19 – 23 July 2016
Museum of the World Ocean, Kaliningrad, Russia
54°44’N 20°29’E

The Summer School, jointly organised by:

EARSeL’s Special Interest Group Education & Training
Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Institute of Physics, University of Oldenburg, Germany
Museum of the World Ocean, Kaliningrad, Russia
The Atlantic Branch of P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Kaliningrad, Russia

was held in the premises of the Museum of the World Ocean in Kaliningrad, Russia, on 19-23 July 2016.

More than 60% of humans live within 60 km from the coastline. Therefore coastal zones, including inland waters and land-ocean interfaces, are important environmental and economic resources, and their investigation with boats or ships has always been a challenge. Today hydrographic data are often collected from space or using airborne sensors, which is particularly relevant in regions with complex coastal waters influenced by freshwater and characterised by long coastlines.

Modern optical instruments have reached a high precision in various marine and land surface applications: vegetation and phytoplankton diagnostics, quantification of suspended and dissolved matter in waters, composition of soils, and pollution analysis, to name but a few. Sunlight reflectance and thermal emission make it possible to investigate parameters such as phytoplankton and coloured dissolved organic matter in the ocean, land cover and vegetation, and temperature of the Earth surface with satellites. Airborne remote sensing using lasers provides a tool for detecting pollutants such as oil spills at sea and discharges on land.

The 2nd Student Workshop on Ecology and Optics of Coastal Zones was a 5-day education and training event and followed a first workshop organised in 2014 at the White Sea, Republic of Karelia.

Topics

The Workshop will be a 4-day training event for master and PhD students interested in environmental research. The programme includes:

Plenary lectures presented by international researchers on the current use of optical methods, including in situ and remote sensing, for environmental research and monitoring
Individual study groups for an in-depth evaluation of selected methods of optical analysis and their relevance for an understanding of marine ecosystems, followed by presentations in plenary sessions
Demonstrations and practical exercises with optical instruments for environmental research in the rooms of the Museum of the World Ocean
Plenary presentation and discussion of results obtained in the practical programmes
Presentation of student projects, e.g. master and PhD theses, in oral presentations and with posters

Program

19 July 2016

Museum: Entrance Hall
13:30 – 14:30	Student Workshop Registration
Museum Lecture Hall
14:30 – 14:45	Welcome and Opening
14:45 – 15:30	History of Research Expeditions in the Oceans and Seas Viktor Stryuck, Museum of the World Ocean, Kaliningrad, Russia
15:30 – 16:15	The Role of the Oceans in Climate Change Rainer Reuter, University of Oldenburg, Germany
16:15 – 16:40	Numerical Simulation of the Current Density Vladimir Gritsenko, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad, Russia
16:40 – 17:00	Simultaneous Measurement of Chlorophyll a, CDOM and Total Suspended Matter Using a Portable Fluorescent Lidar Vadim Pelevin, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Moscow, Russia
Museum: Hall Depth For registered participants or with museum ticket
17:00 – 18:00	*Visit of the Hall Depth* Exposition of Oceanographic Instruments** Viktor Stryuck, Vasilina Medvedeva, Olga Efremova & Alexey Budanov Museum of the World Ocean, Kaliningrad, Russia
RV Vityaz For registered participants only
18:00 – 20:00	Get-together Party

20 July 2016

RV Vityaz
For registered participants or with museum ticket

9:00 – 10:00

Visit of RV Vityaz
Marina Egorova, Olga Zasorina & Alexey Budanov
Museum of the World Ocean, Kaliningrad, Russia

10:00 – 12:00

Water Sampling and Measurements
Alexey Budanov, Ilja Liberman, Vasilina Medvedeva & N Parikov
Museum of the World Ocean, Kaliningrad, Russia

10:00 – 12:00

Practical Measurements onboard Ship:
Sea Radiance Coefficient Spectra
Igor Goncharenko & Vera Rostovtseva
P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Moscow, Russia

Museum: Hall Depth

10:00 – 12:00

Setting-up Instruments for Water Analyses

11:30 – 13:00

Lunch

13:00 – 14:00

Introduction and Guidance to Water Analyses
Anton Dvornikov, Svetlana Patsaeva, Rainer Reuter, Natalja Soboleva, and
Innokenti Sobolev

14:00 – 16:00

Water Analyses

Student Group 1	Student Group 2	Student Group 3
Spectral Photometry	Spectral Fluorimetry	Oil Spill Detection

Museum: Lecture Hall

16:00 – 16:20

Long-term Observations with Lidar in Norwegian Coastal Waters
Innokenti Sobolev, LDI Innovation OÜ, Tallinn, Estonia

16:20 – 18:00

Student Contributions
Short presentations, posters, round table discussions

Cluster-based Approach to the Solution of the Inverse Problem of Diagnostics of Multi-component Solutions by Adaptive Methods
Alexander Efitorov, Sergey Burikov, Tatiana Dolenko, Kirill Laptinskiy, and Sergey Dolenko

