IOC/OTGA/STC Indonesia: Ocean Forecast System [Online]

Resumen

The Ocean Forecast System (OFS) can provide crucial information on ocean circulation, sea temperature, ocean waves, ocean current, salinity and sea level in terms to support marine weather information and services. This training course will improve participant’s competency in understanding ocean models and their skill to visualize and utilize OFS outputs. 

Learning Outcomes 

After the course, participants will have the knowledge, skills and experience to: 

• Understand the importance of ocean model to support marine weather information and services;
• Understand the basic concepts in regional ocean forecast system development;
• Access ocean forecast model output;
• Visualize and utilize the ocean forecast model output.

Target Audience 

• Meteorologist,
• Oceanographers 
• Researchers
• Trainers

Trainers

• Dr. Andri Ramdhani (BMKG) 
• Bagus Pramujo (BMKG)
• Bayu Edo Pratama (BMKG)
• Dr. Furqon AlFahmi (BMKG)
• Hendri Prayugo (BMKG)
• Mahardhika Jalu (BMKG)
• Riris Adriyanto  (BMKG)
• Rismanto Effendi (BMKG)
• Titi Sari (BMKG)
• Widya Ayuningtyas (BMKG)

Language of instruction: English

Course Pre-requisites 

Applicants are expected to: 

• Be familiar with NetCDF data
• Have a good working knowledge of English
• Experience with computer programming languages will be an advantage