The Copernicus Marine Service provides regular and systematic reference information on the physical (including sea-ice and wind waves) and biogeochemical states of the global ocean and European regional seas. This capacity encompasses the description of the current ocean state, the prediction of the ocean state a few days ahead, and the provision of consistent retrospective data records for recent decades. In the coming years, Copernicus Marine will prepare the implementation of the next generation of ocean monitoring and forecasting systems and new services for the coastal ocean and for marine biology. Copernicus Marine will also progressively embrace the new capabilities of digital services in synergy with the European Digital Twin of the Ocean (DTO) developments. The European DTO will connect and interoperate, on a common digital platform, a large variety of ocean and coastal numerical tools, allowing for global, regional-to-coastal model configurations and the co-development of new simulations and what-if-scenarios for enhanced on-demand ocean forecasting and ocean climate prediction.
The session focuses on the main Copernicus Marine Service research and development activities on ocean modelling; data assimilation; processing of observations, impact and design of in-situ and satellite observing systems; verification, validation, and uncertainty estimates; monitoring and long-term assessment of the ocean physical and biogeochemical states. The session also includes research activities that are required to prepare the next generation of ocean monitoring and forecasting systems (improved Arctic monitoring, ensemble forecasting, higher resolution, regional ocean climate projections, use of artificial intelligence techniques) and new services for the coastal ocean and for marine biology. The session will also encompass research activities that are required for the development of the European DTO, including the next generation of ocean models combining artificial intelligence and high-performance computing, dedicated infrastructures and platforms as well as protocols and software and the definition of what-if-scenarios.
Presentations are expected from research teams involved in the Copernicus Marine Service, the European DTO, the development of downstream applications and in relevant Horizon Europe projects. Contributions from the international OceanPredict community and from the relevant UN Decade programmes and projects are strongly encouraged.