Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Impacts of Ocean Mixing
Discussion Leaders: Matthew Alford (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA) and Jennifer Mackinnon (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA)
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:15 pm
Robert Hallberg (Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, NOAA, USA)
"Sensitivity of Climate Change to Ocean Mixing, and Paradigms for Incorporating Physically Consistent Mixing into Climate Models"
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:55 pm
Sabine Mecking (Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, USA)
"Large Scale Perspectives on Mixing from Tracer Distributions"
8:55 pm - 9:05 pm
Discussion
9:05 pm - 9:25 pm
Walter Munk (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA)
"Historical Perspectives on Ocean Mixing"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
The Geography of Mixing, Implications to Large-Scale Circulation Patterns and the Energetics of Regional Through Climate-Scale Dynamics
Discussion Leader: Amy Waterhouse (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
Ali Mashayek (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
"On the Turbulent Background of Ocean Mixing"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Caitlin Whalen (Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, USA)
"Global Geography and Seasonality of Mixing from Internal Waves"
10:30 am - 10:45 am
Discussion
10:45 am - 11:15 am
Coffee Break
11:15 am - 11:45 am
Trevor McDougall (University of New South Wales, Australia)
"Water-Mass Transformation, Mixing Estimated via Inverse Studies, Global Budgets and Weird Mixing Processes"
11:45 am - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Power Hour
The GRC Power Hour is an optional informal gathering open to all meeting participants. It is designed to help address the challenges women face in science and support the professional growth of women in our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Stephanie Waterman (The University of British Columbia, Canada) and Ann Gargett (Institute of Ocean Sciences, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Mixing at High Latitude: Cool Observations
Discussion Leader: Mary-Louise Timmermans (Yale University, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
Ilker Fer (University of Bergen, Norway)
"Mixing Processes and the Increasing Role of Oceanic Heat in the Changing Arctic Ocean"
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:55 pm
Yueng Lenn (Bangor University, United Kingdom)
"Alpha or Beta Eddies? Coralling the Eddies of the Arctic Ocean"
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Internal Waves: Generation, Propagation and Dissipation, Wave-Wave Interactions and the Cascade to Turbulence
Discussion Leader: Nicole Jones (University of Western Australia, Australia)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
Mattias Green (Bangor University, United Kingdom)
"The Evolution of Tidally Driven Mixing over 670,000,000 Years"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Harper Simmons (University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA)
"A Sea of Internal Waves: Insights from Ocean Models"
10:30 am - 10:45 am
Discussion
10:45 am - 11:15 am
Coffee Break
11:15 am - 11:45 am
Stephanie Waterman (The University of British Columbia, Canada)
"Large Scale Flow Impacts on Internal Wave Life Cycles"
11:45 am - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Mixing at the Bottom: Entrainment and Wave Radiation in Density Currents, Overflows and Other Frictional Boundary-Layer Flows in the Deep and Abyssal Ocean
Discussion Leader: Sally Warner (Oregon State University, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
Jody Klymak (University of Victoria, Canada)
"Ocean Mixing, Dissipationand Drag at Abrupt Topography"
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:55 pm
Lars Umlauf (Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (IOW), Germany)
"Mixing and Entrainment in Shallow Gravity Currents on a Rotating Slope"
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Mixing and the Top and Lateral Processes: Controls on the Rates of Isopycnal Stirring and Mixing at Sub-Mesoscales
Discussion Leader: D. Randolph Watts (University of Rhode Island, USA)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
Helen Phillips (University of Tasmania, Australia)
"Filaments in the Stream: Eddy Stirring Suppression in ACC Jets"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
John Taylor (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
"Sub-Mesoscale Restratification and Its Impact on Small-Scale Turbulence and Mixing in the Surface Layer"
10:30 am - 10:45 am
Discussion
10:45 am - 11:15 am
Coffee Break
11:15 am - 11:45 am
Leif Thomas (Stanford University, USA)
"Symmetric Instability (SI)-Turbulence: A Unique Form of Boundary Layer Turbulence"
11:45 am - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Frontiers of Technique: Validity of Assumptions in Finescale Parameterizations, Mixing Efficiency and Other Inferred Estimates
Discussion Leader: Jonathan Nash (Oregon State University, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
Michael Gregg (University of Washington, USA)
"Mixing Efficiency and Its Components: What Is Needed?"
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:55 pm
Lou St. Laurent (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA)
"On the Frequent Failure of Indirect Methodologies for Estimating the Turbulent Dissipation Rate of Energy"
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Frontiers of Technique: Innovations in Observational Methods for Measuring, Modeling and Parameterizing Mixing
Discussion Leader: Kurt Polzin (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
Ann Gargett (Institute of Ocean Sciences, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada)
"New Directions in Observational Methods for Measuring Ocean Turbulence and Mixing"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 am
James Moum (Oregon State University, USA)
"Lessons from Long Mixing Time Series and ... Maybe ... a Few Arguments to Support Use of \Gamma = 0.2 for Field Measurements"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 10:50 am
Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:20 am
James Ledwell (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA)
"Tracer Release Techniques"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Brian Arbic (University of Michigan, USA)
"Global Modeling of Internal Tides and the Internal Gravity Wave Continuum"
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Frontiers and Next Directions in Ocean Mixing Research
Discussion Leader: Sonya Legg (Princeton University, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
Raffaele Ferrari (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"The Role of Boundary Mixing in Shaping the Abyssal Ocean Circulation and Stratification"
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:55 pm
Alberto Naveira Garabato (University of Southampton, United Kingdom)
"Beyond Kappa: Mixing as a Dynamically Active Process in a Changing Ocean"
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure