2nd DBCP Africa/Western Indian Ocean Capacity Building Workshop
WIO-DBCP II
Workshop
02 - 07 May 2011
Mauritius Oceanography Institute
Avenue des Anchois
Albion
Mauritius
Organiser(s) & Staff
Participation
By invitation only.
THEME OF THE WORKSHOP:
- Implementation and Operations Of Indian Ocean Data Buoy Networks and their Applications for Enhancing Regional Predictive Capability Goals for the workshop: (i) Continue to Build Capacity Within Regional Institutes to Apply New Indian Ocean Observing System (IndOOS) Data, such as from RAMA and others, for Enhanced Predictive Capability for the Region, (ii) Provide Training in Deployments and Management of In-situ Ocean Observations, (iii) Coordinate with AMESD for In-situ Ocean Observations for the Western Indian Ocean, (iv) Continue to Build In-Region Modelling Development Teams (MDT) and Observation Development Teams (ODT), including for the implementation of buoy programmes
Local Host:
- Mauritius Oceanography Institute (MOI)
ACKNOWLEDGMENT:
- DBCP Workshop 2011 is held in partnership with
- On the Climatic Importance of the Greater Agulhas System
[View an annotated printable version of this agenda]
- 0 - Day 1 08:30 - 09:00: REGISTRATION: Coffee
MOI - 1 - Day 1 09:00 - 10:30: WELCOME GREETING AND OPENING REMARKS
Sidney Thurston (DBCP) Rezah Badal (MOI) David Meldrum (DBCP) Johan Stander (WMO) Nick D’Adamo (IOC) Lisa Beal (SCOR) Troy Fitrell (USA Embassy, Mauritius) Plenary Room - 1.1 - KEYNOTE ADDRESS: MOI’s Activities and Incoming Operational Services Using Earth Observations for Marine Applications
Rezah Badal (MOI) - 1.2 - Regional Environmental Science and Technology Symposium Opening Address: Social & Economic Relevance of Regional Ocean S&T: GEF/UNDP Agulhas Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystem Program ASCLME
David Vousden (ASCLME) - 10 - Day 2 16:50 - 17:00: DAILY WRAP-UP & TOMORROW'S PLANS
Sidney Thurston (DBCP) - 11 - Day 3 09:00 - 09:10: DAILY PLANNING
Sidney Thurston (DBCP) ROOM Bois de Rose - 12 - Day 3 09:10 - 13:00
- 12.1 - Science and Resource Planning Meeting: Science
Lisa Beal (SCOR) - 12.2 - Science and Resource Planning Meeting: Resources
David Vousden (ASCLME) - 13 - Day 3 14:30 - 17:30: SCOR WORKING GROUP MEETING
Arne Biastoch (IFM – GEOMAR), Lisa Beal (RSMAS) ROOM Bois de Rose - 13.1 - MDT Capacity Building: NCEP Climate Forecasts System (CFS) and the Global Forecasts System (GFS)
Wassila Thiaw (NOAA) ROOM Niaouli - 13.2 - ODT Capacity Building: Observing network implementation and data Assembly: RAMA, XBT, Drifters, Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) Project
Bill Burnett (NOAA/NDBC) ROOM Cypress - 14 - Day 3 17:30 - 17:40: JOINT DAILY WRAP-UP & TOMORROW'S PLANS
Sidney Thurston (DBCP) ROOM Bois de Rose - 15 - Day 3 18:00 - 20:00: SOCIAL EVENING AND DEPLOY “Adopt-A-Drifter” www.adp.noaa.gov
GLOBE and NOAA and the University of Mauritius LOCATION TBA - 16 - Day 4 08:45 - 09:00: DAILY PLANNING
Sidney Thurston (DBCP) ROOM Bois de Rose - 17 - Day 4 09:00-17:30: ODT and MDT
- 17.1 - MDT Capacity Building: Introduction to Ocean Modeling
Arne Biastoch (IFM – GEOMAR), Pierrick Penven (IRD) ROOM Bois de Rose - 17.2 - ODT Capacity Building: Remote Sensing
Graham Quartly (NOCS) ROOM Cypress - 17.3 - MDT Capacity Building: Operational ocean forecasting
Gary Brassington (BoM) ROOM Bois de Rose - 17.4 - ODT Capacity Building: Regional Data Networks and Accessibility
Mike Roberts (SA/DEA), Johan Stander (SAWS), Jean-François Ternon (IRD) ROOM Cypress - 18 - Day 4 17:30 - 17:40: JOINT DAILY WRAP-UP & TOMORROW'S PLANS
Sidney Thurston (DBCP) ROOM Bois de Rose - 19 - Day 5 08:45 - 09:00: DAILY PLANNING
