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Regional Workshop onBest Practices for Instruments and

Methods of Ocean Observation

19-21 November 2012Chennai, India



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Report ...................................................................................................................................................... 5

Annexure: 1 Prospectus ..................................................................................................................... 15

Annexure: 2 Programme Schedule .................................................................................................... 19

Annexure: 3 List of Participants ........................................................................................................ 21

Annexure: 4 Introductory Comments by Mr Al Wallace ................................................................... 29

Annexure: 5 Welcome Address by Dr M A Atmanand, Director, NIOT ........................................... 31

Annexure: 6 Opening Remarks by Mr C M Muralidharan,BOBLME at the Inaugural Session............................................................................... 33

Annexure: 7 Opening Remarks by Mr Etienne Charpentier, Scientific Officer, WMO .................... 35

Annexure: 8 Vote of thanks ............................................................................................................... 37

Annexure: 9 Valedictory Statement by NIOT.................................................................................... 39



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ReportA. Inaugural Session

1.0 The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) in association with the UNESCO-Inter-governmental Ocean Commission (UNESCO-IOC), the Data Buoy Cooperation Panel (DBCP),the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem(BOBLME) Project of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations and the Bay ofBengal Programme - Inter-Governmental Organisation (BOBP-IGO) organized a Regional Workshopon “Best Practices for Instruments and Methods of Ocean Observation” at NIOT, Chennai, India,between 19 and 21 November, 2012. A total of 68 registered participants attended the RegionalWorkshop, which included Government representatives from Bangladesh, Indonesia, Oman,Myanmar, Pakistan, Kenya, Korea, Sri Lanka and Thailand; officials from DBCP, NIOT, BOBLMEand BOBP-IGO; and a large number of Industry participants from both India and abroad. Out of the26 industries that participated in the Regional Workshop, 19 were from outside India. Besides theregistered participants, about 52 technical staff from NIOT also attended the Workshop. The Workshopwas held in Rajendra Chola Hall of NIOT. The Prospectus, Agenda and List of Participants is placedas Annexures 1, 2, and 3 respectively.

2.0 The objective of the Regional Workshop was to build capacity on best practices of calibrationand instrument testing for ocean observation systems and to provide a platform for greater insightsinto new meteorological and oceanographic observational systems, moorings, sub-sea cables, batteriesand telemetry. The workshop brought together scientists, engineers, technicians and key manufacturersof marine instruments and prospective vendors from all over the world. The workshop also createdan opportunity to understand the design and development issues faced by the user community.

3.0 The Regional Workshop began with the lighting of the traditional oil lamp. Mr Al Wallace,Chair, DBCP in his introductory comments stressed upon the need to improve the quality, quantity,timeliness and coverage of data for use in making predictions and in research programs. “This is forthe first time that operators of observing platforms and networks with technology suppliers havecome together and this Regional Workshop promises to be an exciting event. This capacity buildingworkshop is aligned well with the objectives of the DBCP Task Team for this activity, which amongother things targets regional opportunities to enhance knowledge, leverage resources and engageother partners in developing and delivering such training and development,” said Mr Wallace.The full text of the introductory comments of Mr Wallace is placed at Annexure 4.

4.0 Dr M A Atmanand, Director, NIOT in his welcome address thanked all the organizers for thesupport given to NIOT for conduct of the Regional Workshop and in particular to the BOBP-IGO forsharing the major burden of getting participation of neighbouring countries and obtaining Governmentof India’s approval for conducting this workshop in Chennai. “Observations, especially in the oceans,are very important in all related fields of science and engineering. I am happy that NIOT has beengiven the opportunity to host this very important event, wherein the Industry plays a pivotal role andthe science behind the development of instruments is the main focus of the workshop. We understandthat this unique model developed by us is being looked upon by many UN agencies to pursue thesame in other regions of the World,” said Dr Atmanand. Annexure 5 contains the full text ofDr Atmanand’s welcome address.


Speakers at the Inaugural Session


Speakers at the Inaugural Session and release of the Training Manual


5.0 In his opening remarks, Mr C M Muralidharan, Consultant, BOBLME welcomed theparticipants to the Regional Workshop. He said that the BOBLME was interested in this workshopas it will open up opportunities to strengthen the various ocean observation systems in the Bay ofBengal region. Mr Muralidharan’s speech is placed as Annexure 6.

6.0 Mr Etienne Charpentier, Scientific Officer, Observing and Information Systems Department,WMO speaking in the inaugural session emphasized on the importance of the workshop and the roleplayed by WMO in bringing together countries for mutual cooperation and information-sharing.Mr Charpentier thanked the NIOT and the BOBP-IGO for organizing the workshop and for the nicefacilities offered for the event. “The met-ocean applications provide the means to prevent, mitigateand adapt to the impacts of ocean phenomena, weather and climate on the environment and humanactivities in coastal regions and beyond. These applications include for example weather forecastingand operational meteorology; the monitoring, understanding and prediction of seasonal-to-inter-annual climate variability and climate change; marine services activities such as marine forecastingin support of marine transportation and operations in the open and coastal ocean areas, including thesafeguard of life and property at sea and response to marine pollution; the protection and sustainabledevelopment of the ocean and marine environment; and the efficient management of marineresources,” Mr Charpentier said. Thanking the participants in advance, Mr Charpentier said thattheir contributions will help WMO and IOC provide even better services to their member/memberstates in order to face the challenges of improving weather forecasting, climate change detection,disaster prevention and mitigation and the many weather and marine oceanography related applicationareas, or ‘societal benefit areas’. Mr Charpentier’s presentation is placed as Annexure 7.

7.0 The Regional Workshop was officially declared open by Mr Anantha Narayanan, Director,Naval Physical Oceanographic Laboratory, Kochi. During the inaugural session, the Training Manualon “Best Practices for Instruments and Methods of Ocean Observation” was formally released byMr Al Wallace.

8.0 Dr R Venkatesan Scientist G, NIOT proposed the vote of thanks at the conclusion of theinaugural session (Annexure 8).

9.0 The workshop agenda comprised six sessions, held over three days. A total of 33 oralpresentations1 were made and experts from the industry presented solutions on technical issues andinteracted with the participants. A hands-on demonstration was conducted to provide the participantswith practical knowledge. At the end, panel discussion was also held. During the workshop, industryrepresentatives made presentations on their technology and expertise in three different modules, viz.:

• Oral presentation on principles, calibration and quality data collection

• Hands-on demo with sensors and software

• Display Stalls for product display and business meet

B. Technical Sessions

10.0 In the first session, the participating countries made brief presentations. The first presentationwas made by the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India on the national scenario and theefforts made by India with respect to Ocean Observation Networks, Tsunami Warning System,Operational Cyclone Forecast, Ocean State Forecast, Fisherman Advisory Services and theestablishment of an India-Africa Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting. This was followedby presentations from NIOT and its sister laboratories on topics like: Data growth from the buoynetwork during the year 2011-2012; A comprehensive work plan by the Government of India forocean observation network - 2012 to 2017 during the Twelfth Five-Year Plan Period; The use ofremote sensing to synoptically capture spatial and temporal variations; In-situ ocean observations in

1 The presentations are included in the Training Manual on Best Practices for Instruments and Methods of Ocean Observation


the country, along with information on the status of active floats in the Indian ocean and informationon the ensemble forecast concept to minimize errors in ocean observations for better predictions;and current research on satellite tracked drifting buoys in the Indian ocean.

11.0 During the discussions that followed the presentations, issues such as the causes for coastalinundation in Bangladesh; challenges faced by various countries and the requirements of each countryfor capacity building; efforts to establish national/regional ocean observing system; integratedobservational ocean-climate system to ensure complete and sustainable observation such as the‘Tropical Indo-Pacific Transport and Ecosystem Monitoring Experiment’; and the use of ocean modelsand wave models for making predictions were highlighted by the participants.

12.0 The second session covered topics on ‘Meteorological and Coastal Observations’. This sessioncomprised six presentations, ranging from a high level perspective about the development of theWMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS), to a series of presentations on the best practicesfor making marine meteorological observations and ocean observations in coastal regions usingin-situ sensors and remote sensing (HF radars). The presentations emphasized on the need for thesepractices, particularly for WMO and IOC applications such as, climate change monitoring anddeveloping climate services. The presentations also discussed the need for high quality, high resolutiondata and a long duration series of data for these applications.

