2018 International AMOC Science Meeting Agenda

Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Time	Agenda	Presenter	Presentation
08:00	Registration
08:30	Welcoming remarks	Renellys Perez, NOAA AOML
08:40	Session 1: Chaired by Gokhan Danabasoglu (NCAR) & Helen Johnson (U. Oxford)
08:40	Observed Meridional Overturning Circulation transport variability in the North and South Atlantic: Recent results on structure, time scale, and amplitude	Chris Meinen, NOAA AOML (invited)	Download
09:20	First results from OSNAP: Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program	Feili Li, Duke U.
09:40	Monitoring the North Atlantic Subpolar Overturning Circulation from surface observations	Damien Desbruyères, IFREMER-LOPS	Download
10:00	The reduced overturning state of the North Atlantic observed by the RAPID-MOCHA-WBTS array	David Smeed, National Oceanography Centre	Download
10:20	Break
10:50	Variability in Florida Straits properties: sources and consequences	Elaine McDonagh, National Oceanography Centre	Download
11:10	Pathways and watermass transformation of Atlantic Water entering the Nordic Seas through Denmark Strait	Stefanie Ympa, Delft U.	Download
11:30	AMOC heat transport variability induced by mesoscale processes in the subpolar North Atlantic	Xiaopei Lin, Ocean University of China/Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology/WHOI	Download
11:50	Adjoints as a Tool for Observing System Design: with applications to AMOC	Helen Pillar U. Texas at Austin	Download
12:10	Invited Keynote Lunch Lecture Human influence on tree island formation in the Florida Everglades: Lessons from prehistory for restoration science	Traci Ardren, U. Miami (bio)	Download
13:30	The thermodynamics of the AMOC: A historical and global context	Emily Newsom, CalTech (invited)	Download
14:10	Ocean-atmosphere dynamical coupling fundamental to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation	Robert Jnglin Wills U. Washington	Download
14:30	An investigation of the ocean's role in Atlantic Multidecadal Variability	Laifang Li Duke U.	Download
14:50	Transport structure in the Southern Atlantic Ocean and the meridional coherence of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation	Xiaobiao Xu, Florida State U.	Download
15:10	The global overturning circulation	Paola Cessi, Scripps Institution of Oceanography	Download
15:30	Poster Session 1 & Networking Opportunity
18:30	Adjourn

Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Time	Agenda	Presenter	Presentation
08:30	Session 2: Chaired by Elaine McDonagh (NOC) & Mike Spall (WHOI)
08:30	Inferring past ocean circulation and AMOC connectivity from proxies/fingerprints	David Thornalley, U. College London (invited)	Download
09:10	Dynamical controls on the production of bottom and deep waters in the Last Glacial Maximum Atlantic	Dan Amrhein, U. Washington	Download
09:30	Exploring the spatial coherence of high and low latitude North Atlantic sea surface temperature anomalies from paleoclimate proxy data	Hali Kilbourne, U. Maryland Center for Environmental Science	Download
09:50	Sea ice control on glacial-interglacial circulation changes, deep ocean ventilation, and carbon storage	Alice Marzocchi, National Oceanography Centre	Download
10:10	Reconstructing Atlantic temperature and overturning variability over the last millennium with paleoceanographic and instrumental data	Jake Gebbie, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	Download
10:30	Break
11:00	Reconstructing the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation based on sea surface temperatures	Tim DelSole, George Mason U.	Download
11:20	Some recent applications of the observed extra-tropical AMOC fingerprint	Rong Zhang, NOAA GFDL	Download
11:40	Linked variations between the Gulf Stream, AMOC, and gyre circulation	LuAnne Thompson U. Washington	Download
12:00	Assessing uncertainties on the stability of the AMOC during Heinrich events using simulations from one Earth System model	Marlos Goes, U. Miami/NOAA AOML	Download
12:20	Lunch
14:00	Signatures of the AMOC at the ocean's surface and below	Eleanor Frajka-Williams, U. Southampton (invited)	Download
14:40	Decomposing the variability in the North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation	Sijia Zou, Duke U.	Download
15:00	Coupling between AMOC variability and wind-driven gyres	Mike Spall, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	Download
15:20	Sensitivity of the subtropical AMOC to buoyancy fluxes over the Subpolar North Atlantic	Yavor Kostov, Oxford U.	Download
15:40	Poster Session 2 & Networking Opportunity
17:30	Adjourn
17:30 to 18:30	New AMOC Metrics Project (Side Event)

