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" Operational Oceanography, Marine Meteorology & Operational
Ocean Forecasting, Warning and Advisory Services for offshore E&P
industries (DG HC) "
on 13 - 14 June, 2022
Organized by
International Training Centre for Operational Oceanography (ITCOocean)
INCOIS, Hyderabad, India


Overview:

The current course will provide exposure to the officers working with Directorate General of Hydrocarbon (DGH), on the various services developed and products being disseminated by INCOIS to various operational requirements.

INCOIS has been generating and disseminating operational services like Ocean State Forecast (OSF), Tsunami and Strom Surges, Search And Rescue Aid Tool (SARAT) for supporting search and rescue operations in the sea, in case of any untoward incidents in the sea; Online Oil Spill Advisory (OOSA) system for providing oil spill trajectory forecast during oil spill incidents.

INCOIS provides regular ocean state forecasts (winds, waves, currents, tides) covering the geographical region of their interests by various agencies. This is also provided routinely, for movement of their vehicles in the ocean. The process involved in generating these operational products and the method to analyse them and how to apply this information by those working in offshore under the DGH is presented during the training. Condensed information on application of all operational products is also provided.

All the trainees will be taken to various labs to get exposure to the operational services in real time. This will be helpful to the officers, who are going to be placed in various operations of DGH. The course is designed to be a mix of Lab visits and theoretical sessions, covering the areas of interest.

Aims and Objectives

  • Over view of INCOIS activities.

  • Understand the data and products on ocean state forecast for operations.

  • Understanding the Ocean State Forecasting system and their coastal applications.

  • Exposure to disaster related products and services of INCOIS.

  • Coastal vulnerability maps generation along with inundation along the coast of India.

  • Lab visits to various operational divisions of INCOIS.

Learning Outcomes

  • Knowledge and understanding of INCOIS services and products.

  • Capability to use the web based software independently from their centres.

  • Handling the specialised tools developed for operational use if need arise.

Target Audience

Target audience is limited to the following:

  • Officers of Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH).

Application Process :

Only by invitation

Course Date :

June, 13 - 14, 2022.

Venue :
International Training Centre for Operational Oceanography (ITCOocean)
Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS)
Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India,
"Ocean Valley", Pragathi Nagar (B.O), Nizampet (S.O)
Hyderabad - 500 090, INDIA
Faculty Members (proposed):

  • Dr. TVS Udaya Bhaskar

  • Dr. Sathi Devi (IMD)

  • Dr. Monica Sarma (IMD)

  • Dr. Aneesh Lotliker

  • Mr. RS Mahendra

  • Mr. N Kiran Kumar

  • Ms. KG Sandhya

  • Dr. R. Hari Kumar

  • Dr. P Vijay

  • Dr. K Siva Srinivas.

  • Mr. AjayKumar

  • Dr. Linta Rose

  • Dr. S.J. Prasad

For Any questions please contact:

Dr. TVS Udaya Bhaskar,
Head, Programme Planning and Coordination (PPC)
email: itcoocean@incois.gov.in/uday@incois.gov.in

Schedule of Course

Sl.No

Time (IST)

Topic/agenda

Faculty

13 June 2022 (Day 1)

1.

09:30-10:00

Inaugural Session with Course Introduction

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2.

10:00-11:00

Introduction to Operational Oceanography and Ocean services from INCOIS

Dr. TVS Udaya Bhaskar

Tea to be served inside

3.

11:00-12:00

Operational Ocean Forecasting

Dr. R.Harikumar

4.

12:00-13:00

Basics of ocean waves & Operational wave modelling

Mrs. K.G. Sandhya

Lunch Break [13:00 - 14:00]

5.

14:00-15:00

Basics of ocean Tides and Tide forecasting

Dr. Linta Rose

6.

15:00-16:00

Cyclone forecasting

Dr. Monica Sarma

Tea to be served inside

7.

16:00-17:00

Storm Surge: Basics and forecasting system

Dr. Siva Srinivas

14 June 2022 (Day 2)

8.

09:00-10:00

Oil Spill trajectory prediction system and details

Dr. S.J. Prasad

9.

10:00-11:00

Search And Rescue Aid Tool (SARAT)

Dr. P. Vijay

Tea to be served inside

10.

11:00-12:00

Basics of marine weather forecasting

Dr. Sathi Devi

11.

12:00-13:00

Tsunami Early Warning System (withdetails on models used)

Mr. Patanjali Kumar

Lunch Break [13:00 - 14:00]

12.

14:00-15:00

Ocean Observation systems

Dr. Aneesh A Lotliker

13.

15:00-16:00

Introduction and application of Geographical Information System (GIS) for oceanic and coastal applications

Mr. R.S. Mahendra & Mr. N. Kiran Kumar

14.

16:00-16:30

Valedictory Session with Feedback collection

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Tea Break [16:30 - 17:00]

15.

17:00-18:00

Visit to INCOIS Facilities-labs, Tsunami Early Warning Centre, Observation/instrument lab and Ground station

Dr. Siddhartha Sahoo