ASIAN REMOTE SENSING TRAINING COURSE ON OCEAN COLOUR

December 11-15, 2000
Bangkok, Thailand

By: Tasuku Tanaka, Ichio Asanuma (EORC, NASDA)

The National Space Development Agency (NASDA), International Ocean-Color Coordinating Group (IOCCG), Economical and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and Asian Institute for Technology (AIT) opened the symposium and training course on ocean color remote sensing for young scientists and engineers from Asia at the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand from Dec. 11 to 15, 2000. Our objectives were to introduce fundamentals and applications of ocean color remote sensing and to demonstrate the ocean color data over Asia from OCTS and SeaWiFS through networks.

We held a symposium titled Asian Ocean Color Remote Sensing on December 11 with presentations from ESCAP, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute (KORDI), the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), the State Oceanic Administration (SOA), AIT and Japan. Following the symposium, we held training course for the ocean color remote sensing from December 12 to 15.

  1. Symposium
  2. The symposium consisted of four sessions; "Asian seas and ocean color remote sensing," "Satellite ocean color missions and Asian marine environment: past and present," "Satellite ocean color missions and Asian marine environment: near future," and "Satellite Products of Asian Maine Environment," which are described below.

    1. Asian seas and ocean color remote sensing

    2. In this session, T. Tanaka (NASDA) summarized the ocean color remote sensing from OCTS to future sensors. S. Mitsumoto (ESCAP) talked about the marine environment in Asia and the expected contribution of ocean color remote sensing. S. Matsumura (National Research Institute of Fisheries Engineering) presented the status of remote sensing for fisheries applications.

    3. Satellite ocean color missions and Asian marine environment: past and present

    4. H. Kawamura (Tohoku Univ.) presented the status of OCTS for Asian water. E. Ainsworth (NASA) introduced the activities of the SeaWiFS project team on Asian water and the current status of MODIS. S. YOO (KORDI) reported the activities on ocean color remote sensing in Korea. S. Nayak (ISRO) explained the status of IRS/P4 ocean color monitoring and its application in India.

    5. Satellite ocean color missions and Asian marine environment: near future

    6. D. Pan (SOA) introduced China’s ocean color missions for the near future. J. Ishizaka (Nagasaki Univ.) described the status and possibilities of GLI in Japan.

    7. Satellite Products of Asian Maine Environment

    8. K. Iwa (AIT) reported AIT activities using NOAA AVHRR for Asian vegetation. H. Kawamura reported the status of the Asian I-LAC project in Japan.

  3. Training course

  4. We conducted a training course on ocean color remote sensing for young scientists and engineers from Asia, inviting 28 scientists and engineers from 14 nations as shown below. We had four sections for the training.

    1. Satellite oceanography

    2. In this session, H. Kawamura introduced the concept and outline of satellite oceanography for all wavelengths and its application to the physical and biological oceanography. M. Kusanagi (NASDA) introduced the orbit and satellite configuration for Earth observation missions.

    3. Ocean color remote sensing

    4. In this session, I. Asanuma presented the basics of atmospheric correction and in-water algorithms for ocean color remote sensing. S. Yoo presented the basics of in-situ measurement and data analysis for calibration and validation of ocean color remote sensing.

    5. Ocean biology and ocean color remote sensing

    6. In this session, J. Ishizaka introduced ocean color remote sensing for ocean biology, studies on phytoplankton distribution in the Asian waters, and concepts of primary production by ocean color remote sensing. H. Kawamura presented topics related to physical and biological interactions detected from remote sensing.

    7. Fisheries and ocean color remote sensing

    8. In this session, S. Matsumura introduced satellite remote sensing for fisheries oceanography, the basics of fishing ground analysis using satellite data, and a total design for a fisheries information system. D. Pan introduced red tides along the China main land with their in-situ measurements.