Thursday, July 26, 2018
Time	Agenda	Presenter	Presentation
08:30	Session 3: Chaired by Martha Buckley (George Mason U.) & Richard Wood (Met Office)
08:30	Feedback between the AMOC and the carbon cycle: A present and future perspective	Peter Brown, National Oceanography Centre (invited)	Download
09:10	AMOC regulation of the inorganic nutrient content in the North Atlantic	Lidia Carracedo, National Oceanography Centre
09:30	What explains skillful decadal prediction of North Atlantic SST?	Steve Yeager, NCAR
09:50	The South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: A driver of climate variability and extremes	Hosmay Lopez, U. Miami/NOAA AOML	Download
10:10	Past to future South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: pathways and low-frequency variability	Fernanda Marcello de Oliviera, U. Sao Paolo	Download
10:30	Break
11:00	Modulation of Arctic sea ice loss by atmospheric teleconnections from Atlantic Multidecadal Variability	Gokhan Danabasoglu, NCAR	Download
11:20	Distinct mechanisms of ocean heat transport under internal variability and climate change	Dylan Oldenburg, U. Washington
11:40	The influence of inhibiting cloud radiative effects on the Atlantic Meridional Circulation	Elizabeth Maroon, CIRES/U. Colorado, Boulder	Download
12:00	The AMOC's role in the changing relative importance of the North Atlantic and Southern Ocean in anthropogenic ocean heat uptake	Jia-Rui Shi, Scripps Institution of Oceanography	Download
12:20	Lunch
14:00	AMOC in a changing climate: yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery	Laure Zanna, U. Oxford (invited)
14:40	Can the salt advection feedback be detected in decadal AMOC variability?	Wilbert Weijer, Los Alamos National Laboratory	Download
15:00	Flux correction and overturning stability: Results from a dynamical box model	Anand Gnanadesikan, Johns Hopkins U.	Download
15:20	AMOC hysteresis in a state-of-the-art GCM	Laura Jackson, Met Office Hadley Centre	Download
15:40	Poster Session 3 & Networking Opportunity
17:30	Adjourn
17:30 to 19:00	SciComm Meets AMOC (Side Event)

Friday, July 27, 2018
Time	Agenda	Presenter	Presentation
08:30 to 11:30	Final day keynote and interactive discussion
08:30	Convergent and divergent views of the AMOC: A look past and ahead	Susan Lozier, Duke U. (invited)	Download
09:15	Interactive discussion on state of understanding and forward-looking science question	Moderators: LuAnne Thompson (U. Washington) & Meric Srokosz (National Oceanography Centre)
10:15	Break
10:30	Interactive discussion continues
11:30	Reflections on the science and synthesis paper highlights	Gokhan Danabasoglu, NCAR	Download
11:50	Closing remarks	Renellys Perez, NOAA AOML
12:00	Meeting adjourns

Poster Presentations

Session 1: Tuesday, July 24
Poster Title	Author	Affiliation
Contiguous Flow of Upper Labrador Sea Water along the Boundary Rounding Cape Hatteras: Continuous in Time or Intermittent?	Magdalena Andres	WHOI
Wind-driven oscillations of cross-equatorial Meridional Overturning Circulations in a numerical ocean model	Adam Blaker	National Oceanography Centre, UK
Structure and transport of the North Atlantic Current in the eastern subpolar gyre from glider observations	Neil Fraser	SAMS
On the interplay between downwelling, eddies and deep convection in the Labrador Sea	Sotiria Georgiou	Delft University of Technology
Variability of the Meridional Overturning Transports at 30°S in the Atlantic Ocean (2003 and 2011)	Alonso Hernández-Guerra	Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Structure and variability of the Deep Western Boundary Current from 2 years of observations at 60N in the Irminger Sea	Jo Hopkins	National Oceanography Centre, UK
Shallow and Deep Eastern Boundary Currents in the South Atlantic at 34.5°S: Mean structure and variability	Marion Kersalé	CIMAS - University of Miami / NOAA - AOML/PhOD
18 years of NADW transports at 16 N: Referencing MOVE mooring data to GRACE	Jannes Koelling	Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Seasonality of Freshwater in the East Greenland Current System	Isabela Le Bras	Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Meridional Overturning Circulation transport variability at 34.5degS during 2009-2017: Baroclinic and barotropic flows and the dueling influence of the boundaries	Christopher Meinen	NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Evaluating Structural Biases in the RAPID array: A Perfect Model Study	Bablu Sinha	National Oceanography Centre, UK
Partial decoupling of volume and salt transport in the Florida Current	Zoltan Szuts	University of Washington, Applied Physics Lab
Drivers and Impacts of CGCM biases in representing the decadal variability of Labrador Sea convection	Filippos Tagklis	Georgia Institute of Technology
Water mass structure and flow pathways in the southwest South Atlantic	Daniel Valla	Servicio de Hidrografía Naval
What is the role of the rossby waves in the seasonal cycle of the AMOC?	Pedro Vélez-Belchí	Spanish Institute of Oceanography
A model-based seasonal assessment of the North Atlantic net downwelling	Stefanie Ypma	Delft University of Technology

