1605_Maisondieu (1.38 MB ) | C. Maisondieu, Ifremer |
| - Ocean Currents: an O&G operator's needs - 1650_Quiniou (1.18 MB ) | V. Quiniou, Total |
| - GlobCurrent - User Benefits in the Offshore Industry - 1700_Grignon (4.83 MB ) | K. Millard, H. R. Wallingford, Oxford |
| - Ocean current integration in transoceanic voyage plans - 1710_Cochennec (3.29 MB ) | M. Cochennec, CMA-CGM |
| - Oil spill and chemical modelling: operational examples - 1720_Gouriou (3.27 MB ) | V. Gouriou, Cèdre |
| - Currents needs for marine energies - 1735_DeRoeck (2.69 MB ) | Y. H. De Roeck, Ifremer |
| - Costa Concordia emergency: Satellite images and operational Oceanography in support of Italian coast guard, anti-pollution, and Operational activities - 1750_Caiazzo (9.68 MB ) | L. Caiazzo et al., Generale delle Capitanerie di Porto |
| - Current data for sailing racing boat – routing simulation - 1805_Douillard (14.60 MB ) | O. Douillard, Adrena |
| - Ocean surface currents: The challenge for the 21st century - 1820_Quartly (2.18 MB ) | G. Quartly et al., NOC |
| - CNES interests in ocean currents monitoring - 1835_Lambin2 (1.43 MB ) | J. Lambin, CNES |
| - Ocean surface currents: some aspects of numerical model control, validation and operational use in the marine industry - 1850_Bonjean (1.50 MB ) | F. Bonjean, SAT-OCEAN |
| - Satellite and in situ fields experimentation in a turbulent ocean - 1905_Speich (6.59 MB ) | S. Speich, LPO |
Thursday 8th March 2012
Session 3: Ocean Surface currents: direct measurements and new high resolution challenges
| - Interplay of ocean current information from spaceborne sensors and from ground-based HF radars - 0830_Forget (6.07 MB ) | P. Forget, MIO-CNRS |
| - The Wavemill Mission: initial proof of concept results and needs from GlobCurrent - 0845_Buck (9.45 MB ) | C. Buck et al. ESA |
| - On the Potential of Current Measurements by Spaceborne Along-Track InSAR - 0900_Romeiser (9.11 MB ) | R. Romeiser, Univ. of Miami |
| - Global and coastal surface current estimation from SAR - 0915_Collard2 (16.01 MB ) | F. Collard, CLS |
| - New challenges for satellite altimeters: What characteristics are needed to capture ocean dynamics at meso and sub-mesoscales? - 0930_Klein.pdf (4.33 MB ) | P. Klein, Ifremer |
| - On the use of sub-mesoscale tracer information for the improvement of altimetry-derived velocity fields - 0945_Verron (9.12 MB ) | J. Verron, LEGI |
| - Surface circulation patterns in the western Gulf of Lion by in-situ detection of Lagrangian coherent structures - 1000_Nencioli (3.39 MB ) | F. Nencioli, MIO Marseille |
Session 4: Ocean Surface currents: Advanced product developments
| - Assimilation of information on positions of surface drifters in an operational system for ocean forecasting - 1045_Dobricic (1.80 MB ) | S. Dobricic, CMCC |
| - Use of altimetric and wind data to detect the anomalous loss of SVP-type drifter-drogue - 1100_Rio (2.28 MB ) | M. Rio, CLS |
| - Use of in-situ data and models for the Rio-Paris wreck search - 1115_Ollitrault (9.17 MB ) | M. Ollitrault, Ifremer |
| - Under-ice ocean currents production using satellite data - 1130_She (3.51 MB ) | J. She, DMI |
| - The Ocean Surface Current analyses – Real Time (OSCAR) system (Presented by Rick Lumpkin, NOAA) - 1145_Dohan (2.65 MB ) | K. Dohan et al., Earth and Space Research |
| - Surface currents in the Mercator Ocean global and regional systems: validation against observations, use for application and feasible improvements - 1200_Levier (1.06 MB ) | B. Levier et al, Mercator-Océan |
| - Reconstruction of ocean velocities from the synergy between existing SSH and SST measurements - 1215_Isern-Fontanet (11.08 MB ) | J. Isern-Fontanet, ICCC |
| - Multivariate techniques and diagnostic models for the retrieval of the 3D ageostrophic currents at mesoscale from combined satellite and in situ measurements - 1230_Nardelli (2.60 MB ) | B. Buongiorno-Nardelli, ISAC-CNR |
Parallel Session 5-1 : Ocean Surface Currents from Space : new potential from satellite product
| - Comparisons between altimetry-derived geostrophic current anomalies, in situ current data, SST and ocean colour observations - 1400_Cancet (3.78 MB ) | M. Cancet, NOVELTIS |
| - Singularity Anaysis: a powerful image processing tool in remote sensing of the oceans - 1415_Turiel 6.52 MB ) | A. Turiel, IMS-CSIC |
| - Observation operators based on Lagrangian Coherent Structures for the assimilation of ocean tracer images - 1430-titaud (3.20 MB ) | O. Titaud, CERFACS |
