IOCCG Course 3-13 Dec 2001, Cape Town, South Africa


Outline time table:


Day

Time

Topic

Lecturer

3-Dec

9.00-12.00

  • Welcome, logistics, introduction to UCT, and IOCCG

  • Introduction of participants (10 minutes each)

  • Introduction to satellite remote sensing (SST, chl, winds, waves and currents

Shillington

All


12.30-13.30

Lunch



13.30-17.00

  • Background to remote sensing (continued)

Shillington





4-Dec

9.00-12.00

  • Background to remote sensing (continued)

Shillington


12.30-13.30

Lunch



13.30-17.00

  • Basic BILKO functions, SST

Shillington





5-Dec

9.00-12.00

  • Review of Benguela Upwelling System

  • NOAA Pathfinder SST and a virtual tour through the Benguela

  • Hydrogen sulphide in Namibian waters

Shillington

Roy


Weeks


12.30-13.30

Lunch



13.30-17.00

  • More Advanced BILKO functions, SeaWiFS climatology data

Shillington

 


 

6-Dec

9.00-12.00

  • Case history of exceptional Anchovy recruitment in the southern Benguela

  • Introduction to in water optics-Volvo Race data

  • Pigments and in situ measurements in the Benguela

Roy


Bernard


Barlow


12.30-13.30

Lunch



13.30-17.00

  • Manipulation of Benguela SeaWiFS imagery - BILKO

Shillington





7-Dec

9.00-12.00

  • Introduction to Primary production
  • The Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) on the Indian P4 Satellite

Bernard



Solanki


12.30-13.30

Lunch



13.30-17.00

  • SST imagery at daily/6km resolution and the processing of upwelling intensity index from SST fields in the Benguela (Meteosat SST)

  • GAC SeaWiFS data

  • Introduction to SeaDAS processing sofware

Demarcq





Demarcq


Demarcq


   


8-Dec

9.00-17.00

Free afternoon (Saturday)

 

9-Dec

9.00-17.00

Day trip to view sea conditions near Cape Town

Shillington et al





10-Dec

9.00-12.00

  • EOF analysis

  • Introduction to neural network analysis - Self organising maps (SOMS)

  • Interpretation and application of colour imagery

Roy


Richardson




12.30-13.30

Lunch



13.30-17.00

  • Hands on demonstration of SeaDAS software
  • Discussion of participants individual project proposals
  • Investigation of appropriate data sets (e.g. web)

Demarcq


Shillington et al





11-Dec

9.00-12.00

  • Report back of candidates to the whole group, feed back

All


12.30-13.30

Lunch



13.30-17.00

  • Continued feedback on projects






12-Dec

9.00-12.00

  • Future possibilities in ocean colour and operational oceanography, GOOS, ARGO
  • Fisheries statistics using GLM and GAM

Shillington


Richardson


12.30-13.30

Lunch



13.30-17.00

  • Final closing remarks


13-Dec


DEPARTURE


Notes:


Convenor: Professor Frank Shillington, Department of Oceanography, UCT (shill@physci.uct.ac.za)

 

Guest lecturers: Dr Claude Roy, IRD and UCT; Dr Anthony Richardson, UCT, Dr Ray Barlow, Marine and Coastal Management, Cape Town; Ms Scarla Weeks, Oceanspace and UCT; Mr Herve Demarcq, IRD and M & CM, Mr Stewart Bernard, UCT, Mr Himmat Solanki, Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad, India.

 

Financial management: Mr Emlyn Balarin