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Author(s)	Johan Stander
Summary	The Scientific and Technical (S&T) Workshop of the Data Buoy Cooperation Panel (DBCP) has become an important forum for stimulating discussion among data buoy operators, designers, and data users. This year’s workshop will be held on Monday 27 October 2014 in Weihai, China, in conjunction with the 30th Session of the DBCP (Weihai, 27-31 Oct. 2014). It will at 10:00, and end at 17:30. The interest and participation of oceanographic and marine meteorological experts in the activities of the DBCP is high. The DBCP Scientific and Technical Workshop presents an ideal opportunity for scientists, operators, and manufacturers to relate their experiences, to exchange knowledge, and to build on or learn from the innovations, developments and good practices of their peers. The theme of the Workshop will be “Buoy Science, Technology, and Instrumentation”. Presentations will be made in the following areas: (i) Marine meteorological and oceanographic instrumentation, calibration, and traceability; (ii) Technical development; (iii) Operational Enhancements; (iv) Marine Forecast and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR); and (v) Research Applications. This document provides for the Workshop programme and the list of submitted abstracts.
Doc Type	Information Document
Status	Published on 17 Sep 2014
Keywords	DBCP DBCP-30 Weihai China Scientific Technical Workshop S&T
This document is used in the event(s):	Thirtieth Session of the Data Buoy Cooperation Panel