| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 11:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
| 7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | INTEGRATION OF MODELING AND OBSERVING SYSTEMS |
| Discussion Leader: Huijie Xue (University of Maine, USA) |
| 7:40 pm - 8:25 pm | John Wilkin (Rutgers University, USA)
"Prediction and analysis for Mid-Atlantic Bight ocean observatories" |
| 8:25 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
| 8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Alexander Kurapov (Oregon State University, USA)
"The science and art of data assimilation in the coastal ocean: Oregon perspective" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | BIO-PHYSICAL MODELING |
| Discussion Leader: Charles Hannah (Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada) |
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | Marjorie Friedrichs (Virginia Institute of Marine Science, USA)
"Assessing the costs and benefits of increasing ecosystem model complexity using data assimilation" |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break / Group Photo |
| 10:30 am - 11:15 am | Elizabeth North (University of Maryland, USA)
"Water, passive particles and plankton: why sub-grid scale turbulence and organism behavior are necessary for bio-physical Lagrangian models" |
| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Neil Banas (University of Washington, USA)
"Designing ecosystem models to tell biological stories" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTION |
| Discussion Leader: James O'Donnell (University of Connecticut, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:15 pm | Fabrice Ardhuin (Navy Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service, France)
"Sea state and upper ocean dynamics" |
| 8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | James Edson (University of Connecticut, USA)
"Semi-Empirical Models of Air-Sea Exchange" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | DATA ASSIMILATION |
| Discussion Leader: Philip Bogden (GoMOOS/SURA, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | Emanuele Di Lorenzo (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
"Weak and strong constraint 4D-variational data assimilation: theories and applications" |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:15 am | Herman Gerritsen (WL|Delft Hydraulics, The Netherlands)
"Ensemble Kalman filtering in strongly dynamic non-linear environments" |
| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Pierre De Mey (LEGOS/OMP, France)
"Ensemble-based assessment of ocean observing networks" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | MODEL COUPLING AND ADAPTIVE GRIDS |
| Discussion Leader: John Wilkin (Rutgers University, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:15 pm | Timothy Campbell (Naval Research Laboratory-Stennis Space Center, USA)
"Development of integrated models using the Earth System Modeling Framework" |
| 8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | Matthew Piggott (Imperial College, UK)
"A new computational framework for ocean modeling at a very wide range of scales, based on adapting unstructured meshes" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | HURRICANE / SEVERE STORM MODELING |
| Discussion Leader: Frank Aikman (NOAA, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | Donald Resio (US Army Corps of Engineers-CHL, USA)
"Hurricane waves near the coast" |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:15 am | Shuyi Chen (University of Miami, USA)
"Improving hurricane structure and intensity forecast using fully coupled atmosphere-wave-ocean models" |
| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Rick Luettich (University of North Carolina, USA)
"High resolution storm surge/inundation modeling for analysis and operations" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | SKILL ASSESSMENT |
| Discussion Leader: Daniel Lynch (Dartmouth College, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:15 pm | Charles Stock (University of California-Berkeley, USA)
"Skill assessment and parameter constraint in physical-biological models: recent examples and challenges" |
| 8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | Roger Proctor (Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, UK)
"Some assessments of a coupled physical-biochemical model for shelf seas" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | SEDIMENT TRANSPORT & GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MODELING |
| Discussion Leader: Richard Signell (USGS-Woods Hole, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | Jan Adriaan (Dano) Roelvink (UNESCO-IHE, The Netherlands)
"Observing and predicting morphology changes on barrier coasts" |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:15 am | Carl Friedrichs (Virginia Institute of Marine Science, USA)
"Challenges in modeling fine sediment transport and morphodynamics on river dominated shelves" |
| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Tian-Jian (Tom) Hsu (University of Florida, USA)
"Sediment transport mechanics investigated by a multiphase flow approach - current status and challenges" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | MULTISCALE MODELING |
| Discussion Leader: Mark Stacey (University of California-Berkeley, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:15 pm | Oliver Fringer (Stanford University, USA)
"Multiscale simulations of internal waves and other coastal processes" |
| 8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | Alberto Scotti (University of North Carolina, USA)
"Short waves in a big ocean: multiscale modeling in the coastal ocean" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |
