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2. GODAE symposium is a demonstration of the knowledge acquired GODAE summer school is a demonstration of knowledge transfer

3. 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)

4. 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

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

6. 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)

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

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

9. 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?

10. 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

11. Organising committee Gary Brassington chair Val Jemmeson sectretary Tim Pugh IT Ceredwyn Webpage Andrew Hollis Publications Training centre Services branch Nick D’Adamo (IOC-WA) local Chari Pattriatchi (UWA) local

12. 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

13. 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.

14. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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 • Systems – NRL • Systems – Intercomparison Projects • … • Plus student exercises

20. 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

21. 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

22. Budget summary

23. Budget summary Total ~$450K Student/lecturer ~$340K Organising/Local/Third World ~$150K

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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