ESSO - Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services
(An Autonomous Body under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India)
International Winter School on "Operational Oceanography:
Indian Ocean Circulation and Sea Level Variation"
during October 16 - 21, 2016
Organized by
International Training Centre for Operational Oceanography (ITCOocean)
Nansen Scientific Society and Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre (NERSC),
Nansen Scientific Society, Bergen, Norway
Nansen Environmental Research Centre India (NERCI), Kochi, India
ESSO-Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services(INCOIS), Hyderabad, India
Operational oceanography involves reliable, long term observations of the world's oceans and coastal waters, rapid interpretation and dissemination of data and generation of products and advisories that can be distributed to users in near real time. The recent advances made in observational technologies in the fields of sensors, platforms and real-time communications now provide capability to observe the oceans in detail. The winter school will focus on two aspects: Indian Ocean Circulation and Sea Level Variation. In recent years, the Indian Ocean (IO) has been discovered to have large impact on climate variability. Indian Ocean circulation vary differently in several respects from Pacific and Atlantic Ocean. The most striking difference is the seasonal reversal of the monsoon winds and its effects on the ocean currents in the Indian Ocean. Sea levels can be affected by many factors and are known to have varied greatly over geological time scales. The careful measurement of variations in Mean Sea Level can offer insights into ongoing climate change, and sea level rise has been widely quoted as evidence of ongoing global warming. With advancement in research and technology, ocean models are capable of providing prediction of ocean state in terms of circulation and hydrography. In recent years, data assimilation methods have been developed and used in many research areas. The first application of data assimilation techniques were in meteorology and today it is a key component of numerical weather forecasts. Data assimilation improves the estimate of the ocean and atmosphere physical state by combining the data from measurements and from dynamic models in an optimal way.
The winter school is jointly organized and sponsored by International Training Centre for Operational Oceanography (ITCOocean), ESSO - Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), India, Nansen Scientific Society and Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre (NERSC), Bergen, Norway and Nansen Environmental Research Centre India (NERCI), Kochi, India. NERSC is an international research centre conducting basic and applied environmental and climate research focusing on the marine environment in ocean forecasting, satellite remote sensing and modelling. ESSO-INCOIS is an autonomous body under Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) with a mission to provide ocean information and advisory services to the society, industry, government and scientific community through sustained ocean observations and constant improvements through systematic and focused research. In recent years, INCOIS has developed capabilities towards Indian Ocean Circulation and Modelling, Real time observations assimilations for real time ocean forecasting and operational forecasting in Indian Ocean.
The winter school will cover monsoon variability at intra-seasonal and inter-annual time scale and its impact on Indian Ocean Circulation, Operational Indian Ocean Circulation and Modelling, Data Assimilation for ocean forecasting, The Nansen-TOPAZ modelling system, Physics of sea level variations and Indian Ocean sea level variation.
- Dr. A. Carrassi, NERSC, Bergen, Norway
- Dr. Jan Even Nilsen, NERSC, Bergen, Norway
- Prof. O. M. Johannessen,Nansen Scientific Society, Bergen, Norway
- Dr. Anton Korosov, NERSC, Bergen, Norway
- Mr. Lasse H. Pettersson, NERSC, Bergen, Norway
- Dr. A. K. Joseph, NERCI, India
- Dr. S. S. C. Shenoi, INCOIS, India
- Dr. S.Siva Reddy, INCOIS, India
- Dr. T. M. Balakrishnan Nair, INCOIS, India
- Dr. P. A. Francis, INCOIS, India
- Shri. E. Pattabhi Ramarao, INCOIS, India
- Dr. R. Harikumar, INCOIS, India
- Dr. Amit Apte, Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Bangalore, India
- Dr. A. S. Unnikrishnan, National Institute of Oceangraphy (NIO), Goa
Agenda / Programme
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Sunday: October 16, 2016 |
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Arrival at INCOIS, Hyderabad |
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14:30 - 15:30 |
Registration at INCOIS |
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15:30 - 16:30 |
Welcome to INCOIS, by Dr. S.S.C. Shenoi, Director, INCOIS Scientific profiles of the organization partner institutions: INCOIS, NERSC, NERCI, NSS, ICTS
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16:30 - 17:00 |
Tea / coffee break |
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17:00 - 18:00 |
Introduction of Students and faculty/lecturers |
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18:00 - 19:00 |
A Sense of Adventure - a movie about Fridtjof Nansen's life |
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19:00 |
Welcome Dinner @ INCOIS |
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Monday: October 17, 2016 |
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Inaugural Session |
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09:00 - 10:00 |
Welcome address: Dr. S.S.C. Shenoi, Director, INCOIS Introduction to the Winter School: Prof. Ola M. Johannessen, Nansen Scientific Society, Norway Key note address: Dr. Shailesh Nayak, Ministry of Earth Sciences, New Delhi Address by Chief Guest: H.E. Nils Ragnar Kamsvag, Ambassador, Royal Norwegian Embassy, New Delhi Vote of Thanks: Dr. B.M. Rao, ITCOocean, INCOIS |
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Session-I: Chaired by Dr. Shailesh Nayak, MoES |
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10:00 - 11:00 |
Lecture-1: Impact of North Indian Ocean and the surrounding Mountains on the Indian Summer Monsoon |
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11:00 - 11:30 |
Tea / coffee break |
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11:30 - 12:30 |
Lecture-2: Operational Indian Ocean Circulation and Modelling at INCOIS by Dr. S.S.C. Shenoi, INCOIS
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12:30 - 13:30 |
