On October 25, the opening ceremony of the "2019 Advanced Training Course on Ocean Color Remote Sensing" (IOCCG training course for short) was held at the Second Institute of Oceanography of the Ministry of Natural Resources. This training course was organized by the International Ocean Color Coordination Working Group (IOCCG), the European Copernicus Program and the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), the National Key Laboratory of Satellite Marine Environmental Dynamics of the Second Institute of Oceanology (SOED/SIO/MNR), Jointly organized by the National Satellite Ocean Application Center (NSOAS) and the Geographic Information Science Institute of Zhejiang University (GIS/ZJU). Liu Jianqiang, deputy director of the National Satellite Ocean Application Center, Li Guoqing, director of the National Earth Observation Scientific Data Center, Lei Jijiang, deputy director of the SIO Personnel Department, Mao Zhihua, SOED deputy director, Bai Yan, IOCCG executive member He Xianqiang and others attended the opening ceremony.
At the opening ceremony, four experts from China and the UK gave wonderful special reports. Researcher Liu Jianqiang introduced China’s ocean color remote sensing series satellite plans and progress. Lauren Biermann and Dr. Oliver Clements introduced the European Copernicus Program and EUMETSAT ocean remote sensing data. Researcher Li Guoqing introduced China’s actions towards data sharing with the Organization for Earth Observation (GEO). The day before the class started, all trainees also introduced themselves and gave a brief explanation of their respective research fields. Subsequently, Chen Shuangling, associate researcher of the Second Institute of Oceanography, led the students to visit the National Oceanographic Satellite Hangzhou Ground Station, the dome movie display and the exhibition hall of the Second Institute of Oceanography.
This training lasts for one week. During the period, 20 students from seven countries including China, Bangladesh, Egypt, South Korea, Thailand, India, and Indonesia will understand and learn to use ocean water color remote sensing products, including European Copernicus Program satellite data and China’s ocean color satellite data. Download, analyze, visualize and evaluate quality, and use the Ocean Satellite Data Online Analysis Platform (SatCO2) to conduct applied research on offshore water quality, red tides, ocean carbon cycle and climate change.
IOCCG has gone through 20 years since the first training course was held in Ormue, Chile in 1997. This is the first training course held in China.
