SynObs Kick-off Workshop Recording Files
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Day 1 (15th)
Opening Session
9:00 9:08 Takayuki Matsumura （MRI-JMA (Director-General) ,JP）
Greeting on behalf of JMA-MRI
9:08 9:16 Shuhei Masuda (JMASTEC (Director-General of RIGC), JP)
Greeting on behalf of JAMSTEC
9:16 9:24 Yutaka Michida (University of Tokyo, JP)
Greeting on behalf of UN Ocean Decade Japanese domestic committee
9:24 9:35 Yuhei Takaya (MRI-JMA, JP)
Workshop Purpose and Logistic Information
9:35 9:55 Yosuke Fujii (MRI-JMA, JP)
SynObs Introduction
Session 1-1 & Session 3-1
9:55 10:15 Caihong Wen (NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, US)
Invited：Real-time Ocean Reanalyses Intercomparison Project
10:15 10:40 Coffee Break
10:40 11:00 Iwao Ueki (JAMSTEC, JP)
Tropical Pacific Observing System - synergy with modeling and assimilation activities –
11:00 11:20 Takuma Yoshida (JMA, JP)
Ocean Initialization of the Coupled Prediction System Version 3 (CPS3) for Seasonal Forecasts
11:20 11:40 Danni Du (University of Colorado, Boulder, US)
Assessing the Impact of Ocean In-situ Observations on MJO Propagation across the Maritime Continent in ECMWF Subseasonal Forecasts
11:40 12:00 Yuhei Takaya (MRI-JMA, JP)
Importance of ocean observations for sub-seasonal to seasonal forecast in East Asia
12:00 12:20 Dimitris Menemenlis (NASA JPL, US)
Invited：Potential NASA GEOS Nature Runs for Next Generation Colocated Air-Sea Measurement Satellite
Flash Talk for Poster Presentation
Flash Talk for Poster Presentation
12:20 12:40 Flash Talk for Poster Presentation
12:40 12:50 Onsite Photo Session
12:50 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 14:50 Poster Session & Coffee Break
Session 1-2 & Session 2-1
14:50 15:10 Mounir Benkiran (Mercator-Ocean International, FR)
Impact of SWOT observations in a global high-resolution analysis and forecasting system
15:10 15:30 Nozomi Sugiura (JAMSTEC, JP)
Ocean data assimilation based on MMD between sets of profiles
15:30 15:50 Dimitris Menemenlis (NASA JPL, US)
Introduction to the Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO) project
15:50 16:10 Toshio Suga (JAMSTEC and Tohoku University, JP)
Argo "Abrupt Salty Drifters" – the problem, impacts, and lessons learned
16:10 16:30 Miki Hattori (JAMSTEC, JP)
Potential Impact of Aeroclipper Observations on a Tropical Cyclone Analysis in a Global Model
16:30 16:50 Marilaure Gregoire (Liege University, BE)
Invited：The WMO Rolling Review of Requirements process: Ocean perspective
Day 2 (16th)
Session 1-3
8:50 9:10 Matthieu Le Henaff (University of Miami/CIMAS-NOAA/AOML, US)
Observing System Evaluation showcase: Impact of ocean observations on hurricane forecasts - The cases of Hurricanes Maria (2017) and Michael (2018)
9:10 9:30 Andrew Moore (University of California Santa Cruz, US)
Invited：Forecast Sensitivity-based Observation Impact (FSOI) in an Analysis-Forecast System of the California Current Circulation
9:30 9:50 Lidia Cucurull (NOAA, US)
Invited：Ongoing efforts at NOAA to develop a global ocean Observing System Simulation Experiment (OSSEs) capability
Discussion 1
9:50 10:40 Discussion 1 Observing System and OSE/OSSE
10:40 11:00 Coffee Break
Session 1-4 & Session 2-2
11:00 11:20 Julie Jakoboski (MetOcean Solutions, NZ)
Crowdsourcing Ocean Observations in Partnership with the Fishing Sector and Coastal Ocean
11:20 11:40 Joao M. A. C. de Souza (MetOcean Solutions, NZ)
Assimilation of new operational fishing vessel derived observations for New Zealand
11:40 12:50 Naoki Hirose (RIAM, Kyushu University, JP)
Invited：Coastal ocean data assimilation with fishing vessels
Discussion 2
12:00 12:50 Discussion 2 Use of Fishery Data and coastal data
13:15 14:30 Official Lunch (Onsite Speakers and Foreign Guests only)
Day 2 (Nov. 16th ) Evening
Session 2-3 & 3-2
17:00 17:20 Olivier Goux (CERFACS, FR)
Accounting for correlated observation error in variational ocean data assimilation: application to wide-swath altimeter data
17:20 17:40 Hao Zuo (ECMWF, UK)
Assimilation of SST observations with the new ECMWF Ensemble Ocean DA system
17:40 18:00 Siva Reddy Sanikommu (KAUST, SA)
Insights from Large Ensembles Experiments with the Red Sea Ensemble Data Assimilation System
18:00 18:20 Jennifer Waters (Met Office, UK)
Assessing the impact of proposed satellite observations in a global ocean forecasting system
18:20 18:40 David Ford (Met Office, UK)
