POGO-SCOR Visiting Fellowships for Oceanographic Observations

2008 POGO-SCOR Visiting Fellowships for Oceanographic Observations The Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO) and its partner, the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) work together to promote training and capacity building leading towards a global observation scheme for the oceans. The POGO-SCOR Visiting Fellowship programme is open to scientists, technicians, graduate students (PhD) and Post Doctoral Fellows involved in oceanographic work at centres in developing countries and countries with economies in transition. More information of the Visiting Fellowship opportunity is available here (pdf). The Programme has been a success for 7 years and 2008 saw a record of 85 applications of which a total of 15 Fellowships have been awarded for the period 2008-2009. The Selection Criteria involved a number of factors including: Quality of the application; Relevance of the application to the priority areas identified in the Fellowship Announcement (Argo Floats; Fixed-Point Time-Series Observations; Large-scale, Operational Biological Observations including Biodiversity; Emerging Technologies for Ocean Observations; Data management; Coastal observations/ Coastal Zone Management; Ocean and coastal modelling) Evidence that the training will lead to capacity-building with potential lasting impact on regional observations; and, The need to maximise regional distribution of the awards. Summary information on the successful Fellowships for 2008-2009 is provided below: Parent institute Host institute Subject of Study Unversidad Autonoma de baja California Sur, Mexico University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii, USA Three months training in field and post processing methods for sea surface currents High Frequency Radar data South African Environmental Observation Network, South Africa BIOS (Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences), Bermuda Three months training in integrated, multi-disciplinary oceanographic skills and data handling including ship-based learning and ARGO float deployment and data handling National Institute of Oceanography, India JAMSTEC (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), Japan Two months training in time-series data analysis and model simulation methods using Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) with reference to Madden-Julian Oscillations Tanzania Fisheries research Institute, Tanzania Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, USA One month training in use of the Regional Ocean Modelling System (ROMS) for application to the dynamics of the Zanzibar Channel Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil University of East Anglia, UK Two months training in analysis of the OCCAM (Ocean Circulation and Climate Advanced Modelling) model outputs and moorings data in the Antarctic Peninsula area CICESE (Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada), Mexico Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, USA Three months field and laboratory training in collection and processing of data using Air-Sea Interaction Spar (ASIS) buoy Wildlife Conservation Society Coral Reef Conservation Project, Kenya National Oceanography Centre Southampton, UK Three months training in development and use of coastal altimetry training material in support of ALTICORE (value-added ALTImetry for COastal Regions) - Africa Universidad de Concepcion,Chile IFREMER (Laboratoire de Physique des Oceans), France One and a half month training in Lagrangian analysis of numerical simulation runs using the ARIANE toolkit for application to the Southeastern Tropical Pacific Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Indonesia LDEO (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory), Columbia University, USA Two months training in processing and quantitative analysis of datasets from Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) moorings as deployed in the Makassar straits, Indonesia Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Brazil National Oceanography Centre Southampton, UK Three months training in the study and application of satellite data, statistical and signal processing techniques to study spatiotemporal variability of the Southwestern Atlantic ocean and related climate forcing Institut za oceanografiju i ribarstvo, Croatia University of Balearic Islands, Spain Three months training in advanced analysis and modelling techniques for the investigation of unusual oceanography phenomena such as meteotsunamis Nansen Environmental Research Centre, India Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Norway Three months training in computing the meridional heat transport in HYCOM simulations of the Indian Ocean Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer, Tunisia British Oceanographic Data Centre, UK Three months training in quality control of time series sea level data from sea level gauges Institute of Marine and Coastal Research, Columbia University of Washington, School of Oceanography, USA Three months training in the use of video-tracking technology and analysis to quantify movement characteristics and fine-scale distributions of harmful cells Foundation for Applied Biological Research, Argentina Institute of Science of the Sea, CSIC (Spanish National Research Council), Spain Three months training in molecular methodologies to study abundance and distribution of picophytoeukaryotes for application to the Argentinean Sea For reports of previous fellowships see: 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

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