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Coastal Ocean Dynamics (GRS)

Gordon Research Seminar

Physical Drivers and Biogeochemical Riders of Coastal Ocean Currents

June 17 - 18, 2023

Chairs Elizabeth Brasseale and Shuwen Tan

Bryant University

1150 Douglas Pike

Smithfield, Rhode Island, United States

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Conference Description

The Coastal Ocean Dynamics GRS provides a unique forum for young doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to present their work, discuss new methods, cutting edge ideas, and pre-published data, as well as to build collaborative relationships with their peers. Experienced mentors and trainee moderators will facilitate active participation in scientific discussion to allow all attendees to be engaged participants rather than spectators.

This GRS will focus on the interactions of physics and biogeochemistry in estuaries and the coastal ocean. Sessions will have talks and posters on observations, modeling, laboratory work, and theory. Topics will cover the diverse physical drivers (e.g. tides, mixing, river plumes, winds, waves, turbulence, etc.) as well as their impacts on various riders (e.g. plankton, sediment, oxygen, pH, nutrients, etc.).

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Coastal Ocean Dynamics" Gordon Research Conference (GRC). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information.

Conference Program

Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm	Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm	Keynote Session: Building an Impactful Career in Coastal Physical Oceanography Discussion Leader: Christine Baker (North Carolina State University, United States)
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm	Dana Savidge (Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, United States) "Proposal Writing in Context: the Science, the System, the Self"
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm	Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Mixing and Transport from Wind, Waves, and Buoyancy-Driven Flows Discussion Leaders: Walter Torres (Applied Physics Laboratory - University of Washington, United States) and Yilang Xu (MIT-WHOI Joint Program, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm	Emma Nuss (University of Washington, United States) "How Does Surfzone Eddy Activity Vary with Wave Conditions on a Laboratory Scale Barred Beach?"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm	Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm	Tong Bo (MIT-WHOI Joint Program, United States) "Sources of drag in estuarine meanders: bottom stress enhancement and bend-scale form drag"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm	Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm	Marlein Geraeds (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands) "Salt Intrusion and Mixing in a Dynamic Salt Wedge Estuary Under Extreme Drought Conditions"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm	Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm	Jenny Hamilton (Stanford University, United States) "Mixing Over a Model Coral Reef"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm	Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm	iury Simoes-Sousa (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, United States) "Did Tico Surf or Swim? A Case Study of a Manatee Released in Brazil That Ended Up in Venezuela"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm	Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm	Alan Gaul (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States) "Eddy-Driven Cross-Shelf Exchange of Dense Shelf Water and Circumpolar Deep Water in Antarctic Troughs"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am	Remote and In Situ Observations of Coastal Ocean Dynamics Discussion Leaders: Bofu Zheng (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States) and Molly James (University of Connecticut, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am	Alex Simpson (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States) "Surfzone Trapping of Small Freshwater Plumes via Hyperspectral Imaging"
9:15 am - 9:20 am	Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am	Ágata Piffer Braga (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, United States) "Evolution of a Mid-Sized River Plume Front from Discharge to Arrest"
9:35 am - 9:40 am	Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am	Bridget Ovall (Rutgers University, United States) "Direct Observations of an Upwelling Plume at a Tidewater Glacier"
9:55 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am	Shailja Gangrade (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, United States) "Trust in Transport? The Journey of Phytoplankton in a Coastal Upwelling Filament"
10:15 am - 10:20 am	Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am	Olavo Marques (University of California San Diego, United States) "Surface Wave Transformation over Rocky Shores"
10:35 am - 10:40 am	Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am	Neil Malan (UNSW Sydney, Australia) "The Influence of Mesoscale Circulation on Chlorophyll Concentrations in the East Australian Current Separation Zone"
10:55 am - 11:00 am	Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm	Poster Session Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm	Physical-Biogeochemical Feedbacks, Climate/Anthropogenic Impacts, and Other Coastal Topics Discussion Leader: Marvin Lorenz (Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, Germany)
1:30 pm - 1:45 pm	Jilian Xiong (University of Washington, United States) "Biophysical Interactions Control the Progression of Harmful Algal Blooms in the Lower Chesapeake Bay"
1:45 pm - 1:50 pm	Discussion
1:50 pm - 2:05 pm	Sarah Ruth Merrigan (UC Irvine, United States) "Low Oxygen Conditions in a Highly Flushed Coral Atoll Lagoon: Physical Processes Driving Bottom Water Oxygen Dynamics"
2:05 pm - 2:10 pm	Discussion
2:10 pm - 2:25 pm	Lily Engel (UC Berkeley, United States) "The Peter-Parker Model: Breaking Apart Physical and Biological Contributions which Lead to Estuarine Phytoplankton Blooms"
2:25 pm - 2:30 pm	Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm	Evaluation Period Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm	Seminar Concludes

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