MERCATOR OCEAN JOURNA: 
SEPTEMBER 2021 
4. FUTURE PLANS FOR THE CMEMS OCEAN 
MONITORING FRAMEWORK 
The Copernicus Marine Service ocean reporting activity 
has obtained huge success and experienced continuous 
momentum since its Implementation in 2015. For example, 
statistics for the OSR reveal a significant increase of 
recognition from nearly 14,000 views for 0SR1 to nearly 
23,000 views for OSR4. The contribution of European 
experts has grown from about 100 authors up to more than 
150 experts. Also, the OMI framework has grown since its 
Implementation, and more OMIs have been implemented 
into the framework. Moreover, a lot of experience has been 
Jgained over the past years, which provide a unique 
opportunity to further evolve the ocean reporting 
“framework, and to identify critical areas of advancements. 
For the OSR, areas of advancements are discussed in 
collaboration with the Copernicus Marine Service Scientific 
and Technical Advisory Team (STAC) which include: 
„the reinforcement of the editorial and review boards 
to strengthen the overall process. the improvement 
of OSR criteria and guidelines for a more accurate 
support to the author teams. 
improvements for the dialogue and collaboration 
between the OSR chairs, the OSR Review Chairs anc 
the Journal. 
Another critical area for progress has been identified, 1.e., 
:o improve the OSR (and its summary for policy makers) 
visibility, credibility and value. Three areas have been 
identified for this task, Le.,: 
increase contribution, visibility and credibility withir 
the science community, 
improve knowledge transfer and OSR visibility at the 
science-policy interface, 
increase knowledge transfer and visibility at the 
science - wider audience interface. 
Also, advancements are foreseen for the CMEMS OM 
framework. One critical area of development is an improvec 
implementation of the OMlI criteria as discussed in section 3. 
Moreover, major revisions of the current OMI framework 
are planned, predominantly aiming to increase the topical 
foci, to strengthen the consideration of indicator criteria, 
and to reinforce the balance between technical challenges 
and user needs. 
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