UNESCO/IOCRegional Training and Research Center on
Ocean Dynamics and Climate(UNESCO/IOC-ODC)
Progresses of UNESCO/IOC-ODC Center
Fangli Qiao
12 May, 2015, Phuket, Thailand
The First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, China
1. ObjectiveThe objective of the ODC Center is to enhance the regional researchcapacity and capability in ocean dynamics, air-sea interaction, climatechange and numerical modeling methods through the:1. Provision for annual, tuition-free, English-language training courses for
roughly 15-20 junior scientists and doctoral/masters students. Thesestudents will be drawn primarily from the developing member states inthe Western Pacific region of the IOC. These courses will invite the bestregional experts available to serve as guest lecturers;
2. Organization and hosting of English-language workshops on pertinenttopics to promote interactions between experienced practicingoceanographers and students;
3. Provision of a laboratory environment for testing open generalcirculation model theories and developing state-of-art wave-tide-circulation coupled ocean models;
4. Exchange of visiting scholars and doctoral education.
On 11 May 2010, a signing ceremony was held during the Eighth Intergovernmental Session of UNESCO/IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC-VIII) in Bali, Indonesia, on the establishment of a Regional Training and Research Center on Ocean Dynamics and Climate (ODC).
Officially launched on 9 June 2011
Mr. Cigui Liu, Administrator of the State Oceanic Administration of China, Mr. MitrasenBhikajee, Deputy Executive Secretary of IOC/UNESCO delivered their congratulatoryspeeches at the launching ceremony with witness of Mr. Geng Xia, Mayor of Qingdao City,Mr. Lianzeng Chen, Deputy Administrator of SOA, and other representatives of UNESCOBeijing Office, National Commission of China to UNESCO, and other relevant ministries,institutes and universities.
The first IOC/UNESCO Regional Training and Research Center waslaunched on 9 June 2011 at the host institute, the First Institute ofOceanography, State Oceanic Administration , Qingdao, China.
Director
Scientific Committee
Office of Planning and Administration
Experts Database
Center on Ocean Dynamics & Climate
Executive secretary
Administration Department
Data Support
Modeling Support
Engineering Support
High Performance Computing Support
Structure of UNESCO/IOC-ODC Center
Ocean Dynamics• Coastal Oceanography• Ocean Mixing• Meridional Overturning Circulation• Mesoscale Variability• Polar Dynamics• Typhoon and Hurricane Processes• Tsunami Forecasting
Ocean Dynamics
& Climate
Air-Sea Interactions• Elñino and Southern Oscillation• Monsoon Dynamics• Air-Sea Flux• Wave effects in air-sea interactions• Wind-Ice Interactions• Ice Dynamics
Climate Change• Global Warming• Sea Level Change• Carbon Cycle• Ocean Acidification• Abrupt Climate Change• Solar activity and Earth Climate• Paleoclimate & Paleoceanography
Numerical Modeling• Wave-tide-circulation Coupled Model• Earth System Model• Operational Forecasting System• Short-Term Climate Forecast• Paleoclimate Model• Parallel and Nesting Technique
Scientific view of UNESCO/IOC-ODC Center
3. Main activities
204 trainees from 28 countries attended these training courses during 2011-2014
2011
2012
2013
2014
Training Activities in UNESCO/IOC-ODC Center
First training course of UNESCO/IOC –ODC on Ocean Models
during 10-16 June 2011
Second training course of UNESCO/IOC –ODC on Ocean
Dynamics during 16-22 July 2012
Third training course of UNESCO/IOC –ODC on Air-sea
Interaction and Modeling during12-23 August 2013
International forum on the role of the oceans in multi-decadal
climate variability during September 21-22, 2013 in Beijing, China
Fourth training course of UNESCO/IOC –ODC on Climate Models,
Qingdao, China during 03-14 November 2014
First training course of UNESCO on Ocean Models during 10-16 June 2011
Prof. Lie-Yauw Oey, Princeton University, USABasic concepts of numerical modeling in ocean and atmosphere
Dr. Antoni Jordi Ballester, Miquel Marquès 21, SpainMPI and the mpiPOM/sbPOM
Prof. Yasumasa Miyazawa, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science andTechnology, JapanOcean data assimilation
Prof. Tal Ezer, Old Dominion University, USAThe sigma-coordinates equations and pressure gradient errors;Standard POM setting;Extended POM: POM-WAD and POM- Generalized Coordinates
Prof. Xiaohua Wang, University of New South Wales, AustraliaOcean sediment model
Prof. Fei Chai, University of Maine, USAMarine Ecosystems and Carbon Cycle
Prof. Huijie Xue, University of Maine, USALagrangian particle simulations and individual based model
Prof. Lian Xie, North Carolina State University, USAAir-sea interaction
Prof. Fangli Qiao, First Institute of Oceanography, ChinaWave-tide-circulation coupled models
Prof. Alan F. Blumberg, Stevens Institute of Technology, USAEstuarine modeling
69 trainees from 10 countries of Australia, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Peru, Russia, Thailand, Vietnam, USA and China.