Two-way physics-biogeochemistry coupling constrained by ocean colour data assimilation
18:40 20:40 Dinner Break
20:40 21:00 Magdalena Balmaseada (ECMWF, UK)
Impact of Ocean Observations in ECMWF S2S forecasts
21:00 21:20 Ronan McAdam (CMCC, IT)
Seasonal forecasting of subsurface marine heat waves
Discussion 3
21:20 22:50 Discussion 3 CP-TT Activity Plan
Day 3 (17th)
Session 1-5 & 2-4 & 3-3
9:10 9:30 Annie Wong (University of Washington, US)
Argo salinity: bias and uncertainty evaluation
9:30 9:50 Jieshun Zhu (CPC/NCEP/NOAA, US)
Next Generation Global Ocean Data Assimilation System (NG-GODAS): a new reanalysis and OSSE applications
9:50 10:10 Patrick Heimbach (University of Texas at Austin, US)
Ocean Climate Observing Network Design in the Subpolar North Atlantic via Hessian Uncertainty Quanti cation
10:10 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 10:50 Eric Hackert (NASA/GMAO, US)
Evaluation of TAO Observation System on ENSO Predictions from the GMAO S2S Forecast System
10:50 11:10 Andrew Peterson (Environment and Climate Change Canada, CA)
Towards creating an ensemble of global ocean analysis: Ensemble GIOPS
11:10 11:30 Inseong Chang (Pukyong national university, KR)
Impact of in situ and satellite data assimilation on ocean circulation prediction system in Northwest Pacific
11:30 11:50 Paul Chamberlain (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, US)
Optimizing The Biogeochemical Argo Float Distribution
Day 3 (Nov. 17th) Evening
Session 1-6
17:00 17:20 Elisabeth Rémy (Mercator Ocean International, FR)
On the control of spatial and temporal oceanic scales by existing and future observing systems: an OSSE approach
17:20 17:40 David Ford (Met Office, UK)
Towards adaptive monitoring of coastal oceans integrating marine robots and operational forecasts
17:40 18:00 Aurélien Prat (UMR 8105 LACy et Inria, FR)
Pre-processing of sea turtle biologging observations using a clustering algorithm
18:00 18:20 Stefano Ciavatta (Mercator Ocean International, FR)
Monitoring and predicting marine ecosystems by fusing observations and models
18:20 18:40 Hugo Dayan (CMCC, FR)
Marine heat waves in the Mediterranean Sea: an assessment from the surface to the subsurface to meet national needs
18:40 19:00 Victor Turpin (OceanOPS/WMO, FR)
Leveraging the multi-system glider data assimilation experiments within EuroSea to the international level
19:00 20:40 inner Break
Session 4-1
20:40 21:00 Yosuke Fujii (MRI-JMA, JP)
Evaluation of Argo array impacts in the global and regional ocean data assimilation systems in JMA/MRI and the international collaboration through SynObs
21:00 21:20 Magdalena Balmaseada (ECMWF, UK)
OSES for S2S and evaluation of future TPOS
21:20 21:25 Online Photo Session
Discussion 4
21:25 22:55 Discussion 4 SynObs Plan
Day 4 (18th)
Session 1-7 & 4-2
8:50 9:10 Clemente Tanajura (UFBA/REMO, BR)
Investigating the future impact of SWOT data in the South Atlantic circulation with OSSEs
9:10 9:30 Matthieu Le Henaff (University of Miami/CIMAS-NOAA/AOML, US)
Recipe for rigorous OSSE assessments - Illustration in the Gulf of Mexico
9:30 9:50 David Legler (NOAA, US)
Strengthening ocean observation and modelling integration through co-design of a fit-for-purpose ocean observing system
9:50 10:10 Coffee Break
10:10 10:30 Cheyenne Stienbarger (NOAA/GOMOProgram, US)
Co-Designing an Observing System for Improved Tropical Cyclone Forecasts
10:30 10:50 Tong Lee (JPL, California Institute of Technology, US)
A satellite mission concept to unravel small-scale ocean dynamics and air-sea interactions: Ocean Dynamics and Surface Exchange with the Atmosphere (ODYSEA)
10:50 10:55 Online Photo Session
Summarizing Session
10:55 11:02 Lidia Cucurull (NOAA, US)
Summary of the Theme 1: Co-design and evaluation of ocean observing systems
11:02 11:09 Dimitris Menemenlis (NASA JPL, US)
Summary of the Theme 2: Data assimilation development for better use of observation data
11:09 11:16 Danni Du (University of Colorado, Boulder, US)
Summary of the Theme 3: Ocean modeling and initialization in earth system predictions
11:16 11:23 Yosuke Fujii (MRI-JMA, JP)
Summary of the Theme 4: Discussion on the future activities
11:23 11:40 General Discussion
11:40 11:50 Goro Yamanaka (MRI-JMA, JP)
Concluding Remarks from the Japan Representative of OceanPredic
You can find the presentation files and the workshop summary at the workshop webpage in the OceanPredict website.