The Protea Hotel Sea Point Corner of Main and Arthur Roads Sea Point
Cape Town
South Africa
| 0 | Day 1 08:30 - 09:00<span style='font-weight:normal'>: REGISTRATION: Coffee </span> |
| 1 | Day 1 09:00 - 10:30<span style='font-weight:normal'>: PLENARY GREETING AND OPENING REMARKS</span> |
| 1.1 | KEYNOTE ADDRESS: ENHANCING MARITIME WEATHER ACTIVITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA AND THE REGION |
| 1.2 | SPECIAL ADDRESS: BUILDING THE INDIAN OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM (INDOOS) THROUGH RESOURCE SHARING PARTNERSHIPS |
| 1.3 | SPECIAL ADDRESS: REGIONAL NATIONAL MET/OCEAN INSTITUTES’ DATA REQUIREMENTS |
| 2 | Day 1 11:00 - 12:00<span style='font-weight:normal'>: JOINT MDT & ODT PRESENTATIONS</span> |
| 2.1 | HIGHLIGHTS FROM DBCP OSTEND CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP AND INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION, WMO, IOC, JCOMM, JCOMMOPS, FUTURE VISIONS |
| 2.2 | WMO INFORMATION SYSTEM AND WMO INTEGRATED GLOBAL OBSERVING SYSTEM |
| 3 | Day 1 14:00 - 15:30<span style='font-weight:normal'>: JOINT MDT & ODT PRESENTATIONS</span> |
| 3.1 | THE INFLUENCE OF INDIAN OCEAN ON EAST AFRICAN CLIMATE, THE NEED FOR OCEAN OBSERVATIONS |
| 3.2 | A PERSPECTIVE OF PRESENTLY OPERATED OCEAN MODELS IN THE WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN |
| 4 | Day 1 16:00 - 17:00 |
| 4.1 | MDT PRESENTATION: TOOLS TO DEVELOP A REAL-TIME MODELLING SYSTEM (PART I): Matlab, OPeNDAP, NCO, NetCDF, NetCDF CF conventions, Apache Tomcat, THREDDS server, ncWMS, GODIVA2, Unidata Integrated Data Viewer (IDV) and Google Earth. |
| 4.2 | ODT PRESENTATION: BUOY AND SENSOR HARDWARE |
| 5 | Day 2 08:45 - 09:00<span style='font-weight:normal'>: DAILY PLANNING</span> |
| 6 | Day 2 09:00 - 10:30 |
| 6.1 | MDT PRESENTATION: INTRODUCTION OF ROMS – INSTALLATION, SETUP AND TEST CASES |
| 6.2 | ODT PRESENTATION |
| 6.2.1 | OVERVIEW OF REGIONAL MARINE OBSERVING SYSTEMS; INCLUDING INDOOS, RAMA, XBT, ARGO, DRIFTERS, SATELLITE |
| 6.2.2 | HARDWARE FOR BUOY DATA COLLECTION |
| 7 | Day 2 11:00 - 13:00 |
| 7.1 | MDT PRESENTATION: NEW GENERATION OCEAN CIRCULATION MODEL: WAVE-TIDE-CIRCULATION COUPLED MODEL, INDOOS DATA REQUIREMENTS |
| 7.2 | ODT PRESENTATION |
| 7.2.1 | SPECIFIC OBSERVING REQUIREMENS IN TERMS OF OBSERVED VARIABLES, SPATIAL/TEMPORAL COVERAGE, AVAILABILITY AND TIMELINESS |
| 7.2.2 | BUOY PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION |
| 8 | Day 2 14:00 - 16:30 |
| 8.1 | MDT PRESENTATION |
| 8.1.1 | REGIONAL OCEAN DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT CAPACITY |
| 8.1.2 | REGIONAL INSTITUTE OPERATIONAL DATA STREAM REQUIREMENTS FOR MET, OCEAN AND CLIMATE MODELS |
| 8.2.1 | ANALYZING IN-SITU AND SATELLITE DATA FOR THE WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN REGION WITH FERRET TOOLS - HANDS ON TRAINING |
| 8.2.2 | DATA AVAILABILITY, ACCESS, AND ARCHIVING |
| 8.2 | ODT PRESENTATION |
| 9 | Day 2 16:30 - 17:00<span style='font-weight:normal'>: JOINT DAILY WRAP-UP </span> |
| 10 | Day 3 08:45 - 09:00<span style='font-weight:normal'>: DAILY PLANNING</span> |
| 11 | Day 3 09:00 - 09:45 |
| 11.1 | IOC 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION EVENT: <i>REMEMBERING THE 1960 INDIAN OCEAN EXPEDITION</i> – THE BIRTH OF THE IOC |
