From 1-5 December 2025, the International Ocean Colour Science meeting (IOCS) will return to Darmstadt, Germany for its 6th iteration. The meeting, which covers optical radiometry of all water types, brings the scientific community and space agencies together to support open communication between the two, informing future missions and driving forward science and applications.
As part of this year's programme, EUMETSAT, in partnership with the IOCCG, will offer an advanced, multi-sensor ocean colour training course. The event, held from 7-11 December, will be hosted on site at EUMETSAT in Darmstadt and will cover key aspects of satellite ocean colour, including atmospheric correction, bio-optical algorithm selection, product quality, validation and multi-sensor synergy. It will be supported by Copernicus Sentinel-3 OLCI, NASA PACE OCI and Copernicus Sentinel-2 MSI experts and be highly interactive, introducing hands-on examples throughout. Alongside training sessions, participants will have opportunities to learn more about satellite operations.
In addition to gaining skills needed to access and work with a variety of ocean colour data streams, participants should expect to leave the course with a clear understanding of the challenges we face in ocean colour and the approaches we take to addressing them.
**Important: Please remember that you need to register separately for the IOCS meeting. This can be done via https://iocs.ioccg.org/. Limited support funding is available. Registration costs for the IOCS meeting will be waived for course participants that receive support funding. While you are welcome, and encouraged to, submit abstracts, please do not pay the IOCS registration fee if you are applying for the course with support funding. More information is available on the course application page.**
Targeted Audience:
This is an advanced level training event, designed to support those already engaged in satellite ocean colour activities. Training is aimed at, but not restricted to;
* early and mid-career researchers who are already working with ocean colour in some capacity at the graduate or postgraduate level
* oceanographers involved in marine monitoring activities and applications, either public or private, who are looking to expand their understanding of new sensors and approaches
* service and application developers who are looking to exploit ocean colour data in their workflows
* ocean colour practitioners interested in working in an operational agency context.
