CSP - Request for Conference Support through the Collaborative Science Program (CSP) for PORSEC 2018
Abstract
PORSEC (Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference) was originally started in 1992 byY. Sugimori (Japan) and R. Stewart (Canada). PORSEC conferences are designed to encourageuse of satellite oceanography and concentrate on countries that are moving quickly forward withnew missions, as well as those that are looking to develop their remote sensing capabilities. Assuch, PORSEC is looking to be building a bridge to the future and foster better collaborations.Thirteen meetings have now been held, at two-year intervals, in Japan, Australia, Canada, China(PRC twice, Taiwan once), India (twice), Chile, South Korea, Indonesia (twice) and Brazil. Thestudent tutorials have been a tradition since 2004 and play an important role of capacity buildingin the ocean remote sensing community.Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) is hosting PORSEC 2018,the fourteenth biennial conference on Jeju Island, Korea. November 4 to 7, 2018. The theme ofPORSEC 2018 will be centered on interdisciplinary multi-sensor studies of the Global Oceans.Enabling observations and monitoring of the global oceans and coastal areas of theocean are at the core of the US Naval and Marine Corp Science & Technology Plan, as is capacitybuilding of the next generation of ocean remote sensing scientists, and creating bridges betweenestablished earth observing global missions and new missions, with regional focus emerging (e.g.from Korea, Brazil, Argentina and India). The conference will be conducted through variousplenary and technical sessions relevant to the conference theme. About 400 participants from allover the world are expected to participate including scientists, teachers, researchers, studentsand industry from various fields of ocean remote sensing and technology. The conference willalso host a pre-conference tutorial from October 30 to November 3, 2018 to benefit 25 to 30students selected from various countries.PORSEC, and ocean remote sensing generally, occupy an important position at a timeof significant changes in the climate system, in which the oceans play a major role, with growingimpacts that are affecting the natural environment. Reports that the oceans are warming, sealevel is rising, oceans are becoming more acidic and Arctic sea ice is melting have led to theinitiation of major international and national oceanic observational campaigns (e.g.,DYNAMO/YMC, AMOC, ASIRI, MISO, IOE-2, PISTON). Other changes, in circulation,stratification, precipitation and storms have been noted and unexpected positive feedbacks canalso be serious and consequential to US naval and marine corps research and operations.The main topic for PORSEC is remote sensing of oceans by satellites, but other remotesensing techniques, using shore-, ship- or aircraft-based sensors, are also included. Theconference will review and discuss the state of ocean remote sensing with emphasis oninterdisciplinary multi-sensor studies of the global oceans with special sessions dedicated to thePacific and Indian oceans and ongoing international campaigns, and will help scientists andstudents involved in ocean-atmosphere studies using remote sensing techniques to benefit frominteractions with the experts participating from all over the globe. The conference will also providean opportunity to showcase the research work carried out using remote sensing techniques fromvarious satellite missions, including the Korean satellite missions GOCI and GOCI-II, and theapplications of ocean remote sensing for societal benefits. As in past years, select papers fromthe meeting are expected to be published in a special issue of the International Journal of RemoteSensing (IJRS), with an option for an ???inspired by??? issue in Environmental Research Letters (ERL).The PORSEC association bulletin, published three time a year, will also include a report on theconference and associated capacity building tutorial.High-level government officials are often invited to give a keynote address, and Koreanand foreign expe
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jul 10, 2018
- Source ID
- N629091812095
Entities
People
- Stephanie King
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy