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COSS-TT online meeting (1), June 2021

Welcome to the first Coastal Ocean and Shelf Seas Task Team (COSS-TT) virtual meeting. We are pleased to take this opportunity to invite COSS-TT members and guests to discuss how the COSS-TT would contribute to the “United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development” and specifically the Task Team’s potential involvement in “CoastPredict” and “ForeSea” that have been submitted for consideration to be endorsed as official UN Decade programmes. In addition to programmes, the UN Ocean Decade will endorse “Communities of Practice”, where several programmes will contribute. The COSS-TT co-chairs have been actively involved in these activities (and also with the SynObs project that has been submitted from the OS-Eval TT) and are eager to share outcomes with all COSS-TT members and to determine actions going forward.

 

Link to the COSS-TT pages

Agenda document (pdf)

Version 21 June 2021

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Provisional outline

  1. Presentations of the status of relevant UN Ocean Decade programmes (focus on CoastPredict and ForeSea, including SynObs). Q/A on programmes, including possible funding aspects.
  2. Presentations of specific science topics supporting COSS-TT/UN Decade engagement
  3. Round-table discussion where each member speaks in turn of their vision of the UN Ocean Decade, of the role of the TT, of any current or potential involvement, on any programmatic and funding opportunities. In particular, members should be prepared to inform the TT about any national or international actions already planned or ongoing within the Decade in their parts of the world (please be ready for that).
  4. Discussions on specific questions (see below).
  5. Summary/vision by the TT co-chairs, with general discussion

 

Preliminary list of questions for discussion:

  • The COSS-TT is a natural steering and executive part of the ForeSea UN Ocean Decade programme, proposed by OceanPredict as a whole. On the other hand, the Task Team is well represented in the coordination (co-chair) and Steering Committee of the CoastPredict proposed programme.  How can we (as an OceanPredict Task Team) seize this opportunity of playing a very active role at connecting the large-scale and coastal efforts over the next decade?
  • Should we expand our Terms of Reference, for instance towards more societal aspects? (sustainable development, coastal resilience, coastal vulnerability, etc.)
  • Should we expand our scientific objectives?
  • How can we engage TT members and affiliates (including COSS community members) for developing international projects/activities during the Decade?
  • What are the opportunities for funding? What will have the highest chance of getting funded?
  • Could we come up with a short list of outstanding goals for the TT, and a very approximate calendar of what would be feasible?

 

COSS-TT meeting attendees

(all three meeting days combined)

First name Surname Affiliation Country
1 Yannis Androulidakis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki/ University of the Aegean Greece
2 Alexander Barth University of Liege Belgium
3 Alan Blumberg Jupiter Intelligence USA
4 Guillaume Charria Mercator Ocean international France
5 Eric Chassignet COAPS/ FSU USA
6 Byoung-Ju Choi Chonnam National University South Korea
7 Mauro Cirano UFRI Brazil
8 Fraser Davidson DFO Canada
9 Pierre De Mey-Frémaux CNRS/LEGOS France
10 Christopher Edwards UCSC USA
11 Ivan Federico CMCC Italy
12 Yosuke Fujii JMA-MRI Japan
13 Jianping Gan Hong Kong University China
14 Isabel Garcia Hermosa Mercator Ocean international France
15 Marcos García Sotillo Puertos del Estado Spain
29 Marilaure Grégoire University of Liege Belgium
16 Fabrice Hernandez IRD/ Mercator Ocean international France
17 Mike Herzfeld CSIRO Australia
18 Naoki Hirose Kyushu University Japan
19 Lars Robert Hole Met.No Norway
20 Jason T. Holt NOC UK
21 Joanne E. Hopkins NOC UK
22 Rob King Met Office UK
23 Villy Kourafalou University of Miami/RSMAS USA
24 Alexander Kourapov NOAA USA
25 Pierre-Yves Le Traon Mercator Ocean international France
26 Fabien Lefevre CLS Group France
27 Bruno Levier Mercator Ocean international France
28 Youyu Lu DFO Canada
30 Paolo Oddo CMRE Italy
31 Enda O’Dea Met Office UK
32 Shun Oishi Nagoya University Japan
33 Nadia Pinardi University of Bologna Italy
34 Jeffrey Polton NOC UK
35 Rafael Schiller Fugro USA
36 Gregory Smith ECCC Canada
37 Emil Stanev HZG Germany
38 Joanna Staneva HZG Germany
39 Jennifer Veitch SAEON South Africa
40 PN Vinayachandran Indian Institute of Science India
41 Peter Zavialov P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS Russia

1st COSS-TT online meeting presentations

Day 1 – 9 June 2021

Meeting introduction, UN Decade programmes and project overview (CoastPredictForeSea, and SynObs), Topic 1 presentations on Observing infrastructure in the coastal seas, integration with models and with forecasting.

