ESSO - Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services

• Applied Research: Pursue focussed R&D aimed at improvement of existing products/ services (PFZ, CBA, HAB, TEW, SSEW, OSF, HWA, MSAR, OST, etc) including impact-based forecasting.
• Research to Operations: Collaborate with research / modeling / observations / technology / operations / user teams to improve existing products / services and develop new products / services for operational use.
• Product Validation: Conduct validation of operational and new products / services, publish reports and provide feedback to research and modelling teams to aid continuous enhancements.
• Provide backstopping for operational services division, as "on-call" staff during early warning events and transition of new products / services to operational mode.

Implementation of the unified ocean modelling and forecasting framework in support of institutional and national mandate including Ocean Modelling and Advisory Services and Deep Ocean Mission.

• Global/regional models for simulation of Ocean General Circulation for ocean analysis/Reanalysis
• Coastal/shelf sea/estuary models for specific applications
• Biogeochemical modeling for global, regional and coastal applications
• Downscaling of atmospheric forcing to force high-resolution models, etc.
• Couple ocean models with regional atmosphere models, wave models, etc.
• Data assimilation in ocean general circulation and wave models
• Evaluation and synthesis of observations and model simulations for model improvements
• Porting, integration and pre-processing and post-processing of models / products for operational use

• Operational delivery of all existing and new INCOIS services including:
• Ecosystem Services
• Potential Fishing Zone (PFZ)
• Coral Bleaching Alert (CBA)
• Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB)
• Multi-Hazard Early Warning Services
• Tsunami Early Warning (TEW)
• Storm Surge Early Warning (SSEW)
• Ocean State Forecast (OSF)
• High Wave Alert (HWA)
• Marine Search and Rescue (MSAR)
• Oil Spill Trajectory (OST)
• Marine Heat Wave (MHW)
• Small Vessel Advisory Services (SVAS)
• Integrated 24 x 7 operations for all services, including national and regional operational responsibilities of the Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre.
• Develop and adhere to Standard Operational Procedures (SOPs) for all services.
• Generate and maintain daily reports of the functioning of operational data systems, hardware, software, Decision Support Systems and dissemination systems.
• Maintain and update dissemination lists of operational users for all services.
• Ensure competency development of operational staff for effective delivery of services, through the ITCO framework.
• User Engagement: Strengthen interaction with users of INCOIS products / services to enhance awareness, build capacities, promote adoption, obtain feedback and future needs assessment through regular user interactions workshops, market research surveys, etc.
• Commercialization: Develop a business model, including pricing and marketing strategies for value added products / services and consultancy services for national and international users, industry, etc.