ASCABOS / IODE Training course on

“Operational nowcasting and forecasting of the Black Sea dynamics and ecosystem”

23-28 April 2007, Ostend, Belgium

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Course Programme

1 day: Welcome, introduction (Dr. Vladimirov – IODE, Prof.  Korotaev-MHI)
Lectures:

1. Information on IOC/IODE.  (Dr. Vladimirov - IODE)
   
   
2. Dynamics of the Black Sea. (Prof.  Korotaev - MHI)
   
   
3. Dynamics of the Black Sea (continuation). (Prof.  Korotaev - MHI)
   
   
4. Ecosystem of the Black Sea. (Prof. Oguz - IMS)

2 day:
Lectures:

5. Remote sensing of the ocean. (Prof.  Korotaev)
   
   
6. Modelling of the Black Sea ecosystem. (Prof. Oguz)
   
   
7. Modelling of the Black Sea ecosystem (continuation). (Prof. Oguz)
   
   
8. Data and metadata management. ( Dr.  Vladimirov - IODE)

3 day:
Lectures:

9. Operational oceanography. (Prof.  Korotaev)
   
   
10. Methods of operational oceanography. (Prof.  Korotaev)
    
    
11. Requirements in data and data quality contro.l ( Dr.  Vladimirov - IODE)
    
    
12. Numerical modeling of ocean dynamics. (Prof.  Korotaev)
    
    
13. The Black Sea nowcasting/forecasting system. (Dr. Dorofeyev)

4 day:
Lectures:

14. Description of the model code. (Dr. Dorofeyev)
    Exercises:
15. Installation of system. (Dr. Dorofeyev, Dr. Kubryakov)
16. Preparation of initial boundary data files, setting the management parameters.

(Dr. Dorofeyev, Dr. Kubryakov).
Lectures:

17. Modelling circulation in the coastal zone. Nesting grid approach. (Dr.Kubryakov)
    
    
18. Subsystem of the nowcasting/forecasting circulation in the coastal regions of the Black Sea. Description of the model code. (Dr. Kubryakov)

5 day:
Exercises: 

19. Running basin scale model. Run from the “restart” file. Visualization of output results (Dr. Dorofeyev,Dr. Kubryakov)
20. Installation of regional model, choice of the domain of coastal zone, setting the management parameters. (Dr. Dorofeyev, Dr. Kubryakov)
21. Running regional model. Visualization of output results. (Dr. Dorofeyev, Dr. Kubryakov)
22. Field training. ( Dr.  Vladimirov - IODE).
23. Field training. ( Dr.  Vladimirov - IODE).

6 day:
Exercises: 

24. Description of simple ecological models.
25. Running ecological model, analysis and interpretation of results.

(Prof. Oguz, Dr. Dorofeyev, Dr. Kubryakov)

26. Tests. (Dr. Dorofeyev, Dr. Kubryakov)
27. Tests. (Dr. Dorofeyev, Dr. Kubryakov)
28. Summarizing. Closing. (Dr.  Vladimirov Prof. Korotaev, Dr. Dorofeyev, Dr. Kubryakov)

List of participants: