Besides the training courses, the trainee reports, group discussion and group reports were carried out to enrich the activities and help them to initiate some primitive cooperation during these two weeks. At last, certifications were issued to those trainees who had completed all the courses and 4 trainees (Mr. Tim Hermans from NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research of Netherlands; Dr.Xiaoyu Long from University of Hawaii Sea Level Center of USA; Mr. K M Azam Chowdhury from University of Dhaka of Bangladesh and Mr. Amr Salama from Alexandria University of Egypt) were awarded as the best trainees based on their performance during these 2 weeks. The practices and activities carried out in this training course had created a pleasant learning environment which provided more opportunity for trainees and experts to discuss. Through these 2 weeks, all trainees had grasped new knowledge and skills, and the friendship among them had been established. Different from previous training courses, the trainees in this year were not mainly from the WESTPAC region, and the future cooperation in worldwide on modeling the ocean will be promoted.
The group photo of the eighth ODC Training Course
Prof. Detlef Stammer from University of Hamburg, Germany
Dr. Svetlana Jevrejeva from The National Oceanography Centre, UK
Dr. Karina von Schuckmann from Mercator Ocean in Toulouse, France
Dr. Matt King from University of Tasmania, Australia
Dr. Gael Durand from Institute of Geosciences and Environmental research, France
Dr. Gonéri Le Cozannet from Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières, France
Prof.Shiyin Liu from Yunnan University, China
Prof. Fangli Qiao from The First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, China
Prof. Nadia Pinardi from University of Bologna, Italy
Prof. Guimei Liu from National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center, China
Prof. Yunfei Zhang from National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center, China
Prof. Qiang Wang from Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany
Prof. Shiqiu Peng from South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Dr.Bin Xiao from The First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, China
Certification for group leaders
Best Trainee-Mr. K M Azam Chowdhury and Mr. Amr Salama
Best Trainee - Mr. Tim Hermans and Dr. Xiaoyu Long