| 2003 Workshop announcement | Call for papers | Agenda, abstracts, and registration |
| Hotel information | Directions | Attendees |
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| Reception February 10 - click here for map and to RSVP |
Recognizing that this year's workshop is the tenth such gathering, we will especially seek presentations focusing both on the progress made in layered and hybrid modeling since the first "MICOM meeting" in 1994, and on the physical and numerical issues that are yet to be fully resolved. As in the past, general sessions on recent advances in layered or hybrid ocean modeling, potential model applications, and scientific results will also be held.
All interested parties (users and non-users) are cordially invited to attend. As in the past, we require that those who wish to make a presentation (oral or poster) have hands-on experience with layered models, i.e., models that include a layer thickness tendency equation. If you are interested in attending but prefer not to present a talk or poster, please tell us what specific topics (in addition to the focus topic) you would like to see covered.
Please note that we will send future mailings regarding this meeting only to those who indicate interest in receiving them. We also ask that you let us know by October 15th whether or not you are likely to attend, so that we can make inquiries regarding hotel space. Information on hotel reservations and the "call for papers" will be sent out in early November.
Please pass this invitation on to people whom we may have overlooked when making up the mailing list. This list presently includes (a) attendees of the previous workshops; (b) known past and present users of MICOM/HYCOM and other layered models; (c) colleagues with whom we had contact this year regarding possible use of layered models; (d) funding agency representatives.
We look forward to seeing many of you in Miami in February.
The Workshop Organizers
| Rainer Bleck | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| Eric Chassignet | RSMAS, University of Miami |
| Zulema Garraffo | RSMAS, University of Miami |
| Robert Hallberg | GFDL, Princeton University |
| Harley Hurlburt | Naval Research Laboratory |
| Linda Smith | RSMAS, University of Miami |
Call for Papers
The 2003 workshop will focus on looking back at the progress in layered and
hybrid modeling over the past 10 years, and more importantly on looking
forward to finding solutions for the physical and numerical issues that
line the path ahead. We are requesting abstracts for presentations (oral
or poster) on these topics, as well as on general layered or hybrid modeling
issues, potential model applications, and scientific results. Our customary
requirement for acceptance of an abstract is that talks or posters must
address the presenter's own experience with layered or hybrid ocean models.
Giving a talk or presenting a poster is not a requirement for attending the
workshop. However, if you do wish to contribute, we hereby request that you
write a 10- to 15-line mini-abstract, in plain (ASCII)
text, and e-mail it
to lsmith@rsmas.miami.edu
no later than Friday, December 13, 2002.
The preliminary agenda will be distributed, together with the abstracts, by
mid-January. Prompt submission of abstracts is requested and recommended,
since the number of submissions may necessitate a limit to the number of
oral presentations.
If you intend to present a talk or poster, please state what audio-visual
equipment you require, if any. Please consider the following list of
suitable workshop topics for talks or posters, and indicate under which
heading(s) you would like your contribution to be listed. You are welcome
to add topics along similar lines.
a. progress in layered/hybrid modeling and solutions to unresolved issues
The time allotted for each oral presentation will depend upon the number of
abstracts accepted. As a rough guideline, we suggest that 20-minute talks
are appropriate.
b. physics improvements - ice, equation of state, vertical coordinate,
etc.
c. numeric improvements - stability, accuracy, computational modes,
alternative forms of equations, etc.
d. open boundary conditions; grid nesting
e. data assimilation issues
f. atmosphere-ocean coupling issues
g. model/model or model/data comparisons
h. mixed layer dynamics and mixed layer/layered model interactions
i. interaction of ocean flows with topography
j. biogeochemical modeling
k. computer hardware issues - massive parallelization, etc.
l. model documentation
| Rainer Bleck | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| Eric Chassignet | RSMAS, University of Miami |
| Zulema Garraffo | RSMAS, University of Miami |
| Robert Hallberg | GFDL, Princeton University |
| Harley Hurlburt | Naval Research Laboratory |
| Linda Smith | RSMAS, University of Miami |
Agenda It is requested that speakers judge the total amount of time available for their presentations by referring to the individual session schedules listed below.
