BLUElink Ocean Forecasting Australia An Overview

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http//www.bom.gov.au/bluelink/summerschool/index.
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GODAE symposium is a demonstration of the
knowledge acquired
GODAE summer school is a demonstration of
knowledge transfer
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• Date
• January 4th - January 16th, 2009
• 2 weeks (as previous)
• Summer
• Long university break (UWA)
• Short university break (NH)
• Week following New Year Eve (post Christmas)

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• Venue - Perth/WA

Capital of WA Population - 1.5M Mean max(Jan) -
29.7 Mean min (Jan) - 17.3 Mean rain days (Jan)
- 0.7 Mean cloud days (Jan) - 5.1
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• Venue - Perth/WA
• Local venue
• University of WA
• Lecture/Computer Labs/College accom.
• Local organising committee
• Chari (UWA)
• Nick DAdamo (IOC-WA)
• Active ocean community
• IO-GOOS,
• IOC-WA,
• IO-GOOS,
• WAIMOS,
• WAMSI
• UWA, CSIRO,
• Bureau RO, RAN

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• Venue - Perth/WA
• Flight connections to Perth
• London/Paris - Singapore - Perth
• 17 hours 30 mins
• AUD2543 (Qantas economy)
• LA - Melbourne/Sydney - Perth
• 17 hours 30 mins
• AUD3366 (Qantas economy)
• Tokyo - Perth
• 10 hours 25 mins
• AUD2400 (Qantas economy)

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• Venue - Perth/WA
• Local venue
• University of WA
• Lecture/Computer Labs/College accom.
• Local organising committee
• Chari (UWA)
• Nick DAdamo (IOC-WA)
• Active ocean community
• IO-GOOS, IOC-WA, IO-GOOS, WAIMOS, WAMSI
• UWA, CSIRO, Bureau RO, RAN

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• Venue - Perth/WA
• Ocean applications
• Fisheries
• Oil and Gas industry
• Ningaloo Reef / Eco-tourism
• Desalination
• Defense / coastal surveylance
• Tropical cyclones

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• Target audience
• Ocean science students (focus of last SS)
• Ocean forecaster trainees
• Beta-users
• Middle-ware product developers
• Large government agencies, specialist
  marine planners/managers
• Navy, specialist oil and gas
• Assumptions
• Seek candidates with a minimum of ocean related
  education and/or experience.
• A selection process required.
• Beta-users could be student-lecturer, local?
  Half-funded?

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• Audience composition
• 60 participants
• 30 International (US(10), Europe(20))
• 20 Regional (Japan, China, SE-Asia, India)
• 10 Local (Australia)
• 27 lecturers
• 12 International (US(4), Europe (8))
• 10 Regional
• 5 Local
• 5 Local organisers

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Organising committee
Gary Brassington chair Val Jemmeson
sectretary Tim Pugh IT Ceredwyn
Webpage Andrew Hollis Publications Training
centre Services branch Nick DAdamo
(IOC-WA) local Chari Pattriatchi (UWA) local
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Scientific Committee
Invited Pierre-Yves LeTraon Jiang Zhu James
Cummings V.S.N. Murty Andreas Oschlies
Accepted Andreas Schiller Jacques Verron Mike
Bell Keith Haines Gary Meyers Chari
Pattriachi Eric Chassignet Bob Woodham Tony Lee
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Objectives

• Form/motivate the young scientists and
  professionals that will be the principal movers
  and
• users of operational oceanographic outputs in
  the next 10 years.
• Bring together leading scientists to summarize
  our present knowledge in ocean modeling,
• ocean observing systems, and data
  assimilation to present an integrated view of
• oceanography.
• In addition to formal lectures, shorter talks by
  experts in the field will expose the participants
  
• to a wide range of applications.
• Attendees will also have the opportunity to
  present their work via poster sessions.
• Lecture notes will be reviewed by the attendees
  and will be published as a proceedings volume.
• Principal topics Ocean modelling, ocean
  satellite and in-situ data, data assimilation,
  validation,
• integration, systems, and products.
• A number of presentations will be made
  concerning uses of operational oceanography.
• Specific emphasis will be given to, but not
  limited to, operational oceanography in the
• Indo-Pacific region.
• Attendance The school is directed to graduate
  students, post-docs, and young scientists
• and to professionals that are or will be
  involved in the development of integrated
  oceanography.
• It is open to all countries.
• Special effort made to include participants from
  developing countries for knowledge dissemination.

