Access to marine data at Institute of Marine Research according to OECD principles

and guidelinesSeaDataNet Annual meeting Madrid 25-27. March 2009

Helge Sagen

Norwegian Marine Data centre

INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCHINSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH

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INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCHINSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH

MATRE RESEARCH STATIONMATRE RESEARCH STATION

INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCHINSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH

AUSTEVOLL RESEARCH STATIONAUSTEVOLL RESEARCH STATIONINSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCHINSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH

FLØDEVIGEN RESEARCH STATIONFLØDEVIGEN RESEARCH STATION

Bergen: the IMR headquarters. Offices and laboratories in several buildings at Nordnes

▶ A national institute

Photo: Institute of Marine Research

Graphics: Institute of Marine Research

▶ Institute of Marine Research - Data policy

MAIN PRINCIPLE (15th May 2007)

The research data originated by the Institute of Marine Research are freely available for use by own researchers, national and international researchers, government officials and society in general if nothing else is devised.

The institute manage data by adopting best data management practices in accordance with established data type guidelines, quality assurance routines and data availability.

Graphics: Institute of Marine Research

▶ Institute of Marine Research - Data policy

COST POLICY

FREELY AVAILABLEStudents, researchers and collaborating partners

HANDLING COSTS approx NOK 5.000,-Typical smaller data extraction,fixed amount + 1.000,- pr hour

DATA PRODUCTS NOK 20 - 500.000,-Define a project to extract data, aggregate products and distribute results on a CD or Internet databases.

Photo: Institute of Marine Research

▶ Data sources - Research vessels,

buoys, gliders, SOOP

ARGO FLOATS

Temperature

Salinity

GLIDERS

Temperature

Salinity

Oxygen

Chlorophyll

FERRY BOX

Temperature

Salinity

Chlorophyll

BUOYS

Weather station

Currents

Temperature

Salinity

HÅKON MOSBY

BUILT: 1980

701 GRT., L.o.a: 47,2 M

OWNER: UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN

DR. FRIDTJOF NANSEN

BUILT: 1993

1444 GRT.

L.o.a: 56,8 M

OWNER: NORAD

G.M. DANNEVIG

BUILT: 1979

171 BGRT.

L.o.a: 27,9 M

JOHAN HJORT

BUILT: 1990

1828 GRT.

L.o.a: 64,4 M

G.O. SARS

BUILT: 2003

4067 GRT.

L.o.a: 77,5 M

Photo: Institute of Marine Research

▶ Complex datasets

ENVIRONMENTAL DATA Temperature, salinity, density, currents, nutrients, plankton, pollution

BIOLOGICAL DATAAssessment, recruitment, growth,

behaviour, geographic distribution, genetics BIODIVERSITY DATA Mapping of seabed (MAREANO), biodiversity (coral reefs), introduced species

▶ Ecosystem survey in the Barents Sea, August – October 2006

Photo: MAREANO

▶ Norwegian Marine Data centre - NMD

Vision: NMD acts as national coordinator for marine data and manage research data from the Institute of Marine Research and other institutions. Responsible as ”National Oceanographic Data Centre”, NODC since 1971.

3 MAIN ACTIVITIES

DATA CENTREData catalogue - MetadataLong-term stewardship of research dataOperational data management

APPLICATION DEVELOPMENTDatabase designQuality controlProject specific developmentsWeb Map Service client for MAREANO

DATA EXCHANGEQueriesWeb Map Services (WMS)Visualisation on InternetMAREANO portal

▶ Data exchange by using the data catalogue

4-500 datasets or times serieswww.imr.no/datakatalog

Photo: Institute of Marine Research

▶ TINDOR The INtegrated Database for Ocean Research

Long-term stewardship

Research database at Institute of Marine Research

Fish catch dataOceanographic dataPlankton dataNutrients dataAcoustic data

Photo: MAREANO

INCOMINGAutomatic daily or weekly data stream from research vessels, buoys and external sources.

EXCHANGESelected data have automatic exchange – Norwegian Navy, University of Bergen and met.no.

▶ Operational data handling- daily updates

▶ Operational data handling- (daily)– vessels, buoys, floats

Photo: Institute of Marine Research, Johan Kristiansen

Between 1935 and 1947 Institute of marine Research established8 fixed oceanographic stations from Lista in South to Ingøy in North. The main purpose was to establish long time series on monitoring the coast and ocean climate in general.

▶ Coastal monitoring – every 10-15 days

▶ Coastal monitoring – every 10-15 days

Photo: Hurtigruten ASA

▶ Coastal monitoring– Ferry box – Thermograph services

Institute of Marine Research has monitored water temperature at the coastal steamer M/S Vesterålen and M/S Lofoten since 1950 on 22 fixed places. From 1998 to 2006 temperature was measured sensors. In 2006 a ”ferry box” concept was established measuring temperature, salinity, oxygen, chlorophyll.

▶ Coastal monitoring– Ferry box – Thermograph services

▶ Regular transects – climatologically transects

Foto: Havforskningsinstituttet

▶ Buoys – Weather station- Water (temperature, salinity, currents)

▶ 3000 ARGO floats

▶ Cruise summary – data flow – status quality control

▶ Spesialiced databases – Nutrient data

▶ Model results – netCDF files presented in WMS

▶ Model results – netCDF files presented in Google Earth

Foto: Havforskningsinstituttet, H. Sagen

NMD participates in external projects national and international like:

IPY DOKIPY (National research council)

EU SeaDataNet (FP6)

MyOcean (FP7)

▶ Project specific development in project DOKIPY

Photo: Institute of Marine Research, H. Sagen

▶ Project specific development in project SeaDataNet

NMD participates in external projects national and international like:

IPY DOKIPY (National research council)

EU SeaDataNet (FP6)

MyOcean (FP7)

EMODNET

Graphics. Institute of Marine Research

Communiation systems and infrastructure

Observation systemes

System architecture and information management

Products and services

▶ Project specific development in project i-Nord

Photo: Institute of Marine Research

▶ Data exchange – Web Map Services

NMD develops and maintain Web Map Services

By using ESRI ArcIMS and MapServer

MAREANO portal

Geographic fish distribution maps

Geographic sea mammals distribution maps

SONATE - FFI/MRDB species maps

ARTSDATABANKEN

GBIF data node – species maps

▶WMS – geographic distribution maps of 50 species

Photo: MAREANO

▶ MAREANO Portal

Photo: MAREANO

The MAREANO Project main partners, Institute of Marine Research, Norwegian Geological Survey and Norwegian Sea Mapping Authority surveys bathymetry, seabed characteristics, nature types pollution in Norwegian waters. Results presented onwww.mareano.no

Graphics: MAREANO

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▶ MAREANO seabed mapping Troms II

To set up a real time synchronization of databases at research vessels, ships of opportunity, onshore databases

To implement a national infrastructure on marine data management, proposal to the Norwegian Research Council. Includes15 national institutions.

MyOcean in-situ TAC Arctic

EMODNET chemical data

SHIP SOOP

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▶ Resent developments

▶ Summary

The research data at the Institute of Marine Research are available for external users.

The complexity of the different datasets encourages cooperation opposed to being a data source.

Large data repositories and complex datasets makes it time consuming to develop user friendly applications on Internet.

External users demands aggregated products integrated in geographic maps or in interactive web map services.

OECD principles and guidelines will improve data availability and imposes more cooperation.

Referencing data source is crucial.Photo: MAREANO