13.0 The presentations also covered the following aspects:

• the need to develop sensors with high resolution;• measures to prevent ageing, corrosion and bio-fouling to maintain and protect these high

accuracy sensors;• developing capabilities for the calibration of these sensors;• ensuring cost-effectiveness of the calibration process;• understanding the physics behind the measurements;• quality assurance, including documentation of the processes used;• the maintenance and post-calibration of the instruments;• good data management; and• enhancing the capabilities in coastal observations from remote sensing observations

(HF radar) for reliable long-term monitoring with better accuracy and resolutions.

14.0 From the presentations it emerged that such practices would ensure traceability of themeasurements to instrument standards, high quality data, long-term reliability of the measurementsand help ascertain the quality of the observations to better serve the needs of WMO and IOCapplications.

15.0 The third Technical Session dealt with ‘Ocean-observation with sensors’. This Sessionhighlighted key issues related to temperature, salinity, pressure, CO2 measurements, opticalmeasurements, acoustic and inertial technologies and multi-parameter observations. Some of theimportant aspects that were discussed included;

• accuracy and stability of all the sensors;• long-term optical and nutrient measurements in the sea;• aspects related to light in the sea water, particle dynamics and associated optical properties;• importance of sensor reliability and the functional tests of measured parameters and

calibration/registration;• utilization of optical sensors on gliders and other preferences;• working principle of positioning sensors, USBL positioning system and its principle; and• advantage of combine bio-sensors with traditional measurements.


Technical presentations in progress


16.0 This Session stressed on the needs for sustained long-term and accurate measurements forvarious national, regional and global applications. Discussions centered on problems associatedwith accurate measurements and calibration facilities. New and upcoming technologies wereshowcased and the presentations provided a wealth of information on sensor technologies of platformsand on communication of the measurement system of oceans.

17.0 The next Session (Fourth Technical Session) was on ‘Satellite Communication’. During thisSession an overview was provided on the INSAT satellites and its various applications. The focus ofthis Session was on specific oceanic data buoy data collection and transmission applications throughthe INSAT MSS system. The strengths and limitations of this system were also discussed, alongwith the modern features and applications of various satellite systems such as INMARSAT,SKYWAVE, Iridium, ORBACCOM and Argos. Detailed discussions were held on satellitecommunication services and the various factors that have influenced in-situ data collection and itstransmission for processing.

18.0 The next Technical Session (Fifth) was on ‘Ocean Data Collection, Part I’. In the beginning ofthe Session, the principles of Conductivity/Temperature/Depth (CTD) and pressure sensors andtheir outputs were discussed. Thereafter, the discussions focused on new technologies in ocean datacollection like the Moving Vessel Profiler (MVP). The Session also covered topics like themeasurement of CO2 in ocean surface water, discussions on Iridium modem and on Vessel TrackingSystem (VTS) for vessel monitoring and tug/boat management. The Session concluded witha discussion on hydrographic and oceanographic instruments used for bathymetric survey.

19.0 The final Technical Session (Sixth) was a continuation of the earlier Session on ‘Ocean DataCollection’. The Session featured three presentations- the first on the ‘Sub-sea MonitoringApplications with Acoustic Transponders’, the second on ‘Oceanographic Monitoring through MooredBuoys, and the third on the’ Principles of acoustic measuring tools like Acoustic Doppler CurrentProfiler (ADCP)’. The Session dealt with detailed information on sound velocity profile analysisthrough acoustic communication and its application in tsunami and seabed settlement monitoring,well monitoring, tide/sea level monitoring and in deep-sea pipelines. Descriptions were provided forthe ‘Wave Glider Acoustic Transceiver’ for underwater communication and on the ‘Pressure InvertedEcho Sounding Technique’. The Session also provided detailed information on the use of ‘AcousticNetwork Deployment’ for robust data collection and the recovery of data with the use of high speedacoustic telemetry. Presentations were made on moored buoys that included information onreal-time information & monitoring systems and also on a case-study of the Amazon Merge ofwaters.

C. End of the Workshop Discussions

20.0 The workshop participants unanimously agreed that the workshop was informative and providedguidance on existing oceanographic instruments. They also felt that this exercise would improveregional cooperation and assist in information sharing and capacity building in ocean data collection.One participant, however, was of the view that the workshop did not cover state-of-the art modelsand software available to the oceanographic community for data processing. Another participantrequested that existing ocean information be shared in order to support coastal populations in hiscountry.

21.0 In response, Mr Wallace said that one of the major objectives of DBCP was to increase horizontalnetworking opportunities between countries and to ensure that data collected by various countrieswould be globally available in the Global Telecommunication System (GTS) format. He also requestedthe countries to ensure data transmission in real time in the GTS and that it was well distributed in atimely fashion. Mr Martin of M/s Westenberg requested the scientific community to raise requirementsthat were realistic and achievable. Dr R Venkatesan of NIOT informed the participants that datacollected by NIOT moored buoys was available in GTS format for the ocean community. The Director,NIOT, requested modellers and scientists to project the required accuracy and resolution for modelling.


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He said that India would also organize a workshop exclusively for modelling and data processing, ifWMO/IOC and DBCP agreed. He also said that INCOIS was in the process of setting up a separateinstitution for ‘Operational Oceanography’ with the aim of taking up specific activities related toocean data modelling. Mr Wallace welcomed the offer from India to host the Ocean Data ModellingWorkshop. Mr Charpentier stated that WMO maintains a data base on user requirements for oceanapplication areas such as numerical weather prediction, forecast, climate application, hydrology,aeronautical meteorology and agricultural meteorology.

22.0 Dr Idichandy of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai requested the industry tohave a mechanism for after-sales follow up/support and also to set up regional service and calibrationcentres, which would reduce the downtime and expenditure towards shipping the equipment back tooriginal equipment manufacturer (OEM). He also suggested that the industries could have a combinedregional service centre, as he felt that local representatives were not fully equipped to undertakecalibrations and other related services. He also insisted that they maintain a standard pricing policyfor all users. With respect to having a consortium-based regional service centre, Dr David of SeaBird stated that their proprietary and specific information related to their products could not beshared. Mr Martin of Westerberg said that setting up of a regional centre in regions where the tradevolume was less would not be effective and efficient. Representatives from FOAS, Norway said thatthe stocking of sufficient spares may reduce the gap in data collection during the period when theequipment is sent for OEM for service/calibration. He also said that a political solution was requiredto reduce the time in logistics and other export processes. Mr Charpentier said that JCOMM andWMO/IOC were in the process of setting up a Regional Marine Instrumentation Centre (RMIC)in China and Mississippi, USA and if India was interested to set up a RMIC, then the parameters thatwould not be covered in China RMIC could be set up in India.

D. Closing of the Regional Workshop

23.0 During the closing ceremony, Mr Wallace presented recommendations for future events basedon the experiences gathered from the workshop. Mr Wallace proposed follow up actions to be takenby member states, WMO Secretariat and NIOT. He said that the support of the industry towards theworkshop was overwhelming, with a total of 40 industry participants representing 26 companies.He said that this commitment allowed for enhanced communication between research and operationalusers of ocean instruments, and the industry.

24.0 The Ocean Observations Programme of NIOT was entering into the 16th year and tocommemorate this journey a booklet titled Footprints was released by Mr Charpentier.

25.0 The workshop ended at 1300 hrs on 21 November 2012 and thereafter a visit to the stalls wasarranged for the participants along with some hand-on demonstrations organized by the industryrepresentatives. Dr R Venkatesan read the valedictory statement on behalf of the NIOT (Annexure 9).

E. Hands-on Demonstration and Visit to the Stalls

26.0 A hands-on demonstration was provided on sensors and software to the participants for betterand practical understanding of the equipment. The aim of the demonstration was to provide users onhow to find solutions to the problems they faced with the equipment. Troubleshooting for certainequipment was also demonstrated for the benefit of the user community and to help take care ofsmall maintenances of the sensors by themselves. The demonstrations took place at the productdisplay stalls, which were provided to the industry to display their equipment and interact and sharethe technology with the other participants.

27.0 The stalls provided an opportunity for the participants and the Industry to share knowledgeand closely interact with each other. The interactions also helped the industry in obtaining suggestionsfrom the participants with regard to future improvements in the products.

