Pre-Conference Tutorial

Announcement:

We invite applications for participation in the Pre-Conference Tutorial of PORSEC - 2012

Duration :

5 Days

Dates :

30 October - 03 November, 2012

Venue:

Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology (CMLRE), Kochi, Kerala, India.

Program:

The tutorial will focus on active microwave and ocean colour remote sensing. The tutorial will include theory sessions, laboratory practical, field trip and hands on data processing of Ocean Colour, Scatterometer, Altimeter and Synthetic Aperture radar (SAR). The trainees are also expected to carry out a mini project focusing on the topics covered. The tutorials will be conducted in two parallel sessions; one focusing on Ocean Colour Remote Sensing and other on active microwave remote sensing.

Eligibility and Prospects:

The training program is open to young scientists/teachers (below the age of 35 years), post-graduate fellows, and doctoral students involved in oceanographic work with specific reference to ocean colour and microwave remote sensing. In some circumstances applications from undergraduate and masters students will also be considered. The training programme is open to 20 participants from India and 10 participants from abroad. The trainees are expected to have basic knowledge of either ocean remote sensing along with basic computer skills. Preference will be given to the candidates already pursuing their research or building a career in the above topics. Equal number of the candidates will be selected for each stream based on their interest on either ocean colour or active microwave remote sensing.

Tentative Time Table:

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Application:

The interested candidates should fill in the application form and forward through Research Supervisor / Head of the Institute / Scientist working in relevant field. The candidates need to bear their own travel and living expenses as no funds are available for this purpose at present. However, if the organizers succeed in securing funds from funding agencies and donors, a few deserving candidates will be considered for limited funding to cover the travel and living expenses.

The duly completed application form and a brief CV should be forwarded through research supervisor / Head of the Institute / Scientist working in relevant field electronically to PORSEC-2012 Pre Conference Tutorial Committee (porsec2012.pct@incois.gov.in) before May 31, 2012.

The time schedule of the training programme is given below:

Event	Date
First Announcement	April 16, 2012
Second Announcement	April 30, 2012
Last Date for Receipt of Applications	May 31, 2012
Completion of Screening Process	June 15, 2012
Intimation to Successful Candidates	June 30, 2012
Start of Training Programme	October 30, 2012
End of Training Programme	November 03, 2012

This training programme is offered through:

Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference (PORSEC) - 2012

In Association with:

Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS)

Space Applications Centre (SAC)

National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC)

Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology (CMLRE)

Hosted by:

Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology (CMLRE)

Pre-Conference Tutorial Committee:

S.No	Committee Member	E-mail
1.	Dr. T. Srinivas Kumar, INCOIS (Co-chair)	srinivas@incois.gov.in
2.	Dr. Raj Kumar, SAC (Co-chair)	rkumar.sharma@gmail.com rksharma@sac.isro.gov.in
3.	Mr. K. Hanumantha Rao, NRSC	rao_kh@nrsa.gov.in
4.	Dr. Tune Usha, ICMAM-PD	usha@icmam.gov.in
5.	Dr. R. Sajeev, CUSAT	rsajeev@yahoo.com
6.	Dr. G.V.M. Gupta, CMLRE	gvmgupta@gmail.com
7.	Dr. C. Revichandran, NIO-RC	revi@nio.org
8.	Dr. Aneesh Lotlikar, INCOIS	aneesh@incois.gov.in
9.	Dr. Stephanie King, SOC, PORSEC	Stephanie.King@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
10.	Dr. P. Muhamed Ashraf, CIFT	ashrafp2008@gmail.com

Proposed Guest Instructors:

1.	Prof. Trevor Platt, PML	Ocean Colour Remote Sensing
2.	Shubha Sathyendranath, PML	Ocean Colour Remote Sensing
3.	Scientist from NRSC	Basics of Ocean Remote Sensing
4.	Scientist from SAC	Principles of Microwave Radiometry
5.	Scientist from SAC	Principles of Active Microwave Sensing & Scattering
6.	Abderrahim Bentamy	Basics of Scatterometry Practical on Scatterometer
7.	Scientist from SAC	Applications of Scatterometry Practical on Scatterometer
8.	Dr. Werner Alpers	Basics of SAR Practical on SAR
9.	Leonid Mitnik	Applications of SAR Practical on SAR
10.	Stephano Vignudelli	Basics of Altimetry Practical on Altimetry
11.	Scientist from SAC	Applications of Altimetry Practical on Altimeter
12.	Jim Gower	Ocean colour data source, format ect. (Geovanni)
13.	K. H. Rao	OCM-2 data processing
14.	Aneesh Lotliker	MODIS data processing In situ optical measurement & processing
15.	Richard Miller	In situ optical measurements & processing
16.	Scientist from SAC	Analysis of in situ microwave data generated onboard