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© IOC/WESTPAC Secretariat
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The UNESCO/IOC Regional Training and Research Center on Ocean Dynamics and Climate
(hereinafter referred to as ˇ°ODC Centerˇ±) was officially established through one Agreement
signed by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO and the host institute,
the First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration (FIO, SOA) of China, at the
Eighth Intergovernmental Session of UNESCO/IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific
(WESTPAC-VIII) in Bali, Indonesia on May 11, 2010.
As per the Agreement, ˇ°the objectives of the Center shall be to enhance the regional research
capacity and capability on ocean dynamics, air-sea interactions, climate change and numerical
modeling through, among others, provisions of regular training courses in English once a year
to around 15-20 junior scientists and doctoral/master students mainly from the developing
member states of IOC in the Western Pacificˇ±.
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Training course of this year: IOC/WESTPAC Training Course on Ocean Dynamics, ODC Center, Qingdao, China, 16-22 July 2012
- application to be made before 15 April 2012
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The training is designed to comprehensively introduce ocean dynamics, covering the meso- and small-scale dynamics and regional oceanography
of the western Pacific, heat and fresh water transport associated with the ocean circulation, exchanges through straits and passages connecting
Pacific and Indian Ocean, air-sea interactions and wave-circulation interactions etc.
For more details, please go to Training Courses.
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