ESSO - Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services
(An Autonomous Body under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India)
International Training Centre for Operational Oceanography (ITCOocean)
Training Workshop on "Ocean Information Services for Cyclone Forecasters" was held during April 2-3, 2014. Twenty two Cyclone Forecasters from India Meteorological Department attended the course organized at INCOIS.
Twenty two Cyclone Forecasters from India Meteorological Department attended the course organized at INCOIS.
Agenda / Programme
| Time | |
| April 2, 2014 (Wednesday) | |
| 0900-0915 hrs | Registration |
| 0915-0945 hrs | Opening session Welcome Remarks- Dr. SS C Shenoi, Director, INCOIS About the Workshop- B M Rao, INCOIS Address by Chief Guest - Dr. L S Rathore, DGM, IMD Introduction of the Participants |
| 0945-1015 hrs | INCOIS Activities by Director, INCOIS View Presentation |
| 1015-1100 hrs | Indian Ocean Forecasting System (INDOFOS) Dr. T M Balakrishnan Nair, INCOIS View Presentation |
| 1100-1115 hrs | High Tea |
| 1115-1200 hrs | Ocean response to Tropical Cyclones Dr. M Ravichandran, INCOIS View Presentation |
| 1200-1300 hrs | Role of Ocean Observational System for Early Warning of Extreme Weather Events , Dr. M Mohapatra, IMD View Presentation |
| 1300-1400 hrs | LUNCH |
| 1400-1445 hrs | Satellite and In-situ Data for Marine Environment Mr. E Pattabhi Rama Rao, INCOIS View Presentation |
| 1445-1515 hrs | Wave Forecasting System-Ms. Sandhya K G View Presentation |
| 1515-1600 hrs | Forecasting General Circulation features-Dr. Francis P A View Presentation |
| 1600-1615 hrs | Tea |
| 1615-1645 hrs | Forcing parameters for ocean forecasting-Dr. Harikumar |
| 1645-1715 hrs | Tide Forecasting - Dr. K Srinivas View Presentation |
| 1715-1745 hrs | Storm Surge Modeling - Mr. PLN Murthy View Presentation Download Video Clip |
| 1800 hrs | Departure |
| April 3, 2014 (Thursday) | |
| 0900 -1000 hrs | Marine Forecast by DDGM (WF), IMD View Presentation |
| 1015-1115 hrs | Visit to Tsunami Warning Centre |
| 1115-1130 hrs | Tea |
| 1130-1230 hrs | Visit to Satellite ground station |
| 1230-1330 hrs | LUNCH |
| 1330-1430hrs | Visit to Laboratories (OSF, PFZ) |
| 1430-1500 hrs | Concluding Session Feedback from participants about workshop Information gaps, if any, Suggestions for improvement Vote of Thanks Tea |
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List of Participants
List of Participants from India Meteorological Department
2-4 Apr 2014
1. Dr.L.S.Rathore, DGM IMD
2. Sh.B.K.Bandyopadhyay, Sc. F & DDGM(S)
3. Dr. M.Mohapatra, Sc. E & Head RSMC
4. Dr. Kamaljit Ray, Sc. E, Head Nowcasting Unit
5. Dr.S.R.Ramanan, Sc. E, ACWC Chennai
6. Ms.S.Stella, Sc .D, ACWC Chennai
7. Dr.G.C.Debnath, Sc. E, ACWC Kolkata
8. Sh.G.K.Das, Sc C, ACWC Kolkata
9. Dr.V.K.Rajeev, Sc .D, ACWC Mumbai
10. Dr.S.C. Sahu, Sc .E, CWC Bhubneswar
11. Dr. K.Ramachandra Rao, Sc. D, CWC Vishakhapatnam
12. Dr. Jayant Sarkar, Sc .E, CWC Ahmedabad
13. Dr. Manorama Mohanty, Sc. C, CWC Ahmedabad
14. Dr.P.C.S.Rao, Sc. D, INOSHAC Pune
15. Dr.Sunitha Devi, Sc. D, DDGM(WF) Pune
16. Shri. Y.K.Reddy, Sc. E, MC Hyderabad
17. Shri K. Seetaram, Sc. E, MC Hyderabad
18. Dr. (Mrs) K. Nagaratna, Sc. C, MC Hyderabad
19. Shri MN Rao, AM-I, MC Hyderabad
20. Shri D. Somanath, AM-I, MC Hyderabad
21. Shri B. Raja Rao, AM-I, MC Hyderabad
22. Shri V. Bhanu Prasad, AM-II, MC Hyderabad