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Regional Workshop on Best Practices for Instruments andMethods of Ocean Observation19-21 November 2012, Chennai, India

PROSPECTUS1.0 Background and RationaleThe Joint WMO-IOC Data Buoy Cooperation Panel(DBCP) is an official body of the IntergovernmentalOceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO andof the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).The work of the Panel supports the ObservationsProgramme Area, overseen by the joint WMO-IOCTechnical Commission for Oceanography and MarineMeteorology (JCOMM). During the twenty-seventhSession of DBCP (DBCP-27) in Geneva, Switzerlandfrom 26-30 September 2011, the Panel drawing on thesuccess of the NIOT/BOBP-IGO Regional Workshopon ‘Establishing a Cooperative Mechanism forProtection of Met Ocean Data and Tsunami Buoys inNorthern Indian Ocean Region’ held in Chennai, Indiafrom 6-7 May 2011 recognized the value of continuedefforts in holding in-region activities. The Panel feltthat such regional initiatives will further involvecountries to utilise available data from buoys; permitresearch activities in a coordinated and systematic wayand understand the importance of scientific instrumentscalibration, validation, data collection, etc. The Panelalso reaffirmed its desire to actively encourage theparticipation of developing nations in the Panel’sactivities, as a means for these nations to assist thePanel in achieving and sustaining its objectives for aglobally distributed data buoy network. The Paneltherefore decided to continue its efforts to build andsustain utilisation of buoy data and to build-capacityin the Bay of Bengal region.

In this context, the National Institute of OceanTechnology (NIOT), Chennai under Ministry of EarthSciences-Government of India, in association with theBay of Bengal Programme Inter GovernmentalOrganisation (BOBP- IGO), Chennai, the Joint WMO-IOC Data Buoy Cooperation Panel and the Bay ofBengal Large Marine Ecosystem (BOBLME) Projecthave planned to organize a Regional Workshop on BestPractices for Instruments and Methods of OceanObservation in Chennai India, from 19 to 21 November,2012. This Workshop would be one of the first effortsin bringing together the researchers, oceanographersand engineers from the Bay of Bengal region to interactwith R&D Managers of reputed manufacturersinvolved in development of instruments related toOcean Observation systems (OOS).

2.0 The Regional WorkshopThe Regional Workshop is being jointly organized bythe capacity building teams of the DBCP, the NIOT,the BOBLME Project and the BOBP-IGO.

WMO (http://www.wmo.int): Established in 1950, theWMO is a specialized agency of the United Nationsand has a membership of 189 Member States andTerritories.WMO promotes cooperation in theestablishment of networks for making meteorological,climatological, hydrological and geophysicalobservations, as well as the exchange, processing and

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standardization of related data, and assists technologytransfer, training and research. It also furthers theapplication of meteorology to public weather services,agriculture, aviation, shipping, the environment, waterissues and the mitigation of the impacts of naturaldisasters. In collaboration with other UN agencies andthe National Meteorological and HydrologicalServices, WMO supports the implementation of anumber of environmental conventions and isinstrumental in providing advice and assessments togovernments on related matters.

The Data Buoy Cooperation Panel (DBCP- http://www.jcommops.org/dbcp): The DBCP is an officialjoint body of the WMO and the IntergovernmentalOceanographic Commission (IOC) of the UnitedNations Educational, Scientific and CulturalOrganization (UNESCO). It consists of the data buoycomponent of the Joint WMO-IOC TechnicalCommission for Oceanography and MarineMeteorology (JCOMM) and the Global OceanObserving System (GOOS). The DBCP coordinates theuse of autonomous data buoys to observe atmosphericand oceanographic conditions over ocean areas;increase the quantity, quality and timeliness ofatmospheric and oceanographic data in ocean areas;and improve global forecasts of weather and oceanconditions, plus also contributes to climate study andoceanographic research.

NIOT (http://www.niot.res.in): Considering theimportance of the oceans, the Ministry of EarthSciences (formerly known as the Department of OceanDevelopment), established the NIOT in 1993 as anautonomous society to develop reliable indigenoustechnology to solve the various engineering problemsassociated with harvesting of non-living and livingresources in the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone(EEZ), which is about two-thirds of the land area ofIndia. Of the many technology groups and programmes/projects that the NIOT runs, the OOS is an important

Operational Programme. This Programme is mandatedwith the important task of developing technologies forOOS and their operation and maintenance.

BOBLME Project (http://www.boblme.org): TheProject is implemented and executed by the Food andAgriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)and funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF),Norway, the Swedish International DevelopmentCooperation Agency, the participating Governments(Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives,Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand) and the NationalOceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the UnitedStates. The Project aims to improve the lives of thecoastal populations through better regionalmanagement of the Bay of Bengal (BoB) environmentand its fisheries. It addresses fisheries resourcesmanagement, coastal habitat conservation, ecosystemhealth and pollution, as well as large-scale processesin the BoB. Under the large-scale processes area ofwork, the Project aims at sharing information with otherregional and global environmental monitoringprogrammes for improved understanding of theBOBLME ecological functions and processes,including inter alia improved understanding of thelarge-scale oceanographic and ecological processescontrolling BOBLME’s living resources.


BOBP-IGO (http://www.bobpigo.org): The BOBP-IGO is mandated to enhance cooperation amongmember-countries, other countries and organizations inthe region and provide technical and managementadvisory services for sustainable coastal fisheriesdevelopment and management in the Bay of Bengalregion. The BOBP was initially established in 1979 as afield Project of the Food and Agriculture Organizationof the United Nation. In April 2003, the BOBP becamean IGO. The Headquarters of the Organisation arelocated in Chennai and presently Bangladesh, India,Maldives and Sri Lanka are members of the IGO. TheOrganisation works very closely with the governmentsas also the fishers and their associations in the BoBregion.

ObjectivesThe Workshop is aimed at capacity building of scientist,researchers, engineers and managers on best practicesfor calibration and testing instruments for oceanobservation systems.

The Workshop will act as a platform and will unveilinsight to new meteorological and oceanographicobservational systems, moorings, sub-sea cables,batteries, telemetry and brings together scientists,engineers, technicians and key manufacturers of marineinstruments and prospective vendors who utilise/workon ocean observational systems. This Workshop willalso provide an opportunity to understand the designand development issues faced by the user community.Experts from relevant industry will be invited toprovide solutions on technical issues and interact withthe participants.

The Workshop will offer an exceptional opportunityfor participants both to learn new skills and to makesignificant and ongoing contributions to their ownprogrammes.

Further the Workshop will also concentrate on presentand future trends in OOS, methods and standards thatare followed worldwide and the calibration techniquesoffered by OEM’s. The expected outcome of thisWorkshop will generate awareness on new OOS andshall bring up new ventures and business solutions.

This Workshop is also likely to contribute to the recentinitiatives of the Ministry of Earth Sciences,Government of India on the establishment of a NationalCentre for Atmospheric Technology (NCAT), whichwould lead to technological developments for an end-to-end, integrated and inter-operable network of Indianatmospheric observations, data communications,management and delivery systems, supported bycomprehensive user-oriented software utilities forvarious applications. The NCAT is expected to emergeas a world class institution with calibration and testinginstruments of global standards as a WMO RegionalInstrumentation Centre.

New Users: This Workshop will attract participantsfrom the countries surrounding the Bay of Bengal -Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives,

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Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand apart from DBCP andBOBLME representatives.

Some of the major outcomes of the Regional Workshopwould be:

• Best practices adopted globally in handlingmeteorological and oceanographic equipment;

• Common practices, training on calibration andtroubleshooting techniques;

• New observation systems and data loggers;• Hands on experience on various sensors,

observational systems; and• Information sharing and networking among the

countries within and also outside the region;

Date and VenueThe Regional Workshop will be organized from19 – 21 November 2012 at the NIOT Campus,Velachery – Tambaram Main Road, Narayanapuram,Pallikaranai, Chennai – 600 100,Tamil Nadu, India(Tel: +91- 44- 66783300, Fax: +91- 44- 22460275;Email: [email protected]; Website:www.niot.res.in).

Format of the WorkshopThe Regional Workshop shall include 06 technicalsessions, training on calibration and troubleshootingand visit to stalls set up by leading industries displayingtheir new products. The participants will have a handson experience, on problems faced in handling sensors,etc. Copies of the technical presentations shall bedistributed to the participants of the RegionalWorkshop.

Conduct of the WorkshopThe National Workshop will be conducted in English.

ParticipationThe Workshop participants shall includerepresentatives from the (i) Ministries/ Departmentsof Oceanography, Meteorology, Fisheries and ResearchInstitutions working on oceanography or marinesciences.

Coordination of Workshop

The BOBP-IGO will coordinate the RegionalWorkshop arrangements with assistance from Dr RVenkatesan, Head-Ocean Observation Systems, NIOT.