The abstracts are available by anonymous ftp to micom.rsmas.miami.edu/linda/abstracts_03 (alphabetical by author) or micom.rsmas.miami.edu/linda/abstracts_order_03 (in order of presentation).
The meeting will take place in the RSMAS Auditorium (see "Directions" section). Registration fee is $30 ($15 for students), payable in U. S. funds (cash if possible) on Monday morning.
Monday, February 10 - RSMAS Auditorium
..8:00-..9:00____Breakfast available in the RSMAS Commons
..8:30-..9:10____Registration
..9:10-..9:15____Welcome (Chassignet)
..9:15-10:00____History of MICOM development (Bleck-a)
10:00-10:45____Global studies with MICOM (New, Bentsen)
10:45-11:00____Break
11:00-12:15____Global, regional, and process studies with HIM
(Hallberg-b, Dawe, Arbic)
12:15-..1:30____Lunch
..1:30-..2:00____HYCOM code development (Wallcraft-a)
..2:00-..2:45____Global studies with HYCOM (Megann, Sun-b)
..2:45-..3:15____Break and group photograph
..3:15-..5:00____Vertical mixing (Wallcraft-b, Halliwell, Canuto,
Romanou)
.............6:30____Reception for registrants and accompanying family
members at the home of Eric and Patty Chassignet.
.............................Information and directions.
Tuesday, February 11 - RSMAS Auditorium
..8:00-..9:00____Breakfast available in the RSMAS Commons
..9:00-..9:30____Layered modeling and El Niño dynamics
(Schopf)
..9:30-10:15____MICOM/HYCOM intercomparisons (Bleck-b, Sun-a)
10:15-10:45____Discussion - spurious diapycnal mixing in hybrid models
10:45-11:00____Break
11:00-12:00____Numerics (Higdon, Morel, Iskandarani)
12:00-..1:15____Lunch
..1:15-..2:30____Process studies (Hogg/Killworth, Mariano, Soloviev)
..2:30-..3:15____Numerics (Song, Choi)
..3:15-..3:30____Break
..3:30-..4:30____Data assimilation (Birol, Chin, Smedstad)
..4:30-..5:00____Numerics (Hallberg-a)
Wednesday, February 12 - RSMAS Auditorium
..8:00-..9:00____Breakfast available in the Commons
..9:00-10:30____Basin-scale studies with HYCOM and MICOM
(Metzger, Hogan, Peng, Uotila)
10:30-10:45____Break
10:45-11:30____Process studies with HYCOM and MICOM (Bleck-c,
Klinger)
11:30-12:15____Numerics (Wedi, Smolarkiewicz)
12:15-..1:15____Lunch
..1:15-..2:15____Vertical mixing/mixed layers (Eldevik, Jacob);
HYCOM tropical experiment (Shaji)
..2:15-..2:30____Break
..2:30-.........____
Discussion - the future for layered modeling
(Hallberg, moderator)
Attendees A list of 2003 attendees, including e-mail, postal, and home page addresses, is available by anonymous ftp to micom.rsmas.miami.edu/linda/attendees_03.
Brian Arbic, Princeton Univ./GFDL
Mats Bentsen, RSMAS/NERSC
Florence Birol, LEGI, Grenoble
Rainer Bleck, Los Alamos National Lab.
Pierre Brasseur, LEGI, Grenoble
Vittorio Canuto, NASA/GISS
Byoung-Ju Choi, Rutgers Univ.
Victoria Coles, Univ. of Maryland
Jordan Dawe, Univ. of Washington
Jens Debernard, Norwegian Meteorological Inst.
Tor Eldevik, Nansen Environmental Center
Oleg Esenkov, ExxonMobil Corp.
Manny Fiadeiro, Office of Naval Research
Robert Hallberg, NOAA/GFDL
Robert Higdon, Oregon State Univ.
