Dear COMKISS partners, Thankyou for helping us to have a successful COMKISS meeting in Paris last week. I include below draft minutes and actions. Please let me know of any inaccuracies/omissions - or objections to actions! I will circulate hard copies together with copies of presentation material. Could Raymond (Nerzic) and Guy (Parmentier) send me hard copies of their presentations? Best wishes David
A) Minutes
B) Actions
C) Appendices - Presentation material
Present:
Georg Lindgren (GL) , Igor Rychlik (IR) , - University of Lund (UL);
Tom Allan (TA) , David Cotton (DC) - Satellite Observing Systems (SOS);
Michel Olagnon (MO), Marc Prevosto (MP), - IFREMER (IFR);
Raymond Nerzic (RN) - OPTIMER (OPT);
Guy Parmentier (GP) - Bureau Veritas (BV);
Cees Leenars (CL)- DOCKWISE N.V. (DW);
Capt. Hervé Dumont (HD) - Corsica Ferries (CF).
GP welcomed all the participants. Capt. Dumont from Corsica Ferries was welcomed into the COMKISS team. Capt. Dumont introduced himself, and described the basis of CF's interest in COMKISS. The agenda was approved.
CEO released the funds in January, and all should have now received their first funding instalment from the University of Lund. As of January 1, Geoff Sawyer at DG-XII in Brussels is the COMKISS technical contact at the EC.
Progress in COMKISS is largely to schedule. However, it is now important that the revised work programme is quickly finalised, and that the substantive work of the COMKISS programme begins. The major outstanding actions at the time of the meeting were the generation of a COMKISS WWW page at the University of Lund, and the generation of Demonstration Modules to define the current procedures of the COMKISS customers.
Tom Allan (SOS) asked partners to note that the current allocation of staff time/resources to SOS within the COMKISS did not include time required for the retrieval of climatological/historical data from their archives. It was agreed that if climatological/historical data were required from SOS archives that funding readjustments would have to be made.
Raymond Nerzic presented a very good analysis of the various potential sources of wind and wave data - satellite, in-situ or model based. The relative merits of different data types in different applications was discussed. There was some discussion on how a common approach to some data needs could be met (e.g. through generic data processing/interpolation schemes). CL suggested that a COMKISS data workshop should be held, once the more detailed data requirements were known. A date will be set later in the year, after agreement via email.
The most important route is Trieste-Rotterdam (-Boston). So initial effort will focus on this route. Climatological sea-state data are required for this package.
Some discussion over the methodology and theory of calculations of crack propagation. A time related data base will be required here.
There are new rules for the certification of High Speed Craft, and BV wish to look at measurements made during trials near Lorient. They have vessel measurements of bending moments, stresses and accelerations and require accurate measurements of sea state at the time of the trials. (Cees Leenaars commented that for such purposes DW employ a forward looking radar off the bow of their ships- operating at 15° to the vertical).
It was decided to continue with this package, and it was confirmed that suitable ship response models are available. However, a more detailed definition of the problem is clearly required before this package can commence. Currently, licences are granted for craft to operate under conditions defined by a maximum threshold sea state. Thus provisional aims of this work package could be (1) to use climatological data to examine the frequency with which the simple threshold criteria are exceeded on certain routes, and (2) to use a more detailed data set together with a ship response model to calculate the significant stresses and accelerations under recorded conditions on selected routes. The latter package may yield information as to how routes could be altered to reduce stresses
Capt. Dumont outlined the current procedures for Corsica Ferries, and described the major problems that they encounter. Their requirement is for improved near real time measurements (better accuracy and more detail), and more reliable forecasts. The two main areas of interest, where most severe weather is encountered, are around Cap Corse, and at the eastern end of the Straits of Bonifacio. Data with high spatial and temporal resolution would be required in these areas. Corsica Ferries currently get their metocean information from Meteo France (Aix en Provence), who have said they would be happy to cooperate with COMKISS. Whatever final system is agreed to generate the data/analysis, the output must be presented in a clear way to the Corsica Ferries offices and/or ships. CL suggested that the DW forward looking radar and acceleration measuring system could be installed on one of the Corsica Ferries' ships for a short (1 week?) trial. This could be achieved for the manpower costs only (circa 5K euro?)
CL had generated useful templates for WP5000 activities, other COMKISS partners may find them useful as a guide?