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• Curriculum tasks
• Review the curriculum from the first summer
  school
• What is current/minimal updating and to be
  retained?
• What requires significant updating?
• Getting the balance right for operational
  oceanography
• What are unique / emerging areas since IGSS1
• Balance of foundation / leading edge science
• IT tools as part of curriculum
• Application content
• Coupled systems content

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• New areas in operational oceanography
• Ocean data assimilation (what have we learned)
• Multi-variate assimilation
• Error covariances (Beijing symposium)
• Representation error
• Initialisation
• Mesoscale ocean science
• how we now understand the oceans to circulate
• Observing system design
• New observing systems, SMOS, HF radar, ocean
  color, acoustic tomography
• Atmospheric surface fluxes
• Ocean predictability

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• New areas in operational oceanography
• Performance metrics, validation and
  intercomparisons
• Ocean reanalysis
• Ocean forecaster tools
• Tutorial on data services, extraction and
  analysis tools
• Demonstration / applications
• Coastal ocean forecasting
• Coupled air-sea forecasting
• Coupled bio-geo-chem
• Operational systems
• Significant update

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Draft Structure of Lectures

• 1st GODAE Summer School (8 double lectures and 15
  single lectures)
• Overview talks
• Models - Theory (x2)
• Observations Remote Sensing (x2)
• Models Climate/Coarse Resolution Applications
  (x2)
• Observations - in situ observing systems (x2)
• Observations - surface fluxes (x2)
• Data Assimilation - Inverse Methods (x2)
• Models Isopycnic and Hybrid Models (2x)
• Data Assimilation - Kalman Filter Applications
  (2x)
• Data Assimilation - Adjoint Applications (2x)
• Models Coastal (x2)
• Models - Biogeochemical
• Systems - Seasonal Prediction
• Systems Mercator
• Systems SAR Applications
• Systems MERSEA
• Systems BLUElink
• Systems FOAM

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• Publication
• Motivation
• Long term record of contents
• Additional return for lecturer effort
• Attractive to funding agencies
• Demonstration of dynamics/progress of field
• New results and new lecturers/perspectives
• Constraints
• New / unique areas of content
• Lecturer preparation of material
• Editing process
• GODAE symposium special issue
• Format
• BMRC Research Report
• OO Special Issue

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• Budget assumptions
• Full paid scholarships for students
• Beta-users - self funded
• 27 lecturers
• 12 International (US(4), Europe (8))
• 10 Regional
• 5 Local
• 5 Local organisers

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Budget summary
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Budget summary
Total 450K Student/lecturer 340K Organising/Lo
cal/Third World 150K
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• Funding assumptions
• GODAE office contribution equal first summer
  school
• Matching funds from both Bureau and CSIRO
• Local costs, venue, dinner, social program
• Local funding - Oil and Gas industry, IOC-WA,
  UWA
• US/Europe capacity to attract funding agency
  support
• Japan/China/Australia/NZ similarly self funding
• Other Asia/Africa/SouthAmerica limited places
  fully funded

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• Funding progress
• Bureau of Meteorology - AUD50K
• CSIRO - AUD10K(2008), ?matching (2009)
• UWA - reduced venue costs
• Oil and gas industry negotiations
• RAN committed to support staff
• ARCNESS - Funding for 5 Australian students
• British Council - approached third world funding
  (not confirmed)
• NASA (Toni Lee) - Funding for 5 participants
• NOAA non committal
• Europe - no progress

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• Funding critical task
• Funding champions
• Europe (critical)
• US/Japan/China
• Liaise with funding agency
• Point of contact for reviewing/approving
  applications
• Point of contact for lecturers
• GODAE office shortfall
• AUD50K required to fund the summer school
• Identify agency and champion
• Funding agency timeline
• Financial year 2008/09 (SH)
• Funding cycle in NH

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• Critical timelines
• Deadline for positive signs
• October - positive indications from funding
  agencies
• December - confirmation from majority of support
• January (12months booking deposits)
• Other critical points
• Ordering advertising material - February
• Student applications - June (decisions July)
• Lecturer funding - July

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