Influence of Group Determination of Parameters on the Quality of Neural Network Solution of an Inverse Problem in Raman Spectroscopy of Multi-component Solutions of Inorganic Salts
Igor Isaev, Sergey Burikov, Tatiana Dolenko, Kirill Laptinskiy, and Sergey Dolenko

Use of Ensemble Approach in Neural Network Solution of the Inverse Problem of Diagnostics of Multi-component Solutions of Inorganic Salts by Raman Spectra
Vladimir Shiroky, Alexander Efitorov, Sergey Burikov, Tatiana Dolenko, and Sergey Dolenko

Diagnostics of Mineral Waters by Means of Raman Spectroscopy and Artificial Neural Networks
Alexey M. Vervald, Sergey A. Burikov, Sergey A. Dolenko, Alexander O. Efitorov, Kirill A. Laptinskiy, Ivan V. Plastinin, Olga E. Sarmanova, Ekaterina N. Khusainova, and Tatiana A. Dolenko

Calculating the composition of Mixed Populations of Green Sulfur bacteria Using Decomposition of Bacteriochlorophyll Absorbance Spectra into Individual Components
Anastasia Kharcheva, Anna Zhiltsova, Elena Krasnova, Olga Lunina, Alexander Savvichev, Dmitriy Voronov, and Svetlana Patsaeva

Diagnostics of Anoxygenic Phototrophic Microorganisms Using Spectral Methods: Depth Distribution of Differently Pigmented Bacteria in Natural Lakes and Estimation of the Amount of Bacteriochlorophylls per Cell
Anna Zhiltsova, Anastasia Kharcheva, Pavel Norin, Elena Krasnova, Olga Lunina, Alexander Savvichev, and Svetlana Patsaeva

Absorbance and Fluorescence Properties of the Laptev Sea natural Surface Waters
Anastasia N. Drozdova, Svetlana V. Patsaeva, and Daria A. Khundzhua

Fluorescence Indicators of Bean Leaves with Reduced Content of Chlorophyll
Olesya Kalmatskaya, and Igor Reznichenko

21 July 2016

7:30 – 21:00	Excursion to Baltijsk Departure at 7:30h by bus at the Museum of the World Ocean
10:30 – 20:00	Visit of the Marine Station of P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Baltijsk
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:20	Spectroscopic Investigations of Microorganisms in the Aqueous Environment Svetlana Patsaeva, Moscow University, Russia
11:20 – 11:40	Determination of Salt Composition in Water by Raman Scattering Spectroscopy Tatiana Dolenko, Moscow State University, Russia
11:40 – 12:00	Monitoring of Coastal Sea Aquatories Using Passive Optical Remote Sensing Vera Rostovtseva and Igor Goncharenko, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Moscow, Russia
12:00 – 13:00	Guided Tour to the Baltijsk Spit
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 15:00	Practical Exercise: Artificial Neural Networks and their Application in the Diagnosis of Aqueous Media Sergey Dolenko, Moscow State University, Russia
15:00 – 18:00	Interactive Outdoor Game: Dolphin and Trainer Andrey Tupikin, Moscow Zoo, Russia
18:00 – 19:00	Dinner

22 July 2016

RV Vityaz, Guest Cabins
10:00 – 12:00	Processing and Interpretation of Excursion Data (Radiance Spectra, Temperature, Salinity, Oil Fluorescence, and others) Students guided by lecturers of practical exercises
Museum: Lecture Hall
11:30 – 13:00	Lunch
13:00 – 14:00	Presentation of Excursion Data
14:00 – 14:30	Artificial Neural Networks and their Application in the Diagnosis of Aqueous Media Sergey Dolenko, Moscow State University, Russia
14:30 – 15:00	Microscopic Fungi in Ecological Evaluation of Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems Vera Terekhova, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Moscow, Russia
15:00 – 15:30	Natural Organic Matter and Commercial Humic Acids Olga Yakimenko, Moscow State University, Russia
15:30 – 16:00	eLearning Tutorials Using Remote Sensing Imagery for Hight Schools and Universities Rainer Reuter, University of Oldenburg, Germany
16:00 – 18:00	Student Contributions Short presentations, posters, round table discussions
	Assessment of Eutrophication in the Baltic Sea Coastal Waters from Satellite Imagery Tatiana Bukanova, Olga Nizhnikovskaya, and Artem Trushevskiy
	Research of Dynamics and Thermohaline Structure of Water in the Baltic Sea along the Coast of the Kaliningrad Region According to CTD Sensing and Satellite Altimetry Data Ekaterina Bubnova, Mariia Kapustina, and Victor Krechik
	Numerical Modelling of Density Flows in Coastal Waters Igor Isachenko, Alexander Kileso, and Irina Poterukhina
	Spectroscopic Research of the Interaction between 2,2′-Bipyridyl-based Europium Complex and Human Serum Albumin Mariya Kapitonova, Anastasia Kharcheva, Oleg Farat, and Ksenia Anenkova
	The Opportunities of Spectral Methods to Assess the Biodegradation of Humic Substances by Micromycetes Daria Khundzhua, Elena Fedoseeva, Vera Terekhova, and Svetlana Patsaeva
	Spectrophotometric Studies of Thermodynamic Basicities and Lanthanides Binding Constants of Luminescent Complexes with Bipyridinetype Ligands Tsagana Sumyanova, Alexey Ivanov, and Nataliya Borisova
	Far Eastern Marine Biosphere Reserve of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (FEB RAS) Ekaterina Chepusova, and Anna Gulbina