Pat Hogan, Naval Research Lab.
David Holland, Courant Inst., New York Univ.
Armando Howard, NASA/GISS
Harley Hurlburt, Naval Research Lab.
Daniel Jacob, NASA/GSFC
Peter Killworth, Southampton Oceanography Centre
Barry Klinger, George Mason Univ.
Sang-ki Lee, NOAA/AOML
Carlos Lozano, NOAA/NCEP
Len Margolin, Los Alamos National Lab.
Alex Megann, Southampton Oceanography Centre
Joe Metzger, Naval Research Lab.
Yves Morel, EPSHOM/CMO & NERSC
Adrian New, Southampton Oceanography Centre
Nathan Paldor, Hebrew Univ./RSMAS
Steve Piacsek, Naval Research Lab.
D. B. Rao, NOAA/NCEP
Natassa Romanou, Courant Inst., New York Univ.
Paul Schopf, George Mason Univ.
Chithra Shaji, CIMAS, Univ. of Miami
Jay Shriver, Naval Research Lab.
Ole Martin Smedstad, Planning Systems Inc.
Piotr Smolarkiewicz, NCAR
Alexander Soloviev, Nova Oceanographic Center
Tony Song, JPL, Calif. Inst. of Technology
Shan Sun, NASA/GISS
Carlisle Thacker, NOAA/AOML
Tamara Townsend, Naval Research Lab.
Petteri Uotila, Courant Inst., New York Univ.
Alan Wallcraft, Naval Research Lab.
Nils Wedi, ECMWF
Sandra Werner, ExxonMobil Corp.
Luis Zamudio, Naval Research Lab.
Attendees from RSMAS, Univ. of Miami:Return to top.
Dave Bi
Eric Chassignet
Mike Chin
Laurent Cherubin
Zulema Garraffo
George Halliwell
Mohamed Iskandarani
Benjamin Jaimes
Bill Johns
Villy Kourafalou
Arthur Mariano
Tamay Ozgokmen
Ge Peng
Claes Rooth
Linda Smith
Ashwanth Srinivasan
Sean White
Jorge Willemsen
Xiaobiao Xu
Chidong Zhang
Hotel Information Hampton Inn:
The manager of the Hampton Inn on Brickell Avenue (the hotel where most attendees have stayed in past years) has advised us that a small number of rooms is being held for workshop attendees this year, but only until December 1, 2002. Room reservations after that date are subject to availability.
Therefore, those who wish to stay at the Hampton Inn, should make their reservations as soon as possible by doing the following:
The telephone number of the Hampton Inn is 305-854-2070; however, for making reservations, a fax is preferred.
Other University-rate hotels:
University of Miami rates (which you must specifically request) are also available at:
If you need assistance in obtaining the University rate at any of these hotels, you may contact our secretary, Jean Overton (joverton@rsmas.miami.edu). Please let Jean know your preference of hotel and specific dates of arrival and departure. (Note that "departure date" refers to the morning on which you will leave the hotel, i.e., you will not have a room for that night.) You must include a credit card number for a confirmed reservation. (Credit card reservations can be cancelled with 72 hours notice.) Please remember to include the expiration date of the credit card. If you prefer to do this by telephone, Jean's number is 305-361-4057.
Other area hotels:
Details on other hotels in the greater Miami area can be found at http://miami.hotelguide.net/. Hotels nearest to RSMAS will be found under the Downtown, Coconut Grove, and Coral Gables headings. This web site also lists hotels in the South Beach area (the Art Deco district of Miami Beach), which is about a 30-minute drive from RSMAS in morning traffic. Hotels in other areas of Miami Beach would be somewhat farther away.
The web site http://www.hoteldiscounts.com, or similar travel web sites, may also offer discounts on Miami hotels.
