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C O D A T A

Octopus: Mining Space and Terrestrial Data for Improved Weather, Climate and Agricultural Predictions

Approved by the CODATA 28th General Assembly,Taipei, 2012

1. To explore the theoretical and empirical bases for the relationship between space and terrestrial weather based on historical and predicted data.
2. To develop enhanced data mining methods for studying associations between the key parameters of terrestrial and space weather.
3. To develop a general framework for associating space and terrestrial weather with terrestrial parameters such as agricultural productivity and water sources.
4. To develop an integrated tool for monitoring and modeling variations and associations of the above parameters.
5. To support young scientists & researchers within OCTOPUS’ research area.

	Chair: Dr Kassim S. Mwitondi Sheffield Hallam University Faculty of Arts, Engineering, Computing and Sciences United Kingdom K.Mwitondi@shu.ac.uk mwitondi@yahoo.com		Co-Chair: Kehe Wang Manager of World Data Center IPS Radio and Space Services Bureau of Meteorology, Australia k.wang@bom.gov.au
	Dr YuTao National Satellite Meteorological Center China Meteorological Administration Beijing, China yutao@nsmc.cma.gov.cn		Dr Zou Ziming National Space Science Center China Academy of Sciences Beijing China mzou@nssc.ac.cn
	Dr Rida Moustafa Department of Statistics George Washington University Washington, DC shalash@gwu.edu		Dr Raphael Mmasi Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) Dar-Es-Salaam. Tanzania rmmasi@costech.or.tz
	Dr Raed Said Al-Ain University of Science and Technology United Arab Emirates raeed.tawfeq@aau.ac.ae raedsaeed@yahoo.com		Dr. Adil E. Yousif Department of Mathematics and Statistics Qatar University Doha, Qatar aeyousif@qu.edu.qa
	Dr. Abbas F. M. Alkarkhi School of Industrial Technology Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) 11800 Penang. Malaysia http://www.indtech.usm.my/abbas abbas@usm.my CC alkarkhi@yahoo.com		Prof. Paolo Gregorio Brunasti Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods University of Milan-Bicocca paolo.brunasti@unimib.it
	Dr Mohamed Dawo Institute of Integrative and Comparative Biology Faculty of Biological Sciences University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT United Kingdom. M.I.Dawo@leeds.ac.uk		Dr Rifaat K. Hassona Central Laboratories, Radiation Measurements Labs Qatar Ministry of Environment rifaatk@hotmail.com
	Muhammad Ayyaz Ameen Manager - Space Weather Monitoring Division (SUPARCO) Karachi, Pakistan http://www.suparco.gov.pk ayazamin@yahoo.com		Miss Miza Khamis Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Department of Forestry And Non Renewable Natural Resources Zanzibar. Tanzania mizakhamis@gmail.com
	Ms. Sargam M. Mulay Junior Research Fellow Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics Department of Science and Technology. Pune, India. sargamastro@gmail.com		Prof. Tarig El Gamri (PhD) Head - Water Resources Department Desertification Research Institute The National Centre for Research Sudan Academy of Sciences Code 11111, PO Box 728 Khartoum, Sudan tarig_ncr@yahoo.com