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OPST – 4, June 2021

4th Annual Meeting of the OceanPredict Science Team (OPST-4)

16, 17, 21 June and 7 July 2021

 

Where: Online, MS Teams
When: 16, 17, 21 June and 7 July 2021
Duration: 4 days
Organisers: Eric Chassignet (FSU)
Fraser Davidson (DFO/ECCC)
PN Vinayachandran (Indian Institute of Science)
Kirsten Wilmer-Becker (Met Office)
Announcement N/A

 

Participation

  • Members of the OceanPredict Science Team (OPST)
  • Members of the OceanPredict Advisory Board (OPAS)
  • Invited guests

 

Contacts:

Fraser Davidson, OPST co-chair
Eric Chassignet, OPST co-chair
PN Vinayachandran, OPST co-chair
Kirsten Wilmer-Becker, OP Programme Office

 

 

 

OPST-4 agenda

The OPST-4 agenda can be downloaded from the document section:

OPST agenda days 1-3

OPST agenda day 4

(Update: 12 July 2021)

OPST-4 attendees

OPST-4 attendees (combined all 4 days) in alphabetically order.

 

No First name Surname Affiliation
1 Enrique Alvarez Fanjul Puertos del Estado
2 Pierre Bahurel MOI
3 Eric Bayler NOAA
4 Laurent Bertino NERSC
5 Gary Brassington BoM
6 Do-Seong Byun KHOA
7 Eric Chassignet FSU/COAPS
8 Abhisek Chatterjee INCOIS
9 Yang-Ki Cho Seoul National University
10 Stefano Ciavatta PML
11 Giovanni Coppini CMCC
12 Fraser Davidson DFO
13 Pierre De Mey-Frémaux CNRS/LEGOS
14 Paul DiGiacomo NOAA
15 Yann Drillet MOI
16 Mikhail Entel BoM
17 David Ford Met Office
18 Yosuke Fujii MRI/JMA
19 Isabelle Gaboury DFO
20 Chris Harris Met Office
21 Audrey Hasson MOI/GEO Blue Planet
22 Patrick Heimbach University of Texas at Austin
23 Fabrice Hernandez IRD
24 Pat Hogan NOAA
25 Maria Hood MOI/G7-FSOI
26 Johnny A. Johannessen NERSC
27 Villy Kourafalou University of Miami/RSMAS
28 Pierre-Yves Le Traon MOI
29 Guimei Liu NMEFC
30 Matthew Martin Met Office
31 Simona Masina CMCC
32 Avichal Mehra NOAA
33 Kristian Mogensen ECMWF
34 Andy Moore UCSC
35 Estelle Obligis EUMETSAT
36 Arya Paul INCOIS
37 Vinayachandran PN Indian Institute of Science
38 Elisabeth Remy MOI
39 Hal Ritchie ECCC
40 Andreas Schiller CSIRO
41 Emily Smail NOAA/GEO Blue Planet
42 Gregory Smith ECCC
43 Clemente Tanajura UFBA/REMO
44 Hendrik Tolman NOAA
45 Martin Visbeck GEOMAR
46 Kirsten Wilmer-Becker Met Office
47 Goro Yamanaka MRI/JMA
48 Xueming Zhu NMEFC

 

OPST-4 presentations

 

Day 1 – 16 June 2021

General overview presentation covering “OP strategy, UN Decade programme clustering, OP communication and introduction of new partners”.

Title Presenter Affiliation Role
ForeSea programme – The Science We Need for  the Ocean We Want Eric Chassignet COAPS/ Florida State University OPST co-chair
CoastPredict – Observing and Predicting the Global Coastal Ocean Villy Kourafalou University of Miami/ RSMAS OPST member and COSS-TT chair
“Digital Twins of the Ocean” opportunities to connect science to society Martin Visbeck GEOMAR Invited speaker
OceanPredict Communication PN Vinayachandrand, Kirsten Wilmer-Becker Indian Institute of Science, Met Office OPST co-chair and programme office coordinator
The G7 Future of the Seas and Oceans Initiative Maria Hood G7/FSOI – Mercator Ocean international Invited speaker
The Blue Planet Initiative Audrey Hasson GEO Blue Planet – Mercator international Invited speaker

Day 2 – 17 June 2021

OceanPredict Task Teams reports on “Communication of task team outcomes, task team community interaction and future plan in the UN Decade context”.

Title Presenter Affiliation Role
COSS-TT report Pierre De Mey-Fremaux CNRS/LEGOS COSS-TT co-chairs (shared with VIlly Kourafalou)
IV-TT report Fabrice Hernandez IRD / MOi IV-TT co-chair (shared with Greg Smith)
MEAP-TT report Stefano Ciavatta PML MEAP-TT co-chair (shared with Katja Fennel)
DA-TT report Matt Martin Met Office DA-TT co-chair (shared with Andy Moore)
CP-TT report Chris Harris Met Office CP-TT chair
OS-Eval TT report Elisabeth Remy MOi OS-Eval TT co-chair (shared with Yosuke Fujii)

Day 3 – 21 June 2021

Reports on “ETOOFS, national group critical update/UN decade involvement, strategic plan and future discussion”.

Title Presenter Affiliation Role
ETOOFS recent activities: connection with OceanPredict Pierre Bahurel and Enrique Alverez Mercator Ocean international / SOCIB OPAS member / invited speaker
National group presentations (UN Decade support and critical system updates) Representatives of the OP national groups Various OPST members
Brief strategy comments and figure options Fraser Davidson DFO OPST co-chair

Day 4 – 7 July 2021

Discussions on “OP communications, ETOOFS/OP interactions, and ForeSea plans”.

Title Presenter Affiliation Role
OP communication plan update PN Vinayachandran and Kirsten Wilmer-Becker Indian Institute of Science and Met Office OPST co-chair and OP coordinator
Ideas on ETOOFS future evolution Pierre Bahurel and Enrique Alvarez-Fanjul MOi and Puertos del Estado OPAS member and invited guest
UN Laboratories call announcement and guidelines Villy Kourafalou University of Miami/RSMAS OPST member and COSS-TT co-chair

OPST-4 Chat records

Copies of the meeting chat are provided below:

Day Topics Chat record
Day 1, 16 June 2021 General overview presentation covering “OP strategy, UN Decade programme clustering, OP communication and introduction of new partners” Day 1 Chat record
Day 2, 17 June 2021 OceanPredict Task Teams reports on “Communication of task team outcomes, task team community interaction and future plan in the UN Decade context”. Day 2 Chat record
Day 3, 21 June 2021 Reports on “ETOOFS, national group critical updates and UNDOS involvement, strategic plan and future discussion”. Day 3 Chat record 
Day 4, 7 July 2021 Communication plan update, ETOOFS collaboration, ForeSea plans and actions Day 4 Chat record

 

OPST-4 recordings

OPST-4 recordings are only open to attendees of the OPST-4 meeting. To access the recordings you require a password.

OPST-4 report

The OPST-4 report – pdf.

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