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AMY Data Workshop 2010: agenda and minutes

AMY Data management in the SCSIO (Dongxiao Wang / CAS SCSIO)

• AMY Observational Coordinate Working Group
  • http://ledweb.scsio.ac.cn/eng/OCM/C/home.asp ((not accessible as of 2010-06-17. Maybe wrong memo.))
  • Dr. Lei Yang
• AIPO observation design
  • West Pacific and Indian Ocean
  • Repeat transects in northern South China Sea (18-23 N)
• Data collection No. 1
  • Marine meteorological observation network around the Xisha Island (2008-)
    • tide gauge
    • AWS
    • surface and sub-surface mooring
• Data collection No. 2
  • GPS radiosonde (not sent to GTS)
    • Repeat cruises (2006-2009) of scientific investigation over the SCS
    • more than 600 casts (not at fixed positions)
• Data collection No. 3
  • CTD observations
  • Underway observations in the SCS
• Data collection No. 4
  • Hydrographic observation at the 18N transect the northern SCS
• Data collection No. 5
  • Revised version of latent heat flux of the SCS
• Data assimilation
  • ensemble Kalman filter, ensemble Kalman smoother
• SCSIO data center
• What's next? E-Science
• Workshop held in Dec. 2009.

Q/A

• How data are transmitted from marine sensors?
  • Real-time, cable to island, or cell phone GPRS. Interval ... e.g. 5-min.
• Are there plan to observe monsoon onset (average timing: middle May)?
  • New buoy for meteorology planned. (Present buoy for oceanography only.)