| - Inferring surface displacements from hourly SST fields: preliminary results - 1445_LeBorgne (2.11 MB ) | P. Le Borgne, Méteo-France CMS |
| - A particle stochastic filter for fluid flow recovery from images - 1500_Memin (687.76 kB ) | E. Mémin, INRIA |
| - Power laws and inverse motion modeling: application to turbulence measurements from satellite images | P. Héas, INRIA |
| - Characterisation of ocean dynamics from SSH and SST - 1530_Autret (1.30 MB ) | E. Autret, Ifremer |
| - Reconstruction of velocities and SST with the variational method - 1540_Ba 601.01 kB ) | S. Ba, Télécom Bretagne |
Parallel Session 5-2 : Ocean Surface Currents: regional analysis and needs
| - Some challenges of SST and altimetry observations in the Agulhas Current region - 1400_Rouault (5.48 MB ) | M. Rouault et al., CSIR Cape Town |
| - Estimation of geostrophic speed from altimetry in the Agulhas current: from gridded product to high resolution - 1415_Tournadre (1.71 MB ) | J. Tournadre, Ifremer |
| - Monitoring the surface inflow of Atlantic Water to the Norwegian Sea using Envisat ASAR | M. W. Hansen, NERSC |
| - Monitoring volume transport in a branch of warm inflow towards the Arctic by satellite altimetry - 1440_Hansen (5.52 MB ) | B. Hansen, Faroe Marine Research Institute |
| - Assimilation of HF radar currents in the Iroise Sea using EnOI - 1455_Raynaud (7.49 MB ) | S. Raynaud, ACTIMAR |
| - Coastal ocean surface currents: melding HF radar observations and numerical modelling - 1510_Schulz (3.00 MB ) | J. Schulz-Stellenfleth, HZG |
| - A comparison between modelled ocean surface currents and HF radar measurements - 1525_Louazel (553.52 kB ) | S. Louazel, SHOM |
| - Oceanic assimilation and studies at ALYOTECH - 1540_Mauge (2.41 MB ) | R. Mauge, ALYOTECH |
A Celebration: 10 years of Marine Observations with ENVISAT
| - Official Opening | P. Vincent, IFREMER |
| - The ENVISAT Mission - 1600_Laur (4.88 MB ) | H. Laur, ESA |
| - CNES presentation | J. Lambin, CNES |
| - ENVISAT Altimetry and its role in Operational Oceanography - 1630_LeTraon (5.64 MB ) | P-Y. Le Traon, IFREMER |
| - ERS and ENVISAT (A)ATSR: the precision tool for global SST measurement - 1650_Donlon (12.23 MB ) | C. Donlon et al, ESA |
| - ENVISAT Wave mode story and achievements - 1710_Johnsen (1.72 MB ) | H. Johnsen, NORUT and F. Collard, CLS |
| - ENVISAT (ASAR, MERIS, AATSR) the synergy precursor | J. Johanessen, NERSC |
| - ENVISAT contribution to the development of application and services, and future perspectives with the Sentinels - 1750_Fanton (6.63 MB ) | O. Fanton D'Andon, ACRI |
| - ENVISAT ASAR: a Boost for operational near real-time monitoring of the marine environment and maritime situation - 1810_Kerbaol (7.11 MB ) | V. Kerbaol, CLS |
| - The Sentinel 1 Missions - 1830_Desnos (8.21 MB ) | Y-L. Desnos et al, ESA |
| - The Sentinel 3 Missions - 1845_Mecklenburg (5.88 MB ) | S. Mecklenburg et al, ESA |
Friday 9th March 2012
Session 6 : Ocean Surface currents: impact on ocean wave models
| - MyWave - A pan-European concerted and integrated approach to operational wave modelling and forecasting - a complement to GMES MyOcean services - 0900_Saetra (1.08 MB ) | O. Saetra, Norwegian Météorological Institute |
| - Ocean current effects on sea states - 0915_Ardhuin (5.27 MB ) | F. Ardhuin, Ifremer |
Session 7: Open plenary discussion on key aspects of User requirements that could be addressed by the GlobCurrent project.
Part-1: What are the recommended product and service requirements for GlobCurrent ocean surface currents?
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Chair: J-F. Piollé (IFREMER) - Discussion1 (1.68 MB ) |
Part 2: What are the recommended tools, techniques and data sets that are required by GlobCurrent?
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Chair: J. Johannessen (NERSC) - Discussion2 (13.65 MB ) |
GlobCurrent User Consultation Meeting : Observing surface currents from space Thanks to satellite and in-situ observations, combined with high resolution numerical ocean models, the last decade has seen advances in the knowledge of the global ocean surface dynamics, filled with a large number of various mesoscale (~100 km) and sub-mesoscale (<~10 km) meandering surface currents and eddies. However, the challenge is to accurately quantify the surface current associated with these…