Layered Ocean Model Workshop

Workshop Agenda

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Monday Aug 20

8:50 am   Introduction and Logistics
Eric Chassignet/Helge Drange
COAPS/NERSC

9:00 am   HYCOM parameter sensitivities under CORE forcing
Rainer Bleck
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Columbia Univ., New York 044

9:20 am   Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in the global warming (doubled CO2) scenario using GISS/HYCOM coupled climate model
Shan Sun
NASA/GISS 043

9:40 am   Climate Simulations with CCSM3/HYCOM
Jianjun Yin, Eric Chassignet, Sumner Dean, Bill Large, Nancy Norton, Alan Wallcraft
Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, FSU 038

10:00 am   Progress with the CHIME coupled climate model
Alex Megann, Adrian New, Adam Blaker and Bablu Sinha
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK 013

10:20 am   Coffee Break

10:40 am   Oceanic CFC uptake: simulations versus observations
Shan Sun, Rainer Bleck
NASA/GISS 045

11:00 am   Biogeochemical coupling in the NASA-GISS climate model'
A. Romanou, W. Gregg, G. A. Schmidt, and R. Bleck
Columbia University and NASA-GISS 031

11:20 am   The performance of a regional coupled ocean/sea ice model in the Nares Strait
Till Rasmussen,Nicolai Kliem
University of Copenhagen 023

11:40 am   An iceberg drift model for the Barents Sea
Intissar Keghouche, Laurent Bertino
Mohn-Sverdrup Center/NERSC 021

12:00 pm   Lunch

1:00 pm   A Comparison of Two Formulations of Barotropic-Baroclinic Splitting for Layered Models
Robert L. Higdon
Oregon State University

1:20 pm   Exact, conservative reconciliation of the external and internal estimates of the free surface height
Robert Hallberg, Alistair Adcroft
NOAA/GFDL and Princeton University 040

1:40 pm   An analytically integrated finite volume pressure gradient discretization for avoiding thermobaric instabilities in layered ocean models
Alistair Adcroft, Robert Hallberg, Matthew Harrison
Princeton University 036

2:00 pm   Impact of the ROMS Pressure Gradient Formulation and Vertical Grid Generator Improvements on HYCOM Performance
George R. Halliwell, Rainer Bleck, Valerie Garnier
RSMAS/University of Miami 024

2:20 pm   Developments of the Nansen Center version of MICOM
Mats Bentsen
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center 019

2:40 pm   A new shear-driven mixing parameterization for layered ocean models
Robert Hallberg, Laura Jackson
NOAA/GFDL and Princeton University 017

3:00 pm   Coffee Break

3:20 pm   On objective formulation of hybrid coordinate gridding
T. Mike Chin
RSMAS, University of Miami 018

3:40 pm   The TOPAZ3 forecasting system
L. Bertino, K.A. Lisæter
NERSC, Bergen, Norway 014

4:00 pm   High resolution ensemble forecasting for the Gulf of Mexico eddies and fronts
Francois Counillon, Laurent Bertino
Mohn-Sverdrup Center/NERSC 009

4:20 pm   An inter-comparison of data assimilation methods for HYCOM
Ashwanth Srinivasan, Eric Chassignet, Ole Martin Smedstad, Jim Cummings, Francois Counillon, Laurent Bertino, Mike Chin, P. Brasseur, C. Lozano, C. Thacker
COAPS/FSU 030

4:40 pm   Towards a Coastal Ocean data assimilation system of ocean surface data and vertical profiles of temperature in Brazil
Jean F. de Oliveira, Clemente A.S. Tanajura and Edmo J.D. Campos
Diretoria de Hidrografia e Navegação da Marinha do Brasil (DHN) 002

Tuesday Aug 21

9:00 am   Observed and Simulated Variability of the North Atlantic Sub-Polar Gyre
Helge Drange, Hjalmar Hatun, Anne Britt Sandø
Nansen Center, Bjerknes Centre, and Univ. of Bergen 034

9:20 am   Response of the South and Tropical Atlantic to changes in the Meridional Overturning Circulation in numerical experiments with the SPEEDO (MICOM-SPEEDY) coupled model
E. Campos, R. Haarsma, W. Hazeleger, C. Severijns and S. Drijfout
University of Sao Paulo 001

9:40 am   Analyzing energetics of the global ocean in density-coordinates
Hidenori Aiki and Kelvin J. Richards
University of Hawaii / JAMSTEC 020

10:00 am   A regional nested Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model of the Agulhas Current system
Bjorn C. Backeberg, Laurent Bertino, Johnny A. Johannessen, Chris J. Reason
University of Cape Town, Mohn-Sverdrup Center 003