● China
● Indonesia
● USA
● Australia
● Korea
● Malaysia
● Russia
Thailand ● ● Vietnam
● Peru
First training course during 10-16 June 2011
The Interview meeting of lecturers and trainees of the first training course on 9 June 2011
The lectures from US, Spain, Japan, Australia and China discussed and the Trainees fromAustralia, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Peru, Russia, Thailand, Vietnam, USA and China, had amore relaxing interaction to grasp the trainees’ background knowledge on the following aspects.
• fluid dynamics• geophysical fluid dynamics• basic numerical techniques• parallel computing methods• oceanic and atmospheric numeric models
In the morning , Prof. Lie-Yauw Oey (from Princeton University, USA) gave a lecture on the basicconcepts of atmospheric and oceanic numerical models and some important numericalexperiments.
Jun 10, 2011
In the afternoon, Dr. Antoni Jordi Ballester (Miquel Marquès 21, Spain) gave a lecture on the parallel computing method and the implementation in Princeton Ocean Model.
Jun 11, 2011
In the morning, Prof. Yasumasa Miyazawa (from Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology,Japan) gave a lecture on ocean data assimilation.
In the afternoon, Prof. Tal Ezer (from Old Dominion University, USA) gave a lecture to discuss on the details of PrincetonOcean Model, including the introduction to ocean modeling and different model types, the terrain-following (sigma-coordinate) ocean models, the generalized coordinates ocean models, wetting and drying algorithms and applications, andthe tutorial of Princeton Ocean Model.
Jun 12, 2011
In the morning, Prof. Xiaohua Wang (from University of New South Wales, Australia) gave a lecture on Ocean sediment model.
In the afternoon, all the teachers of the first 5 lectures were seated in the classroom to answer the questions from the trainees.
Jun 13, 2011
In the morning, Prof. Fei Chai (from University of Maine, USA) gave a lecture on Modeling Marine Ecosystems and Carbon Cycle.
At afternoon, Prof. Huijie Xue (from University of Maine, USA) gave a lecture on the Lagrangian particle simulations and individual based model.
Jun 14, 2011
In the morning, Prof. Lian Xie (from North Carolina State University, USA) gave a lecture on Air-sea interaction.
In the afternoon, Prof. Fangli Qiao (from First Institute of Oceanography, SOA, China) gave a lecture on wave-tide-circulation coupled models.
Jun 15, 2011
Through video teleconference, Prof. Alan F. Blumberg (from Stevens Institute of Technology, USA) gave a lecture on modeling estuarine circulation.
Through this training course, most of the trainees and lecturers become more and more familiar and a profound friendship have beenbuilt among them. Most students and lecturers have made pictures for memory and sincerely look forward to meeting in the nexttraining course.
Training Activities in UNESCO/IOC-ODC Center
First training course of UNESCO/IOC –ODC on Ocean Models
during 10-16 June 2011
Second training course of UNESCO/IOC –ODC on Ocean
Dynamics during 16-22 July 2012
Third training course of UNESCO/IOC –ODC on Air-sea
Interaction and Modeling during12-23 August 2013
International forum on the role of the oceans in multi-decadal
climate variability during September 21-22, 2013 in Beijing, China
Fourth training course of UNESCO/IOC –ODC on Climate Models,
Qingdao, China during 03-14 November 2014
Second training course of UNESCO/IOC –ODC on Ocean dynamics, Qingdao, China, 16-22 July, 2012
Prof. Tal Ezer, Old Dominion University, USA, Small scale dynamics and ocean model introduction Prof. Huijie Xue, University of Maine, USA, Large scale dynamics Prof. Fei Chai, University of Maine, USA, Carbon cycle and marine ecosystem Prof. Quanan Zheng, University of Maryland, USA, Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics based on Satellite Data Prof. Chunzai Wang, NOAA/AOML, Physical Oceanography Division, Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction, ENSO and Impacts of
Climate on Extreme Events Prof. Xianyao Chen, First Institute of Oceanography, China, Introduction of Adaptive Data Analysis Methods Prof. Fangli Qiao, First Institute of Oceanography, China, Wave-circulation interaction and its application
Received 84 applicants from 16 countries for the second training course of UNESCO/IOC-ODCFinally, 67 applicants from 15 countries of Russia, Korea, DPR Korea, Japan, Qatar, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Mauritius, Peru, Cambodia, and China attended this training course.
