SOCIB present at EGU Vienna 2019

SOCIB researchers participated in the European Geosciences Union 2019 Assembly held in Vienna (Austria), April 7th-12th. Presentations focused on the present status, advances and scientific results from SOCIB multi-platform approach, the activities from different SOCIB Facilities, including among others: data centre, beach monitoring, modelling, HF radar and the specific advances in operational capabilities and services (IBISAR downstream data service).

The EGU General Assembly 2019 brought together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. EGU2019 was again a great success with 5,531 oral, 9,432 poster and 1,287 PICO presentation, 683 scientific sessions, 16,273 scientists from 113 countries, with Spain included in the top 10 list of contributors.

SOCIB activities at EGU2019

Oral sessions

  • Nearshore processes: fluid motion and sediment transport

The session was presented for the first time at the EGU2019 in the programme of the Ocean Science Division and Geomorphology Division. The co-organized session was developed by Timothy Price (Utrecht Universiteit), with Prof. Nadia Senechal (University of Bordeaux), Matthieu de Schipper (TUDelft) and Àngels Fernandez-Mora(SOCIB) as co-conveners. The session embraced topics related to small-to-mid scale physical processes involved on near-shore hydro and sediment dynamics, from conceptual, physical theories and numerical modelling to field and laboratory experiments. Submitted abstracts were authored by researchers of 14 different countries. The oral session accounted for 7 oral presentations and 1-minut poster pitch, with the solicited speaker Marion Tissier (As. Prof.) from TUDelft, presenting ‘Undular bore formation and extreme runup on reef-lined coasts’. The poster session accounted for 9 posters.

  • Informatics in Oceanography and Ocean Science

The session presented the state of art about information systems in oceanography (metadata, vocabularies, ISO and OGC applications, data models), interoperability (Interoperability forms, Web services, Quality of Services, Open standards), data circulation and services (quality assurance / quality control, preservation, network services) and Education in ocean science (Education and Research, Internet tools for education). The 2019 session also provided new ideas on the interoperability issues deriving from different sources of data and new data streams. This co-organized session was developed by Antonio Novellino, with Simona Simoncelli, Cristian Muñoz and Luca Bonofiglio as co-conveners. The oral session accounted for 7 oral presentation and the poster session accounted 17 posters. The co-organization of the session also brought to SOCIB the chance to interact with other organizations such as Puertos del EstadoMarine InstituteUniversity of Liège and EMODnet that will allow the establishment of synergies and collaborations in the field of Data Management.

Oral presentations

  • Eva Aguiar presented “Disentangling the generation mechanisms of strong and long-lived anticyclonic mesoescale eddies in the Balearic Sea”.

In this presentation E.Aguiar explained why during some specific years, whirlpools were often formed south of Cap de Creus at the end of summer because of the topographic features, they remain in the area and turn into long-lived eddies. In addition, some of these long-term events were reported, and explained the main mechanism related to its intensification and persistence over time: the anomalous presence of Atlantic waters of recent origin in the Balearic Sea. Some evidence was also presented that links this anomalous presence of freshwater masses with unusual Atlantic flows during the spring and with transports to the north in the Ibiza Channel.

  • Emma Reyes presented “IBISAR downstream service: Lagrangian assessment of CMEMS and regional model products supporting emergency decision-making at sea”.

The presentation of the IBISAR downstream service -www.ibisar.es- focused on the description of the lagrangian assessment methodology applied to available current forecast models in two pilot areas: the Balearic Sea and the Strait of Gibraltar. Designed for supporting emergency decision-making at sea, the skill assessment functionality of the service was also presented, demonstrating how the scientific knowledge can help us to develop downstream services to address specific user needs. 

Furthermore, SOCIB HF radar has also contributed to the presentations given by CNR-ISMAR and AZTI, about the European HF radar node, its key roles and elements, and the potential of the HF radar-derived surface currents as new data set for CMEMS, respectively.

Links to oral sessions, oral presentations and poster

  • Convener: Timothy Price ; co-conveners: Matthieu De Schipper, Àngels Fernández Mora, Prof. Nadia Senechal in Oral session OS2.3 - Nearshore processes: fluid motions and sediment transport. EGU2019, Vienna, Austria. 8 Apr 2019, 8:30-10:15. Room 1.85.
  • Chairperson: Àngels Fernández Mora in Poster session OS2.3 - Nearshore processes: fluid motions and sediment transport. EGU2019, Vienna, Austria. 8 Apr 2019, 16:15-18:00. Hall X4.
  • Convener: Antonio Novellino; co-conveners: Simona Simoncelli, Cristian Muñoz, Luca Bonofiglio in Oral sessionESSI1.1 - Informatics in Oceanography and Ocean Science. EGU2019, Vienna, Austria. 9 Apr 2019, 16:15-18:00. Room M1.
  • Chairperson: Cristian Muñoz in Poster session ESSI1.1 - Informatics in Oceanography and Ocean Science. EGU2019, Vienna, Austria. 11 Apr 2019, 8:30-10:15. Hall X1.
  • Eva Aguiar, B. Mourre, M. Juza, A. Révelard, J. Hernández, A. Pascual, A. Alvera-Azcárate. Disentangling the generation mechanisms of strong and long-lived anticyclonic mesoescale eddies in the Balearic Sea. EGU2019, Vienna, Austria. 11 Apr 2019, 11:45-12:00. Oral. Session OS2.5 - Advances in Understanding of the Multi-Disciplinary Dynamics of the Southern European Seas (Mediterranean and Black Sea), room 1.85. Presentation - Abstract.
  • Emma Reyes, I. Hernández-Carrasco, A. Révelard, B. Mourre, P. Rotllán, E. Comerma, T. Tajalibakhsh, A. Rubio, J. Mader, L. Ferrer, C. De Lera Fernández, E. Álvarez-Fanjul, J. Tintoré. IBISAR downstream service: Lagrangian assessment of CMEMS and regional model products supporting emergency decision-making at sea. EGU2019, Vienna, Austria. 12 Apr 2019, 15:00-15:15. Oral. Session OS4.11 - Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS), room 1.85. Presentation - Abstract.
  • Lorenzo Corgnati, C. Mantovani, J.L. Asensio, A. Rubio, J. Mader, E. Reyes, A. Novellino, P. Gorringe, A. Griffa. The European High Frequency Radar Node. EGU2019, Vienna, Austria. 9 Apr 2019, 16:15-16:30. Oral. Session OS4.35 - Informatics in Oceanography and Ocean Science, room M1. Presentation - Abstract.
  • Anna Rubio, J. Mader, L. Corgnati, C. Mantovani, A. Griffa, J.L. Asensio, E. Reyes, S. Tarot. High Frequency Radar-derived surface currents: a powerful new data set for CMEMS. EGU2019, Vienna, Austria. 12 Apr 2019, 14:45-15:00. Oral. Session OS4.11 - Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS), room 7.85. Presentation - Abstract.
  • Lluis Gómez-Pujol, A. Zamora, À. Fernández-Mora, P. Souto, A. Orfila. Seagrass berm accumulation and dismantling on microtidal Mediterranean beaches: a 7-year record. EGU2019, Vienna, Austria. 12 Apr 2018, 08:30-10:15. Poster. Session GM11.2 - Coastal morphodynamics: nearshore, beach and dunes (sponsored by CCS - IGU), in Hall X2 at board number X2.103. Poster - Abstract.