Date
14/11/2023 - 16/11/2023
The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) “Ocean Decade implementation plan” states seven outcomes required for the ‘ocean we want’, being the fourth “a predicted ocean where society understands and can respond to changing ocean conditions”. To facilitate the achievement of this goal, the IOC has endorsed Mercator Ocean International to implement the OceanPrediction Decade Collaborative Center (DCC), a cross-cutting structure that will work to develop global-scale collaboration
between Decade Actions related to ocean prediction.
At the same time, MonGOOS is the GOOS regional alliance for the Mediterranean, focused on promoting and developing operational oceanographic services in the region. To achieve its goals, OceanPrediction DCC is constructing a transversal community around ocean forecasting, structured around regional teams. The one for the Mediterranean and Black Sea will have as focal point the modelling working group of MonGOOS.
As a result of this collaborative framework, this workshop on ocean forecasting represents the first meeting of the Mediterranean and Black Sea OceanPrediction DCC Regional Team.
Considering the Mediterranean Sea is characterised by a large variety of complex processes occurring on a wide range of spatiotemporal scales. The modelling community has continuously progressed in developing numerical systems that can provide systematic information on the evolutions of essential ocean variables. A variety of models are implemented for the area by means of different methods and parameterizations properly designed to deal with the representation of specific processes, leading to the
development and consolidation of a wide range of scientific and societal applications. This workshop has the main aim to provide a wide overview of the present status of the Mediterranean Sea predictions capabilities and applications to highlight gaps and ways forward.
Location
National School of Management of Tangier Morocco