For any further information, please contact:

R VenkatesanHead - Ocean Observation SystemsNational Institute of Ocean TechnologyMinistry of Earth SciencesPallikaranai, Chennai- 600 100, India.Tel: +91 44 66783532; 66783536; 22460678Cell: +91 9444399829Fax: +91 44 22460661Email: [email protected]

Yugraj Singh YadavaDirectorBay of Bengal ProgrammeInter- Governmental Organisation91, St Mary’s Road, AbhiramapuramChennai- 600 018, India.Tel: +91 44 24936188; 24936294Cell: +91 9841042235Fax: +91 44 24936102Email: [email protected]




19-21 November 2012, Chennai, IndiaProgramme

19/11/2012 Day 1Time (hrs) Event08:30 - 09:15 Registration09:15 - 10:15 Opening of the Workshop10:15 - 10:45 Group Photo and High Tea

Session 1Introductory PresentationsTime (hrs) Institution/Country10:45 - 11:45 Presentations by MoES, NIOT, INCOIS, IITM and NIO, India11:45 - 13:00 Country Presentations – Bangladesh, Indonesia, Kenya, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar

Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand13:00 - 14:00 Lunch14:00 - 14:15 Introductory talk on WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS) programme by

Dr Etienne Charpentier, WMO, SwitzerlandSession 2

Theme: Meteorological and Coastal ObservationTime (hrs) Title Presenter14:15 - 15:00 Fluid dynamics, wind tunnels and calibration of M/s. Westernberg Engineering,

anemometers Germany15:00 - 15:45 Humidity measurement and calibration M/s. Rotronic South East Asia Pte Ltd,

Singapore15:45 - 16:00 Refreshments16:00 - 16:45 Hydrolab, your partner for water quality monitoring M/s. OTT Hydromet, USA16:45 - 17:30 Ensuring quality in operating CODAR M/s. CODAR Ocean Sensors Ltd.,

SeaSonde Coastal Networks USA17:30 - 18:00 Visit to NIOT facilities20/11/2012 Day 208:45 Arrival at NIOT

Session 3Theme: Ocean ObservationTime (hrs) Title Presenter09:00 - 09:30 Sensing conductivity, temperature, pressure M/s. Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc., USA

and dissolved oxygen using Sea-Bird Electronics’ sensors and instrumentation

09:30 - 10:00 Optical and nutrient measurements for long-term M/s. WET labs, USAbiogeochemical monitoring using WET Labsand Satlantic Instrumentation

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10:00 - 11:00 • Underwater positioning solution using acoustic M/s. IXBLUE, Franceand inertial technologies

• Acoustic releases application11:00 - 11:15 Refreshments11:15 - 12:00 Multi-parameter observations from coastal waters to the M/s. Xlyem Inc./Sontek/YSI Inc.

deep sea: focus on quality control and sensor stability /AADI, USASession 4

Theme: Satellite CommunicationTime (hrs) Title Presenter12:00 - 12:15 Over view of INSAT communication for data collection Mr Tata Sudhakar12:15 - 12:30 Status of satellite communications for data transmission M/s. Elektronik Lab, India12:30 - 13:00 Operational ocean in situ data collection by satellite M/s. CLS/Argos, France13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

Session 5Theme: Ocean Data Collection-ITime (hrs) Title Presenter14:00 - 14:40 Minos X profiler with Xchange sensors M/s. AML Oceanographic, Canada14:40 - 15:20 Automated flowing pCO2 measuring system M/s. General Oceanics Inc., USA15:20 - 15:35 Refreshments15:35 - 16:00 Echo sounder M/s. Cadden, France16:00 - 18:30 Hands on demo on the instruments by industry experts and display of equipment by

Kongsberg Maritime Ltd., Norway and other industries: Venue- Varuna Hall & Stalls21/11/2012 Day 308:45 Arrival at NIOT

Session 6Theme: Ocean Data Collection-IITime (hrs) Title Presenter09:00 - 09:45 Sub-sea monitoring applications and M/s. Sonardyne, Singapore

advance acoustic telemetry techniques09:45 - 10:30 Moored buoys M/s. Fugro Oceanor AS, Norway10:30 - 11:00 ADCP technology M/s. Teledyne RD Instruments, USA11:00 - 11:15 RefreshmentsPanel Discussion11:15 - 12:15 Panel Discussion12:15 - 13:00 Closing of the Workshop13:00 - 14:00 Lunch14:00 - 17:30 Group discussion and interaction with industry


Sl. No Name & Designation Address Tel/Fax/Mob/EmailI. Countries in the Northern Indian Ocean RegionBangladesh1.0 Md Muzammel Haque Meteorological Department Bangladesh Tel: + 88 02 9112439

Tarafder Agargaon Mobile: + 88 01552-331729Senior Communication Dhaka – 1207 Fax: + 88 02 8118230Engineer Bangladesh Email:

[email protected] V V Gopalakrishna Physical Oceanography Division Tel: + 91 832 2450302

Scientist ‘G’ National Institute of Oceanography Mobile: + 91 98906 91313Dona Paula, Goa – 403004 Fax: + 91 832 2450602India Email: [email protected]

3.0 V G Idichandy Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Email: [email protected] Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

4.0 K Somasundar Ministry of Earth Sciences Tel: + 91 11 24669513Program Director Prithvi Bhavan, Lodi Road Mobile: + 91 9868773262

New Delhi Email: [email protected] M Ravichandran Indian National Center for Ocean Tel: + 91 40 23895004

Scientist ‘G’ Information Services Mobile: + 91 9441229296Pragathi Nagar (Bo) Email: [email protected] Vally, NizampetHyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

6.0 R Suresh Indian Meteorological Department Email: [email protected] Meetrological OfficeChennai - 600 027, Tamil Nadu, India

7.0 S R Ramanan Regional Meteorological Centre Tel: + 91 44 28229860Director 50 College Road Fax: + 91 44 28271581

Nungambakkam Mobile: + 91 9444765065Chennai – 600 006 Email: [email protected]

8.0 A Suryachandra Rao Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology Tel: + 91 20 25904245Scientist ‘F’ Dr Homi Bhabha Road

Pashan, Pune 411008, IndiaIndonesia9.0 Indawan Sani The Indonesian Agency for Meteorology Email: [email protected]

Center for Climate, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG)Agroclimate and Jl. Angkasa I No. 2 JakartaMarine Climate Indonesia

Republic of Korea10.0 Dongchull Jeon Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Tel: + 82 31 400 6124

Director Technology Fax: + 82 31 408 5829Ocean Circulation & Climate Research Mobile: + 82 10 3305 6124Division Email: [email protected] Sadong, Ansan, Korea


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11.0 Eung Kim Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Tel: + 82 31 400 6402Senior Research Technology Fax: + 82 31 408 5829Scientist 787, Haeanro, Ansan 426-744, Korea Mobile: + 82 11 428 3478

Email: [email protected] Mohamed Fadli Bin Division of Marine Meteorology & Tel: + 6087 423112

Yusof Oceanography Fax: + 6087 412109Meteorologist Jalan Pulau Buah, Peti Surat 81413 Mobile:+ 6012 5856040

87008 W.P Labuan, Malaysia Email: [email protected] Ye Htut Department of Meteorology and Hydrology Tel: + 95 067 411032

Engineer Office No. 5, Ministry of Transport Nay Fax: + 95 067 411449Pyi Taw, Myanmar Mobile: + 95 067 411253

Email: [email protected] Jamal Abdul Directorate General Tel: + 96824519461

RahmanMohammed Meteorology & Air Navigation Fax: + 96824519609Al-Kharoosi Meteorology Instruction PO Box 1, PC111 Mobile: + 96899791902Engineer Central Post Office Email: [email protected]

Muscat, Sultanate of OmanPakistan15.0 Mir Tanweer Ali Agha Pakistan Meteorological Department Tel: + 92 21 99261436

Meteorologist Tropical Meteorological Department Mobile: + 92 300 2414602Met. Head Quarter (Camp) Office Fax: + 92 21 99261405University Road, Karachi Email:Pakistan [email protected]

Sri Lanka16.0 KLMD Department of Meteorology Tel. + 94 11 2694846

Sucharitharatne Bauddaloka, Mawatha Fax: + 94 11 2698311Meteorologist Colombo- 7 Mobile: + 94 77 5010923

Sri Lanka Email:[email protected]

Thailand17.0 Teeratham Tepparaj Thai Meteorological Department Tel: + 662 3994561

