9th-Asian Workshop on Ocean Color
18th-Japan/Korea Workshop on Ocean Color

This year, 18th-JKWOC/9th-AWOC will be held in an online format again due to the continuation of this pandemic situation, which is organized by Prof. Wonkook Kim and Prof. Young-Heon Jo in Pusan National University, Korea. This workshop is drawing a growing number of participants every year from more than 10 countries worldwide. This year's workshop will host training sessions before the main technical program, and will also feature a special session dedicated to the space agencies of Asian countries as well as many presentations for the recent research activities of diverse groups.

Here is the Zoom links for the tutorial and the main workshop.

12/20 (Mon) [Day-0] : Tutorial Day

o Session #1 9:00-12:00 (IOP Talk)

https://pusan.zoom.us/j/89300670394?pwd=N1IyaWVGRjRldnl6Z3FJVDNKLzZEQT09

o Session #2 14:00-17:00 (GEE Talk)

https://pusan.zoom.us/j/86256806591?pwd=aTdIVzcxcmVsOCtXcndtWVhRZWtiZz09

12/21 (Tue) [Day-1] : First Day of Workshop (9:30-18:00)

12/22 (Wed) [Day-2] : Second Day of Workshop (9:30-18:00)

https://pusan.zoom.us/j/84403891341?pwd=a1ZycVVEaGhBTExHYXFNNmhHQ3Njdz09

(The same link for Day-1 and Day-2)

Also we prepared a virtual conference venue at Gather.Town, so that we can feel more contact than just talking in the Zoom meeting. For those who are not familiar with this Gather.Town interface, you can just use the Zoom link above as in the traditional way. Anyone who enters the Gather.Town can actually access to the same Zoom link inside the Gather.Town, too. (Go to the Keynote room)

Gather.Town Link for Day-1 & Day-2

https://gather.town/app/sXK6eJlTlLzekqtf/JKWOC-AWOC-2021

[Past Updates]

[Update 1]

A concise web page for JKWOC/AWOC is now available at

JKWOC/AWOC (google.com)

Please check out the due dates and the abstract template in the web page

[Update 2]

Thankfully, two ocean color researchers, Prof. Zhongping Lee and Dr. Elígio Maúre agreed to offer us very educating lecturers for ocean color researchers. Please do not miss this great opportunity! A link to the application will be sent out soon as soon as the details are finalized. Stay tuned!

- Tutorial#1 : IOPs-centered system for ocean color remote sensing and applications (by Prof. Zhongping Lee)

- Tutorial#2 : Google Earth Engine for ocean color (by Dr. Elígio Maúre)

[Update 3]

In the main workshop (21-22, Dec.), there will be a special session from several space agencies in Asia, which include Japan(JAXA), Korea, China(SIO), and Vietnam(VAST). More countries are now being contacted. Check out their recent news on space missions and ocean color research based on diverse remote sensing platforms.

[Update 4]

Registration due date was extended to 15th November, which is also the due date for 1-page abstract. Please register JKWOC/AWOC 2022 through the following links. Early submission of the abstracts is also welcomed.

[History of JKWOC/AWOC] (cited from AWOC2019 webpage written by Prof. Anukul)

Since 2003, Joji Ishizaka (Nagasaki University, presently Nagoya University, Japan) and Yu-Hwan Ahn (Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute, presently Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Korea) started an annual workshop on ocean color called as the Korea-Japan Workshop on Ocean Color (KJWOC), which has been held either in Japan or Korea, and attended mostly by Japanese and Korean ocean color community. Later, the community has agreed and decided to hold the Asian Workshop on Ocean Color (AWOC) once in several years of KJWOC series. By also inviting scientists and students from other Asian/Southeast Asian countries, the AWOC is held to promote the application of ocean color remote sensing technology especially in the Asian/Southeast Asian regions by initiating and/or establishing bilateral/international research collaborations. The first AWOC in 2011, which was also the 8^th series of KJWOC, was held in Hokkaido University, Japan. The 2^nd AWOC 2013, was held in National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. The 3^rd AWOC 2015 or the 12^th KJWOC was held at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) in Yokohama. The following 4^th, 5^th and 6^th AWOC were held in Thailand (Burapha University), Korea (Pusan National University) and Japan (JAMSTEC) from 2016 to 2018, respectively. Burapha University hosted the Ocean Color Workshop again in Chonburi Thailand during December 11 – 14, 2019 which was the 7^th AWOC or the 16^th KJWOC. For 2020, the workshop was held in a fully online format, which was organized by Dr. Siswanto in JAMSTEC.