Long-term in situ marine observations largely vary in context. They could be performed in coastal areas or in the open sea, onto the seafloor or along the water column, and in addition, they could involve different types of systems (e.g. fixed or mobile platforms) and instruments. Their maintenance and development are operated by distinct teams and they primarily aim at serving local challenges and/or specific demands. But beyond this apparent diversity, common goals to ensure both sensor performance and data reliability are pursuedand the community, unequivocally, always get very good benefits in sharing and discussing their practices in the domain.
JERICO-RI, EMSO ERIC and AtlantOS, with the support of the European Commission, jointly organized the “Workshop on Interoperability Technologies and Best Practices in Environmental Monitoring” that took place in Brest, France, in October 2018. The workshop, addressed to technical and scientific staff, was designed to support the harmonization of practices for marine observations and favour technology interoperability.
The full agenda of the Workshop can be viewed here.
As part of it, EMSO ERIC specifically organized the last day session entitled “Dissolved oxygen: seafloor and water column data, from sensor to users”, which focused on the practical aspects of time series data production from sensors characteristics, acquisition parameters, quality control and calibration procedures, to data processing and interpretation. Broader objectives were also to promote best practices regarding the acquisition, qualification, and distribution of dissolved oxygen data, as well as to develop synergies around these data between EMSO, JERICO-RI and AtlantOS communities.
Here below are listed the presentations used as a support during the session:
- Scientific issues and corresponding needs (spatial coverage, accuracy, data availability, etc..) associated with dissolved oxygen data for each community:
- a) Seafloor data, by Pierre-Marie Sarradin (IFREMER). Download the presentation here
- b) Water column data, by Laurent Coppola (CNRS, Sorbonne Univ.). Download the presentation here
- Data acquisition, state of the art of sensor knowledge, implementation, and recommendations:
- a) Oxygen optodes, by Henry Bittig (Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research). Download the presentation here
- b) Moorings: known issues, recommendations for implementation and qualification, by Dominique Lefèvre (CNRS). Download the presentation here
- c) Autonomous platforms (Argo and gliders): known issues, recommendations for implementation and qualification by Henry Bittig (Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research). Download the presentation here
- d) O2 data acquired from SBE43 sensor during an hydrographic casts: known issues, recommendations for implementation and qualification by Laurent Coppola (CNRS, Sorbonne Univ.). Download the presentation here
- e) The case of very low oxygen concentration area by Aurélien Paulmier (IFREMER). Download the presentation here
- f) Presentation of the White Paper on Best Practices prepared for OceanObs19 by Jay Pearlman (IEEE Ocean RCN). Download the presentation here
- Data management:
- a) Dissolved oxygen data in the Coriolis Data Base by V. Racapé (IFREMER). Download the presentation here
For more information, please contact Virginie Thierry at virginie.thierry@ifremer.fr