Meteorological Officer 4353 Sukhumvit Rd. Bangna Fax: + 662 3669375Bangkok Mobile: + 668 87688961Thailand 10260 Email:

[email protected] Hiram Ndirangu Kenya Meteorological Department Tel: + 25402386880

Njuguna Seismology and Tsunami Information Mobile: + 254722829159Meteorological Services (E&TIS) & Marine and Email: [email protected] Oceanography (OM MS)Divisions of

Geo-science & Tsunami InformationServices Sub-Branch(GTIS)Kenya Meteorological DepartmentP.o Box 30259 Code 00100N gong Road Nairobi, Kenya

Sl. No Name & Designation Address Tel/Fax/Mob/Email


II. OrganizationsData Buoy Corporation Panel and World Meteorological Organization19.0 Al Wallace Data Buoy Corporation Panel Tel: + 1 604 664 9145

Chairperson Director, Weather and Environmental Fax: + 1 604 664 9190Operations Email: [email protected] Service of Canada201-401 Burrard StreetVancouver V6C 3S5 BC, Canada

20.0 Etienne Charpentier Observing Systems Division Tel: + 41 22 730 82 23Scientific Officer Observing and Information Systems Fax: + 41 22 730 80 21

Department Email: [email protected] Meteorological Organization7 bis, avenue de la PaixCase postale No 2300CH-1211 GENEVE 2, Switzerland

Bay of Bengal large Marine Ecosystem Project21.0 CM Muralidharan Regional Coordination Unit Tel: + 66 76 391861

Field Administrative Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem Fax: + 66 76 391864Officer Project Mobile: + 66 85 480 3989

C/- Andaman Sea Fisheries Research Email:Development Center [email protected] Moo 7 Sakdidej RdMakham Bay, T.VichitA.Muang Phuket 83000, Thailand

III. Industry22.0 Maarten Van Beelen IXBLUE Ltd Tel: + 65 6747 4912

Business Development 15A Changi Business Park Central 1 Fax: + 65 6747 4913Manager No 04-02 Eightrium Mobile: + 65 9111 0861

Singapore 486035 Email: [email protected]

23.0 Max Audric IXBLUE Ltd Tel: + 33 1 30 08 9880Product Line Manager Rue Rivoalon, Sainte Anne du Portzic Mobile: + 33 608312240

29200 Brest Email: [email protected]

24.0 Hubert Pelletier IXBLUE Ltd Tel: + 33 1 30 08 96 99Sales & Marketing Rue Rivoalon, Sainte Anne du Portzic Fax: + 33 1 30 08 96 00Director 29200 Brest Mobile: + 33 6 80 84 69 00

France Email:[email protected]

25.0 Yann BERNARD CLS Tel: + 33 561 393 909Sales & Technical 8-10 rue Hermes Fax: + 33 561 394 797Manager Parc technologique du canal Mobile: + 33 607 250 822

31520 Ramonville Saint-Agne Email: [email protected]

26.0 James Walton AML Oceanographic Tel: + 1 250 656 0771Manager 2071 Malaview Avenue Fax: + 1 250 655 3655

Canada, V8L 5X6 Email: [email protected]

27.0 Kamal Singh 101, Sai Pooja, J B Nagar Tel: + 91 2 28387874Director Andheri (E), Mumbai – 400 059 Fax: + 91 2 28389659

Mobile: + 91 9820278449Email: [email protected]



28.0 Regis S Cook General Oceanics Inc Tel: + 305 621 2882CEO 1295 NW 163 Street Fax: + 305 621 1710

Miami, Florida 33169 Email:USA [email protected]

29.0 Pankaj Kr Borah OTT Hydromet, USA Email: [email protected] Donald E Barrick Codar Ocean Sensors Ltd Tel: + 1 408 773 8240

President 1914 Plymouth Street, Mountain View Fax: + 1 408 773 0514CA 94043 USA Mobile: + 1 408 480 5350

Email: [email protected] Steven R Ramp Soliton Ocean, Inc. Tel: + 831 659 2230

President 691 Country Club Drive Mobile: + 831 601 7711Carmel Valley, CA 93924 Email:

[email protected] CDR Bungy Williams Kongsberg Maritime Pte. Ltd Tel: + 44 2392 247821

Business Development 11 The Briars, Waterberry Drive Mobile: + 44 7557 855813Manager Waterlooville, Portsmouth Email:

PO7 7YH, UK [email protected] Kaushal Sinha Kongsberg Maritime Pte. Ltd Tel: + 91 22 3369 7200

General Manager Sales EL – 145, TTC Industrial Area Fax: + 91 22 3369 7201MIDC Mahape, Navi Mumbai Mobile: + 91 9167498875Maharashtra, India - 400 710 Email:

[email protected] David Murphy Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc., Tel: + 1 425 643 9866

Director of Science 13431 NE 20th Street Fax: + 1 425 643 9954Bellevue, WA 98005 Mobile: + 1 425 644 3226USA Email: [email protected]

35.0 Carol Janzen Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc., Tel: + 1 425 643 9866Physical 13431 NE 20th Street Fax: + 1 425 643 9954Oceanographer Bellevue, WA 98005 Mobile: + 1 425 644 5763

USA Email: [email protected] Julie Rodriguez Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc., Tel: + 1 425 643 9866

Marketing Coordinator 13431 NE 20th Street Mobile: + 1 425 644 3207Bellevue WA 98005 Email: [email protected]

37.0 Ian Walsh WET Labs Tel: + 1 541 929 5650Senior Oceanographer PO Box 518 Fax: + 1 541 929 5229

Philomath, OR Mobile: 1 541 760 5038USA - 97330 Email: [email protected]

38.0 S Sinnathurai Rotronic Tel: + 65 6294 6065Sales Director 16 Kallang Place, No 07-04 Fax: + 65 6294 6096

Singapore 339156 Mobile: + 65 9746 6468Email: [email protected]

39.0 Lakha Rotronic, Singapore Email:[email protected]

40.0 Prashant Patil Jupiter Electronics Tel: + 91 22 25186470Engineer Jupiter Integrated Sensor System Pvt Ltd Fax: + 91 22 25186473

G 414-416/A401 Kailash Indl Complex Mobile: + 91 9819440117Near Dynalog, Behind Godrej Colony Email: prashant.patil@Parksite, Vikhroli (West) jupiterelectronics.co.inMumbai – 400 079

41.0 Sham Choudary SonTek/YSI/Xylem, USA Email: [email protected]



42.0 Anders Tengberg AADI Tel: + 47 55 60 48 00Product Manager Nesttunbrekka 97, PB 34 Slatthaug Fax: + 47 55 60 48 01

N 5851 Bergen, Norway Mobile: + 46 703 46 6372Email: [email protected]

43.0 Martin Kratzenberg Westernberg Engineering Tel: + 2 21 9 58 32 32Sales Germany Fax: + 2 21 9 58 32 33

Email: [email protected]

44.0 Dennis knabben Westernberg Engineering Tel: + 2 21 9 58 32 32Dipl.-Ing. VDI Germany Fax: + 2 21 9 58 32 33

Email: [email protected]

45.0 Shaun Dunn Sonardyne International Tel: + 44 7901007707Blackbusue Business Park Email:Yateley, Hampsuire [email protected]

46.0 Daniel Tan Sonardyne Asia Pte Ltd Tel: + 65 6542 1911Regional Sales 34 Loyang Crescent Fax: + 65 6542 6937Manager Block B Email:

Singapore 508993 [email protected] K Nandakumar Elektronik Lab Tel: + 91 44 2433 6953

10 D Masilamani Street Fax: + 91 44 2432 2819T Nagar, Chennai – 600 017 Email:

India [email protected] T S Rangarajan Elektronik Lab Tel: + 91 44 2433 6953

General Manager 10 D Masilamani Street Fax: + 91 44 2432 2819T Nagar, Chennai – 600 017 Email: ranga@

India elektroniklab.com49.0 CLEMENT Frédérick CADDEN Tel: + 33 762843991

Export Manager 359 Ravta Email: [email protected] NANTESFrance

50.0 V S Rajaraman Norinco Email:[email protected]

51.0 Arve Berg Fugro Oceanor AS Tel: + 47 73 545200N7462 Trondheim Mobile: + 4791394172Norway Email: [email protected]

52.0 D Sivakumar Results Marine Pvt Ltd Tel: + 91 44 24310165Sr Manager No 480 2nd Floor, Khivraj Complex Fax: + 91 44 24310164

Anna Salai, Nandanam Mobile: + 91 9840966112Chennai – 600035 Email: [email protected], India

