2004 Layered Ocean Model Users' Workshop
Agenda for Tuesday, February 10

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9:00 - 9:20
Alternative numerical scheme for the primitive equations in HYCOM
Bentsen

9:20 - 9:40
Representing ocean-bottom pressure and sea-surface height in generalized vertical coordinate ocean models
Song

9:40 - 10:00
Development of HIM into a global isopycnal model for studies of ocean circulation, biogeochemistry, and climate
Arbic, Gnanadesikan, and Hallberg

10:00 - 10:20
Preliminary results for the interannual and decadal variability of a new UK coupled climate model
Megann, New, Sun, and Bleck

10:20 - 11:30 - Break and Poster Session

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Modeling gravity currents in isopycnal and quasi-isopycnal ocean circulation models
Anderson and Schopf (poster)

Modeling ecosystems and nitrogen fixation in the tropical Atlantic Ocean
Coles, Wilson, and Hood (poster)

Comparison of HYCOM with terrain-following ocean models in two idealized experiments
Garnier, Iskandarani, Chassignet, and Wallcraft (poster)

Using Earth rotation data to test ocean models
Gross (poster)

Preliminary results on the sensitivity of biophysical modeling to model vertical coordinate representation
Olascoaga, Chassignet, Kindle, and Wallcraft (poster)

Estimating salinity profiles to accompany XBT Data in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Gulf Stream
Thacker and Sindlinger (poster)

A comparison of two vertical mixing schemes: Turner vs. K-Profile Parameterization
Xu and Chassignet (poster)

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11:30 - 11:50
Sensitivity of climate simulations to mixing schemes in a coupled HYCOM/GISS model
Sun

11:50 - 12:10
The influence of internal variability on climate projections
Drange, Sorteberg, Kvamsto, Furevik

12:10 - 1:20 - Lunch

-------- TUESDAY AFTERNOON --------

1:20 - 1:40
On the mechanisms of decadal variability of the wind-driven ocean circulation
Killworth, Hogg, Blundell, and Dewar

1:40 - 2:00
Origins and dynamics of the 90-day and 30-60 day variations in the equatorial Indian Ocean
Han

2:00 - 2:20
Coupled modes of variability in the South Atlantic: a comparison of model results with observations
Campos, DeAlmeida, Haarsma, Bleck, and Lentini

2:20 - 2:40
Impact of atmospheric intraseasonal variability in the Indian Ocean: low-frequency rectification in equatorial surface current and transport
Han, Webster, Lukas, Hacker, and Hu

2:40 - 3:00
A new model of buoyant plumes
Canuto, Dubovikov, and Tausnev

3:00 - 3:20 - Break

3:20 - 3:40
Characteristics of ventilation in ocean models
Richards

3:40 - 4:00
Investigation of the temporal and spatial variability of the North Atlantic Subtropical Mode Water using float data and numerical model results
Peng, Chassignet, Kwon, and Riser

4:00 - 4:20
MICOM as the ocean component of a regional coupled climate model
Debernard

4:20 - 4:40
Modelling the ocean circulation and the transformation of water masses over the Ross Sea Continental Shelf, including the Ross Ice-Shelf Cavity
Maqueda and Holland

4:40 - 5:00
Ice Shelf - Ocean Model intercomparison project
Holland and Maqueda


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Last revised: 10 February 2004