Transcript Alan Stevenson - the MAREMAP Programme

Southeast Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme
10th Anniversary Annual Review Meeting: 12 December 2012
The MAREMAP Programme – the Regional Coastal
Monitoring Programme’s contribution
Alan Stevenson
Marine Geology Team Leader (British Geological Survey)
[email protected]
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Outline
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Science strategy changes that led to MAREMAP
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The MAREMAP partnership and how the Regional
Coastal Monitoring Programme contributes
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MAREMAP website and deliverables
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European Marine Observation and Data Network
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UK Marine Science Strategy 2010-2025
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15-year strategy to focus marine science
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Three high-level priorities
• Understanding how the marine ecosystem works
• Responding to climate change
• Sustaining and increasing ecosystem benefits
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Cross-cutting measures
• Alignment of science effort
• Long-term monitoring
• Communications
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UK Marine Science Strategy
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Will apply to all science funded by Government
Address barriers to development of marine
science
Involve stakeholders
Regular updated actions in Delivery Plan
Enable a step-change in co-ordination of
marine science
Cultivate high-quality science
Working with others (including international
partners)
‘Marine science will have an important role
to play through seabed and habitat
mapping’
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Better integration between Government
organisations
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Survey Planning and Data Acquisition
• Civil Hydrography Annual Seminar (CHAS) and
the Maritime and Coastguard Agency website
Data archiving
• Marine Environment Data and Information
Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centres
(geology, bathymetry, oceanography, seabed
species and habitats)
Data Sharing
• DEFRA Pan-Government Agreement
Information and map products?
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NERC response to UK Marine Strategy
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Improve collaboration between centres/surveys
BGS/NOCS/SAMS established UK Marine Environmental
Mapping Programme in April 2010.
Invited partnerships to help achieve goals of integrated
mapping – CCO and University of Southampton; MCA,
University of Plymouth and CEFAS.
BGS/NOCS commit funds (3 man years each + joint
surveys) and improve sharing of information
Prioritise mapping areas based on stakeholder input
Make use of third-party data and build on Defra datasharing agreement
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Delivery of maps
Multibeam data
Data available through DEFRA panGovernment data-sharing agreement
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
(MCA)
UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO)
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
(JNCC)
Natural Environment Research Council
(NERC)
The Crown Estate (TCE)
CEFAS
Ministry of Defence (MOD)
Natural England (NE)
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
(AFBI)
Marine Scotland (MS)
Countryside Council for Wales (CCW)
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MAREMAP Science Themes
• Marine habitat mapping to underpin spatial conservation policy
•Developing geological maps and models of the UK offshore area
•Reconstructing the onshore-offshore Quaternary history of the UK
•4D mapping and monitoring of seabed and sub-seabed environments
•Mapping and modelling of coastal and shelf sediment dynamics
•Assessment of human impacts and marine geohazards
•Developing innovative technologies and techniques for marine mapping
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Sea of the Hebrides
Quaternary and Bedrock
mapping
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Data courtesy of the MCA (Civil Hydrography
Programme, Marine Scotland, BGS and SAMS
Geomorphology
Bathymetric data collected
using multibeam echo-sounder
(MBES) during 2008-2011 as
part of the Civil Hydrography
Programme (CHP) on behalf of
the Maritime and Coastguard
Agency (MCA). SW Canna
collected by the Northern
Lighthouse Board vessel ‘Pole
Star’ on behalf of the Scottish
government.
Geomorphological
classification of seabed
features based on MBES &
legacy BGS seismic.
Papers published in:
Marine Geology: Howe, J A,
Dove, D, Bradwell, T and
Gafeira, J. Submarine
geomorphology and glacial
history of the Sea of the
Hebrides, UK
Smith, K. The Fascadale Fault.
Scottish Journal of Geology.
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Integration of new data sets to update
interpretations of sea-bed sediments
BGS 1:250,000
Sea-bed
sediment
mapping
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Multibeam
Rugosity
Backscatter
New MAREMAP
sediment
interpretation –
1:50,000
Dover
Rock
Rock and thin
Sediment
Coarse
Sediment
Mixed Sediment
Sand
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Benefits to MAREMAP of
CCO/RCMP partnership
National network covering England
DEFRA-funded data and metadata
freely available
INSPIRE and MEDIN compliant
Providing data/mapping information in
coastal zone where there is a gap in
NERC information
Links onshore/offshore for seamless
geological mapping
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www.channelcoast.org
MAREMAP objectives
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The aim of MAREMAP is to ensure:
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effective co-ordination of marine mapping
activities within NERC and the wider UK
community
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to deliver maps, scientific papers, policy
advice and associated products that meet
the needs of end-users operating in the
marine environment.