53.0 S O Dinesh Kumar Email:54.0 Arvind Bhuchar ASB Systems Pvt Ltd Tel: + 91 22 42301919

203 A, VIP Plaza, Off New Link Road Fax: + 91 22 42301920Andheri (W), Mumbai – 400 053 Mobile: + 91 9820024824India Email:

[email protected]




55.0 Ron Hippe Teledyne RDI Tel: + 858 842 2691Sales Manager 14020 Stowe Drive Fax: + 858 842 2822

Paway, CA 92064 Mobile: + 8584142890Email:[email protected]

56.0 Jagathala Pratap Data Patterns India Pvt Ltd Tel: + 91 44 24848702Deputy MGR Marketing Plot No H9, Fourth Main Road Mobile: + 91 7708024420

SIPCOT IT Park Email:Chennai 600 103 [email protected]

IV. OrganizersNational Institute of Ocean Technology57.0 M A Atmanand National Institute of Ocean Technology Tel: + 91 44 66783300

Director Velachery – Tambaram Main Road Fax: + 91 44 22460661Narayanapuram, Pallikaranai Email: [email protected] 600 100, Tamil Nadu, India

58.0 R Venkatesan National Institute of Ocean Technology Tel: + 91 44 667833535Group Head & DBCP Velachery – Tambaram Main Road Fax: + 91 44 22460661Vice Chair Asia Narayanapuram, Pallikaranai Email: [email protected]

Chennai 600 100, Tamil Nadu, India

59.0 G Latha National Institute of Ocean Technology Tel: + 91 44 66783399Member IBPIO Velachery – Tambaram Main Road Fax: + 91 44 22460661

Narayanapuram, Pallikaranai Email: [email protected] 600 100, Tamil Nadu, India

60.0 R R Rao Dept of Metrology & Ocenography Tel: + 91 891 2798968CSIR Scientist Andhra University Mobile: + 91 9701053274

Visakhapatnam – 3 Email: [email protected] M Arul Muthiah National Institute of Ocean Technology Mobile: +91 9444382510

Scientist - C Velachery – Tambaram Main Road Email: [email protected], PallikaranaiChennai 600 100, Tamil Nadu, India

62.0 M R Nayak C/o CSIR – NAL Tel: + 91 80 42071486Scientist G Retd 105 Vishnu Enclave, B/H SKR Conv Fax: + 91 80 25268546

Centre, Trobarahalli, Varthur Road Mobile: + 91 9448482947Bangalore – 560 066 Email: [email protected]

63.0 P V Nair National Institute of Ocean TechnologyVelachery – Tambaram Main RoadNarayanapuram, PallikaranaiChennai 600 100, Tamil Nadu, India

Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organisation64.0 Y S Yadava Bay of Bengal Programme Tel: + 91 44 24936188

Director Inter- Governmental Organisation Fax: + 91 44 2493610291, St Mary’s Road Email:Abhiramapuram [email protected] - 600 018

65.0 S Jayaraj Bay of Bengal Programme Tel: + 91 44 24936188Publication Officer Inter- Governmental Organisation Fax: + 91 44 24936102

91, St Mary’s Road Email: [email protected] - 600 018Tamil Nadu, India



66.0 R Mukherjee Bay of Bengal Programme Tel: + 91 44 24936188Policy Analyst Inter- Governmental Organisation Fax: + 91 44 24936102

91, St Mary’s Road Email: rmukherjee@Abhiramapuram bobpigo.orgChennai - 600 018Tamil Nadu, India

67.0 Md Sharif Uddin Bay of Bengal Programme Tel: + 91 44 24936188Fisheries Resource Inter- Governmental Organisation Fax: + 91 44 24936102Officer 91, St Mary’s Road Email: [email protected]

AbhiramapuramChennai - 600 018Tamil Nadu, India

68.0 V Sreenivasan Bay of Bengal Programme Tel: + 91 44 24936188Administrative Assistant Inter- Governmental Organisation Fax: + 91 44 24936102

91, St Mary’s Road Email:Abhiramapuram [email protected] - 600 018Tamil Nadu, India

69.0 M Krishna Mohan Bay of Bengal Programme Tel: + 91 44 24936188Secretary Inter- Governmental Organisation Fax: + 91 44 24936102

91, St Mary’s Road Email:Abhiramapuram [email protected] - 600 018


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Introductory Comments by Mr Al Wallace

Good morning. It is my great pleasure to be here at this wonderful facility of the National Instituteof Ocean Technology (NIOT). This is my second visit to this historic city of Chennai and I countmyself fortunate to have had another opportunity to visit India.

On behalf of the Executive Board of the Data Buoy Cooperation Panel (DBCP), and the co-Presidentof the Joint Commission on Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM), I would like toexpress my appreciation to Dr M A Atmanand, Director, NIOT; Dr Yugraj Yadava, Director, Bay ofBengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organisation (BOBP-IGO); honoured guest Mr AnanthaNarayanan, Director, Naval Physical Oceanographic Laboratory; and Mr C M Muralidharan fromthe Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem (BOBLME) Project for their significant contributionsand support for this capacity building workshop. I would like to acknowledge the leadership ofDr R Venkatesan in organizing this Workshop. His personal dedication and perseverance ensuredthat this session would proceed.

Distinguished participants, esteemed colleagues, honoured guests, ladies and gentlemen:

The theme of this workshop is to address best practises for instruments and methods of oceanobservation. Dr Venkatesan has attracted excellent participation from across the Region and ensuredthe participation of a number of manufacturers who represent a broad spectrum of interests. This isthe first time we have brought together operators of observing platforms and networks with technologysuppliers so this promises to be an exciting three days. This capacity building workshop aligns wellwith the objectives of our DBCP Task Team for this activity, which among other things targetsregional opportunities to enhance knowledge, leverage resources and engage other partnersin developing and delivering such training and development.

I would like to take a few moments to inform you about the DBCP and its activities. This Panel wasfirst constituted in 1974 to address the drifting buoy network in the global oceans. It was re-constitutedin 1985 under the auspices of JCOMM. Membership in the DBCP is voluntary and its activities aresupported by contributions from member-countries. The drifting and moored buoy arrays supportmany international programmes such as the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), the GlobalClimate Observing Programme, the World Climate Research Programme, the WMO Integrated GlobalObserving System and the Global Framework for Climate Services. In 1995, under the leadershipof the DBCP, the target of 1250 drifting buoys in the global array was achieved. The array has beenmaintained since that time, while the DBCP is still working to address data gaps in certain oceans.Further, the Panel supports an international programme to coordinate the use of data buoys to observe,collect and distribute meteorological and oceanographic observations in the world’s oceans.The DBCP seeks to improve quantity, quality, timeliness and coverage of data, including barometricpressure, for use in prediction and research programmes. Other activities include the analysis ofrequirements and the provision of international liaison and a forum for discussion. Of significantnote to this workshop, the DBCP supports an excellent working relationship with manufacturers,who are attendees at annual meetings and who work with network operators throughout the year toaddress issues.

Ladies and gentlemen, some of the successes of the DBCP include:

- The development of data quality control guidelines;

- The establishment of actions groups for the world’s oceans, e.g. International BuoyProgramme for the Indian Ocean (IBPIO);

- The creation of task teams to address technical issues, e.g. capacity building;


- The setting up of pilot projects e.g. Argos/Iridium telecommunications; wave measurements;sea level pressure;

- The coordination of reporting on common issues such as the DBCP Report on Vandalism,technical manuals and guides, standards and best practices; and

- The sponsoring of capacity building workshops.

As we look forward to the future, the DBCP sees opportunities while it will also face some challenges.The Panel welcomes new participants and partners to support the observing arrays and maintain thedrifting network at 1250, while addressing gaps and timeline issues and increasing the number ofbuoys reporting barometric pressure. The DBCP must remain relevant by meeting client needs (suchas high resolution sea surface temperature), integrating emerging technologies (such as gliders), andaddressing regional and/or technological requirements through establishment of appropriate taskteams or pilot projects. And, of course, we must accomplish this during a time of global fiscalconstraint. I invite each of you to consider joining the DBCP to advance programmes of mutualinterest.

In closing, I look forward to a rewarding three days of education, conversation and alignment ondirections for the future. My congratulations to Dr Venkatesan, and my sincere thanks to NIOT,BOBP-IGO and the Ministry of Earth Sciences for hosting and supporting this event.

