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Polar Marine Science (GRS)

Gordon-Kenan Research Seminar

Contributing to the Understanding of Complex Polar Marine Systems

March 19 - 20, 2011
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Four Points Sheraton / Holiday Inn Express
1050 Schooner Drive
Ventura, California, United States
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Conference Description

The Gordon-Kenan Research Seminar on Polar Marine Science is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

The focus of this meeting will be exploring the contribution of graduate research to understanding the complex systems that make up polar marine science. Knowledge of how these systems interact and making future predictions requires a multifaceted approach that incorporates both biological and physical sciences. The interdisciplinary nature of this topics calls for research that focuses on interactions among components. This GRS forum will provide the opportunity for students to present their work and understand how it contributes to understanding the polar marine science system as a whole, as well as to discuss how individual science can contribute to this challenge. Following the Gordon Research Seminar will be the Gordon Research Conference, offering participants further introduction into polar marine science from leading scientists in the field.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Polar Marine Science" Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). 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
2:00 pm - 5:00 pmArrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pmIntroductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pmComplex Interactions Between Various Components in Polar Oceans
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm Pat Langhorne (University of Otago, New Zealand)
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session I
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmBiological and Physical Aspects of Complex Systems in Polar Marine Science
Discussion Leaders: Jeff Bowman (University of Washington) and Marilyn Raphael (UCLA)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm Alexander Gough (University of Otago, New Zealand)
"Sea Ice, salt and ice shelves - Does supercooling influence sea ice salinity?"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm Amandine Lapoussiere (Université Laval, Canada)
"Phytoplankton productivity and nitrogen uptake in the changing Canadian Arctic"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm Ana Peralta-Ferriz (University of Washington, USA)
"A new mode of sub-monthly variability in Arctic Ocean bottom pressure"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm Agnieszka Herman (University of Gdansk, Poland)
"Mechanisms of sea ice breaking and floe formation and their influence on floe-size distribution a simple one-dimensional model"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
SUNDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 amMulti-Faceted Approaches to Studying Complex Systems in Polar Marine Science
Discussion Leaders: Alexander Jahn (National Center of Atmospheric Research) and Paul Wassmann (University of Tromsø)
9:00 am - 9:20 am Jeff Bowman (University of Washington, USA)
"Comparative analysis of Multiyear sea ice and surface seawater microbial communities by deep parallel sequencing"
9:20 am - 9:30 am Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am Jiayun Zhou (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
"A multidisciplinary approach to understanding the sea ice system: implications on gas exchange between the atmosphere and the ocean"
9:50 am - 10:00 am Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am Elisabet Sane Schepisi (Instituto de Ciencias del Mar)
"Organic Matter in Sediments of Antarctic Continental Shelves Under the Influence of Climate Change"
10:20 am - 10:30 am Discussion
10:30 am - 10:50 am Michael Lewis (University of Texas at San Antonio, USA)
"Sea Ice Freeboard: The key to assessing sea ice thickness from surface measurements"
10:50 am - 11:00 am Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pmPoster Session II
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmMulti-Faceted Approaches to Studying Complex Systems in Polar Marine Science (continued)
Discussion Leaders: Alexander Jahn (National Center of Atmospheric Research) and Paul Wassmann (University of Tromsø)
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm Christian Sampson (University of Utah)
"Electrical Measurements of Antarctic Sea Ice"
1:50 pm - 2:00 pm Discussion
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm Markus Janout (Alfred Wegner Institute)
"Under-ice currents in the Laptev Sea: Baroclinic tides, stratification and implications for vertical mixing"
2:20 pm - 2:30 pm Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pmEvaluation Period
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3:00 pmGordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm.

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