● China
● Indonesia● Peru
● India
● Mauritius
● Qatar
● Russia
● Japan
Second training course of UNESCO/IOC –ODC on Ocean dynamics, Qingdao, China, 16-22 July, 2012
Training Activities in UNESCO/IOC-ODC Center
First training course of UNESCO/IOC –ODC on Ocean Models
during 10-16 June 2011
Second training course of UNESCO/IOC –ODC on Ocean
Dynamics during 16-22 July 2012
Third training course of UNESCO/IOC –ODC on Air-sea
Interaction and Modeling during12-23 August 2013
International forum on the role of the oceans in multi-decadal
climate variability during September 21-22, 2013 in Beijing, China
Fourth training course of UNESCO/IOC –ODC on Climate Models,
Qingdao, China during 03-14 November 2014
Third training course of UNESCO/IOC –ODC on Air-sea Interaction and Modeling, Qingdao, China, 12-23 August, 2013
List of lecturers (2013) Prof. Zhaohua Wu, Florida State University, USA
Prof. Tim Li, University of Hawaii, USA
Prof. Raghu Murtugudde, University of Maryland, USA
Prof. Fangli Qiao, First Institute of Oceanography, China
Prof. Changlong Guan, Ocean University of China, China
Third training course of UNESCO/IOC –ODC on Air-sea Interaction and modeling, Qingdao, China, 12-23 August, 2013
Training time have been extended to 2 weeks, group discussion, group report There are 33 trainees from 15 countries were attended this training course.
China●
● Indonesia● Malaysia
● Thailand
● Ecuador●
Sri Lanka
Training Activities in UNESCO/IOC-ODC Center
First training course of UNESCO/IOC –ODC on Ocean Models
during 10-16 June 2011
Second training course of UNESCO/IOC –ODC on Ocean
Dynamics during 16-22 July 2012
Third training course of UNESCO/IOC –ODC on Air-sea
Interaction and Modeling during12-23 August 2013
International forum on the role of the oceans in multi-decadal
climate variability during September 21-22, 2013 in Beijing, China
Fourth training course of UNESCO/IOC –ODC on Climate Models,
Qingdao, China during 03-14 November 2014
International forum on the role of the oceans in multi-decadal climate variability
An international forum on the role of the oceans in multi-decadal climatevariability, organized by Prof Fangli Qiao, was held in Beijing, Chinaduring Sep 21-22, 2013.The forum had fourteen world known invited lectures and more than200 participants in attendance.
Training Activities in UNESCO/IOC-ODC Center
First training course of UNESCO/IOC –ODC on Ocean Models
during 10-16 June 2011
Second training course of UNESCO/IOC –ODC on Ocean
Dynamics during 16-22 July 2012
Third training course of UNESCO/IOC –ODC on Air-sea
Interaction and Modeling during12-23 August 2013
International forum on the role of the oceans in multi-decadal
climate variability during September 21-22, 2013 in Beijing, China
Fourth training course of UNESCO/IOC –ODC on Climate Models,
Qingdao, China during 03-14 November 2014
Prof. Song YANGSun Yat-Sen University, China; NOAA Climate Prediction Center, College Park, Maryland, USAClimate Prediction and Large-scale Features Associated with the Long-term Changes in Asian Monsoon and ENSOProf. Ronghua ZHANGInstitute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), University of Maryland, USAInstruction of climate models with focus on ocean models and AR5-related research activitiesProf. Fangli QIAOThe First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, ChinaThe key roles of surface wave in ocean and climate systems
Prof. Kun YANGInstitute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, ChinaLand surface processes and modelingProf. Yong LUOCenter for Earth System Science/Institute for Global Change Studies, Tsinghua University, ChinaEvaluation of Climate ModelsProf. Zhenya SONGThe First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, ChinaThe Earth System ModelProf. Xunqiang YINThe First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, ChinaThe data assimilation in ocean and climate models
Fourth training course of UNESCO/IOC –ODC on Climate Models, Qingdao, China, 3-14 November 2014
Fourth training course of UNESCO/IOC –ODC on Climate Models, Qingdao, China, 3-14 November 2014
2 weeks Training Course Trainee Report, Group Discussion and Report There were 35 trainees from 13 countries attended
China●
● Indonesia
● Philippines
● Malaysia● Ecuador
●
Sri Lanka●
Nigeria
● Ni-Vanuatu
Fourth training course of UNESCO/IOC –ODC on Climate Models, Qingdao, China, 3-14 November 2014
Opening Ceremony
Prof. Song YANG Prof. Ronghua ZHANG Prof. Fangli Qiao
Lectures in the first week
4. Work plan
(1) 5th training course on Climate ChangeImproved understanding of climate change and practice of prediction on climate change
Basic courseOcean-Atmosphere coupled climate models
Advanced course Abrupt climate change Anthropogenic effects on the climate change
Applied coursePractice of prediction of climate change
Place: Qingdao, China Time: September 2015
Proposed schedule of major activitiesTraining courses on
2016: Ocean dynamics and multi-scales interaction2017: Development of coupled regional ocean models2018: Ocean forecast system2019: Climate dynamics and air-sea interaction2020: Development and application of coupled regional climate models
(2) 2016-2020
Finally
Since the sign of agreement, ODC center has successfully organized 4 training courses with 204trainees from 28 countries, which have greatly enhanced the capacity building of IOC member states;
The high performance of ODC center and strong requirements from IOC member states suggest that the center should be a permanent one;
For each annual training, 60,000 USD from China, and15,000 USD is expected from IOC/WESTPAC.