When reserving at any hotel, it is suggested that you inquire about the availability (and cost) of parking if you plan to rent a car.
http://oceanmodeling.rsmas.miami.edu/lom/
Directions
Directions at Miami airport:
If you are not planning to rent a car at Miami airport, take a "Super Shuttle" van (about $15) or a metered taxi (about $25) from the airport to your hotel. Taxis and shuttles to Miami Beach, to Key Biscayne, and to Coral Gables operate on a flat rate basis depending on the area; ask the dispatcher about these rates.
If you are planning to rent a car, and if you are unfamiliar with Miami, be aware that streets and signage in the 'Triangle' car-rental area across from the airport are somewhat confusing to newcomers. Be sure to obtain a more detailed map and clear directions before setting out.
Directions to hotels:
From Miami airport:
Head south on LeJeune Rd. from the car rental area, then east on State
Road 836.
Then...
To Brickell Avenue Hampton Inn (the Hampton close to RSMAS):
Head east on 836 to I-95. Take I-95 south, past downtown, to Rickenbacker
Causeway exit. Take the first hard left at traffic light at base of exit ramp
(S.E. 25th Rd.), go 2 blocks, hotel is on right. Address 2500 Brickell Ave.,
phone 305-854-2070.
To Doubletree Hotel:
Head east on 836 to I-95. Take I-95 south, past downtown, to Rickenbacker
Causeway exit. Take second left at base of exit ramp, then turn right
at first traffic light (follow signs to Vizcaya and Mercy Hospital). Proceed
south on Bayshore Dr. to hotel at 27th Ave. (approx. 2 miles). Address 2649
S. Bayshore Dr., phone 305-858-2500.
To Silver Sands, Key Biscayne:
Follow directions to RSMAS, below. Continue east/southeast on Rickenbacker
Causeway past RSMAS, through Crandon Park, into the village of Key Biscayne
(approx. 2 miles from RSMAS). Turn left at the second cross street in the
the village, East Dr. (after the large Key Colony condominium). Turn right
at end of street, onto Ocean Dr. Address 301 Ocean Dr., Key Biscayne,
phone 305-361-5441.
To Miami Beach (Art Deco district):
Head east on 836 and continue east as it becomes Interstate I-395 (follow
signs to Miami Beach). After the major bridge alongside the Miami Herald
building, you will be traveling along the MacArthur Causeway across the
Intracoastal waterway. At the east end of the Causeway, continue straight
east (i.e., do not take Alton Road exit). You will be on 5th St. Ocean Dr.
is the last street (running N/S) before the ocean. Collins Ave. is the
street just before Ocean Dr. Turn left (north) on one of these streets into
the hotel area.
Directions to RSMAS:
The entrance to Rickenbacker Causeway is 2 blocks south of Hampton Inn (take Brickell Ave.), and 2 miles northeast of Doubletree Hotel (take Bayshore Dr.). Or, if you are coming from the south on Dixie Hwy., bear to the right just before Dixie turns into I-95 (this is a few blocks north of the light at S.W. 16th Ave.). If you are coming from Miami Beach, take I-395 west to I-95 south, and then take the Rickenbacker Causeway exit (this will take at least 30 mins. in morning traffic). There is a $1.00 toll for the causeway. Head east on Rickenbacker Causeway, over the bridge. RSMAS is located 1.5 miles past the bridge, on the right, just after the Miami Seaquarium. Signs will direct you to the meeting. Upon arrival at RSMAS, please park outside of the gate.
The meeting will take place in the Auditorium on the RSMAS campus. The Auditorium is attached to the Marine Science Center building (MSC), which is on the Bay and which is the farthest building away from the RSMAS entrance gate. MSC is also identified as the building in which the Commons is located.
If you have any questions, please contact us at any time. We look forward to seeing you.
The Workshop Organizers
| Rainer Bleck | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| Eric Chassignet (305-361-4041) | RSMAS, University of Miami |
| Zulema Garraffo (305-361-4882) | RSMAS, University of Miami |
| Robert Hallberg | GFDL, Princeton University |
| Harley Hurlburt | Naval Research Laboratory |
| Linda Smith (305-361-4735) | RSMAS, University of Miami |
Please print out and bring with you these maps
and directions.