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Welcome Address by Dr M A Atmanand, Director, NIOT

Respected Shri Ananth Narayanan, Director, Naval Physical and Oceanography Laboratory (NPOL);Mr Al Wallace, DBCP; Mr Etienne Charpentier, WMO; Dr Y S Yadava, BOBP-IGO;Mr C M Muralidharan, BOBLME; Dr R Venkatesan; delegates from various countries; my colleaguesfrom the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) and other sister Institutes; ladies and gentlemen,a warm welcome to all of you on behalf of our Secretary, MoES and Chairman, Earth SystemScience Organisation, Dr Shailesh Nayak who could not be present today due to pressingcommitments. I also extend my welcome to you all on behalf of the National Institute of OceanTechnology (NIOT).

Observation, especially in the oceans, is very important in all related fields of science and engineering.I am happy that NIOT is given this opportunity to host this very important event, wherein the Industryplays a pivotal role and the science behind the development of instruments is the main focus of theworkshop.

At the outset, I welcome the Director, NPOL Shri Narayanan, who is an expert in the field of marineinstrumentation and is the right person to inaugurate such a unique programme. He readily agreed toour invitation and he is here to enlighten us through his lucid talk.

When NIOT mooted this idea, it was readily accepted by JCOMM-DBCP. I welcome Mr Wallaceand Mr Charpentier of WMO for this programme. I welcome one of our well-wishers, who issupporting us in many of our National and International initiatives, Dr Yugraj Yadava, Director,BOBP-IGO. He has taken the major burden of getting participation of neighbouring countries andto get Government of India’s approval for conducting this workshop in Chennai. We are very gratefulto Dr Yadava and his team for ever smiling and cheerful coordination. During last year we weresuccessful in another Regional Workshop on vandalism, which was referred to in WMO andUNESCO-IOC Congress. I can also see the nice blending of NIOT and BOBP-IGO in this secondcoordinated exercise too.

I am happy to welcome Dr Muralidharan of BOBLME on this occasion.

I am glad that we have delegates from Bangladesh, Indonesia, India, Korea, Kenya, Malaysia,Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand at this workshop and I welcome them. We arethankful to the Governments for deputing their senior officials to participate in this workshop and toshare their experiences with us.

My hearty welcome to our friends from the Industry, who have supported this programme in spite ofthe fact that the world is going through economic recession. Here, the Industry has come forward todepute many of their senior officials, including R&D Managers to attend this workshop and sharetheir experiences. In a normal workshop, research papers are presented by researchers. Here, wehave turned it the other way and invited the Industry to present and researchers are listening to thescience behind the development of instruments. A display of their products is also organised as partof this workshop.

The NIOT is benefitted to have leading personalities in the field of Ocean Marine Instrumentationfrom the Industry, who are present here to share their experiences with us. We personally thankeveryone for providing inputs in preparing the training document in a very short notice and thisManual would be made available on the WMO, UNESCO - IOC and NIOT Websites for easy access.


We have received excellent supportive response from Dr Wendy Watson-Wright, Executive Secretary,Inter-governmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO and I would like to acknowledge thesame. I thank Dr Tom Gross from UNESCO-IOC who could not be present but coordinated thisworkshop. We understand that this unique model developed by us is being looked upon by manyUN agencies to pursue the same in other regions of the World.

We are thankful to BOBLME who have volunteered themselves and joined with us in this endeavour.We thank Dr Chris O’Brien, Regional Coordinator, BOBLME for sponsoring participants from theBay of Bengal region.

I personally thank the special invitees who have come accepting our invitation. Once again I welcomeyou all to this workshop and wish a fruitful discussion in the next two days.

Thank you!

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Opening Remarks by Mr C M Muralidharan, BOBLME at the Inaugural Session

Respected dignitaries on the dais: Mr S Anantha Narayanan; Dr M A Atmanand, Director NIOT;Mr Al Wallace; Mr Etienne Charpentier; Dr Y S Yadava; Dr R Venkatesan; distinguished delegatesfrom various Governments, organizations; and agencies from various parts of the world;

I am here as the representative of the Regional Coordinator of the Bay Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem(BOBLME) Project. The BOBLME Project aims to improve the lives of the coastal populationsthrough better regional management of the Bay of Bengal environment and its fisheries. It coversBangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

The BOBLME Project is implemented and executed by the Food and Agriculture Organization ofthe United Nations (FAO) and funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), Norway, theSwedish International Development Cooperation Agency, the participating Governments and theNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the United States. The Projectaddresses fisheries resources management, coastal habitat conservation, ecosystem health andpollution, as well as large-scale processes in the Bay of Bengal.

The Project also aims at sharing information with other regional and global environmental monitoringprogrammes for improved understanding of the BOBLME ecological functions and processes,including inter alia improved understanding of the large-scale oceanographic and ecological processescontrolling BOBLME’s living resources; and improved regional collaboration - establishing effectivepartnerships with other regional and global environmental assessment and monitoring programmes.The BOBLME has close cooperation with UNESCO-IOC, IOGOOS, INCOIS, NIOT, WMO, DBCPand BOBP-IGO.

The BOBLME is interested in this workshop as it will open up opportunities to strengthen thevarious ocean observation systems in the Bay of Bengal region among other areas, supporting theobjectives of the project. The regional coordinator of BOBLME Dr Chris O’ Brien sends his bestwishes for a successful workshop.

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Opening Remarks by Mr Etienne Charpentier, Scientific Officer, WMO

Your Excellency, Dr M A Atmanand Director, National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT);Chief Guest, Mr Anantha Narayanan, Director, National Physical Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL);Dr Yugraj Singh Yadava, Director, Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organisation(BOBP-IGO); Mr C M Muraliadharan, Consultant, Bay Of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem(BOBLME) Project; Mr Al Wallace, Chairman of the Data Buoy Cooperation Panel (DBCP);Distinguished participants at the workshop; Dear Colleagues; Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is my great pleasure to welcome you here in the lovely city of Chennai, on behalf of the SecretaryGeneral of WMO, Michel Jarraud and the Executive Secretary of IOC, Dr Wendy- Watson Wright,on the occasion of the opening session of the DBCP Regional Workshop on ‘Best Practices forInstruments and Methods of Ocean Observations’.

First of all, I would like to thank the Government of Indian and the Ministry of Earth Sciences andits NIOT and the BOBP-IGO for organizing this workshop and for the nice facilities offered for thisevent. I would also like to thank all of you for your participation at the workshop and your valuablecontributions you are thereby bringing to the efforts of the Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commissionfor Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) for documenting best practices used in theocean observing community.

Dear colleagues,

Met-ocean applications provide the means to prevent, mitigate and adapt to the impacts of oceanphenomena, weather and climate on the environment and human activities in coastal regions andbeyond.

These applications include for example weather forecasting and operational meteorology,the monitoring, understanding and prediction of seasonal-to-inter-annual climate variability andclimate change, marine services activities such as marine forecasting in support of marinetransportation and operations in the open and coastal ocean areas, including the safeguard of life andproperty at sea and response to marine pollution, the protection and sustainable development of theocean and marine environment, and the efficient management of marine resources. While useful torealize socio-economical benefits, met-ocean applications rely heavily on in situ and satellitemeteorological and oceanographic observations.

Last year, as a part of the WMO Strategic Planning for 2012 to 2015, the WMO Sixteenth Congressadopted Resolution 50 (Cg-XVI) and decided to implement the WMO Integrated Global ObservingSystem (WIGOS) by 2016. Through WIGOS, and in collaboration with partner organizations suchas the IOC, the WMO is making efforts to establish an integrated, comprehensive and coordinatedobserving system that satisfies in a cost-effective and sustained manner the evolving observingrequirements of WMO members. The members of WMO and member-states of IOC are contributingto WIGOS implementation by providing a substantial part of the in-situ observations required by theWMO and IOC applications in complement of satellite data.

Ladies and gentlemen,

As you know, the DBCP provides an international coordination mechanism for addressing the requiredstandardization, harmonization and optimization of data buoy observation, implementation andoperations serving the needs of WMO and IOC members applications. The Panel also plays a crucialrole within JCOMM for providing the buoy observation component of the WIGOS implementationeffort, including surface drifters, tropical moorings, and coastal meteorological and oceanographicbuoys.


Dear colleagues,

The Fourth Session of JCOMM, which was held in Yeosu, Republic of Korea from 23 to 31 May2012 endorsed the future priority activities for the period 2012 to 2017 for the JCOMM ObservationsProgramme Area (OPA). In particular, the Commission decided to contribute to the implementationof WIGOS and recruit additional members/member-states, institutions and agencies, in a way thatallows their activities to progress on their own priorities and to contribute to the global observingeffort. You can definitely play a useful role in this regard.

