Time

Activity

Chair/Lecturer

25 June, 2018 (Monday)

08:30-9:00

Registration in the meeting room

09:00-10:00

Opening Ceremony

Jing Li

1) Remark by SOA

2) Remark by Fangli Qiao

3) Remark by Detlef Stammer

4) Introduction of Summer Course by Jose Santos

5) Self-introduction by participants

10:00-10:30

UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030)

Wenxi Zhu

10:30-11:00

Break & Group photo

11:00-12:30

Introduction to Sea Level Science

Detlef Stammer

12:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:30

Past sea level changes. (geological scale briefly, tide gauge observations, observing systems, use of tide gauge data for climate research, use of altimeter data)

S. Jevrejeva

15:30-16:00

break

16:00-17:30

Modern observations. (including satellite altimetry, GRACE and others, energy budget, sea level budget components, the role of the ocean component in sea level budget)

Detlef Stammer

17:30-18:00

Delivering Ocean Services to Meet Societal Needs: Lessons and Experiences from SEAGOOS Ocean Forecasting System Development

Somkiat Khokiattiwong

18:00

End of activities

26 June, 2018 (Tuesday)

09:00-10:30

Ocean observations, heat uptake, thermosphere sea level (including ocean in situ temperature, thermosteric sea level, observing systems: past, present and future, detection and attribution). Part 1

Karina von Schuckmann

10:30-11:00

Break

11:00-12:30

Ocean observations, heat uptake, thermosphere sea level (including ocean in situ temperature, thermosteric sea level, observing systems: past, present and future, detection and attribution). Part 2

Karina von Schuckmann

12:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:30

Observed and modelled Sea level variability: Observations (including role of climate modes, role of the ocean in SL variability, time series analysis, use of statistical methods for SL studies)

Detlef Stammer

15:30-16:00

Break

16:00-17:30

Observed and modelled sea level variability: Modelling (including global, regional and coastal), use of altimeter data

Detlef Stammer

17:30-18:30

Trainee reports (1)

Coordinator Group 1

18:30

End of activities

27 June, 2018 (Wednesday)

09:00-10:30

Vertical land movement. (GPS observations, observing systems for geophysical signals, including GIA and local subsidence, include GRACE here or in the next lecture)

Matt King

10:30-11:00

Break

11:00-12:30

Practical Applications: GIA model corrections to tide gauges, computing trends from individual gauges, sea-level fingerprints etc. Observed contributions from ice sheets

Matt King

12:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00-17:30

Site visiting of FIO: 1) Key Lab of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling; 2)   China Ocean Sample Repository; 3) Marine Information Center    

Local organizers

17:30

End of activities

28 June, 2018 (Thursday)

09:00-10:30

Sea level components. Contribution from Glaciers, observations and modelling

Shiyin Liu

10:30-11:00

Break

11:00-12:30

Ice sheet contributions – dynamics. (Formation and evolution of ice sheets, contemporary evolution of Greenland and Antarctic mass balance, processes behind observed changes in the dynamics of outlet glaciers)

Gael Durand

12:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:30

Ice sheet contributions – modelling and projections

(Brief history of ice sheet modelling, current challenges in numerical developments, projections of ice sheets’ evolution)

Gael Durand

15:30-16:00

Break

16:00-17:30

Sea level projections. (Global & regional, local approaches, comparison with 20th century observations/modelling; introduction to fingerprints, patterns, e.g. the role of land water, glaciers)

S. Jevrejeva

17:30-18:30

Trainee reports (2)

Coordinator Group 2

18:30

End of activities

29 June, 2018 (Friday)

09:00-10:30

Projections for the 21^st century and beyond

S. Jevrejeva

10:30-11:00

Break

11:00-12:30

Understanding and managing coastal hazards (including flooding, erosion with references to groundwater salinization): (1) examples of impacts from current events; (2) the physical phenomena driving the hazards; (3) current management of coastal risks (prevention, preparedness, crisis management, response, adaptation)

Gonéri Le Cozannet

12:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:30

Coastal impacts of sea level rise (shoreline changes, extreme water levels and flooding): (1) impacts from sea level rise from a global to local perspective; (2) managing uncertainties in sea level rise impact assessments; (3) evaluating the expected benefits of adaptation and mitigation; (4) services to support adaptation in coastal areas

Gonéri Le Cozannet

15:30-16:00

Break

16:00-16:45

Challenges for sea level science    (Ref 1: Sea Level 2017 Conference Statement ; Ref 2: CLIVAR Exchanges/US CLIVAR Variations on Sea Level Rise)

Detlef Stammer

16:45-17:30

Presentation on WCRP

17:30-18:30

Trainee reports (3)

Coordinator Group 3

18:30

End of activities

30 June, 2018 (Saturday)

09:00-10:30

Development of new climate model

Fangli Qiao

10:30-11:00

Break

11:00-12:00

Closing Ceremony

Local organizers

12:00-15:00

Farewell lunch