Saturday, February 22, 2020
08:30 – 17:00
Sunday, February 23, 2020
08:30 – 17:00
General Registration: $200
Early Career Scientist: $100
Federal Program Sponsor: $200
Registration is closed.
Abstract submission & application are closed.
Ocean surface currents have a profound influence on human life in two major ways: they are critical in horizontal transport and dispersal of pollutants and physical, biological, and chemical properties, and they are an important factor in air-sea exchange of properties like heat and energy. These factors underscore a broader need for better air-sea fluxes to improve subseasonal-to-seasonal prediction. Surface currents have been poorly observed, particularly within the upper meter of the ocean, but new aircraft- and space-based platforms to measure surface currents are on the horizon.
The Workshop on Surface Currents in the Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere System brought together members of the “physics” and “applications” communities in the field of ocean surface currents. The overarching aims of the workshop were to:
A major objective of this workshop was to develop plans for improved modelling and observations of surface currents with the goal of understanding different processes. A second objective was to improve the interdisciplinary collaboration between the physical oceanography, atmospheric science, and biological and chemical oceanography communities, as well as the surface currents “applications” communities.
The organizing anticipates that the workshop brought together over 70 US and international participants with expertise in related oceanographic topics (surface currents, oceanic and atmospheric boundary layer dynamics and coupling, observations, ocean and climate modeling, wave-current interactions, meso- and submesoscale horizontal and vertical fluxes, and transport of biological communities and their associated biogeochemical signatures) and applications (marine ecosystems and fisheries productivity, sea ice formation and transport, tropical cyclones, sea level and coastal flooding, transport of plastics and oil, and ship routing). Students, postdocs, and early-career scientists were encouraged to apply. Limited travel support was available for early career scientists (within five years of PhD), with priority support for US researchers.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Sumner Auditorium, 8596 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037. February 22-23, 2020.
A 2 day workshop with posters, short presentations, and guided discussion (breakout sessions) was hosted to achieve workshop objectives and community building.
Day 1 AM: Plenary - Current state of knowledge about the role of currents in air-sea coupling; breakout session
Day 1 PM: Plenary - Vertical structure of near-surface velocity (and impact on applications); breakout session. Day 1 will end with a poster session and reception.
Day 2 AM: Plenary - Wind-wave-current interaction (and impact on applications); breakout session
Day 2 PM: Plenary - Applications; breakout session. Day 2 will end with report from the four breakout sessions.
A US CLIVAR Workshop Report on
Abstracts submission deadline has passed.
Detailed agenda is now available.
Mark Bourassa, Florida State University (co-chair)
Kyla Drushka, University of Washington (co-chair)
Shane Elipot, University of Miami
Tom Farrar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Peter Gaube, University of Washington
Sarah Gille, University of California - San Diego
Hyodae Seo, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Mike Stukel, Florida State University
Aneesh Subramanian, University of Colorado
Mike Patterson, US CLIVAR
Jennie Zhu, US CLIVAR