Enhancing Knowledge of the Arabian Sea Marine environment through Science and Advanced Training (EKAMSAT) is a joint research initiative between India and the USA to study boundary layer processes, air-sea interaction processes, and ecological processes in the Arabian Sea. One of the objectives under this collaboration programme is to conduct a series of workshops for early-career scientists as part of a capacity-building effort. Hence, it is proposed to conduct the 2025 EKAMSAT workshop at INCOIS, Hyderabad, during October 6–10, 2025. The event aims to bring together 24-30 early-career scientists and research scholars from various Indian EKAMSAT partner institutions on a nomination basis. The lectures and hands-on group projects under these workshops facilitated participants to tackle scientific problems using tools such as MATLAB and Python.

The theme for this year’s workshop is: “Ocean Processes: From In-situ Observations to Ocean General Circulation Modelling” with a particular focus on “Fluxes in the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea”. The workshop will feature lectures on physical oceanography, basics of ocean turbulent mixing and ocean turbulence measurements, with an introduction to one-dimensional ocean modelling (GOTM-CVMIX), observational methods (ship-based ADCP data processing), ocean reanalyses from models and satellite observations, altimeter data assimilation in wave models, an introduction to ocean observation network over the Indian Ocean, hands-on exercises in in-situ and modelling data, and best practices for communicating science through talks and publications and group projects. Four experts from the USA, along with senior Indian scientists, will participate as mentors and faculty for the workshop.

Aims and Objectives:

• Provide understanding of boundary layer processes, air–sea interactions processes in the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal.
• Familiarize participants with in-situ observations, satellite data applications, and numerical modelling approaches including data assimilation.
• Enable hands-on experience through lectures, exercises integrating observational and modelling datasets.
• Advance understanding of fluxes in the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea using observational and modelling perspectives.
• Train participants in effective science communication through talks, publications, and collaborative projects.

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand fundamental processes of ocean dynamics, turbulent mixing, and one-dimensional modelling.
• Acquire skills to process, analyse, and interpret in-situ, satellite, and ocean model simulation datasets.
• Develop best practices in scientific communication through effective talks, publications, and collaborative project work.

Course Pre-requisites:

• Basic oceanography knowledge.
• Laptop with Python, Conda, and Jupyter Notebook installed.
• Essential Python packages: NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib, Xarray.
• Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptops for hands-on sessions involving data processing.

Application Process :

By Nomination

Programme Dates:

06 – 10 October 2025

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/Mentors/teaching assistant

• Prof. Eric D'Asaro, Professor and Senior principal Oceanographer, Applied Physics Laboratory and School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
• Prof. Jennifer MacKinnon, Professor, Marine Physical Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, USA
• Prof. Javier Zavala-Garay, Assistant Professor, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA
• Dr. Leah Johnson, Senior Oceanographer, Applied Physics Laboratory and School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
• Dr. Jossia, J., Scientist-F, The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai, India
• Dr. Aneesh, L., Scientist-F, Indian National Center for Ocean Information Services, Hyderabad, India
• Dr. Praveen Kumar, B., Scientist-E, Indian National Center for Ocean Information Services, Hyderabad, India
• Dr. Remya P. G., Scientist-E, Indian National Center for Ocean Information Services, Hyderabad, India
• Dr. Seemanth, Scientist-E, Space Applications Centre, ISRO, Ahmadabad, India
• Ms. Ankitha, K., Graduate Student, Marine Physical Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, USA

For any queries please contact:

For any queries related to this course:
Dr. T V S Udaya Bhaskar
Head, Ocean Data Management (ODM) &
Programme Planning and Coordination Group (PPC)
E-mail: itcoocean@incois.gov.in/uday@incois.gov.in