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Description 
The marine environment is the most important natural resource in Caribbean countries: tourism industry, fishing and maritime transport are strictly linked to the quality of the ecosystem. It is then crucial to preserve the marine environment and the coastal area (that includes the sensitive coral reef) from natural and anthropogenic impacts. Caribbean countries are urged to develop strategies and methodologies for the assessment of the coastal area as a base for sustainable development. This implies multidisciplinary investigations on the present/past history of pollutants in the marine system, to identify present environmental impacts and to predict the time-evolution of the ecosystem. 
The objective of the course is to train scientists belonging to scientific public institutions, working in the areas of environmental sciences and coastal management in the Caribbean region, in the use of physical, analytical and mathematical tools in assessing and managing the marine coastal environment. The school is also connected with the ongoing IAEA-TC regional project RLA7012.

The course will be divided in 2 parts/weeks: one dedicated to lectures, and one focused on both field-work onboard the r/v “ANTEA” (IRD), and on targeted lab-exercises at the CEAC Centre. Intellectual curiosity of participants will help.
An overview of the up-to-date available technologies for “observation & analysis” of the coastal environment will be presented and discussed in the special session “Looking into the future of marine environmental science”.

THE SCHOOL WILL BE OPEN TO 15 PARTICIPANTS FROM THE CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES.

Language: English.

Programme and Travel Information regarding Cuba are available for view and download on the webpage.

