The ChloroGIN Project to address GEO Task EC0607

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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

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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
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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)

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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

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Milestones 2

• 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

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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

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ChloroGIN.org
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ChloroGIN ANTARES http//www.antares.ws/
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ChloroGIN S. Africa UCT MARE Web Site
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ChloroGIN UK NEODAAS web site
http//www.neodaas.ac.uk/
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JRC ChloroGIN AMIS website http//amis.jrc.ec.euro
pa.eu/
GIS website
Satellite derived products
Maps Navigation
Basic Statistics
Models data
Time-series
Environmental variables (e.g. Bathymetry)
Threshold analysis
Multivariate analysis
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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.

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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.

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Outreach ChloroGIN Leaflet
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Outreach ChloroGIN Leaflet
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1st Ocean Colour Training Course 2007 Africa (24
Sept.-5 Oct., Mombasa, Kenya)
A EC-JRC contribution to FP7 policy theme 4 The
EU as a Global Partner Environmental Dimensions
of Development co-operation

• 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

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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

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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.

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Existing Links in GEO space

• 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)

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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)

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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

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Difficulties and Expectations from CBC

• 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

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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)