Title Presenter Affiliation Role
1st COSS-TT online meeting – introductionslides 1-8 Pierre De Mey-Frémaux, Villy Kourafalou CNRS/LEGOS, University of Miami/RSMAS COSS-TT co-chairs
CoastPredict – Observing and Predicting the Global Coastal Ocean Villy Kourafalou University of Miami/ RSMAS COSS-TT co-chair
ForeSea – UN Decade programme Eric Chassignet Florida State University/ COAPS OPST co-chair
INTRO – Topic  : Observing infrastructure in the coastal seas, integration with models and with forecasting)slide 42-46 Pierre De Mey-Frémaux CNRS/LEGOS COSS-TT co-chair
Topic 1 project presentations: Observing infrastructure in the coastal seas, integration with models and with forecasting
Yosuke Fujii MRI-JMA OS-Eval TT co-chair
Mauro Cirano UFRJ, Brazil COSS-TT member
Guillaume Charria Mercator Ocean international, France COSS-TT member
Rafael Schiller Fugro, USA Invited speaker
Fabien Lefevre CLS Group, France Invited speaker

Day 2 – 10 June 2021

Topic 2, 3 and 4 presentations covering

  • T2: Integration of coastal ocean and estuaries/inland waters/coastal cities
  • T3: Seamless integration with larger-scale estimates within OceanPredict
  • T4: Climate projections, coastal vulnerability and resilience
Title Presenter Affiliation Role
INTRO – Topic 2 : Integration of coastal ocean and estuaries/inland waters/coastal citiesslide 68-76 Villy Kourafalou University of Miami/ RSMAS COSS-TT chair
Topic 2 presentations: Integration of coastal ocean and estuaries/inland waters/coastal cities
Guillaume Charria Mercator Ocean international COSS-TT member
Marilaure Grégoire Univeristy of Liege, Belgium Invited speaker
INTRO – Topic 3 : Seamless integration with larger-scale estimates within OceanPredictslide 78-86 Pierre De Mey-Frémaux CNRS/LEGOS COSS-TT co-chair
Topic 3 presentations: Seamless integration with larger-scale estimates within OceanPredict
Ivan Federico CMCC, Itly COSS-TT member
Gregory Smith ECCC, Canada IV-TT co-chair
Topic 4 (Climate projections, coastal vulnerability and resilience) introductionslide 88-96 Villy Kourafalou University of Miami/ RSMAS COSS-TT chair
Topic 4 presentations: Climate projections, coastal vulnerability and resilience 
Jason Holt NOC, UK Invited speaker
Yannis Androulidakis University of Thessaloniki, Greece Invited speaker

Day 3 – 11 June 2021

Topic 4 presentations continued (Climate projections, coastal vulnerability and resilience) and strategic goals and TT role discussion

Title Presenter Affiliation Role
Alan Blumberg Jupiter Inc, USA Invited speaker
Joanna Hopkins NOC, UK Invited speaker

COSS-TT online meeting (1) – Chat records

Chat details are provided below:

Day Topics Chat record
Day 1, 9 June 2021 Meeting introduction, UN Decade programmes and project overview (CoastPredictForeSea, and SynObs), Topic 1 presentations on Observing infrastructure in the coastal seas, integration with models and with forecasting. COSS-TT Day 1 Chat record
Day 2, 10 June 2021 Topic 2, 3 and 4 presentations covering

  • T2: Integration of coastal ocean and estuaries/inland waters/coastal cities
  • T3: Seamless integration with larger-scale estimates within OceanPredict
  • T4: Climate projections, coastal vulnerability and resilience
COSS-TT Day 2 Chat record
Day 3, 11 June 2021 Topic 4 presentations continued (Climate projections, coastal vulnerability and resilience) and strategic goals and TT role discussion. COSS-TT Day 3 Chat record 

 

The COSS-TT 2022, June meeting report can now be viewed on this website.

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