Workshop Agenda

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Time Title
  Author
  Institution
Topic
Monday, February 7th
8:15- 8:45Registration
8:45- 9:00WELCOME
  Eric Chassignet
9:00- 9:20in memory of Claes Rooth
  Rainer Bleck
  NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Climate
9:20- 9:40Adiabatic density surfaces – the only truly neutral surfaces
  Rui Huang
  South China Sea Institute of oceanology
Climate
9:40-10:00The icy demise and revamping of GFDL's ESM2G Earth System Model
  Robert Hallberg, Alistair Adcroft, John Dunne, Stephen Griffies, John Krasting
  NOAA/GFDL
Climate
10:00-10:20The ocean component of the Norwegian Earth System Model
  Mats Bentsen, Helge Drange, Ingo Bethke
  Uni Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Climate
10:20-11:00Coffee Break
11:00-11:20Climate sensitivity of coupled models with differing ocean components
  Alex Megann, Adam Blaker and Adrian New
  National Oceanography Centre, Southampton
Climate
11:20-11:40Is the Atlantic MOC in a climate model with a Layered Ocean more stable than one with z-coordinates?
  Adam Blaker, Alex Megann, Adrian New, Peter Challenor
  National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK
Climate
11:40-12:00Transport balance of the subpolar North Atlantic circulation: insights from an eddy-resolving simulation
  Xiaobiao Xu, Harley Hurlburt, William Schmitz
  Department of Marine Science, University of Southern Mississippi
Atlantic
12:00- 1:30Lunch Break
1:30- 1:50Overview: Concurrent simulation of eddies and tides in global 1/12 degree HYCOM
  Brian K. Arbic, E. Joseph Metzger, James G. Richman, Robert B. Scott, Jay F. Shriver, Patrick G. Timko, Alan J. Wallcraft
  University of Michigan
Internal Tides
1:50- 2:10The vertical structure of the baroclinic tidal currents: assessing the skill of a global ocean model
  Patrick G. Timko, Brian K. Arbic, James G. Richman, Robert B. Scott, E. Joseph Metzger, Alan J. Wallcraft
  COAPS/FSU
Internal Tides
2:10- 2:30A validation of the internal tides in 1/12 degree global HYCOM
  J.F. Shriver, B.K. Arbic, J.G. Richman, E.J. Metzger, P.G. Timko and A.J. Wallcraft
  Naval Research Laboratory
Internal Tides
2:30- 2:50IMPACT OF TIDES ON THE WAVENUMBER SPECTRA OF AN EDDYING GLOBAL OCEAN CIRCULATION MODEL
  James Richman, Brian Arbic, Alan Wallcraft1, Joseph Metzger
  Naval Research Laboratory
Internal Tides
2:50- 3:30Coffee Break
3:30- 3:50Overview of Polynomial Chaos Methods for Uncertainty Quantification with Application to HYCOM
  Mohamed Iskandarani, Ashwanth Srinivasan, Carlisle Thacker, Omar Knio
  University of Miami
  see also LOM_Workshop_Knio.pptx.pdf
Uncertainty Quantification
3:50- 4:10Quantifying uncertainty in the fate of oil discharged from the Deep Water Horizon accident using Polynomial Chaos expansions
  A. Srinivasan, M. Iskandarani, W. C. Thacker, O. M. Knio
  University of Miami
Uncertainty Quantification
4:10- 5:00Posters
4:10- 5:00WBC transports at 26N: model and observations
  xiaobiao xu, Harley E. Hurlburt, William J. Schmitz
  University of Southern Mississippi
4:10- 5:00HYCOM simulations with NRL source at EMC.
  Z. Garraffo, H-C Kim, D. Iredell, A. Mehra, C. Lozano, G. Halliwell
  IMSG at NOAA/EMC
4:10- 5:00INTERNAL TIDES IN A GLOBAL OCEAN CIRCULATION MODEL
   James Richman, Brian Arbic, Patrick Timko, Robert Scott, Alan Wallcraft, Joseph Metzger, Jay Shriver
  Naval Research Laboratory
4:10- 5:00An efficient approximation of thermodynamic functions used in layered ocean models.
  I. Rivin, V. Krasnopolsky, C. Lozano
  IMSG at EMC/NCEP
5:30- 6:30Reception Cash Bar
6:30- 9:00Dinner Reception
Tuesday, February 8th
8:40- 9:00Impact of Topography on Circulation and Water Mass Transformation in 0.72 HYCOM-CICE Arctic Ocean
  Dmitry Dukhovskoy, Eric Chassignet, Joseph Metzger, Pam Posey, Alan Wallcraft
  FSU
Arctic/Sea Ice
9:00- 9:20The ocean and sea ice in the Nares Strait
  Till Rasmussen, Nicolai Kliem, Eigil Kaas
  Danish Meteorological Institute
Arctic/Sea Ice
9:20- 9:40Validation of the 1/12 degree Arctic Cap Nowcast/Forecast System (ACNFS)
  O. M. Smedstad(1), P.G. Posey(2), R.A. Allard(2), E.J. Metzger(2), A.J. Wallcraft(2), M.W. Phelps (3)
  (1)QinetiQ North America, (2)Naval Research Laboratory, (3)Jacobs Engineering
Arctic Forecasting
9:40-10:00A pilot reanalysis of TOPAZ system (2003-2008)
  Francois Counillon, Pavel Sakov, Laurent Bertino
  Mohn Sverdrup Center/NERSC
Arctic Forecasting
10:00-10:40Coffee Break
10:40-11:00Sea level modelling using HYCOM in the bay of Biscay : introduction of atmospheric pressure effects.
