Southern Ocean Workshop – January 28th and 29th, 2013
Join us today!
Monday 28th January
Morning
Dynamics of the Southern Ocean, its eddying and mixing processes
(moderated by John Marshall, MIT)
8:30am – 9:50am
(15 minute talks, 5 mins for questions)
Jim Ledwell (WHOI)
Mixing of a Tracer in the ACC
Kevin Speer (FSU)
Preliminary results from the DIMES float experiment
Joe LaCasce (Oslo)
Lagrangian dispersion in the DIMES experiment
Ross Tulloch (MIT)
Observed and Simulated Eddy Diffusivity Upstream of Drake Passage
9:50am to 10:10am
Coffee Break
10:10am to 11:30am
Randy Watts (URI)
Observed Eddy Heat Fluxes across the ACC in northern Drake Passage
Teresa Chereskin (Scripps)
Bottom pressure torque and the vorticity balance estimated from the
cDrake array in Drake Passage
George Nurser (Southampton)
The impact of small-scale topography on the dynamical balance of the ACC
Kurt Polzin (WHOI)
The role of internal waves in larger scale dynamics
11:30am to 12:30pm
Discussion with speakers as panel
12:30pm to 2.00pm
Lunch
Afternoon
Dynamics of the Southern Ocean, its eddying and mixing processes (contd)
(Moderated by Bill Dewar, FSU)
2:00pm to 3:20pm
Maxim Nikurashin (University of Tasmania)
Routes to energy dissipation for geostrophic eddies in the Southern Ocean
Alberto Naveira Garabato (Southampton)
From mesoscale eddies to small-scale turbulence
Trevor McDougall (ANSW)
Separating vertical from isopycnal mixing in the Southern Ocean
Raffael Ferrari (MIT)
Combining vertical and isopycnal mixing in the Southern Ocean
3:20pm to 3:40pm
Break
3:40pm to 5:00pm
Dirk Olbers (AWE)
IDEMIX: a global energetically consistent model of the wave-induced
diapycnal diffusivity
Andrew Thompson (Caltech)
Southern Ocean Storm Tracks
Ryan Abernathey (Scripps):
Equilibration of Southern Ocean Stratification with and without Topography
John Marshall (MIT)
Modulation of southern ocean overturning by topographic steering of the ACC.
5:00pm to 6:00pm
Discussion with speakers as panel
On the town
Tuesday 29th January
Morning
How does the Southern Ocean and its ice field respond to changes in wind and buoyancy forcing?
(moderated by Jim McWilliams, UCLA)
8:30am to 9:50am
(15 minute talks, 5 mins for questions)
Lisan Yu (WHOI)
Change of the Southern Ocean winds as seen from satellite observations
since 1987
Peter Gent (UCAR)
Response of the Southern Ocean to large increases in zonal wind stress
David Marshall (Oxford)
On the relation between surface wind stress and Drake Passage transport
Andrew Stewart (Caltech)
Deep overturning sensitivity to easterly winds over the Antarctic
continental slope
9:50am to 10:10am
Break
10:10am to 11.30am
Malte Jansen (MIT)
Equilibration of turbulent jets
Noboru Nakamura (Chicago)
The Phillips two-layer model of baroclinic instability: an untold story
Carsten Eden (Hamburg)
Energetically consistent models of the Southern Ocean
Bob Hallberg (GFDL)
Resolution dependent eddy parameterizations
11:30am to 12:30pm
Discussion with speakers as panel
12:30pm to 2.00pm
Lunch
Afternoon
What role does the southern ocean play in modulating climate?
(moderated by Carl Wunsch, MIT)
2:00pm to 3:20pm
Lorenzo Polvani/Karen Smith (Columbia)
Past and future Antarctic sea-ice trends and connections to ozone forcing.
David Ferreira (MIT)
Ozone forcing of the coupled climate in the SH
Darryn Waugh (JHU)
Recent changes in ventilation of the southern oceans?
Mick Follows (MIT)
Some thoughts on the relationship of Southern Ocean dynamics and atmospheric CO2
3:20pm to 3:40pm
Break
3:40pm to 5:00pm
Chris Hughes (Proudman, Liverpool)
The southern ocean mode on inter-annual timescales
Arnaud Czaja (Imperial)
Air-sea fluxes in the Southern Hemisphere
Kyle Armour (MIT)
Delayed SO warming and climate change
Emily Shuckburgh (BAS)
Representation of the southern ocean in CMIP models
5:00pm to 6:00pm
Discussion with speakers as panel
