The European project Copernicus Marine Service represents the marine component of the European Union’s (EU) Earth observation programme, COPERNICUS. This service, which draws on the expertise of a vast European network involved in operational oceanography, comprises two production centres: the marine forecasting centres (MFCs : Monitoring and Forecasting Centers) responsible for maintaining digital ocean models and data centres (TAC : Thematic Assembly center) responsible for collecting oceanographic data, of which TAC in situ is one of the key components.
In Situ TAC objectives
- Collect heterogeneous, cross-platform data from multiple sources
- Perform consistent quality control
- Distribute the data in a common format (NetCDF) and in near real-time (within 24 hours) to the Copernicus Marine Forecasting Centres (MFC), for assimilation into their numerical ocean models.
- To provide the scientific community with the high-quality delayed-mode products required for model validation or assimilation in ocean reanalysis and climate studies, and for determining the state of the ocean …
POKaPOK’s involvement (2022-2028)
POKaPOK’s mission is to develop tools for the qualification, analysis and production of large datasets and environmental indicators. POKaPOK also supports Ifremer in the operational qualification of in-situ observations. Furthermore, POKaPOK coordinates, on the one hand, working groups on data quality control and, on the other, the contribution of in-situ observations to the Ocean State Report.