| 11.2 | Highlights of the ASCLME-NOAA Joint RAMA Implementing Arrangement |
| 12 | Day 3 09:45 - 10:30 |
| 12.1 | GLOBE: <I>OCEAN SCIENCES FOR ALL AGES</I> |
| 12.2 | GROUP PHOTOGRAPH |
| 13 | Day 3 11:00 - 13:00 |
| 13.1 | MDT PRESENTATION: DEVELOPMENT OF WAVE NUMERICAL MODEL AND ITS APPLICATION IN OPERATIONAL FORECAST SYSTEM, INDOOS DATA REQUIREMENTS |
| 14 | Day 3 14:00 - 15:30 |
| 14.1 | MDT: REGIONAL APPLICATIONS OF THE NCEP/CPC CLIMATE FORECAST SYSTEM (CFS) |
| 14.2 | ODT: AUSTRALIA'S INTEGRATED MARINE OBSERVING SYSTEM (IMOS) |
| 15 | Day 3 16:00 - 16:30<span style='font-weight:normal'>: JOINT GROUP DISCUSSION</span> |
| 15.1 | IDENTIFYING MODEL OCEAN DATA REQUIREMENTS, OPERATIONAL SOURCES OF THESE DATA, HOW TO ACCESS DATA, FORMATTING |
| 16 | Day 3 16:30 - 17:00<span style='font-weight:normal'>: JOINT DAILY WRAP-UP </span> |
| 17 | Day 4 08:45 - 09:00<span style='font-weight:normal'>: DAILY PLANNING</span> |
| 18 | Day 4 09:00 - 10:30 |
| 18.1 | MDT PRESENTATION: (A) THE OPERATIONAL PREDICTION OF SURFACE DRIFT FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE AND POLLUTANT TRANSPORT (B) BUOY OBSERVATIONS AND WATER QUALITY MODELS FOR MANAGEMENT OF A LARGE ESTUARY |
| 18.2 | ODT PRESENTATION: REGIONAL NMHS OBSERVATIONS |
| 19 | Day 4 11:00 - 13:00 |
| 19.1 | MDT PRESENTATION: OPERATIONAL OCEAN PREDICTION SYSTEM FOR WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC – A MODEL TO DEVELOP SIMILAR CAPACITY FOR THE WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN |
| 19.2 | ODT PRESENTATION: AN OVERVIEW OF SOUTH AFRICA'S EFFORTS ON COASTAL OCEAN MONITORING IN THE WIO- PRESENT STATUS AND LINKS WITH THE REGIONAL COASTAL GOOS MODULE |
| 20 | Day 4 14:00 - 15:30 |
| 20.1 | MDT PRESENTATION: TOOLS TO DEVELOP A REAL-TIME MODELLING SYSTEM (PART II): Matlab, OPeNDAP, NCO, NetCDF, NetCDF CF conventions, Apache Tomcat, THREDDS server, ncWMS, GODIVA2, Unidata Integrated Data Viewer (IDV) and Google Earth. |
| 21 | Day 4 16:00 - 17:00 |
| 21.1 | JOINT PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS: US INTEGRATED OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM (IOOS) DATA ASSEMBLY CENTER (DAC) |
| 22 | Day 4 17:00 - 17:30<span style='font-weight:normal'>: JOINT DAILY WRAP-UP </span> |
| 23 | Day 5 08:45 - 09:00<span style='font-weight:normal'>: DAILY PLANNING</span> |
| 24 | Day 5 09:00 - 10:30 |
| 24.1 | MDT PRESENTATION: SAWS UNIFIED MODEL AND LOCAL APPLICATIONS |
| 24.2 | ODT PRESENTATION: OVERVIEW OF ASCLME COASTAL MARINE OBSERVING RESOURCES AND REQUIREMENTS |
| 25 | Day 5 11:00 - 13:00 |
| 25.1 | MDT PRESENTATION: ASCLME TRANSBOUNDARY DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS, STRATEGIC ACTION PROGRAMME, LONG TERM VARIABILITY MONITORING ANDCAPAITY BUILDING |
| 25.2 | ODT PRESENTATION: NON-DBCP SOURCES OF DATA FROM VOS AND XBT LINES |
| 26 | Day 5 14:00 - 16:30<span style='font-weight:normal'>: JOINT PRACTICAL SOLUTION</span> |
| 26.1 | GROUP DISCUSSION ON COORDINATING PLANS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL INITIATIVES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BUOY PROGRAMMES IN THE REGION |
| 27 | Day 5 16:30 - 17:00 |
| 27.1 | JOINT WORKSHOP WRAP-UP, LOGISTICS DEBRIEF, LESSONS LEARNED AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE WORKSHOPS |