2. A major component of MAREMAP involves
undertaking seafloor and habitat mapping in
order to improve the independent scientific
evidence base for UK marine policy
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Co-ordination
• Ongoing discussions with potential partners,
e.g. Marine Scotland and AFBI (Northern
Ireland)
• Continued involvement in CHAS, MEDIN,
DEFRA data sharing MoU, HBDSEG Sea-Bed
Mapping Working Group, GSL Marine Studies
Group
• Acoustic Data Interpretation Workshop held in
October
• MAREMAP Conference – to be held at Royal
Society of Edinburgh, November 2013
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Delivery of maps, science and policy
advice to end users
• MAREMAP Collaborative Projects:
• EC-funded - INIS Hydro, EMODnet
• UK /Devolved Govt. - DEFRA AUV Glider
Project, Marine Scotland/JNCC surveys
• NERC - Britice-Chrono (last Ice Age)
• Industry – Renewables, Hydrocarbons,
Aggregates
• MAREMAP Knowledge Exchange post
• Delivery of maps/information on MAREMAP
website
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www.maremap.ac.uk
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Traditional paper maps/explanations
(1:50,000 scale)
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Building 3D geological models
• 3D mapping of the
shallow sub-surface
• Model developed by
building a grid of
intersecting subseabed crosssections
• Shallow sub-surface
can include manmade structures (e.g.
pipelines/cables)
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2D map
3D modelling
2D Cross-section
Web and mobile technologies
• Web-mapping services can link map information
•Emphasis on digital ‘intelligent publications’
•GeoSource - system based on MediaWiki software
for management of text resources
•Search facilities that scan documents in which
every word is indexed
• Mobile apps
• Machine-to-machine enquiries
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MAREMAP map planning
Bathymetry
Interpretation
Geology
Surficial
Sediments
Quaternary
sediments
BGS – in
progress
Survey area
Status
Backscatter
collected
Sediment
samples.
Other
groundtruthing
MCA Outer
Forth/North
Sea
Surveye
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Yes
Yes
BGS/NOC
completed
CCO/MCA
Ramsgate to
Dover
Survey
complete
Sept.201
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Yes – CCO
interpretation
complete
Sediment
samples
only
CCO/University of
Southampto
n – in
progress
Yes
Sediment
samples
only
CCO
(Teignbridge
DC)/MCA
Planned
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summer
2012
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Substrate
Habitat
mapping
CCO –
EUNIS
Level 4 for
sediment,
Level 3 for
rock
EUNIS
Level 2
and 3.
Shapefiles
on CCO
website,
and with
JNCC
Bedrock
EMODnet
(European Marine Observation and Data Network)
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Established in 2007 by the European Commission
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As part of the Integrated Maritime Policy Action Plan
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To support ‘Marine Knowledge 2020’
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To support the aims of the Marine Strategy
Framework Directive to achieve good environmental
status in European waters by 2020
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Preparatory phase (2009-2012) delivered 1:1 million
scale maps of parts of the European seas for
hydrography, geology, chemistry, biology, physical
properties and broadscale habitats (EUNIS 3 level).
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Sea-bed sediment map layer
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EMODnet
map layers
Bedrock lithology
Bedrock stratigraphy
Coastal behaviour
Earthquake activity
Submarine slides
Mineral resources
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Next phase 2013-2016
• Proposal submitted on 10th September
• 37 partners from 30* countries
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including all European seas.
Building on preparatory phase but with
more detail (1:250,000 scale) and
added information (e.g. Quaternary
geology)
Emphasis on integration of coastal
zone data
*Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland,
Germany, Denmark (and Faroes), Netherlands, Belgium, France, UK,
Ireland, Iceland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia,
Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Turkey,
Cyprus and Malta
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Thank you
Acknowledgements
Robert Gatliff, Dave Long, Dave Tappin, Martyn Stoker, Dave Smith,
Kevin Smith, Dave Jones, Carol Cotterill, Heather Stewart, Alick
Leslie, Paul Henni, Dayton Dove, Tom Bradwell, Joana Gafeira,
Sophie Green, Helen Glaves, Kirstin Crombie, Mary Mowat,
Jonathan Lowndes, Keith Westhead (BGS)
Russell Wynn, Veerle Huvenne, Brian Bett, Viet Hühnerbach, Khaira
Ismail, Dan Jones, Tim Le Bas, Katerine Robert, Sophie ButlerCowdry, Alan Evans (NOC)
John Howe, Mike Burrows, Phil Crump (SAMS)
Andrew Colenutt, Travis Mason (CCO)
Justin Dix (University of Southampton)
Andre Cocuccio (MCA)
Kerry Howell (University of Plymouth)
Markus Diesing, Alex Calloway (CEFAS)
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