Ocean Mesoscale Eddy Interactions with the Atmosphere Workshop Agenda

Saturday, February 17, 2018
Time	Agenda	Presenter	Presentation
08:00	Registration
08:30	Welcome/Objectives	Walt Robinson, North Carolina State U.	Download
08:45	In situ observations of air-sea interactions and feedbacks	Meghan Cronin, NOAA PMEL	Download
09:15	Discussion
09:30	Satellite observations of air-sea interactions and feedbacks	Dudley Chelton, Oregon State U.	Download
10:00	Discussion
10:15	Break
10:30	Role of the current feedback to the atmosphere in determining the ocean dynamics	Lionel Renault, U. California Los Angeles	Download
11:00	Discussion
11:15	A review of covariability of mesoscale SST, surface heat fluxes, and surface convergence	Justin Small, NCAR	Download
11:45	Discussion
12:00	Working lunch
12:30	Poster session
13:30	Panel discussion with speakers	Moderator: Walt Robinson, North Carolina State U.
14:15	Breakout groups: WG1: Observational requirements for eddy-scale air-sea fluxes WG2: Representation of eddy-scale air-sea fluxes for ocean-only models WG3: Atmospheric weather & climate impacts of the ocean eddy field & its variability	WG1: Sabrina Speich, Ecole Normale Supérieure WG2: Eric Chassignet, Florida State U. WG3: Ping Chang, Texas A&M U.
15:30	Break
16:00	Breakouts resume
17:30	Adjourn

Sunday, February 18, 2018
Time	Agenda	Presenter
08:00	Coffee/breakfast
08:30	Recap from day 1	Walt Robinson, North Carolina State U.
08:45	Breakout reports
08:45	WG1: Observational requirements for eddy-scale air-sea fluxes	Sabrina Speich, Ecole Normale Supérieure
09:00	Discussion
09:15	WG2: Representation of eddy-scale air-sea fluxes for ocean-only models	Eric Chassignet, Florida State U.
09:30	Discussion
09:45	WG3: Atmospheric weather & climate impacts of the ocean eddy field & its variability	Ping Chang, Texas A&M U.
10:00	Discussion
10:15	Break
10:45	Synthesis discussion
11:45	Closing/Next steps	Walt Robinson, North Carolina State U.
12:00	Adjourn
12:15 to 14:00	Working lunch of OC, facilitators, etc.

Poster Presentations

Poster Title	Author	Affiliation
Global tracking of surface mesoscale eddies in climate simulations & observations	Sophia Ashby	University of Reading
The application of flow-dependent Ekman transport to a two-layer shallow water system	Yanxu Chen	McGill University
The attenuation effects of eddy-induced air-sea interaction on mesoscale eddies	Xiaoqing Chu	South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Impacts of Hydrodynamic Factors of Sea and Sea Level Rise on Coastal Zone of Trivandrum, India using Coastal Vulnerability Index Geospatial Model	Pavan Kumar	Kumaun University
Frequency-Domain Analysis of Energy Transfer in an Idealized, Eddy-Resolving Ocean-Atmosphere Model	Paige Martin	University of Michigan
The influence of the Gulf Stream on Wintertime European Blocking and North Atlantic Jet	Shoshiro Minobe	Hokkaido University
Numerical simulation of eddies in the Bay of Bengal and role of Andaman Islands	Arnab Mukherjee	Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS)
Mesoscale imprints of the Kuroshio Extension and Oyashio fronts on the wintertime atmospheric boundary layer	Hisashi Nakamura	RCAST, University of Tokyo
Concerted global high resolution coupled modelling - PRIMAVERA	Malcolm Roberts	Met Office