  Cyril Lathuiliere, Remy Baraille, Lucia Pineau-Guillou, Yves Morel
  SHOM
Bay of Biscay
11:00-11:20Real time modeling of the bay of Biscay
  Stephanie Louazel, Cyril Lathuiliere, Annick Pichon, Remy Baraille, Yves Morel
  SHOM
Bay of Biscay
11:20-11:40Modeling of homogenized waters dispersion in coastal areas: the Ushant Front.
  Audrey Pasquet , Yves Morel , Rémy Baraille
  SHOM/LEGOS
Bay of Biscay
11:40-12:00Ocean Surface Dynamics in the Bay of Biscay
  Flavien Gouillon, Yves Morel, Rémy Baraille
  SHOM
Bay of Biscay
12:00- 1:30Lunch Break
1:30- 1:50What does HYCOM tell us about submesoscale processes?
  Jean A Mensa, Zulema Garraffo, Annalisa Griffa, Tamay Ozgokmen, Angelique C. Haza, Milena Veneziani
  Rosenstiel School - University of Miami
Ocean Energetics (Atlantic)
1:50- 2:10THE ENERGETICS OF THE GLOBAL OCEAN: THE IMPACT OF MODEL RESOLUTION AND DATA ASSIMILATION
  JAMES RICHMAN, PATRICK HOGAN, PRASAD THOPPIL
  Naval Research Laboratory
Ocean Energetics (Global)
2:10- 2:30Dynamics of a dense gravity current flowing over a corrugation
  Mehmet Ilicak,Sonya Legg,Alistair Adcroft,Robert Hallberg
  AOS, Princeton University
Ocean Processes
2:30- 2:50An eddy resolving tidal-driven model of the South China Sea assimilating along-track SLA data using the EnOI
  Francois Counillon, Jiping Xie, Laurent Bertino
  Mohn Sverdrup Center/NERSC
Regional Forecasting
2:50- 3:30Coffee Break
3:30- 3:50HYCOM performance in the Gulf of Mexico During the DWH Oil Spill
  George Halliwell, Nick Shay, Debra Willey, Ole Martin Smedstad, Patrick Hogan, Gustavo Goni, Robert Atlas
  NOAA/AOML/PhOD
Regional GoM
3:50- 4:10Impact of frontal eddy dynamics on the Loop Current variability during free and data assimilative HYCOM simulations
  Matthieu Le Henaff, Villy Kourafalou, Ashwanth Srinivasan, George Halliwell
  RSMAS
Regional GoM
4:10- 4:30Impact of Power Extraction on the Florida Current/Gulf Stream System
  Alexandra Bozec, Eric P. Chassignet, Howard Hanson
  Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
Regional GoM
4:30- 4:50On the interactions between the Mississippi River plume and the Gulf of Mexico offshore circulation
  Rafael Schiller, Villy Kourafalou, Patrick Hogan, Nan Walker
  University of Miami - RSMAS
Regional GoM
4:50- 5:10Toward the real-time South Florida and Florida Straits (SFFS) system
  HeeSook Kang and Villy H. Kourafalou
  RSMAS/University of Miami
Regional GoM
5:10- 5:30Energetics of quasi-horizontal stirring and mixing
  Rui X. Huang
  South China Sea Institute of Oceanology / WHOI
Global Energetics
Wednesday, February 9th
9:00- 9:20Dropping ice shelves onto an ocean model; Moving grounding lines
  Robert Hallberg
  NOAA/GFDL
Model Development
9:20- 9:40Progress toward a NOAA-ESRL earth system model: coupling an atmosphere to an ocean
  Shan Sun, Rainer Bleck
  NOAA/ESRL
Model Development
9:40-10:00Design and early results from a coupling of HYCOM and OLAM
  Robert L. Walko, Roni Avissar
  Rosenstiel School, University of Miami
Model Development
10:00-10:40Coffee Break
10:40-11:00An ocean reanalysis using the 1/12° global HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM)
  E.J. Metzger, R.A. Allard, R. Broome, D.S. Franklin, O.M. Smedstad and A.J. Wallcraft
  Naval Research Lab
HYCOM Global
11:00-11:20Circulation in the Philippine Archipelago simulated by 1/12 and 1/25 global HYCOM and EAS NCOM
  Harley E. Hurlburt, E. Joseph Metzger, Janet Sprintall, Shelley N. Riedlinger, Robert A. Arnone, Toshiaki Shinoda, and Xiaobiao Xu
  Naval Research Laboratory
HYCOM Regional
11:20-11:40New Features of HYCOM
  Alan Wallcraft
  Naval Research Laboratory
Model Development
11:40-12:00Toward a unified HYCOM code
  Flav Gouillon, Yves Morel, Remy Baraille, and Eric Chassignet
  SHOM-Toulouse
Model Development
12:00- 1:30Lunch Break
1:30- 5:30HYCOM Group discussion
  Eric Chassignet
  COAPS