Sidney Thurston (DBCP) ROOM Bois de Rose - 2 - Day 1 11:00 - 15:30: SYMPOSIUM: The State of Western Indian Ocean Environmental Science and Technology
Nick D’Adamo - 2.1 - RESEARCH: The Agulhas System and its Role in Ocean Circulation and Climate
Lisa Beal (RSMAS), Wil de Ruijter (Netherlands IMAU), Rainer Zahn (U. Barcelona) - 2.2 - MODELLING: An Overview of Ocean and Coupled Models
Tomoki Tozuka (University of Tokyo), Arne Biastoch (IFM – GEOMAR), Pierrick Penven (IRD) - 2.3 - OBSERVATIONS: Overview of Regional Marine Observing Systems; including Indian Ocean Observing System, RAMA, XBT, ARGO, Drifters
M. Ravichandran (India INCOIS) - 2.4 - OCEAN FORECASTING: From Ocean Observation to Applications: Update on IOGOOS Pilot Project – Modelling for Ocean Forecasting and Process Studies
Nick D’Adamo (IOC) - 2.5 - STRATEGIC APPROACH: Benefits of Integrating Offshore and Nearshore Long-Term Ocean Observations For Sustainable National Fisheries
Rebecca Shuford (NOAA NMFS) - 2.6 - CAPACITY BUILDING: WMO Integrated Global Observing System WIGOS: Highlights of WIGOS, Connection to DBCP and How This Workshop Contributes
Etienne Charpentier (WMO) - 2.7 - NEXT GENERATION: Developing Global Citizens and Connecting the Next Generation of International Scientists
Mark Brettenny, Teresa Kennedy (GLOBE) - 20 - Day 5 09:00-13:00
- 20.1 - MDT Capacity Building: Seasonal Forecasting and SINTEX-F
Wataru Sasaki (JAMSTEC), Tomoki Tozuka (University of Tokyo) ROOM Bois de Rose - 20.2 - ODT Capacity Building: Integration, access to, and ecosystem/ community application of [ASCLME] ocean observing and monitoring data, information, analysis
David Vousden (ASCLME) ROOM Cypress - 20.3 - A discussion on planned modeling activities in the region to result in a 3 page document of activities and key contact people
Wataru Sasaki (JAMSTEC), Tomoki Tozuka (University of Tokyo), Juliet Hermes ROOM Bois de Rose - 21 - Day 5 14:30-17:30
- 21.1 - Joint Symposium Panel: Interactions Between In-Situ And Satellite Observations & Modelling For Economic Applications
Augustus Vogel (SCOR) ROOM Bois de Rose - 21.2 -
Joint Symposium Panel-Future Plans : Coordinating Plans For The Resourcing And Development Of Regional And National Initiatives And Their Use For Policy And Decision Making
Sidney Thurston (DBCP) ROOM Bois de Rose - 22 - Day 5 16:30-17:30: JOINT WORKSHOP WRAP-UP-Logistics Debrief, Lessons Learned And Recommendations For Future Regional Workshops
Sidney Thurston (DBCP) ROOM Bois de Rose - 23 - Day 6 09:00-11:00 : SCOR WRAP UP MEETING
Lisa Beal and SCOR Members ROOM Niaouli - 3 - Day 1 16:00 - 17:00: DISCUSSION: Nearshore-Offshore Ocean Observing and Community Level Applications – Launch Applications Development Team (ADT)
David Vousden - 3.1 - Socio-Econ Relevance: Benefits of Coastal (Nearshore) and Ocean (Offshore) Ocean Observing and Monitoring
Several (e.g. NMFS, Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries-Nansen; ACEP) - 3.2 - ASCLME Observing and Monitoring Efforts ; 1. Offshore 2. Nearshore, Building the Nearshore-Offshore Connection
Lucy Scott; Regional Cruise Coordinators - 3.3 - French Contribution to the Observation of Oceanic Processes in the Indian Ocean and Their Imprint on Ecosystems
Jean Francois Ternon (IRD) - 4 - Day 1 17:00 - 17:10 Daily Wrap-up & Tomorrow’s Plans
Sidney Thurston (DBCP) - 5 - Day 2 09:00 - 09:10: DAILY PLANNING
Sidney Thurston (DBCP) ROOM Bois de Rose - 6 - Day 2 09:10 - 10:30: AMESD MORNING SYMPOSIUM
Sidney Thurston (DBCP) - 6.1 - Overview of the African Monitoring of the Environment for Sustainable Development program AMESD