    9. Practice on personal computers
      1. Introduction of IRS-P4 images and application

      2. Nayak introduced the IRS-P4 system and demonstrated images obtained by IRS-P4 for applications in India.
      3. Introduction of OCI images and applications

      4. H. Kawamura introduced the OCI system and demonstrated images obtained by OCI.
      5. Introduction of SeaDAS

      6. Ainsworth introduced concepts of the SeaDAS system and demonstrated functions of SeaDAS with sample images for ocean color applications.
      7. NOOS basic and biology

      8. A. Mukaida introduced the basics of the NOOS system for biological oceanography and demonstrated the NOOS function with OCTS data around Asian coastal waters. Trainees practiced using the NOOS system on personal computers int the AIT computer room.
      9. Fisheries information system

      10. S. Matsumura and A. Mukaida introduced a fisheries information system connected through the internet to homepages in Japan. Trainees practiced using the fisheries information system on the homepages.
      11. NOOS fisheries

      12. S. Matsumura and A. Mukaida introduced practical applications of fisheries on remote sensing data. Trainees practiced plotting amounts of fish catches using ocean color images on personal computers.

Trainees for Asian ocean color remote sensing training course

Name

Country

Organization

1

Md Shafiuddin Sarkar

BANGLADESH

Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization (SPARRSO)

2

SENG Taing Kok

CAMBODIA

Integrated Resource Information Center, Department of Geographic

3

HE XianQiang

CHINA

Remote Sensing Division, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration

4

Li Jia Hong

CHINA

National Remote Sensing Center, Ministry of Science and Technology

5

RAMAN Mini

INDIA

Marine & Water Resources Division, Remote Sensing Applications Area, Space Application Center

6

DIAS Blasio Noel

INDIA

National Institute of Oceanography

7

ENDRIANI Risti

INDONESIA

University of Bogor Agriculture

8

Panahandeh Mohsen

IRAN

Head of Cartography Division, IRSC

9

AHMAD Tadris Bin

MALAYSIA

University of Technology, Malaysia

10

Bolhassan Jimat

MALAYSIA

Head, Spatial Data Analysis and Modeling Division

11

Zin Aung

MYANMAR

Deputy Superintendent, Department of Meteorology and Hydrology

12

Abdul Nasir

PAKISTAN

Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO)

13

SALAMANTE Erlinda. E

PHILIPPINES

University of the Philippines at Diliman

14

Silvano Kahleen

PHILIPPINES

Research Associate, Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines

15

PARK Jisoo

SOUTH KOREA

Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute

16

MAHANAMA K.

SRI LANKA

Department of Phisics, University of Ruhuna

17

NISSANKA Chandana

SRI LANKA

University of Kelaniya

18

CHINOROST Booncherm

THAILAND

Thai Data Buoy Operating Center, Remote Sensing Division, National Research Council of Thailand(NRCT)

19

VARATIP Vongpintu

THAILAND

Thai Data Buoy Operating Center, Remote Sensing Division, National Research Council of Thailand(NRCT)

20

AMNAJ Sudto

THAILAND

Marine Pollution Sub-Div., Water Quality Management Division, Pollution Control Department

21

KASSAHUN Daniel

THAILAND

STAR Doctoral Student, Space Technology Application and Research Program, AIT

22

GIAP Dao Huy

THAILAND

Integrated Tropical Coastal Zone Management Program(ITCZM), AIT

23

JEGANAESAN Jeganaethan

THAILAND

Chulalongkorn University

24

PRADIT Siriporn

THAILAND

Southeast Asian Fishery Development Center

25

DO DINH Chien

VIETNAM

Hai Phong Institute of Oceanography

26

NGUYEN Tu Dan

VIETNAM

Department of Remote Sensing & GIS, Hanoi Institute of Oceanography

27

TUYEN Bui Trong

VIETNAM

Space Technology Application Center, National Center for Natural Science & Technology

28

Tong Phuoc Hoang Son

VIETNAM

GIS and Remote Sensing Group, Institute of National Oceanography

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