SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in (Office Closed 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Estuarine and Coastal Processes |
| Discussion Leader: David Ralston (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) |
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Courtney Harris (Virginia Institute of Marine Science) "Coupling Sediment Transport and Biological Processes within a Numerical Ocean Model" |
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | David Schwab (NOAA-Ann Arbor, MI) "Several Applications of Particle Tracking Methods in Coastal Modeling" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:45 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Predictability and Data Assimilation |
| Discussion Leader: Alexander Kurapov (Oregon State University) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Andrew Moore (University of California Santa Cruz) "(4D-Var)T" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Pierre Lermusiaux (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) "PDEs for Ocean Uncertainty Prediction, Nonlinear Data Assimilation and Adaptive Sampling Swarms" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Sergey Frolov (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
"Do we have enough data to constrain coastal biogeochemical models: Toward optimal design of ocean observatories"
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12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Nearshore Processes |
| Discussion Leader: John Allen (Oregon State University) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Robert A. Dalrymple (John Hopkins University)
"Wave-resolved models of nearshore processes" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Ad Reniers (University of Miami) "Rip-current Exchange" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Applied Prediction - Deep Water Horizon Incident |
| Discussion Leader: Eoin Howlett (Applied Science Associates, Inc.) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | E. Eric Adams (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) "Fluid mechanics of plumes resulting from deep ocean blow-outs" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Christopher Mooers (Portland State University) "Scientific lessons learned and challenges ahead in ocean prediction supporting
oil spill response and mitigation" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Deborah French McCay (Applied Science Associates, Inc.) "Challenges of modeling oil fate and effects from deepwater oil spill releases" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Advances in Numerics |
| Discussion Leader: Brian Powell (University of Hawaii) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Stephane Popinet (NIWA, New Zealand) "Scale distributions of a few oceanic processes: Implications for adaptive modeling" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | John Warner (USGS, Woods Hole, Massachusetts) "Recent advances in model coupling" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Ecosystem Simulation |
| Discussion Leader: John Wilkin (Rutgers University) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Lisa Lucas (USGS, California) "From super-simple to complex 3D: Building meaningful models to understand current and future phytoplankton dynamics in tidal aquatic systems" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Jason Link (NOAA, Massachusetts) "Integrating Physics, Biology and Socio-Economics for Marine Resource Management in the NW Atlantic: An ATLANTIS Model as the SimCity Equivalent for Marine Ecosystems" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Yvette Spitz (Oregon State University) "Hypoxic Condition Prediction in Upwelling Systems" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Bio-optics |
| Discussion Leader: Bronwyn Cahill (Rutgers University) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Fei Chai (University of Maine) "Incorporating optics to physical and ecosystem modeling" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Brian Powell (University of Hawaii) "Quantifying observations: What did they tell us?" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am - 9:00 am | Business Meeting |
| Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Submesoscale Processes |
| Discussion Leader: Jack Barth (Oregon State University) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Florent Lyard (LEGOS, France)
"Tidal applications: Modeling and assimilation" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Xavier Capet (IFREMER, France)
"Submesoscale frontal processes and their effects on ocean functioning" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Parker MacCready (University of Washington)
"Modeling the estuarine exchange flow of the Salish Sea" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Regional Impact of Climate |
| Discussion Leader: Julie Pullen (Stevens Institute of Technology) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Paul Budgell (Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada)
"Seasonal and decadal Variability in the Caspian Sea" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Enrique Curchitser (Rutgers University)
"Local and remote effects of eastern boundary coastal upwelling using a multi-scale climate model" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |