Implementing an operational ocean monitoring and forecasting system is guided by multiple scientific, technical and outreach choices.

This hands on workshop will provide examples of these choices through an overview of the products from an operational oceanography and forecasting systems (via the Copernicus Marine Service portfolio) and a demonstration on graphical user interfaces and command line interfaces to visualize these data. Practical sessions will be proposed on Assimilation & Validation and Downscaling.

Aims and Objectives

The aim of the training is

• 1) to give the attendees the vision of the entire value chain of a centre operating an Operational Ocean Monitoring and Forecasting Systems (OOFS), from the system to the interface with users;
• 2) to share experience around practical exercises on important choices linked to the implementation of an OOFS (data assimilation, choice in modelling configuration…)

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the choices which have to be made to configure a an operational oceanography and forecasting system and be aware of the impacts of these choices;
• Understand the role of the observations in the assimilation and the validation processes.
• Discover an example on how to showcase and made your products accessible for your users communities.

Contents

• CMEMS portfolio
• Demo on Panoply with phsyical products
• Demo on Jupyter Notebook with wave products
• Demo Rstudio with Bio Products

Target audience and prerequisites

• The audience will be a technical one: participanst need to have background knowledge on operational oceanography and interest on or previous experience using marine data and some notions on coding (Python/R)
• Participants need to have a good working level of the English language.

Instructors

• D.Chang Seng
• E.Alvarez
• P.Bahurel
• S.Ciliberti
• A. Mehra
• A. Repucci
• J. Siddorn
• M. Drevillon
• Fujiang Yu
• Lotfi Aouf
• Elodie Gutcknecht
• L. Crosnier
• K. Von Schuckman
• others to be confirmed

Note: participants selected to attend this hands on workshop need to also attend the Understanding the Benefits of Operational Ocan and Forecasting Systems (OOFS) Awareness workshop to take place between 1-16 June 2021.

Workshop Format

• Online assynchronous phase (8-21 June 2021): background reading material and videos will be made available on the e-Learning platform for preparation for the synchronous sessions. Participants are expected to go through these contents before the live event. This should take 5 - 6 hours;;
• Online synchronous phase (22-24 June 2021): 2,5-hour long workshops each day; 2 similar sessions will be organised each day:
  
  • 08:00 - 10:30 CEST
  • 17:00 - 19:30 CEST

Participants are expected to attend one of the above sessions for each of the 3 days of the live workshop.

No tuition fees apply.

The number of seats available is limited. To apply please fill in the online application form no later than 16 May 2021 (CEST).

For questions please contact:

• IOC/GOOS: d.chang-seng@unesco.org
• IOC/OTGA Secretariat: ioc.training@unesco.org