Date: 9-12 September 2024
Location: Cape Town, South Africa

Registration for online participation here

Preliminary agenda
Workshop logistics

This Workshop is part of the Ocean Observing Co-Design Programme. The Programme aims to evolve the ocean observing system so that it is co-designed with end-users and responds to their needs. Six exemplars were established under the program that are use areas or societal benefit areas around which we pilot and refine the ocean observing system through establishing co-design processes.

WHAT?

The purpose of this workshop is to understand priority gap areas, develop observational requirements and a draft design of an ocean observing system to better understand key features in the Agulhas Current region that influence critical areas e.g., Tropical Cyclones, Marine Life and Marine Heatwaves. 

WHY?

Boundary currents directly influence the understanding of regional weather systems, significantly impact marine heatwave and tropical cyclones and impacts the local fisheries and aquaculture. The purpose of this workshop is to develop priority gap areas, observational requirements and a resulting design of an ocean observing system to better understand key features in the Agulhas Current region. This workshop will also determine potential overlaps and opportunity for other key features to be considered in the design including Tropical Cyclones, Fisheries and Marine Heatwaves.

WHO?

We highly encourage experts from the intermediary* stakeholder community to participate in this workshop including ocean and atmospheric observationalists, modelers and operational forecasters.

*INTERMEDIARY USERS - are intermediaries to the End Users, entities that integrate the ocean observing data into forecasts, assessments, or other products and services for delivery of information products and services to the end users.

PLANNING COMMITTEE

Contacts: Tammy Morris (t.morris@saeon.nrf.ac.za), Ann-Christine Zinkann (ann-christine.zinkann@noaa.gov)