GHER

GeoHydrodynamics and Environment Research

The Diva workshop is intended for all kinds of users of the software (beginners, intermediate, or experts), especially the partners to the Seadatanet2 and EMODnet projects.

Dates : 3-7 November 2014

The workshop will take place during a whole week, with the core activities from Tuesday to Thursday. The participants are expected to arrive on Monday and leave on Friday. The accommodation at STARESO before Monday and after Friday is not guaranteed..

Venue

The workshop will be held at Stareso research station, with rooms in the Revellata lighthouse and meetings in the station.

How to get there?

You need to flight into Calvi’s airport (usually via Paris, Marseilles or Nice), unless you want to spent some hours driving around the island:

From Ajaccio (165 km, > 2h30)

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From Bastia (109 km, > 1h45)

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(consider the travel times above and note that rental cars cannot be used in the last 3 km of the road to the Research Station). So try to arrive at Calvi’s airport

Logistics

Please provide us with your flight schedules (arrival/departure times at at/from Calvi as well as flight number).

If you plan to rent a car, let us know so that we can arrange trips for other participants arriving at the same time.

Accommodation

The participants will be housed at the station.
Bath towels and soap are provided in the rooms.
Meals are taken on place. Let us know in advance if you have any food preference.

Power sockets are Type~F, some of you may need adapters.

Registration

Just send an email to Sylvain Watelet (swatelet@doct.ulg.ac.be) with your intention to attend the workshop.

Important

Since the number of participants who can attend the workshop is limited, you are advised to wait for a confirmation before booking your flight tickets.

Later on we will ask you details concerning your flight schedules, in order to organize transportation from the airport to the workshop venue.

Preference will be given to researchers so as to ensure a presence of Emodnet and SeaDataNet partners.

Costs

Participants have to organize their travel and cover their travel expenses.
Local accommodation (lodging and food) must be paid on place (approximatively 340€ per person for the four nights; cost of drinks are to be added based on consumption).

2013 Program

The 2013 program is given as an example. The final program will be confirmed before the workshop and depends on the level and needs of each participants.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Requirements

Prior to the workshop, the participants are advised to perform a few installations of software and to prepare their own data files.

Software

  1. Compilation and execution: cygwin (if windows machine), a Fortran compiler (gfortran, ifort, …) and the netcdf library compiled with the same Fortran compiler that will be used for Diva.
  2. Visualization of results: gnuplot, ncview, ncbrowse or any other plotting software that can read NetCDF format.
  3. Processing of results and advanced plotting: python, octave or matlab, and the NetCDF toolbox.
    Check the page dedicated to the plotting tools.

Data files

  1. One or several data files in ODV format (spreadsheet). The file may contain several variables if desired.
  2. A topography for you area of interest (you can extract one via Diva on Web; just upload a data set and specify as output grid the grid you want for topography later)

Presentations

2014 workshop