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IOC/OTGA/INCOIS Course: Discovery and Use of Operational Ocean Data Products and Services

We are pleased to inform that the call for applications for the course IOC/OTGA/INCOIS: Discovery and Use of Operational Ocean Data Products and Services to take place online between 25 October and 5 November 2021 Is now open. The deadline for applications is 30 September 2021.

Summary

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

The course is aimed to provide an introduction to operational oceanography, discovery and use of operational ocean data products and services, hands on for visualizing the in situ, remote sensing and model derived data products. 

Learning Outcomes 

After the course participants will have the knowledge, skills and experience to be able to gain:

  1. Knowledge and understanding of operational oceanography.
  2. Tasks involved in Operational Analysis and Forecast methods.
  3. Oceanographic Data sources, Quality Control/Quality Assurance, monitoring systems and methods.
  4. Tools for visualizing the operational ocean data products
  5. Recognize the importance of good research data.
  6. Access to operational data and products for Indian Ocean.
  7. Gain awareness of main Indian Ocean operational research data and products.

Target Audience 

Target audiences include, but not limited to the following:

  1. Ocean and coastal data managers.
  2. Researchers intending to use operational data products for scientific analysis.
  3. Research scholars at various universities.

Course Pre-requisites 

Applicants are expected to: 

  1. Have a fundamental knowledge of oceanography and meteorology.
  2. Knowledge of data formats of the oceanographic data sets.
  3. Preferably working in institutions responsible for the management of oceanographic and/or atmospheric data.
  4. Good working knowledge of English.

Language of Instruction

English 

Costs: No tuition fee.

For more detailed information please check the event details on the IOC calendar on: https://oceanexpert.org/event/3198

Contacts:

In case of need for further clarifications please use the contact(s) above, always using as email subject the name of the course.

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