Relevant INSPIRE clusters/themes Marine and Atmosphere Cluster (III-13) Atmospheric conditions (AC) Ozone, composition (SO2, CH4, CO2), aerosols (III-14) Meteorological geographical features (MF) Temperature, precipitation, wind, evaporation, clouds, radiation, etc (III-15) Oceanographic geographical features (OF) Sea surface temperature, sea level, ocean waves, salinity, etc Environmental Monitoring and Observations Cluster (III-7) Environmental monitoring facilities (EF) Networks, stations, platforms and sensors Statistical Cluster (III-5) Human health and safety (HH) UV-index, air pollution, noise, etc.
EUMETNET Members State of INSPIRE Implementation INSPIRE implementation is generally driven by national programs and legislation. Implementation achievements differs significantly between Members. Members are primarily INSPIRE data producers. Dataset contents differs between Members (number of parameters, spatial/temporal resolution). ECMWF (EUMETNET Observer) is running and developing EC Copernicus Climate Change (C3S) and Atmospheric Monitoring (CAMS) services (INSPIRE complaint).
EUMETNET Members Achievements Provision of datasets & services via national geoportals has improved the discoverability and accessibility of data Some Members already harmonized a few of their datasets Open Source software has been developed by Members in support of INSPIRE (e.g. ADAGUC, SmartMet) Data interoperability between new WMO data models (METCE/OPM, WIGOS) and INSPIRE data models will become easier because both are based on ISO 19156 Observations and Measurements model. This will take quite some time ECMWF actively participates in the Marine and Atmosphere Cluster Establishment of an EUMETNET INSPIRE group to exchange knowledge and to share ideas and best practices on INSPIRE implementation.
Available datasets & services Fin D F E GB NL Fin GR GB HR A
Data access via Geoportals
ADAGUC Combining INSPIRE view services & time adaguc.knmi.nl
ECMWF Copernicus C3S and CAMS
EUMETNET Members : challenges Feedback about User Expectations and usage of our community s INSPIRE datasets and services could be improved Even with harmonized datasets, contents will be different from one Member States to the other (parameters, time/spatial resolution) depending on national policies. Discovery and integration of data is hampered because of multilingual free text keywords (metadata) and the absence of or unknown code lists (data models). Usage of standard vocabularies and code lists should improve (e.g. NetCDF/CF). National and EU geoportals do not support the time dimension of view services (OGC-WMS) according to the INSPIRE specifications. Viewing the time dimension is important and solutions are available (e.g. ADAGUC). National and EU geoportals do not support dataset restrictions according to INSPIRE specification. This hampers the effective implementation of data security.
EUMETNET / ECOMET Members : Data policy challenges INSPIRE is one of several European Directives Governing European Met Service operations European Met Services also comply with World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Resolutions Data availability is generally governed by the PSI Directive All EU Countries have different data policies From Open Data through a range of Charging Policies With a trend towards Open Data
EUMETNET Members : Outlook INSPIRE activity will grow Because most Members need to harmonize their datasets. More collaboration between Members (exchanging knowledge, sharing best practices and solutions) Usage of INSPIRE services is expected to increase : the need to exploit multi-disciplinary data is driving innovation Data policies are slowly evolving thus increasing the number of freely accessible datasets
Contact details : Eric Petermann, Exec. Director EUMETNET eric.petermann@eutmetnet.eu Willie McCairns, Chief Exec ECOMET willie.mccairns@meteo.be Jan-Willem Noteboom, INSPIRE WG Chair janwillem.noteboom@knmi.nl