Lecture-3: Data assimilation as a tool to improve ocean forecasting by Dr. A. Carrassi, NERSC, Bergen
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13:30 - 14:30 |
Lunch break |
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Session-II: Chaired by Prof. O.M. Johannessen, NERSC |
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14:30 - 15:30 |
Lecture-4: Real time observations assimilation for real time ocean forecasting by Dr. Siva Reddy, INCOIS
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15:30 - 16:30 |
Lecture-5: Physics of sea level variations by Dr. Jan Even Nilsen, NERSC, Bergen
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16:30 - 17:00 |
Tea / coffee break |
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17:00 - 18:00 |
Lecture-6: Operational forecasting in the Indian Ocean by Dr. T.M. Balakrishnan Nair, INCOIS
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Session-III: Chaired by Dr. Lasse H. Pettersson, NERSC. Download [ Presentation/Video ] |
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18:00 - 19:00 |
Introduction of five thematic students groups: Download [ Presentation ]
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Tuesday: October 18, 2016 |
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Session-I: Chaired by Dr. Lasse H. Pettersson |
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09:00 - 10:00 |
Student groups work: Formulation of questions to first day lectures |
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10:00 - 11:00 |
Plenum questions from the different students groups to the first day lectures and discussions |
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11:00 - 11:30 |
Tea / coffee break |
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11:30 - 12:30 |
Lecture-7: The Nansen-TOPAZ modelling and data assimilation system and forecasting in European Waters |
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Session-II: Chaired by Dr. M. Ravichandran, INCOIS |
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12:30 - 13:30 |
Lecture-8: Indian Ocean sea level variation and potential impact from the Greenland Ice Sheet |
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13:30 - 14:30 |
Lunch break |
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14:30 - 15:30 |
Students poster presentations
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15:30 - 16:30 |
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16:30 - 17:00 |
Tea / coffee break |
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17:00 - 18:00 |
Students poster presentations (Contd.)
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18:00 - 19:00 |
Lecture-9: The Nansen Cloud satellite data and analysis system by Anton Korosov, NERSC, Download [ Presentation/Video ] |
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Wednesday: (October 19, 2016) |
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Session-I:Chaired by Dr. B. M. Rao, India |
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09:00 - 10:00 |
Lecture-10: Lagrangian data assimilation by Dr. Amit Apte, Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Bangalore, India
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10:00 - 11:00 |
Lecture-11: Real time ocean observation and operational ocean data information system |
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11:00 - 11:30 |
Tea / coffee break |
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11:30 - 12:30 |
Practical exercises
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12:30 - 13:30 |
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13:30 - 14:30 |
Lunch break |
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14:30 - 15:30 |
Practical exercises continue |
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15:30 - 16:30 |
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16:30 - 17:00 |
Tea / coffee break |
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17:00 - 18:00 |
Lecture 12: Upwelling along the coast of Kerala and penetration into the Bay of Bengal by Dr. A. Joseph, NERCI, India
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18:00 - 19:00 |
Students groups work and formulation of questions to the lectures of the last two days including questions |
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Thursday: October 20, 2016 |
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Session-I:Chaired by Dr. Lasse H. Pettersson |
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09:00 - 10:00 |
Lecture-13: Sea level variations in India by Dr. Unnikrishnan, NIO, Goa
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10:00 - 11:00 |
Plenum questions from the different groups to lectures from Tuesday and Wednesday including discussions |
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11:00 - 11:30 |
Tea / coffee break |
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11:30 - 12:30 |
Writing groups reports based on all previous days presentation and discussions. Lecturers will be available for the groups |
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12:30 - 13:30 |
Writing groups reports based on all previous days presentation and discussions. Lecturers will be available for the groups
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13:30 - 14:30 |
Lunch break |
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14:30 - 15:30 |
Excursion |
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15:30 - 16:30 |
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16:30 - 17:00 |
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17:00 - 18:00 |
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18:00 - 19:00 |
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Friday: October 21, 2016 |
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Session-I:Chaired and Dr. Lasse H. Pettersson |
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09:00 - 10:00 |
Lecture-15: Integrated operational services (Tsunami early detection and warning) by Dr. Ajay Kumar, INCOIS |
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10:00 - 11:00 |
Continue writing the Report and prepare for reporting of the different topics |
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11:00 - 11:30 |
Tea / coffee break |
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11:30 - 12:30 |
Presentation of the reports from the different groups. Download [ Video ] |
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12:30 - 13:30 |
Valedictory Function |
Photo Gallery
