The First NEAR-GOOS – NOWPAP Joint Training Course on Remote Sensing Data Analysis
September 3-7, 2007, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
Introduction
CEARAC organized the first NEAR-GOOS – NOWPAP Joint Training Course on Remote Sensing Data Analysis at Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan from September 3 to 7, 2007 jointly with IOC/WESTPAC. The course consisted of lectures by specialists and hands-on practical sessions on the analysis of satellite data. The course provided an overview of remote sensing with special emphasis on application of ocean color relevant to the Northwest Pacific Region. The course was designed for post graduate students, professional researchers and local government officers working in the areas of marine sciences and coastal-zone management.
Objective
To contribute to capacity building for monitoring and assessment of marine and coastal environment in the Northwest Pacific Region through providing technical assistance of ocean remote sensing techniques.
Date: September 3 to 7, 2007
Venue: Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
Organization Structure
・Organizers:
IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC)
Japan Oceanographic Data Center (JODC), Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department, Japan Coast Guard
Special Monitoring & Coastal Environment Assessment Regional Activity Centre (CEARAC)
・Co-organizer: Nagasaki University
・Supporter: UNDP / GEF Yellow Sea Large Marine Ecosystem Project
Course Fee
Training course was provided for free of charge.
Trainees
24 trainees from 7 countries were selected out of about 40 applicants by screening by the Organizing Committee consisting of experts in IOC/WESTPAC, JODC and CEARAC, based on the contents of submitted application.
| Country | Number of Trainees |
| China | 3 |
| Japan | 8 |
| Korea | 4 |
| Russia | 4 |
| Indonesia | 2 |
| Thailand | 1 |
| Vietnam | 2 |
| Total | 24 |
Lecturers
| Country | Name | Title / Organization |
| China | Dr. Junwu TANG | Researcher, Chief of Cal/Val Team / 2nd Division, National Satellite Ocean Application Service |
| Japan | Dr. Ichio ASANUMA | Professor / Faculty of Informatic Science, The Tokyo University of Information Science |
| Japan | Dr. Joji ISHIZAKA | Professor / Faculty of Fisheries, Nagasaki University |
| Japan | Dr. Hiroshi KAWAMURA | Professor / Ocean Environment Research Section Center for Atmospheric and Oceanic Studies, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University |
| Japan | Mr. Eiji MUKAINAKA | Oceanographic Data and Information Officer / Japan Oceanographic Data Center |
| Japan | Mr. Genki TERAUCHI | Researcher / NOWPAP CEARAC |
| Japan | Mr. Takashi YOSHIDA | Senior Scientific Officer / Office of Marine Prediction, Japan Meteorological Agency |
| Korea | Dr. Sang-Woo KIM | Senior Researcher / Satellite Ocean Information Laboratory, Ocean Research Team, National Fisheries Research & Development Institute (NFRDI) |
| Korea | Dr. Kyung-Ae PARK | Assistant Professor / Department of Earth Science Education, Seoul National University |
| Russia | Dr. Leonid MITNIK | Professor / Satellite Oceanography, V. I.II’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences |
| USA | Dr. Mati KAHRU | Project Scientist / IOD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
Course Program
| Date | Time | Program | Lecturer |
| Sep 3 |
9:00-9:20 | Opening Ceremony and Course Orientation | － |
| 9:20-10:50 |
Introduction – Remote sensing for the Northeast Asian Seas (L) |
Dr. Hiroshi KAWAMURA | |
| 11:00-12:30 | Atmospheric correction and bio-optical algorithm for ocean color remote sensing (L) | Dr. Ichio ASANUMA | |
| 13:30-14:20 | Introduction to satellite data distribution systems (L) | Dr. Joji ISHIZAKA | |
| 14:20-15:10 | Operational oceanographic data exchange and NEAR-GOOS Regional Real Time Data Base (L) | Mr. Takashi YOSHIDA | |
| 15:20-16:10 | Introduction of RDMDB (NEAR-GOOS) & Data Management at JODC (L) | Mr. Eiji MUKAINAKA | |
| 16:10-17:00 | – Basic exercise on WIM/WAM: Familiarizing with satellite data distribution system (H) – Introduction to software for satellite data analysis: with an emphasis on SeaWiFS Data Analysis System (L) |
Dr. Mati KAHRU (WIM) Mr. Genki TERAUCHI (SeaDAS) |
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| Sep 4 |
9:00-9:45 | Optic Properties and Regional Ocean Color Algorithms for the Case-II Waters in China Seas (L) | Dr. Junwu TANG |
| 9:45-10:30 | Validation of Ocean Color Remote Sensing Data in Korea (L) | Dr. Sang-Woo KIM | |
| 10:45-12:15 | Satellite-based Red-Tide Detection/Monitoring (L) | Dr. Hiroshi KAWAMURA | |
| 13:30-17:00 | Visualizing and projecting satellite data images (H) | Dr. Mati KAHRU | |
| Sep 5 | 9:00-10:30 | Introduction to Eutrophication Monitoring Guidelines by remote sensing for the NOWPAP Region and case study conducted in Toyama Bay and East China Sea (L) | Dr. Joji Ishizaka |
| 10:45-12:15 | Case Studies of Red Tide (L) | Dr. Joji Ishizaka | |
| 13:30-17:00 | Command line programs for time series analysis (H) | Dr. Mati KAHRU | |
| Sep 6 | 9:00-12:15 | Measurements of Ocean Optical Properties for Sea Truth and Primary Production (L) | Dr. Joji ISHIZAKA |
| 13:30-17:00 | Match up analysis with sea truth measurement data HAB detection (H) | Dr. Mati KAHRU | |
| Sep 7 | 9:00-10:30 | Monitoring of oil pollution with the use of satellite imagery (L) | Dr. Leonid MITNIK |
| 10:30-12:15 | Introduction to NGSST and SST application for monitoring of ocean environment (L) | Dr. Kyung-Ae PARK | |
| 13:30-17:00 | Time series analysis of NGSST data (H) | Dr. Mati KAHRU | |
| 17:00-17:30 | Closing ceremony | CEARAC Director |
(L) = Lecture
(H) = Hands-on exercises