10:20 am   Coffee Break

10:40 am   Studying Subantarctic Mode Water in the South Atlantic Ocean using the HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model.
Gisle Nondal
Mohn Sverdrup Center/Nansen Center and Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen. 004

11:00 am   Evaluation of the Mediterranean outflow variability in HYCOM
Alexandra Bozec, Eric Chassignet, Zulema Garraffo, George Halliwell
Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS) 032

11:20 am   High Resolution Simulations of the Mediterranean Sea
A. Romanou, A. Wallcraft and E. Chassignet
Columbia University and NASA-GISS 035

11:40 am   A multi-model study of the restratification phase in an idealized convective basin
Clément Rousset, Marie-Noiëlle Houssais
LOCEAN-IPSL 022

12:00 pm   Lunch

1:00 pm   Abyssal Circulation in the Indian Ocean from a high resolution HYCOM
Ashwanth Srinivasan, Zulema Garraffo, Mohamed Iskandarani
COAPS/FSU 029

1:20 pm   Validation of a Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model for the Indian Ocean
Laurent Bertino, Mary Swapna George, Knut Arild Lisæter
Mohn-Sverdrup Center/NERSC 011

1:40 pm   Normal Modes of the South Indian Ocean in a Shallow-Water Model
Wilbert Weijer
Los Alamos National Laboratory 005

2:00 pm   Indonesian Throughflow (ITF) in 0.08 degree Global HYCOM
Xiaobiao Xu, Joe Metzger, Harley Hurlburt
University of Southern Mississippi 042

2:20 pm   CARIB-HYCOM: Progress and Plans
George R. Halliwell, Villy Kourafalou, Zulema Garraffo
RSMAS/University of Miami 025

2:40 pm   Nested simulations in the South Florida coastal seas with the HYCOM model
Villy Kourafalou, Ge Peng and Heesook Kang
University of Miami/RSMAS 007

3:00 pm   Coffee Break

3:20 pm   Evaluation of Coastal NCOM Models Nested in Global HYCOM
Sergio deRada, John Kindle, Igor Shulman, Stephanie Anderson
Naval Research Laboratory 046

3:40 pm   Ensemble Optimal Interpolation: multivariate properties in the Gulf of Mexico
Francois Counillon, Laurent Bertino
Mohn-Sverdrup Center/NERSC 010

4:00 pm   Comparisons of ROMS, HYCOM and POM on the Norwegian shelf: analysis of the CONMAN hindcast simlutations
L. Bertino, J. H. LaCasce, L.P. Røed, P. Budgell, H. Engedahl, C. Hansen, J. Johannessen, E. Svendsen and B. Ådlandsvik
NERSC, Bergen, Norway 015
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4:20 pm   Shelf recruitment of Calanus finmarchicus off the west coast of Norway - the role of physical processes and timing of diapause termination
Annette Samuelsen, Geir Huse, Cecilie Hansen
Mohn-Sverdrup Center/NERSC 006

4:40 pm   The influence of horizontal model grid resolution on a coupled physical-ecosystem model in the Norwegian Sea
Cecilie Hansen, Annette Samuelsen
NERSC 012

Wednesday Aug 22

9:00 am   Energy-Consistent Interpolation for the Los Alamos Hybrid Ocean Model HYPOP
John Dukowicz
COSIM, Los Alamos National Laboratory 039

9:20 am   Preliminary Results from HYPOP
Todd Ringler, John Dukowicz
Los Alamos National Laboratory 037

10:00 am   Evaluation and validation of the 1/12°° global HYCOM system
Joe Metzger, Harley Hurlburt, Alan Wallcraft, Ole Martin Smedstad, Birol Kara, Jay Shriver, Lucy Smedstad, Prasad Thoppil and Debbie Franklin
Naval Research Laboratory 028

10:20 am   Coffee Break

10:40 am   Real time HYCOM nowcast/forecast systems
O. M. Smedstad, J. A. Cummings, E. J. Metzger, H. E. Hurlburt, A. J. Wallcraft, J. F. Shriver, P. J. Hogan, E. P. Chassignet
Planning Systems Inc. 008

11:00 am   Upper ocean - topographic coupling in an ocean model with high vertical resolution
Harley E. Hurlburt, Patrick J. Hogan, E. Joseph Metzger, Charles E. Tilburg, and Jay F. Shriver
Naval Research Laboratory 041

10:20 am   Formation of Intrathermocline Eddies in the Japan East Sea simulated by HYCOM
Patrick J. Hogan and Harley E. Hurlburt
Naval Research Laboratory 047

10:40 am   Multi-decadal Simulation of Atlantic Ocean Climate Variability Driven by Realistic High-Frequency Atmospheric Reanalyses
Z.D. Garraffo, G.R. Halliwell, L.T. Smith, G. Peng, E.P. Chassignet
University of Miami. RSMAS-MPO 026

