Agence Nationale de l'Aviation Civile et de la Météorologie du Sénégal
Aéroport Léopold Sédar SENGHOR
BP 8184 Dakar-Yoff
Senegal
| 1 | Opening |
| 1.1 | Welcome remarks |
| 1.2 | Goals and objectives of the Workshop |
| 2 | National Presentations: Status of marine weather forecasting in Gulf of Guinea and North Atlantic Region |
| 3 | Introduction on marine weather and sea state |
| 4 | Introduction on marine forecasting and associated products |
| 5 | Global/regional products for marine observations and forecasting available for Western Africa |
| 6 | Data/information in EUMETCAST to be used for marine forecasting |
| 7 | Application of satellite products for marine weather forecasting |
| 8 | Global/regional coordination to support operational marine forecasting |
| 9 | Regional aspects of marine forecasting |
| 9.1 | Regional Aspects |
| 9.2 | Case study of high swells on Moroccan coasts in January 7, 2014 |
| 10 | Application and Practice: Wave Model |
| 10.1 | Introduction to WAVEWATCH III |
| 10.2 | Application of WAVEWATCH III |
| 11 | Review and Follow-up Discussion |
| 11.1 | Discussion on gaps & requirements for marine weather forecasting in Region |
| 11.2 | Groups’ reports on: <ul><li>lessons learnt from the workshop</li><li>gaps and requirements for marine weather forecasting in the Region</li></ul> |
| 12 | Conclusion & Recommendations |
| 12.1 | Future development of the marine forecasting capabilities in the Region |
| 12.2 | Actions for In-region collaboration and follow-up |