Material

Regional Advanced School on Physical and Mathematical Tools for the Study of Marine Processes of Coastal Areas | (smr 1976)
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  • Monday, 26 May 2008
    • 09:00 - 10:30 Inauguration and welcome address - Introducing participants - Main objectives
      • 09:00 Inauguration and welcome address - Introducing participants - Main objectives 1h30'
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
      • 10:30 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:00 - 12:00 Multidisciplinary approaches to assess the impact of terrigeneous and anthropogenic inputs on a tropical coastal environment
      • 11:00 Multidisciplinary approaches to assess the impact of terrigeneous and anthropogenic inputs on a tropical coastal environment 1h0'
        Speaker: Renaud Fichez (Unité de recherche Camélia, Mexico)
    • 12:00 - 13:00 Water masses properties, chemical signature and biological processes in coastal marine environments
      • 12:00 Water masses properties, chemical signature and biological processes in coastal marine environments 1h0'
        Speaker: Maurizio Ribera d’Alcalà (Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy)
        Material: abstract
    • 13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
      • 13:00 Lunch 1h30'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Hydrodynamics and hydrodynamic modelling in the coastal zone (I)
      • 14:30 Hydrodynamics and hydrodynamic modelling in the coastal zone (I) 1h0'
        Speaker: Pascal Douillet (IRD, New Caledonia)
    • 15:30 - 16:30 ROMS vs POM: new tools for hydrodynamics simulations
      • 15:30 ROMS vs POM: new tools for hydrodynamics simulations 1h0'
        Speaker: Andrea Bergamasco (CNR ISMAR, Venice, Italy)
        Material: abstract
    • 16:30 - 17:30 Biogeochemical budgets and biogeochemical box modelling
      • 16:30 Biogeochemical budgets and biogeochemical box modelling 1h0'
        Speaker: Christian Grenz (Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico)
  • Tuesday, 27 May 2008
    • 09:00 - 10:30 Radioactive tracers for oceanic processes: potentiality & examples, in a climatic context
      • 09:00 Radioactive tracers for oceanic processes: potentiality & examples, in a climatic context 1h30'
        Speaker: Roberta Delfanti (ENEA-SANTA TERESA, La Spezia, Italy)
        Material: abstract
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
      • 10:30 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:00 - 12:00 The coastal area and the warming world
      • 11:00 The coastal area and the warming world 1h0'
        Speaker: Vincenzo Artale (ENEA CRE Casaccia, Rome, Italy)
        Material: abstract
    • 12:00 - 13:00 Biogeochemical bases used in ecological modelling (I)
      • 12:00 Biogeochemical bases used in ecological modelling (I) 1h0'
        Speaker: Christel Pinazo (Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France)
        Material: abstract
    • 13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
      • 13:00 Lunch 1h30'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Benthic-pelagic coupling in coastal system, viewed from a benthic perspective
      • 14:30 Benthic-pelagic coupling in coastal system, viewed from a benthic perspective 1h0'
        Speaker: Lionel Denis (Station Marine de Wimereux - UMR CNRS, France)
        Material: abstract
    • 15:30 - 16:30 Dynamics of bio-sedimentation processes in intertidal areas
      • 15:30 Dynamics of bio-sedimentation processes in intertidal areas 1h0'
        Speaker: Lionel Denis (Station Marine de Wimereux - UMR CNRS, France)
    • 16:30 - 17:30 Three approaches for the calculation of the flushing time of the bay of Cienfuegos
      • 16:30 Three approaches for the calculation of the flushing time of the bay of Cienfuegos 1h0'
        Speaker: Alain Muñoz Caravaca (CEAC Cienfuegos, Cuba)
  • Wednesday, 28 May 2008
    • 09:00 - 10:30 Radionuclides as tracers for particle dynamics
      • 09:00 Radionuclides as tracers for particle dynamics 1h30'
        Speaker: Roberta Delfanti (ENEA-SANTA TERESA, La Spezia, Italy)
        Material: abstract
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
      • 10:30 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:00 - 12:00 Sampling marine sediments: strategy and methods, equipments and artifacts
      • 11:00 Sampling marine sediments: strategy and methods, equipments and artifacts 1h0'
        Speaker: Carlo Papucci (ENEA-SANTA TERESA, La Spezia, Italy)
        Material: abstract
    • 12:00 - 13:00 Hydrodynamics and hydrodynamic modelling in the coastal zone (II)
      • 12:00 Hydrodynamics and hydrodynamic modelling in the coastal zone (II) 1h0'
        Speaker: Pascal Douillet (IRD, New Caledonia)
    • 13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
      • 13:00 Lunch 1h30'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Biogeochemical bases used in ecological modelling (II)
      • 14:30 Biogeochemical bases used in ecological modelling (II) 1h0'
        Speaker: Christel Pinazo (Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France)
    • 15:30 - 16:30 Sedimentary record of Hg and Pb (Sagua la Grande, Cuba)
      • 15:30 Sedimentary record of Hg and Pb (Sagua la Grande, Cuba) 1h0'
        Speaker: Misael Diaz Asencio (CEAC Cienfuegos, Cuba)
    • 16:30 - 17:30 Establishing biogeochemical budgets according to the LOICZ protocol
      • 16:30 Establishing biogeochemical budgets according to the LOICZ protocol 1h0'
        Speaker: Christian Grenz (Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico)
  • Thursday, 29 May 2008
    • 09:00 - 10:30 AMS: an ultra-sensitive technique for the measure of chronometers and other tracers in marine natural archives
      • 09:00 AMS: an ultra-sensitive technique for the measure of chronometers and other tracers in marine natural archives 1h30'
        Speaker: Claudio Tuniz (ICTP, Trieste, Italy)
        Material: abstract
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
      • 10:30 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:00 - 12:00 A new mechanistic modular ecological model. Eco3M tool
      • 11:00 A new mechanistic modular ecological model. Eco3M tool 1h0'
        Speaker: Chistel Pinazo (Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France)
    • 12:00 - 13:00 Lagoon and coastal processes
      • 12:00 Lagoon and coastal processes 1h0'
        Speaker: Miro Gacic (OGS, Trieste, Italy)
        Material: abstract
    • 13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
      • 13:00 Lunch 1h30'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Up-to-date marine technologies applied to coastal studies
      • 14:30 Up-to-date marine technologies applied to coastal studies 1h0'
        Speaker: Pierre M. Poulain (OGS, Trieste, Italy)
    • 15:30 - 16:30 Turbulence and wave breaking induced energy, resuspension processes
      • 15:30 Turbulence and wave breaking induced energy, resuspension processes 1h0'
        Speaker: Jean-Pierre Lefebvre (IRD, New Caledonia)
    • 16:30 - 17:30 Remote sensing technique in coastal studies: present and future
      • 16:30 Remote sensing technique in coastal studies: present and future 1h0'
        Speaker: Elena Mauri (OGS, Trieste, Italy)
  • Friday, 30 May 2008
    • 09:00 - 10:30 Application of natural radium isotopes and radon to assess submarine groundwater discharge and coastal water mixing rates
      • 09:00 Application of natural radium isotopes and radon to assess submarine groundwater discharge and coastal water mixing rates 1h30'
        Speaker: Joselene de Oliveira (IPEN, Sao Paulo, Brazil)
        Material: abstract
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
      • 10:30 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:00 - 12:00 Model improvement and new numerical tools for the marine process representation
      • 11:00 Model improvement and new numerical tools for the marine process representation 1h0'
        Speaker: Vincenzo Artale (ENEA CRE Casaccia, Rome, Italy)
    • 12:00 - 13:00 Long-term observations in coastal areas: a key tool for detecting changes
      • 12:00 Long-term observations in coastal areas: a key tool for detecting changes 1h0'
        Speaker: Maurizio Ribera d’Alcalà (Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy)
    • 13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
      • 13:00 Lunch 1h30'
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Modelling lagoon ecosystem. A case-study: Venezia, Italy
      • 14:30 Modelling lagoon ecosystem. A case-study: Venezia, Italy 1h0'
        Speaker: Andrea Bergamasco (CNR ISMAR, Venice, Italy)
        Material: abstract
    • 15:30 - 16:30 Cienfuegos Bay: a case-study on sedimentation processes evaluation
      • 15:30 Cienfuegos Bay: a case-study on sedimentation processes evaluation 1h0'
        Speaker: Carlos Alonso Hernandez (CEAC Cienfuegos, Cuba)
    • 16:30 - 18:00 Round table: “Looking into the future of marine environmental science”
      • 16:30 Round table: “Looking into the future of marine environmental science” 1h30'
        Speaker: Chair: Claudio Tuniz (ICTP, Trieste, Italy)
        Material: abstract
  • Monday, 2 June 2008
    • 09:00 - 09:00 - 
      GROUP 1
Laboratory Training CEAC
Pascal Douillet
Hydrodynamics and hydrodynamic modeling in the coastal zone.