11:00 am   New Features of HYCOM
Alan Wallcraft
Naval Research Laboratory 027

12:00 pm   Lunch

1:00-4:00   HYCOM Meeting


Monday Aug 20
8:50 am	Introduction and Logistics Eric Chassignet/Helge Drange COAPS/NERSC
9:00 am	HYCOM parameter sensitivities under CORE forcing Rainer Bleck NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Columbia Univ., New York	044
9:20 am	Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in the global warming (doubled CO2) scenario using GISS/HYCOM coupled climate model Shan Sun NASA/GISS	043
9:40 am	Climate Simulations with CCSM3/HYCOM Jianjun Yin, Eric Chassignet, Sumner Dean, Bill Large, Nancy Norton, Alan Wallcraft Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, FSU	038
10:00 am	Progress with the CHIME coupled climate model Alex Megann, Adrian New, Adam Blaker and Bablu Sinha National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK	013
10:20 am	Coffee Break
10:40 am	Oceanic CFC uptake: simulations versus observations Shan Sun, Rainer Bleck NASA/GISS	045
11:00 am	Biogeochemical coupling in the NASA-GISS climate model' A. Romanou, W. Gregg, G. A. Schmidt, and R. Bleck Columbia University and NASA-GISS	031
11:20 am	The performance of a regional coupled ocean/sea ice model in the Nares Strait Till Rasmussen,Nicolai Kliem University of Copenhagen	023
11:40 am	An iceberg drift model for the Barents Sea Intissar Keghouche, Laurent Bertino Mohn-Sverdrup Center/NERSC	021
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	A Comparison of Two Formulations of Barotropic-Baroclinic Splitting for Layered Models Robert L. Higdon Oregon State University
1:20 pm	Exact, conservative reconciliation of the external and internal estimates of the free surface height Robert Hallberg, Alistair Adcroft NOAA/GFDL and Princeton University	040
1:40 pm	An analytically integrated finite volume pressure gradient discretization for avoiding thermobaric instabilities in layered ocean models Alistair Adcroft, Robert Hallberg, Matthew Harrison Princeton University	036
2:00 pm	Impact of the ROMS Pressure Gradient Formulation and Vertical Grid Generator Improvements on HYCOM Performance George R. Halliwell, Rainer Bleck, Valerie Garnier RSMAS/University of Miami	024
2:20 pm	Developments of the Nansen Center version of MICOM Mats Bentsen Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center	019
2:40 pm	A new shear-driven mixing parameterization for layered ocean models Robert Hallberg, Laura Jackson NOAA/GFDL and Princeton University	017
3:00 pm	Coffee Break
3:20 pm	On objective formulation of hybrid coordinate gridding T. Mike Chin RSMAS, University of Miami	018
3:40 pm	The TOPAZ3 forecasting system L. Bertino, K.A. Lisæter NERSC, Bergen, Norway	014
4:00 pm	High resolution ensemble forecasting for the Gulf of Mexico eddies and fronts Francois Counillon, Laurent Bertino Mohn-Sverdrup Center/NERSC	009
4:20 pm	An inter-comparison of data assimilation methods for HYCOM Ashwanth Srinivasan, Eric Chassignet, Ole Martin Smedstad, Jim Cummings, Francois Counillon, Laurent Bertino, Mike Chin, P. Brasseur, C. Lozano, C. Thacker COAPS/FSU	030
4:40 pm	Towards a Coastal Ocean data assimilation system of ocean surface data and vertical profiles of temperature in Brazil Jean F. de Oliveira, Clemente A.S. Tanajura and Edmo J.D. Campos Diretoria de Hidrografia e Navegação da Marinha do Brasil (DHN)	002