23 July 2016

Museum: Lecture Hall
10:00 – 10:40	Aquarium and Marine Animals of Moscow Zoo Andrey Tupikin, and Vera Sochina, Moscow Zoo, Russia
10:40 – 11:10	Remote Sensing of Coastal Zones Using Satellite and Aircraft Rainer Reuter, University of Oldenburg, Germany
11:30 – 18:00	Excursion to Svetlogorsk Departure by bus at 11:30 at the Museum of the World Ocean
14:00 – 16:00	*Visit of the Exhibition People of the Sea* in Svetlogorsk**
16:00 – 17:00	Final Discussion, Conclusions, and Closing

Lectures

Status: 30 June 2016


		Artificial Neural Networks and their Application in the Diagnosis of Aqueous Media Sergey Dolenko Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
		Determination of Salt Composition in Water by Raman Scattering Spectroscopy Tatiana Dolenko Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
		Practical Tutorial on Measurements of Sea Radiance Coefficient Spectra from Board a Moving Ship Igor Goncharenko & Vera Rostovtseva P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Moscow, Russia
		Numerical Simulation of the Current Density Vladimir Gritsenko Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad, Russia
		1) Laboratory Tutorial on Spectral Fluorimetry 2) Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Dissolved Organic Matter in Natural Water 3) Spectroscopic Investigations of Microorganisms in Aqueous Environment Svetlana Patsaeva Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
		Simultaneous measurements of Chlorophyll-a, CDOM and the Total Suspended Matter Concentrations Using a Portable Fluorescent Lidar Vadim Pelevin P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Moscow, Russia
		1) Laboratory Tutorial on Spectral Photometry 2) The Role of the Oceans in Climate Change 3) SEOS – EARSeL’s eLearning Tutorials for Science Education 4) Remote Sensing of Coastal Zones Using Satellite and Aircraft Rainer Reuter Marine Physics, Institute of Physics, University of Oldenburg, Germany
		Monitoring of coastal Sea Aquatories Using Passive Optical Remote Sensing Vera Rostovtseva & Igor Goncharenko P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Moscow, Russia
		Long-term Observations with Lidar in Norwegian Waters Innokenti Sobolev LDI Innovation OÜ, Tallinn, Estonia
		Oil Spill Detection Natalja Soboleva & Innokenti Sobolev LDI Innovation OÜ, Tallinn, Estonia
		Microscopic Fungi in Ecological Evaluation of Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems Vera Terekhova A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
		Aquarium and Marine Animals of Moscow Zoo Andrey A Tupikin Moscow Zoo, Moscow, Russia
		Natural Organic Matter and Commercial Humic Products Olga Yakimenko Faculty of Soil Sciences, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

Committee

Workshop Chairpersons


Svetlana Patsaeva	Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Rainer Reuter	Institute of Physics, University of Oldenburg, Germany

Scientific and Organising Workshop Committee


Aleksandr Aleksandrov	Cosmonaut of the USSR Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, Russia
Alla Demenina	Head, Research and Education Center Atlantic Branch, Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Science Kaliningrad, Russia
Tatiana Dolenko	Faculty of Physics Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Andrey A. Fedyanin	Prorector for Science Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Natalia Frolova	Chair, Department of Hydrology, Faculty of Geography Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Vladimir Gritsenko	Professor, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University Kaliningrad, Russia
Jutta Kunz-Drolshagen	Director, Institute of Physics University of Oldenburg, Germany
Vladimir B. Lapshin	Chair, Department of Physics of Earth Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Vladimir Makarov	Director, International Laser Center Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Vladimir Panov	Chair, Department of Quantum Electronics, Faculty of Physics Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Svetlana Patsaeva	Faculty of Physics Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Konstantin V. Pokazeev	Chair, Department of Physics of Sea and Inland Water Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Rainer Reuter	Section Marine Physics, Institute of Physics University of Oldenburg, Germany
Alexander M. Saletzky	Chair, Department of General Physics Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Svetlana Sivkova	Director, Museum of the World Ocean Kaliningrad, Russia