The theme of this workshop is the state of art of ocean color remote sensing, application and the further going. There are three tentative topics: 1) regional water optical characteristics; 2) ocean color algorithms and validation; 3) application of ocean color remote sensing. Please find more details about the workshop to this attachment. If you are interested in this workshop, Please submit your abstract to the oceancolor@sio.org.cn before 15 February, 2009. All contributed papers will be presented as posters and a subset will be selected by the organization committee for oral presentation. There is no registration fee of this workshop; all the participants will be responsible for all their expenses concerning accommodation and transportation. Logistic arrangements will be placed on the conference website ( http://oceancolor.soed.org.cn); pleasePlease visit the this website for update progresses, and you are advised to contact your nearest Chinese Embassy to inquire whether you require a visa to enter China. On behalf of the organization committee, I sincerely invite you to attend the international ocean color workshop and look forward to seeing you in Hangzhou! It will be greatly appreciated if you can kindly circulate this mail workshop information to people who you think are interested in.