IAPSO / SCOR OCEAN MIXING CONFERENCE

11 – 14 October 2004 – Victoria, British Columbia, CANADA


CONFERENCE PROGRAM

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2004
1400-1800 Registration and set up posters for the Monday session

MONDAY, 11 OCTOBER
0800-0900Registration
0900-0915Convene the conference (welcome, opening remarks, logistics announcements, etc.)

Session 1: Global concepts and large-scale models [Chair – P. Killworth]

0915-0945 Insights from simple concepts – the global picture [Carl Wunsch]
0945-1015Mixing rates inferred from large-scale distributions [Anne-Marie Treguier and Bruno Ferron]
1015-1045Coffee Break
1045-1115The importance of sub-gridscale process representation in models [Bob Hallberg]
1115-1145New closure models for diapycnal and isopycnal mixing [Vittorio Canuto]
1145-1215What is the importance of ocean surface waves to an OGCM? [Fangli Qiao]
1215-1230Discussion & make up time
1230-1430Lunch break/free time
1430-1500The role of eddies in the global atmosphere and a zonally reentrant ocean [Alan Plumb]
1500-1530Lateral processes derived from observations [Raf Ferrari]
1530-1800Poster session #1, with refreshments
1800 Adjourn for the day

TUESDAY, 12 OCTOBER
0800-0900Registration as needed, and poster setups
0900-0915 Convene (announcements, etc.)

Session 2: Observations [Co-Chairs – Lou St. Laurent and Trevor McDougall]

0915-0945Observing ocean mixing [Jim Moum]
0945-1015Observations of diapycnal mixing rates [Jody Klymak]
1015-1045Coffee Break
1045-1115Mixing derived from tracer release studies [Jim Ledwell]
1115-1145Mixing derived from Lagrangian observations [Eric D’Asaro]
1145-1215Inferring global ocean mixing with finescale internal wave-based parameterizations [Eric Kunze]
1215-1230Discussion & make up time
1230-1430Lunch break/free time
1430-1500Mixing in the Southern Ocean [Karen Heywood and Alberto Naveira-Garabato]
1500-1530Mixing in the Arctic Ocean [Mary-Louise Timmermans]
1530-1800Poster session #1 (cont’d), with refreshments
1800Adjourn for the day

WEDNESDAY, 13 OCTOBER
0800-0900Poster setups
0900-0915Convene (announcements, etc.)

Session 3: Processes [Chairs – Chris Garrett and Anders Stigebrandt]

0800-0900Poster setups
0900-0915Convene (announcements, etc.)
0915-0945From internal waves to mixing [Toshi Hibiya]
0945-1015Nonlinear internal wave interactions and spectra [Yuri Lvov/Kurt Polzin]
1015-1045Coffee Break
1045-1115The mixed layer and internal wave energy fluxes [Al Plueddemann]
1115-1145Internal tides [Lou St. Laurent]
1145-1215Numerical model studies of internal tides [Sonya Legg]
1215-1230Discussion & make up time
1230-1430Lunch Break/Free Time
1430-1500Spectral evolution in numerical models [Jen Mackinnon]
1500-1530Where is internal tidal energy dissipated? [Adrian New]
1530-1800Poster session #2, with refreshments
1800Adjourn formal sessions for the day
1900Conference Banquet in the Empress Crystal Ballroom, with Guest Speaker [Walter Munk]

THURSDAY, 14 OCTOBER
0800-0900Poster setups
0900-0915Convene (announcements, etc.)
0915-0945Double diffusion [Ray Schmitt]
0945-1015The equation of state; does it matter? [Trevor McDougall]
1015-1045Coffee Break
1045-1115Density flows [Anna Wĺhlin]
1115-1145Boundary layer – interior interactions [Erika McPhee-Shaw]
1145-1215Biogeochemical considerations: What can they provide us, and what do they need? [Bill Jenkins]
1215-1230Discussion & make up time
1230-1430 Lunch Break/Free Time

Session 4: Towards the future [Chair – R. Muench]

1430-1500What are some key science issues? [Dan Rudnick]
1500-1530New methods for measuring mixing [Rob Pinkel]
1530-1600Open round-table discussion on the subject of future priorities [led by the WG121 membership]
1600-1800Poster session #2 (cont’d), with refreshments
1800Final Conference Adjournment ceremonies, sharing of credits (and blame)

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