GROUP 2
Laboratory Training CEAC
Christel Pinazo, Maurizio Ribera
Use of Eco3M model, sensitivity analysis of various modeling options to environmental forcing
      • 09:00 -
    • 13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
      • 13:00 Lunch 1h30'
    • 14:30 - 17:30 
      GROUP 1
Laboratory Training CEAC
Christel Pinazo, Maurizio Ribera
Use of Eco3M model, sensitivity analysis of various modeling options to environmental forcing.

GROUP 2
Laboratory Training CEAC
Pascal Douillet
Hydrodynamics and hydrodynamic modeling in the coastal zone.
      • 14:30 (no title) 3h0'
  • Tuesday, 3 June 2008
    • 09:00 - 09:00 
      GROUP 1
Laboratory Training CEAC
Christel Pinazo, Maurizio Ribera
Use coupled physical-ecological model, sensitivity analysis of various modeling options to environmental forcing.

GROUP 2
Laboratory Training CEAC
Vincenzo Artale, Andrea Bergamasco
Simplified numerical simulation



GROUP 1
Laboratory Training CEAC
Vincenzo Artale, Andrea Bergamasco
Simplified numerical simulation

GROUP 2
Laboratory Training CEAC
Christel Pinazo, Maurizio Ribera
Use coupled physical-ecological model, sensitivity analysis of various modeling options to environmental forcing.
      • 09:00 (no title)
    • 13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
      • 13:00 Lunch 1h30'
    • 14:30 - 17:30 - 
      GROUP 1
Laboratory Training CEAC
Christel Pinazo, Maurizio Ribera
(Cont.)

GROUP 2 
Andrea Bergamasco, Vincenzo Artale 
POM vs ROMS

GROUP 1
Laboratory Training CEAC
Andrea Bergamasco, Vincenzo Artale 
POM vs ROMS

GROUP 2
Christel Pinazo, Maurizio Ribera
(Cont.)
      • 14:30 - 3h0'
  • Wednesday, 4 June 2008
    • 09:00 - 09:00 
      GROUP 2
Laboratory Training CEAC
Roberta Delfanti, Misael Diaz, Carlo Papucci
Data reduction and analysis:
Core sectioning
Methodology for sediment treatment
Data analysis
Recent sediment dating
Sediment accumulation rate models
Sediment mixing models

GROUP 1
Laboratory Training CEAC
Vincenzo Artale, Andrea Bergamasco
Simplified numerical simulation (cont.)


GROUP 2
Laboratory Training CEAC
Christel Pinazo, Maurizio Ribera
(Cont.)
      • 09:00 (no title)
    • 13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
      • 13:00 Lunch 1h30'
    • 14:30 - 17:30 
      GROUP 2
Laboratory Training CEAC
Miro Gacic 
Estimation of water and sediment fluxes using ADCP measurements.
Pierre Poulain  
Estimation of surface and subsurface currents and transports using drifters and flotas.
Elena Mauri
Description of mesoscale features using remote sensing techniques.

GROUP 2
Laboratory Training CEAC
Vincenzo Artale, Andrea Bergamasco
Simplified numerical simulation (cont.)
      • 14:30 (no title) 3h0'
  • Thursday, 5 June 2008
    • 09:00 - 10:30 General Discussion
      • 09:00 General Discussion 1h30'
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
      • 10:30 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:00 - 13:00 LABORATORY TRAINING: Coupled physical-ecological models (1)
      • 11:00 LABORATORY TRAINING: Coupled physical-ecological models (1) 2h0'
        Speaker: C. Pinazo, M.Ribera, E. Mauri
    • 13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
      • 13:00 Lunch 1h30'
    • 14:30 - 16:30 LABORATORY TRAINING: Coupled physical-ecological models (2)
      • 14:30 LABORATORY TRAINING: Coupled physical-ecological models (2) 2h0'
        Speaker: C. Pinazo, M.Ribera, E. Mauri
  • Friday, 6 June 2008
    • 08:00 - 10:30 General discussion
      • 08:00 General discussion 2h30'
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
      • 10:30 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:00 - 13:00 Presentation by participants
      • 11:00 Presentation by participants 2h0'
    • 13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
      • 13:00 Lunch 1h30'
    • 14:30 - 16:30 Closing session
      • 14:30 Closing session 2h0'