ESSO - Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services

OTGA-INCOIS Training Course
on
"Discovery and Use of Operational Ocean Data Products and Services"
during 18 - 22 June, 2018
Organized by
International Training Centre for Operational Oceanography (ITCOocean)
ESSO-INCOIS, Hyderabad, India

Overview:

This course will demonstrate the data resources available from operational program. The focus will be on operational activities, how to download data and use software to visualize. It will be a mix of practical and theoretical.

Aims and Objectives

• To provide an introduction to operational oceanography.
• Discovery and Use of Operational Ocean Data Products and Services.
• Hands on for Visualizing the model and in situ derived data products.

Learning Outcomes

• Knowledge and understanding of operational oceanography.
• Tasks involved in Operation al Analysis and Forecast methods.
• Oceanographic Data sources, Quality Control/Quality Assurance, monitoring systems and methods.
• Tools for visualizing the operational ocean data products.

Target Audience

Target audiences include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Ocean and coastal data managers.
• Researchers intending to use data products for scientific analysis.
• Research scholars at various universities.

Note: Priority will be given to participants originating from the Indian Ocean Rim countries. UNESCO is committed to promote gender equality. Therefore, applications from women are strongly encouraged

Application Process :

Please fill the online application form: https://otga.wufoo.eu/forms/qaavcrk1fhi21n/

All information on how to apply available on http://classroom.oceanteacher.org/mod/page/view.php?id=5771

Period for Applications: 19 February - 31 March 2018

Course Pre-requisites :

• Candidates should have knowledge of marine data and formats in which most of the oceanographic data sets are available.
• Candidates should be preferably working in institutions responsible for the management of oceanographic data
• Good working knowledge of English.
• Participants should bring their own laptops.

Course Dates :

June 18-22, 2018

Last Date to recieve application :

March 31,2018

Venue :

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, INDIA

Faculty Members :

• Mr. E Pattabhi Rama Rao
• Dr. TVS Udaya Bhaskar
• Mr. R. Venkat Shesu
• Dr. R Harikumar
• Mr. S.J.Prasad
• Dr. Suprit Kumar
• Dr. N Srinivasa Rao

For Any questions please contact:

OTGA Coordinator :

• Dr. Claudia Delgado(c.delgado@unesco.org)

OTGA India Regional Training Centre Coordinator :

• Dr TVS Udaya Bhaskar (itcoocean@incois.gov.in)

Agenda / Programme

Time	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5
09:30 - 10:00 10:00 - 11:00	Welcome and Course Introduction Download [Video ] L1: Introduction to Operational Oceanography (EP Rama Rao) Download [ Presentation/Video ]	L4: Indian Argo program, QC, value added products. (TVS Udaya Bhaskar) Download [ Presentation/Video ]	L7: Ocean State Forecast & Information services and data products. (R Harikumar) Download [ Presentation/Video ]	L10: Marine ecosystem operational services : Global Status and prospectus. (Nimit Kumar) Download [ Presentation/Video ]	L13: Role of Ocean observations in forecasting storm surges. (PLN Murty) Download [ Presentation/Video ]
11:00 - 11:30	Tea/Coffee	Tea/Coffee	Tea/Coffee	Tea/Coffee	Tea/Coffee
11:30 - 13:00	L2: Indian data buoy program and data analysis. (Suprit Kumar) Download [ Presentation/Video ]	L5: A regional ocean modeling system for short term prediction of ocean state. (Kunal Chakraborty) Download [ Presentation/Video ]	L8: Coastal Monitoring methods: Oil Spill forecasting (S J Prasad) Download [ Presentation /Video ]	L11: Viewing and selecting data using ODIS (R Venkat Shesu)	Test and Feedback Download [ Presentation/Video ]
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
14:00 - 15:30	L3: Remote sensing data and application from SDAPS. (N Srinivasa Rao) Download [ Presentation/Video ]	L6: A regional ocean modeling system for short term prediction of marine ecosystem. (Kunal Chakraborty) Download [ Presentation/Video ]	L9: Marine ecosystem operational services : The Indian journey. (Nimit Kumar) Download [ Presentation/Video ]	L12: Bio-geochemical and Optical sensors data along the Indian coast and applications. (Aneesh Lotliker) Download [ Presentation/Video ]	Closing ceremony
15:30 - 16:00	Tea/Coffee	Tea/Coffee	Tea/Coffee	Tea/Coffee	Tea/Coffee
16:00 - 17:30	P1: Hands on with LAS and ERDDAP. (TVS Udaya Bhaskar)	P2: Practical Session - Ocean data visualization (TVS Udaya Bhaskar)	P3: Practical Session - Ocean data visualization continued (TVS Udaya Bhaskar)	P4: Practical Session - Ocean data visualization continued (TVS Udaya Bhaskar)	Visit to INCOIS   Facility