Ladies and gentlemen,

WIGOS and the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) that are now developing areincreasing the demand for high quality, documented and traceable observations of known uncertainty,including historical data. An extraordinary Congress was held in Geneva from 29 to 31 October toaddress GFCS issues and particularly address governance and discuss the GFCS ImplementationPlan. The outcome of this Workshop will help the DBCP contributing valuable ocean data to theGFCS.

Your excellency, ladies and gentlemen,

Having said that I would like to thank you for being here and to thank you in advance for yourcontribution that will help WMO and IOC provide even better service to their member/member-states in order to face the challenges of improving weather forecasting, climate change detection,disaster prevention and mitigation and the many weather and marine oceanography related applicationareas, or “societal benefit areas”.

I would like to assure you the continued commitment of WMO to support the DBCP activities,including such regional initiatives. I wish all participants a very successful meeting and a pleasantstay in Chennai.

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Annexure 8

Vote of thanks

Respected Chief Guest, Mr Ananatha Narayanan; Mr Al Wallace; Mr Etienne Charpentier; Dr YugrajYadava; Mr C M Muralidharan; Director, National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT);distinguished delegates; dear colleagues; Ladies and Gentlemen;

The organizing committee gratefully acknowledges the Earth System Sciences Organisation (ESSO)of the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) for their support in organizing this workshop. We place onrecord our sincere thanks to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), UNESCO’s Inter-Governmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO-IOC) and Joint WMO-IOC TechnicalCommission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) for their valuable contributions.

The organizing committee thanks the Data Buoy Cooperation Panel (DBCP) for the financial supportextended for facilitating the participation of delegates to this workshop. We sincerely thank ourChief Guest, Director Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL), Kochi for being withus today to give his blessings to this Workshop. “Sir, your inaugural address was very thoughtprovoking and set the tone for further deliberations during the workshop. We thank you, Sir!”

I owe my profound gratitude and personal thanks to Mr Wallace, Mr Charpentier and Mr Tom Grossfor supporting us from the day we proposed this idea. In spite of their personal commitments theyhave travelled long way to be here to participate in this workshop. Further, we would also like tothank the DBCP Executive Board for their assistance.

Sincere thanks are due to all the participating countries who have nominated their representatives,which has made this workshop highly successful. We thank the participants for their interest and theGovernments of Bangladesh, Indonesia, India, Kenya, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Oman,Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Thailand for nominating their representatives to the workshop. We alsothank the Governments of China and Iran who had nominated their representatives, but they couldnot make it to the workshop.

We would like to profusely thank the Industry for nominating their representatives who have comeall the way from different parts of the World to share their knowledge and expertise with us. In thisregard, we owe special thanks to M/s AML Oceanographic CANADA; M/s General Oceanic INC.,USA; M/s CLS France; M/s Codar Ocean Sensors LTD., USA; M/s Cadden France; M/s FugroOceanor, Norway; M/s IXBLUE, France; M/s Kongsberg Maritime Pte. Ltd., Norway;M/s OTT Hydromet, USA; M/s Rotronic South East Asia Pvt. Ltd., Singapore; M/s RBR, Germany;M/s Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc., USA; SonTek USA; Sonardyne UK; M/s SOLITON Ocean Services,Inc.; M/s Teledyne RDI, USA; M/s Xylem INC/SONTEK/YSI INC/AADI; M/s WesternbergEngineering, Germany; and M/s WET Labs, USA.

In the same vein we would also like to place on record our since thanks to the Industry participantsfrom India, namely M/s Elektronik Lab; M/s Norinco Pvt. Ltd.; M/s DK Marine Services Pvt. Ltd.;M/s Jupiter Electronics; M/s Data Patterns; M/s Results Marine; and M/s ASB Systems.

We thank the Bay of Bengal Programme Large Marine Ecosystem Project (BOBLME) for theirfinancial support towards printing of the “Training Manual on Best Practices for Instruments andMethods of Ocean Observation” and supporting participation of nominees from the Bay of Bengalcountries. In this regard, I would like to personally thank Dr Chris O’Brien, Regional Coordinatorand Dr Rudolf Hermes, Chief Technical Advisor of the Project.

We would like to express our gratitude to the Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-GovernmentalOrganisation (BOBP-IGO) for their cooperation in organising this event. In particular thanks to my


dear friend Dr Yadava, Director who has shouldered maximum burden in organising this event andhe is the pillar behind the success of this event.

Thanks are due to the sister organizations of the MoES, especially to the Indian National Centre forOcean Information Services (INCOIS), Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) and theIndian Meteorological Department (IMD) for their support and participation in the workshop.

I convey my sincere thanks with a profound sense of indebtedness and respect to our Director,Dr Atmanand for his encouragement at every step of the organization of this workshop.

Further, we express our sincere thanks to Dr Raghuram, Vice Chancellor, Indian Maritime University,Chennai; former Project Director of National Data Buoy Programme (NDBP), Mr Prem Kumar;Dr R R Rao, Dr M R Nayak; the Indian Navy; and the Indian Coast Guard for attending this importantevent. And many thanks to our special invitees for taking time off and being with us this morning.

We would like to thank our colleagues, the Heads of Groups, Computer Maintenance Cell, Estate,Finance and Accounts, Administration, Stores and Purchase, Transport and the Security Sections fortheir untiring efforts and wholehearted cooperation in organization of this workshop.

I am sure many of our colleagues from DBCP and IEEE are watching this event through web castand we thank everyone who have joined us through their tele-presence.

Finally, my colleagues from the Ocean Observation Systems, NIOT who have taken the trouble ofshouldering responsibility of organizing this event deserve my thanks. Last but not the least mythanks to all the silent hands that have been working behind the scenes to ensure that everythinggoes as per schedule and in perfection.

Thanks are due to everyone who have supported this workshop directly or indirectly from thebeginning and have stood for the cause.

Thank you very much!

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Annexure 9

Valedictory Statement by NIOT

Good afternoon!

Distinguished dignitaries on the dais, Dr M A Atmanand, Director, NIOT; Mr Etienne Charpentier,World Meteorological Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland; Mr Al Wallace, Chair of Data BuoyCooperation Panel & Director Meteorology, Canada; Dr Ramanan, Director, Indian MeteorologicalDepartment; Dr Y S Yadava, Director, BOBP-IGO; our Special Guests, Dr Milind Wakdikar, Adviser,Ministry of Earth Sciences; Dr S C Shenoi, Director, INCOIS, Hyderabad; Dr P S Nair, Member,NIOT Governing Council; Dr V G Idichandy, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras; Dr RobertSingh, DRDO; Mr U R Ramesh, Indian Maritime University, Vishakapatnam; Participants fromCountries & Industries; Special Invitees from Press and Media; Group Heads; my dear Colleagues;Ladies and Gentlemen;

It gives me immense pleasure to welcome all of you to this valedictory function on behalf of theorganising committee. The last three days have been very productive and we saw very fruitfulinteractions. This is perhaps for the first time that we are having a successful exercise involvingIndustry – Scientists’ interactions with the aim of bringing out the science behind the developmentof instruments. This new model is being closely seen by the global community and I am sure thissuccess would be carried by all participants to their respective countries and organisations.

We are very glad to inform you that this workshop has resulted in a highly successful knowledgesharing experience for all of us. To summarise the three day deliberations, I would like to recapitulatethat during the workshop, 26 industries participated, out of which 19 were from abroad. Overall,6 sessions were conducted, with one hands-on demo. The sessions comprised 33 oral presentationsand there were 120 attendees. The Industry representatives ably engaged in (i) oral presentations onprinciples, calibration and quality data collection; (ii) hands-on demo with sensors and software and(iii) set up stalls for product display and business. The Industry responded to our call very positivelyand we are proud to say that we have had the benefit of leading experts from the respective fields atthis workshop.

We have delegates from 18 countries and their nominations were received from the countries throughthe World Meteorological Organization and the Inter-Governmental Oceanographic Commission.The final selections were made following a rigorous process. This meticulous selection process alsoresulted in the success of this workshop.

To conclude, it is important for us also to talk to our Departments/Ministries back home about thebenefits of our observations - we should continue to emphasize on how we have the opportunity toboth save lives and keep people out of harm by using observations to understand the events. This isa holistic approach with a specific aim to understand the earth system so as to serve the Society.

Thank you!

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