Session 2: Wednesday, July 25
Poster Title	Author	Affiliation
Ocean transport estimates from altimetry, GRACE and dynamic height	Eleanor Frajka-Williams	National Oceanography Centre
Circulation in the Eastern Subpolar North Atlantic Based on Three Years of Mooring Measurements	Neil Fraser	SAMS
Variation of oxygen and age along Line W	Anand Gnanadesikan	Johns Hopkins University
Loop Current variability as trigger of coherent Gulf Stream transport anomalies	Joel Hirschi	National Oceanography Centre
Using a multi-model ensemble of ocean reanalyses to understand recent changes in the North Atlantic.	Laura Jackson	Met Office Hadley Centre
Interannual AMOC Variability in the Eddying Ocean: Time Scales, Patterns and Origin	Quentin Jamet	Florida State University
Pathways of the global meridional overturning circulation inferred from a data-constrained ocean & sea-ice model	Sang-Ki Lee	NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Transports of freshwater and heat at 26N in the subtropical North Atlantic	Ben Moat	NOC, UK
The Ocean During the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and Early Deglaciation Constrained by Isotopes	Juan Muglia	College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University
A multi-model comparison of the ocean contributions to multidecadal variability in the North Atlantic	Pablo Ortega	NCAS-Climate, University of Reading
Observed Changes in the South Atlantic Subtropical Gyre and Links to Water Mass and Transport Variations at 34.5S	Renellys Perez	NOAA/AOML
Telemetry Solutions for Realtime Data from Mooring Arrays	Darren Rayner	National Oceanography Centre, Southampton
Proxy Surrogate Reconstructions of Common Era AMOC	Casey Saenger	University of Washington
An analysis of the variability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26.5N from a 23 year time series	Claudia Schmid	NOAA/AOML/PHOD
Can the AMOC impact sea level in the Mediterranean Sea?	Denis Volkov	NOAA-AOML / CIMAS / University of Miami

Session 3: Thursday, July 26
Poster Title	Author	Affiliation
Impact of air-sea flux perturbations on MOC and patterns of ocean heat uptake	Matthias Aengenheyster	Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, University of Oxford, UK
Predictability of North Atlantic SST and Ocean Heat Content from Observations	Martha Buckley	George Mason University
SAMOC Variations during the Past 24 Years and their Role in Ocean Heat Content Changes	Shenfu Dong	NOAA/AOML
Using covariability between the surface temperature and salinity to understand the mechanism acting on different time and spatial scales	Olivia Gozdz	George Mason University
Does North Pacific deep convection depend on the AMOC strength?	Aixue Hu	NCAR
Slowdown of the nutrient stream mediates the deoxygenation of the North Atlantic	Taka Ito	Georgia Institute of Technology
Fast Warming of the Surface Ocean Under a Climatological Scenario	Quentin Jamet	Florida State University
NAO-related buoyancy fluxes in the Labrador Sea as sufficient forcing for Atlantic multidecadal variability	Who Kim	NCAR
Variable external forcing obscures the weak relationship between the NAO and north Atlantic multi-decadal SST variability	Jeremy Klavans	University of Miami - Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
Sources of skill in decadal predictions of Sahel precipitation	Elizabeth Maroon	University of Colorado, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
The North Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study	Bablu Sinha	National Oceanography Centre, UK
A Partial AMOC recovery under sustained freshwater forcing	Matthew Thomas	Yale University

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