On Thursday 11 September the OC4C team met at the wonderful offices of Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) in Ostend, Belgium to evaluate our progress at the half way point of our project.
We had a huge amount to discuss as seen in our agenda below and enjoyed the opportunity to catch up with our colleagues and consider the fantastic progress everyone has been making. It was great to share our results with our ESA technical lead Dr Roberto Sabia and then enjoy a meal with everyone after. (see picture above)
This snapshot below is from Dr Amanda Fay’s update on work package 4.2: A Climatological Testbed Experiment which showed some surprising results.
Agenda (local times in Belgium):
09:00 – 09:30: Arrive at VLIZ
09:30 Welcome (PLr and JS)
09:40 Contractual updates (RS/JS)
09:50 WP0: Project Management Update (RW)
10:00 OC4C Carbon Footprint (SN)
10:10 WP1: Requirement Baseline (JS)
10:20 WP2: Algorithm Development (DF)
Incl. option 1 (DW) and option 2 (Pla) updates
11:05-11:20: coffee break
11:20 WP3: Validation (DF)
Incl. option 3 update (TB)
11:50 WP5: Scientific Roadmap (JS)
12:00 WP6: User Engagement and Outreach (PLr/JH)
12:10 SCOPE Project Update (GK)
12:20 – 13:20: Lunch Break
13:20 WP4: Impact Assessment and Model Intercomparison Plans (TH/AF, JH/SM, PLr/AR, SS/GK, MG/FC)
14:40 – 14:55: coffee break
15:00 – 16:30: SOCOM2 Meeting (1.5hr)
16:30 – 16:40: coffee break
16:40 Discussion Points
• The recent NASA budget: risks and contingencies for OC4C
• 2nd Ocean Carbon from space workshop (RS/GK)
• The OC4C Workshop 2026
• Ocean Sciences in Glasgow, Feb-2026
• EGU 2026
• Synergy between OC4C and SCOPE (JS/GK)
17:45 AOB and Actions
18:00 Meeting Close