ObsSea4Clim offer a series of online training sessions, delivered in a webinar format, as part of its capacity-building measures for Early Career Scientists (ECSs) / Early Career Researchers (ESRs). A preliminary list of the planned trainings is presented below. This page is updated when the date of each training is confirmed.
Why should you attend? Your benefits:
- Get the opportunity to learn about the implementation of the topics explored by ObsSea4Clim (list provided below).
- Discuss the research with trainers and peers.
- Connect to the ObsSea4Clim community members.
- Explore possiblities to collaborate with ObsSea4Clim.
For whom?
Early stage researchers and scientists working in oceanography, climate science, and the broader climate science scientific community. Everybody is welcome to join these webinars, regardless of their level of seniority, degree, or whether affiliated to the ObsSea4Clim project or not.
How to register?
Read the terms of references and the privacy policy applicable to the series of trainings. Then go to Eventbrite and register for the single session.
First-come, first-served! We have set a limit of 50 people for each session to facilitate the training of the participants and allow for plenty of Q&A with the trainers.
Will you get a certificate of attendance?
Yes, it will be provided to all participants.
Where will the training materials be made available?
The presentations will be recorded and stored on Zenodo. The recordings of the trainings will be uploaded to YouTube.
The Q&A in the training modules will not be recorded.
Calendar
#1 Introduction to data management for ocean observing
12 September 2025, 11:00 am CEST
Content: Data management, the approach adopted in the context of ocean observing, with examples on how to interact with data using Colab notebooks.
Trainers: Beatrice Maddalena Scotto and Antonio Novellino (ETT)
Resources: Access the slides and the recording of the session.
#2 What is the Rolling Review of Requirements?
10 October 2025, 11:00 am CEST
Content: Introduction to the rolling review or requirements (RRR) and its application to Essential Ocean Variable and Essential Climate Variables. Impact and evolution of the process. Where do requirements come from, and do you believe they are real?
Trainer: Sabrina Speich (Ecole Normale Superieure)
Resources: Access the slides and the recording of the session.
#3 Best practices and standards for ocean observations: An Overview
24 October 2025, 4:00 pm CEST
Content: An introduction to best practices and standards for observations, challenges and processes proposed by the project ObsSea4Clim. An introduction to best practices and standards for observations, challenges and processes proposed by the project ObsSea4Clim. People often ask IEEE France and our trainer questions about best practices, such as “I need to do a measurement, but I don’t have experience in this area. Is there any kind of best practice documentation I can use? Why should I use them? Where can I find them? I have one, but where can I find more information?”. Our trainer will explain where to find the answers.
Trainer: Jay Pearlman (IEEE France)
Resources: Access the slides with the additional materials, and the recording of the session.
#4 AI-Driven Quality Control and Uncertainty Quantification in EOVs
21 November 2025, 11:00 am CET
Content: As AI is expanding into all areas, this workshop describes AI-based quality control tools and applications, and how such an approach could lead to better quantification of uncertainties within the framework of Essential Ocean Variables and Essential Climate Variables (EOV/ECV). Using sea surface temperature (SST) as an example of EOV, participants will also see recent results and gain access to Jupyter Notebooks for some hands-on experimentation. Read more on the registration page.
Trainer: Thania Papapostolou (Hellenic Centre for Marine Research)
Resources: Access the slides with the additional materials, and the recording of the session.
#5 Regionalisation of ocean climate indicators
23 January 2026, 11:00 am CET
Content: This session will introduce the concept of ocean indicators, discuss their relevance and usefulness, and the role they play in the policy nexus. In the context of ObsSea4Clim, we focus particularly on the physical ocean indicators for climate.
Trainer: Samantha Hallam (Maynooth University) and Aurelién Liné (Mercator Ocean International)
Resources: Access the slides with the additional materials, and the recording of the session.
#6 Marine extremes in European seas – indicators and precursors
13 February 2026, 11:00 am CET
Content: This training session will introduce the concept of extreme ocean indicators, and discuss their definition and relevance for understanding precursors. We will focus on examples of extreme temperature indicators in European seas.
Trainers: Ronan McAdam (CMCC), Giulia Bonino (CMCC) and Roshin Raj (NERSC)
Registration: Access the slides with the additional materials, and the recording of the session.
#7 Sea-ice loss: An application area for climate EOV/ECVs
Content: Sea Ice Loss – an overview of key sea ice ECVs, their uncertainties, and examples of uncertainty propagation into derived climate indicators for climate monitoring.
Partner: Pia Englyst (DMI) and CMCC
DATE: Sept. 2026
#8 Ocean Transport: An application area for climate EOV/ECVs
Content: An introduction to this specific application area of the ObsSea4Clim project, plan and expected results. Based on the deliverables of WP4 and specifically D4.2.
Partner: Havstovan
DATE: Oct. 2026
#9 Ocean mesoscale: An application area for climate EOV/ECVs
Content: Ocean mesoscale as a process-oriented climate indicator: exploring how observing strategies and quality requirements vary across processes, scales, and data products.
Partner: Vincent Combes (CSIC)
DATE: Nov. 2026
#10 Ocean Stratification: An application area for climate EOV/ECVs
Content: Ocean stratification as a process-oriented climate indicator: exploring how observing strategies and quality requirements vary across processes, scales, and data products. Based on the deliverable D4.3.
Partner: Fehmi Dilmahamod (GEOMAR) with contributions from ENS and HAVSTOVAN
DATE: Feb. 2027
#11 Sea level: An application area for climate EOV/ECVs
Content: Based on the deliverable D4.4. Sea level as a process-oriented climate indicator: exploring how observing strategies and quality requirements vary across processes, scales, and data products.
Partner: Roshin P. Raj, Antonio Bonaduce, Fabio Mangini (NERSC); with contributions from Jacob Høyer (DMI); Gerard McCarthy (NUIM); Sourav Chatterjee (NCPOR).
DATE: March 2027
#12 Marine heat waves: An application area for climate EOV/ECVs
Content: An overview of the requirements and current capacity for observing marine heatwaves, covering a range of in-situ and satellite data products with examples from the Mediterranean Sea and Arctic Ocean.
Partner: Ronan McAdam (CMCC), Dimitra Denaxa (HCMR) and Alex Hayward (DMI).
DATE: April 2027
#13 Global and regional ESM evaluation and improvement using EOVs and ECVs
Content: Overview of the global and regional ESM evaluation and improvement using EOVs and ECVs, also relying on the deliverables D5.1 and D5.2 contents.
Partner: Simona Masina (CMCC)
DATE: Sept. 2027
#14 How to make ObsSea4Clim science actionable: what are the best ways to foster uptake? What are the best ways to communicate science?
Content: How can ECRs best engage in making science actionable, promoting uptake and understanding of results, and co-creation of ideas across partners or disciplines? What forms of science dissemination, communication and engagement can be used by ECRs?
Partner: Tiago Garcia (+ATLANTIC), EuroGOOS team, and DMI.
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