Francois Carnus (AMESD) - 6.2 - AMESD Activities, Products & Services In the South West Indian Ocean
Rezah Badal (AMESD) - 6.3 - AMESD Q&A
David Meldrum (UK SAMS) - 7 - Day 2 11:00 - 13:00
- 7.1 - EumetCast & AMESD Data and Tools
Vimal Ramchandur (MOI) - 7.2 - First Step Towards Operational Forecasting on the EEZ of Mauritius Using ROMS Model
H. Runghen (MOI) - 7.3 - Oceanographic Atlas of the South West Indian Ocean Using Model Reanalysis
Arshad Rawat (MOI) - 7.4 - AMESD Pilot Project in Mozambique: The Use Of Potential Fishing Zone Maps for Fisheries Management
Emidio Andre (Mozambique, INIP) - 7.5 - Potential Synergies Between AMESD & In-Situ Regional Ocean Observations, e.g., in-situ cal/val
David Meldrum (UK SAMS) - 8 - Day 2 13:00 - 14:30: SPCIAL ADDRESS: NOAA’s Engagement in the Indian Ocean Region,
- 9 - Day 2 14:30 - 16:50
- 9.1 - Data Requirements for the Development of Coastal and Marine Atlas
Muhamudally Beebeejaun (Mauritius Met Service) - 9.2 - The Agulhas Return Current Ocean Climate Station: Using Drifting and Moored Buoy Data from the Agulhas System
Meghan Cronin (NOAA PMEL) - 9.3 - Regional Institute Operational Data Stream Requirements for Meteorological, Ocean and Climate Models
Ali Mafimbo (Kenya KMA) - 9.4 - Predictions & Monitoring For the Indian Ocean Basin Using the NOAA NCEP Climate Forecast System (CFS)
Wassila Thiaw (NOAA CPC) - 9.5 - The Variability of the African Climate System (VACS) Panel of CLIVAR
Bob Molinari (CLIVAR)
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Results of the 1st DBCP Western Indian Ocean Capacity Building Workshop | 25/11/2010 |
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Programme for the workshop (2nd DBCP Africa/Western Indian Ocean Capacity Building Workshop) | 23/04/2011 |
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Invitation letters | 07/04/2011 |
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There are 37 participants associated with 2nd DBCP Africa/Western Indian Ocean Capacity Building Workshop .
Name | Country |
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BEAL Lisa | United States of America |
BEEBEEJAUN Mohamud | Mauritius |
BRETTENNY Mark | South Africa |
BURNETT Bill | United States of America |
CAMUS Francois | Mauritius |
CHARPENTIER Etienne | Switzerland |
CRONIN Meghan | United States of America |
D'ADAMO Nick | Australia |
HERMES Juliet | South Africa |
MAFIMBO Ali | Kenya |
MELDRUM David | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
MOLINARI Robert | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
PAYET Rondolph | Seychelles |
RAVICHANDRAN M | India |
ROBERTS Michael | South Africa |
SCOTT Lucy | Belgium |
SHUFORD Rebecca | United States of America |
THIAW Wassila | United States of America |
THURSTON Sidney W. | United States of America |
TOZUKA Tomoki | Japan |
VOGEL Augustus | United States of America |
VOUSDEN David | South Africa |
WALLACE Al | Canada |
Name | Country |
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NJIKE NGAHA Pierre Ricard | Cameroon |
HUSSEIN Maged | Egypt |
EL KAFRAWY Sameh Bakr El Sayed | Egypt |
GURMU Tafesse Regassa | Ethiopia |
SURATNO . | Indonesia |
MUNGAI John | Kenya |
NAEEM Rifath | Maldives |
VEERABADREN Philippe Jean Michel | Mauritius |
MENIOUI Mohamed | Morocco |
JAYASEKERA Siri Ranjith | Sri Lanka |
TAZALIKA Lukiya | Uganda |
NGWALI Mohamed K. | United Republic of Tanzania |
SHAGHUDE Yohana W. | United Republic of Tanzania |
Participant Stats:
Total Invited: 37
Confirmed: 37
Not confirmed: 0
Unapproved: 0
Not-participating: 0
Rejected: 0
Label(s): no labels
Created at 18:19 on 25 Nov 2010 by Boram Lee
Last Updated at 17:14 on 29 Apr 2021 by Long Jiang