OPST-4

4^th 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) 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 Patrons’ Group
Invited guests

Contacts:

Fraser Davidson, GOVST co-chair
Eric Chassignet, GOVST co-chair
PN Vinayachandran, GOVST co-chair
Kirsten Wilmer-Becker, GOV 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

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OPST-4 report

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