Tuesday Aug 21
9:00 am	Observed and Simulated Variability of the North Atlantic Sub-Polar Gyre Helge Drange, Hjalmar Hatun, Anne Britt Sandø Nansen Center, Bjerknes Centre, and Univ. of Bergen	034
9:20 am	Response of the South and Tropical Atlantic to changes in the Meridional Overturning Circulation in numerical experiments with the SPEEDO (MICOM-SPEEDY) coupled model E. Campos, R. Haarsma, W. Hazeleger, C. Severijns and S. Drijfout University of Sao Paulo	001
9:40 am	Analyzing energetics of the global ocean in density-coordinates Hidenori Aiki and Kelvin J. Richards University of Hawaii / JAMSTEC	020
10:00 am	A regional nested Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model of the Agulhas Current system Bjorn C. Backeberg, Laurent Bertino, Johnny A. Johannessen, Chris J. Reason University of Cape Town, Mohn-Sverdrup Center	003
10:20 am	Coffee Break
10:40 am	Studying Subantarctic Mode Water in the South Atlantic Ocean using the HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model. Gisle Nondal Mohn Sverdrup Center/Nansen Center and Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen.	004
11:00 am	Evaluation of the Mediterranean outflow variability in HYCOM Alexandra Bozec, Eric Chassignet, Zulema Garraffo, George Halliwell Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS)	032
11:20 am	High Resolution Simulations of the Mediterranean Sea A. Romanou, A. Wallcraft and E. Chassignet Columbia University and NASA-GISS	035
11:40 am	A multi-model study of the restratification phase in an idealized convective basin Clément Rousset, Marie-Noiëlle Houssais LOCEAN-IPSL	022
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	Abyssal Circulation in the Indian Ocean from a high resolution HYCOM Ashwanth Srinivasan, Zulema Garraffo, Mohamed Iskandarani COAPS/FSU	029
1:20 pm	Validation of a Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model for the Indian Ocean Laurent Bertino, Mary Swapna George, Knut Arild Lisæter Mohn-Sverdrup Center/NERSC	011
1:40 pm	Normal Modes of the South Indian Ocean in a Shallow-Water Model Wilbert Weijer Los Alamos National Laboratory	005
2:00 pm	Indonesian Throughflow (ITF) in 0.08 degree Global HYCOM Xiaobiao Xu, Joe Metzger, Harley Hurlburt University of Southern Mississippi	042
2:20 pm	CARIB-HYCOM: Progress and Plans George R. Halliwell, Villy Kourafalou, Zulema Garraffo RSMAS/University of Miami	025
2:40 pm	Nested simulations in the South Florida coastal seas with the HYCOM model Villy Kourafalou, Ge Peng and Heesook Kang University of Miami/RSMAS	007
3:00 pm	Coffee Break
3:20 pm	Evaluation of Coastal NCOM Models Nested in Global HYCOM Sergio deRada, John Kindle, Igor Shulman, Stephanie Anderson Naval Research Laboratory	046
3:40 pm	Ensemble Optimal Interpolation: multivariate properties in the Gulf of Mexico Francois Counillon, Laurent Bertino Mohn-Sverdrup Center/NERSC	010
4:00 pm	Comparisons of ROMS, HYCOM and POM on the Norwegian shelf: analysis of the CONMAN hindcast simlutations L. Bertino, J. H. LaCasce, L.P. Røed, P. Budgell, H. Engedahl, C. Hansen, J. Johannessen, E. Svendsen and B. Ådlandsvik NERSC, Bergen, Norway	015 015b
4:20 pm	Shelf recruitment of Calanus finmarchicus off the west coast of Norway - the role of physical processes and timing of diapause termination Annette Samuelsen, Geir Huse, Cecilie Hansen Mohn-Sverdrup Center/NERSC	006
4:40 pm	The influence of horizontal model grid resolution on a coupled physical-ecosystem model in the Norwegian Sea Cecilie Hansen, Annette Samuelsen NERSC	012

Wednesday Aug 22
9:00 am	Energy-Consistent Interpolation for the Los Alamos Hybrid Ocean Model HYPOP John Dukowicz COSIM, Los Alamos National Laboratory	039
9:20 am	Preliminary Results from HYPOP Todd Ringler, John Dukowicz Los Alamos National Laboratory	037
10:00 am	Evaluation and validation of the 1/12°° global HYCOM system Joe Metzger, Harley Hurlburt, Alan Wallcraft, Ole Martin Smedstad, Birol Kara, Jay Shriver, Lucy Smedstad, Prasad Thoppil and Debbie Franklin Naval Research Laboratory	028
10:20 am	Coffee Break
10:40 am	Real time HYCOM nowcast/forecast systems O. M. Smedstad, J. A. Cummings, E. J. Metzger, H. E. Hurlburt, A. J. Wallcraft, J. F. Shriver, P. J. Hogan, E. P. Chassignet Planning Systems Inc.	008
11:00 am	Upper ocean - topographic coupling in an ocean model with high vertical resolution Harley E. Hurlburt, Patrick J. Hogan, E. Joseph Metzger, Charles E. Tilburg, and Jay F. Shriver Naval Research Laboratory	041
10:20 am	Formation of Intrathermocline Eddies in the Japan East Sea simulated by HYCOM Patrick J. Hogan and Harley E. Hurlburt Naval Research Laboratory	047
10:40 am	Multi-decadal Simulation of Atlantic Ocean Climate Variability Driven by Realistic High-Frequency Atmospheric Reanalyses Z.D. Garraffo, G.R. Halliwell, L.T. Smith, G. Peng, E.P. Chassignet University of Miami. RSMAS-MPO	026
11:00 am	New Features of HYCOM Alan Wallcraft Naval Research Laboratory	027
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:00-4:00	HYCOM Meeting