ESSO - Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services

(An Autonomous Body under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India)
Home ITCOocean Ocean Observation System and Ocean Data Utilization

Training Course on Ocean Observation System and Ocean Data Utilization
during June 19 - 21, 2024
Organized by
International Training Centre for Operational Oceanography (ITCOocean)
INCOIS, Hyderabad, India


Course Overview:

An important objective of INCOIS is to establish, maintain and manage the systems for data acquisition, analysis, interpretation and archival for Ocean Information and Services. The observations form the foundation for understanding the ocean and predicting the changes. Considering the importance of ocean observations, INCOIS have implemented many observational programs such as Argo, drifting buoys, equatorial current meter moorings, coastal ADCP moorings, Bay of Bengal Observatory, XBT/XCTD, wave rider buoys, AWS, etc. Also, INCOIS co-ordinates with International institutes/Universities to deploy and maintain Argo floats, drifting buoys and Moorings (RAMA) array in the Indian Ocean. The above observational program are being effectively utilized for validation of ocean models and satellite derived parameters, and assimilated into ocean models for better nowcasting and forecasting.

This training mainly focuses on brining awareness about the data holding from various instruments archived at INCOIS, operational services being rendered by INCOIS and utilization of data for various scientific applications.

Course Contents:

The Lectures will tentatively cover the following topics:

  • Operational Ocean Services.
  • Ocean Observation Systems.
  • Processing and Quality Control of oceanographic data.
  • INCOIS Live Access Server.
  • Exploring data using web services.

Hands on Exercises and Laboratory visits (Afternoon sessions):

  • Visit to Ground station: Satellite data sets and value added products.
  • Introduction to Live Access Server and Hands on with data products.
  • Hands on training with web services.
  • Digital Ocean platform for on the fly data access and visualization.
  • Faculty:

    The faculty for the course consists of scientists/experts in different fields drawn from the host institute (INCOIS). These experts have long and varied experience in the field of Oceanography, data handling.

    Venue:

    The training course will be held at ITCOocean, Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad, India.

    Application Process:

    The course is scheduled for a batch of M.Tech. students from IIT Delhi.

    Course Fee and Financial support:

    There is no course fee charged for the training course.

    Course Date:

    June 19 - 21, 2024 

Contact details of the ITCOocean Coordinator is given below:

Dr. TVS Udaya Bhaskar,
Division Head, Ocean Data Management (ODM)&
Programme Planning and Coordination Group (PPC)
International Training Centre for Operational Oceanography (ITCOocean)
Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS)
(Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India)
"Ocean Valley", Pragathi Nagar (B.O.)
Nizampet (S.O.), HYDERABAD - 500 090
TELANGANA, INDIA
Tel : +91 40 23895000
Fax : +91 40 23895001
E mail : uday@incois.gov.in
E mail : itcoocean@incois.gov.in

Schedule of the Course:

Time Day 1 (19-06-2024) Day 2 (20-06-2024) Day 3 (21-06-2024)
09:30 -11:00
Welcome Remark by the Director INCOIS

(Dr. T Srinivas Kumar)

Introduction to Operational Oceanography data/Products

(Dr. T V S Uday Bhaskar)
[Presentation_L1]
Indian Argo program, data and applications

(Dr. T V S Uday Bhaskar)
[Presentation_L5 
Oil Spill Advisory Services

(Dr. SJ Prasad)[Presentation_L10]
Search and Rescue Aid Tool
(Mr.P. Vijay)

[Presentation_L11] 
11:00 -11:30
Tea Break
11:00 -13:00
Fundamentals of Remote sensing

(Dr. N Srinivas Rao)
  
[Presentation_L2
Marine Fishery Advisory Services
(Dr. Nimit Kumar)
[Presentation_L6]
Tsunami Early Warning Services
(Dr. B. Ajay Kumar)
  
[Presentation_L7] 
Visit to Ground Station

  
 
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
Moored Buoy Data and its Applications and Buoys and Marine Met data & AWS

(Ms.N. Kameshwari)
[Presentation_L3][Presentation_L4]   
Ocean State forecast and forecast Models

(Ms. Anuradha Modi)[Presentation_L8]
Live Access Server & Data Access
15:00 - 15:45
Discovering the data and data products of INCOIS (Digital Ocean Services)

(Mr. Lakshmi Tharun)
  
Multi Hazard Vulnerability Mapping
(Mr. Shiva Kumar)   [Presentation_L9]
Live Access Server & Data Access
15:45 - 16:15
Tea Break
16:15 - 17:30
Visit to In-Situ Lab
Visit to SynOps Lab
 
Valedictory Session