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Coastal Ocean Circulation
Gordon Research Seminar
Physical Oceanography of Coastal Seas and Estuaries
June 8-9, 2013
University of New England
Biddeford, ME
Chair:
Ata S. Suanda

Associate Chair:
Rachel Horwitz

Application Deadline
This meeting is currently oversubscribed (full). You may still submit an application. However, it will only be considered by the Conference Chair if more seats become available due to cancellations.
Related Meeting Information
The Coastal Ocean Circulation Gordon Research Seminar will be held in conjunction with the Coastal Ocean Circulation Gordon Research Conference. Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Please refer to the Coastal Ocean Circulation GRC web page for more information.

Meeting Overview

The Gordon Research Seminar on Coastal Ocean Circulation is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

In 2013, the Coastal Ocean Circulation Gordon Research Conference will be supplemented by a Gordon Research Seminar to be held on the weekend prior to the GRC. The Gordon Research Seminar is a meeting of graduate students and postdoctoral scholars working on coastal ocean circulation, and provides them with an opportunity to present and discuss their work with their peers. The 2013 Coastal Ocean Circulation GRS will feature talks and posters that examine the physical dynamics of estuaries and the coastal ocean, including scientific advances from observational, numerical and theoretical analyses. Attendees of the Gordon Research Seminar are strongly encouraged to also attend the Gordon Research Conference to interact with scientists from a broad set of career stages.

The Gordon Research Seminar and Conference will bring together a diverse collection of physical oceanographers, including experimentalists, modelers, and theoreticians, who are at the forefront of their fields. The Conference and Seminar will feature opportunities for informal interactions that exploit the recreational facilities of the conference site and the beautiful coast of Maine.

Application Instructions

The meeting will feature approximately 10 talks and 2 poster sessions. All attendees are expected to actively participate in the GRS either by giving an oral presentation or presenting a poster. Therefore, all applications must include an abstract.

The Chairs will select speakers from abstracts submitted by March 8, 2013. Those applicants who are not chosen for talks and those who apply after the deadline to be considered for an oral presentation will be expected to present a poster. In order to participate, you must submit an application by the date indicated in the Application Deadline section above.


Contributors

SATURDAY
1:00 pm - 5:00 pmArrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pmIntroductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pmKeynote Address
Discussion Leader: Ata Suanda (Oregon State University)
3:45 pm - 4:15 pmErika McPhee-Shaw (California State University)
4:15 pm - 4:30 pmDiscussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session I
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmContinental Shelf Processes
Discussion Leaders: Rachel Horwitz (University of Connecticut) and Jack Barth (OSU)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pmRyan Walter (Stanford)
"Turbulent mixing by nearshore internal bores"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pmDiscussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pmDavid Clark (WHOI)
"Wave forced mixing in the nearshore"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pmDiscussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pmJessica Benthuysen (CSIRO)
"The Leeuwin Current: the roles of topographic trapping, mixing, and advection in a buoyancy driven eastern boundary current"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pmDiscussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pmAustin Todd (Florida State University)
"Circulation dynamics and larval transport mechanisms in the Florida Big Bend"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
SUNDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 amProcesses with Freshwater Influence
Discussion Leaders: Clark Richards (WHOI) and Mark Stacey (UC Berkeley)
9:00 am - 9:20 amMatthew Toberman (SAMS)
"Buoyant plumes and nonlinear internal waves, a view from above and below: Time-lapse photography and AUV based microstructure profiler observations"
9:20 am - 9:30 amDiscussion
9:30 am - 9:50 amMegan Williams (UC Berkeley)
"Long-period wave forcing in bar-built estuaries - observations of surf beat and the March 2011 tsunami in a highly-stratified California estuary"
9:50 am - 10:00 amDiscussion
10:00 am - 10:20 amPiero Mazzini (OSU)
"Freshwater observations from underwater gliders off the Oregon coast during fall-winter"
10:20 am - 10:30 amDiscussion
10:30 am - 10:50 amKristen Thyng (Texas A&M University)
"Vorticity dynamics in Admiralty inlet, Puget Sound"
10:50 am - 11:00 amDiscussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pmPoster Session II
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmDeep-water Processes on the Continental Shelf
Discussion Leaders: Amy Waterhouse (SIO) and Erika McPhee-Shaw (CSU)
1:30 pm - 1:50 pmAmandine Schaeffer (UNSW)
"Coastal observations of cross-shelf ocean dynamics in Eastern Australia: implications for upwelling"
1:50 pm - 2:00 pmDiscussion
2:00 pm - 2:20 pmMark Halverson (UBC)
"Atmospheric and tidal forcing of the exchange between Prince William Sound, AK, and the Gulf of Alaska"
2:20 pm - 2:30 pmDiscussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pmEvaluation Period
Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pmGordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm.

Last Updated: April 26, 2013
 
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