DW were happy to work with same routes as Bureau Veritas. Thus Rotterdam - Trieste - Boston, and Nagoya-Anchorage provisionally selected.
CL discussed what information was required and how it could be generated, how the data could be received on board, and important points to be considered regarding the presentation of the information on board.
No longer a separate package. Is to become part of WP5100
The intention will be initially to generate an assessment of the current state of the art (inventory of data bases, analysis of potential sources of near real time information), before considering how a service could be established. We should concentrate on large scale open ocean problem first (e.g. location of equatorial current systems), as being the most tractable. MO noted that L Wahl (Ecole de Mines, Sophia Antipolis) had generated a good estimation of surface currents derived from wind fields.
IFREMER require contributions and support from all partners. Suggest this is tasked to partners following the kick offs of each activity. The present CEO template assumes only one customer/application per programme. COMKISS has three customers each with 2/3 different applications. Should we generate one DM per application? Deliverables must be carefully defined. How do we assess cost/benefit?
Revised Work Packages - to be sent to UL before the end of February. UL will
compile into Redefined Programme which will be submitted to CEO.
Guidelines - More detailed guidelines to be generated after kick-off meetings.
Guidelines should detail work package aims, intended end products, data
requirements, processing and anlaysis methodologies, responsible personnel,
staff time requirements. Suggest partners use DW templates as example.
WP3000 (BV/UL/OPT)
WP3100, WP 3200 (WP4100) Kick off following 22/03/99 meeting at SOS.
WP3300 (WP 4200, WP5200) Kick off following 16/03/99 meeting at IFR.
WP4000 (SOS/CF)
WP4100 (WP3100, WP 3200) Kick off following 22/03/99 meeting at SOS.
WP4200 (WP 3300, WP5200) Kick off following 16/03/99 meeting at IFR.
WP5000 (DW/IFR)
WP5100 Kick Off following 26/08/99/ meeting at Lund/Copenhagen.
WP5200 (WP 3300, WP4200) Kick off following 16/03/99 meeting at IFR.
WP5300 Kick off following 27/04/99 meeting at IFR (Paris).
UL require cost statements before the beginning of March. Annual report due in September 1999. Advice on required contributions will be circulated by SOS.
Please advise hosts and SOS of personnel who will attend these meetings. Hosts to circulate location/travel/hotel information.
IFR (Paris)
WP3300, WP4200, WP5200
DW, BV, IFR, OPT, SOS, CF (?UL) to attend.
SOS (Godalming, UK)
WP3100, WP3200, WP4100
BV, IFR, SOS, UL (?OPT) to attend.
IFR (Paris)
WP5300
DW, IFR, SOS (?OPT)to attend.
Date and venue not agreed. Should set a date once more detailed work package
specifications are available.
DW, IFR, SOS, OPT, UL to attend.
UL/Copenhagen
DW, IFR, SOS, UL, (?OPT) to attend.
UL/Copenhagen
ALL to attend.
RN(OPT): Send copy of Data Presentation material to SOS for distribution
(soon please!)
GP(BV): Send copy of diagram/map re Trials off Lorient to SOS (soon
please!)
SOS: Send example satellite data to UL 12/02/99
SOS: Send further information to Corsica Ferries 12/02/99
SOS: Generate and distribute progress meeting minutes 12/02/99
ALL: Advise meeting organisers of intended attendance 12/03/99
SOS/IFR: Advise meeting attendees of location/travel/hotel arrangements
01/03/99
UL: Establish COMKISS WWW page 01/03/99
IFR: Generate requirements for contributions to Demonstration Modules
01/03/99
ALL: Cost statements to UL 01/03/99
BV/IFR: Revised WP3000 programme to UL 01/03/99
SOS/CF: Revised WP4000 programme to UL 01/03/99
DW/UL: Revised WP5000 programme to UL 01/03/99
UL: Redefined Work Programme to CEO 15/03/99
BV/IFR: Generate draft WP3000 guidelines 01/04/99
SOS/CF: Generate draft WP4000 guidelines 01/04/99
SOS/UL: Set date/venue for COMKISS Data Workshop 01/05/99
DW/UL: Generate draft WP5000 guidelines 01/06/99
SOS: Advise all on required contributions to annual report 01/05/99
Dr. David Cotton
Satellite Observing Systems
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