IOCS Meeting in Lisbon
2017-05-10 (IPMA)
The International Ocean Color Science (IOCS) meeting - Imaging Ocean Gardens from Orbit - will take place from 15 to 19 May at FIL at Parque das Nações in Lisbon. IPMA collaborates with EUMETSAT and NOAA in organizing this meeting.
With the launch of the Copernicus Sentinel 3 Ocean monitoring satellite in February 2016, operated by EUMETSAT (the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) on behalf of the European Union (EU), a new set of eyes in orbit is now monitoring the health of the vast watery surfaces that feed the world and drive the dynamics of our weather and climate. Tracking the paths of storms and the spread of pollution, helping to improve maritime safety and weather forecasting, supporting fisheries and monitoring the effects of climate change are just some of the myriad uses for the data from ocean-monitoring satellites such as Sentinel-3.
Sentinel-3 constitutes a major contribution of the European Copernicus programme towards monitoring Ocean Colour.
At the International Ocean Colour Science (IOCS) meeting in Lisbon, Portugal from 15th to 19th May, key scientific experts will discuss emerging applications and cutting edge results based on the new European products that will be showcased during the meeting.
The programme will include breakout workshops such as “Hyperspectral remote sensing” and multiple sessions including “Copernicus Session: Emerging applications and science from the Sentinel missions”, among others.
