RAPID Annual Science Meeting Agenda
GO TO: Wednesday pm Thursday am Thursday pm Friday am Posters
Wednesday afternoon, 14th July
| 12:30 | Arrival and registration | |
| 14:00 | MEETING STARTS | |
| 14:00 | David Anderson: Chair, RAPID-WATCH PAG | Welcome |
| 14:05 | Meric Srokosz: | Introductory remarks |
Session 1 - Chair: David Anderson | ||
| 14:15 | Uwe Send: | Variability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Observed at 16N. Invited talk View abstract and download presentation |
| 15:00 | Eleanor Frajka-Williams: | The RAPID-MOC/MOCHA array: Observing the Antarctic Bottom Water abyssal cell of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26.5 °N. View abstract and download presentation |
| 15:20 | Bill Johns: | Comparison of RAPID-MOCHA estimates of the MOC and Meridional Heat Transport with results from data assimilation models. View abstract and download presentation |
| 15:40 | Zoltan Szuts: | How and why can vertical modes or SSH recover the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation? View abstract and download presentation |
16:00 | TEA | |
| 16:30 | Vladimir Stepanov: | RAPID data assimilation experiments. View abstract and download presentation |
| 16:50 | Lesley Allison: | Rapid fluctuation events in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in coupled climate models. View abstract and download presentation |
| 17:10 | Leon Hermanson: | The RAPID ocean observation array at 26.5°N in the HadCM3 model. View abstract and download presentation |
| 17:30 | Jon I Robson: | An observed rapid warming of the North Atlantic in the 1990s. View abstract and download presentation |
| 17:50 | Brian King: | Overturning Circulation at 24°S in the Atlantic. View abstract |
| 18:10 | Aazani Mujahid: | Vertical Structure of Dynamic Pressure in the Rapid Array. View abstract and download presentation |
18:30 | Wine Reception | |
Thursday morning, 15th July
Session 2 - Chair: Rowan Sutton | ||
| 9:15 | Igor Yashayaev: | Spatial and Temporal Variability of Temperature and Salinity in the Deep and Abyssal Layers of the Northwest North Atlantic. Invited talk. View abstract and download presentation |
| 10:00 | Chris Hughes: | Five years of bottom pressure variations from the Canadian Atlantic continental slope. View abstract |
| 10:20 | Shane Elipot: | Meridional Transport estimates from the Rapid WAVE array. View abstract and download presentation |
| 10:40 | David Marshall: | Propagation of meridional overturning circulation anomalies along western and eastern boundaries. View abstract and download presentation |
| 11:00 | Dan Hodson: | The impact of Model Resolution on MOC adjustment in a Coupled Climate Model. View abstract and download presentation |
11:20 | COFFEE | |
| 11:50 | Peter Rhines: | Seaglider encounters with key Atlantic meridional overturning processes in the northern Atlantic/Nordic/Labrador Seas. View abstract and download presentation |
| 12:10 | Neil Wells: | Meridional Overturning circulation at 26°N and the North Atlantic heat COntent (MONACO). RAPID-WATCH project update View abstract and download presentation |
| 12:30 | Keith Haines: | Value of Rapid array (VALOR). RAPID-WATCH project update. View abstract and download presentation |
12:50 | LUNCH | |
Thursday afternoon, 15th July
14:00 |
POSTER SESSIONPosters are on display for the duration of the meeting. | |
15:30 | TEA | |
Session 3 - Chair: Eleanor Frajka-Williams | ||
| 16:00 | Chris Meinen: | Variability of the Antilles and Deep Western Boundary Currents at 26.5°N. View abstract and download presentation |
| 16:20 | Matthew Thomas: | Investigating the validity of Sverdrup Balance in determining the Meridional Overturning Circulation. View abstract and download presentation |
| 16:40 | Hiro Yamazaki: | ChAAOS: Initial experiments with FAMOUS. RAPID-WATCH project update. View abstract and download presentation |
| 17:00 | Lesley Allison: | RAPID-RAPIT - progress in the first year. RAPID-WATCH project update. View abstract and download presentation |
| 17:20 | Amrita Shravat: | Metric to evaluate the robustness of ocean re-analyses. View abstract and download presentation |
| 17:40 | Leon Hermanson: | MOC Metrics. Discussion session. |
| 18:00 | Break before dinner | |
20:00 | Annual Meeting Dinner | |
Friday morning, 16th July
Session 4 - Chair: Helen Johnson | ||
| 9:15 | Tom Delworth: | Synthesis of GFDL research on simulating Atlantic and AMOC variability, predictability, and climate impacts. Invited talk. View abstract and download presentation |
| 10:00 | Tim Woollings: | Contribution of the MOC to uncertainty in future storm track and jet stream projections. View abstract and download presentation |
| 10:20 | Laure Zanna: | Predictability timescales for the North Atlantic Ocean. View abstract and download presentation |
| 10:40 | Jon Robson: | Initialized climate predictions of the mid 1990s rapid warming of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre. View abstract and download presentation |
11:00 | COFFEE | |
| 11:30 | Matthew Menary: | A multimodel comparison of the mechanism of centennial variability of the meridional overturning circulation. View abstract and download presentation |
| 11:50 | Laura Jackson: | Multidecadal variability of the MOC: HadCM3 and a perturbed physics ensemble. View abstract and download presentation |
| 12:10 | Stuart Cunningham: | O-SNAP. Discussion session View brief description and download Stuart's introductory presentation |
| 12:30 | Meric Srokosz: | Final remarks |
12:35 | LUNCH | |
12:35 | MEETING CLOSES | |
List of Posters
Posters are on display for the full duration of the meeting
- Mid-Ocean Transports at 24°N in the Atlantic - a 2010 perspective. [Chris Atkinson] View abstract
- Fast propagating inertia-gravity waves in NEMO. [Adam Blaker] View abstract
- Components of 26N MOC variability in models compared with Rapid observations. [Keith Haines] View abstract and download poster
- Atlantic thermohaline hysteresis in a coupled GCM. [Ed Hawkins] View abstract
- Evaluating the potential for statistical decadal predictions of SSTs with a perfect model approach. [Ed Hawkins] View abstract
- Potential analysis of geophysical time series. [Valerie N. Livina] View abstract CANCELLED
- RAPID WATCH and the RAPID Data Centre. [Kevin Marsh]
View abstract and download poster - New Insights into Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Modelling with the CHIME model. [Alex Megann] View abstract
- Atlantic meridional overturning circulation variability in decadal climate prediction systems. [Holger Pohlmann] View abstract and download poster
- An Intercomparison of Five Different Current Meters as Part of the RAPID-MOC Project. [Darren Rayner] View abstract and download poster
- The Current Status of the RAPID-MOC 26°N Mooring Array. [Darren Rayner] View abstract and download poster
- Variability in the hydrographic properties and the overturning over the last 50 years for the North Atlantic. [Vassil Roussenov] View abstract and download poster
- Decadal variability in a high-resolution model of the North Atlantic ocean. [Patrick Scholz] View abstract
- Comparison of the Data between the Glider Dynamite and the SeaBird SBE37 MicroCATs on the RAPID-WATCH Moorings EBH4 and EBH5. [David Smeed/Paul Wright]
View abstract and download poster - Down-scaling precipitation patterns in a AMOC collapse scenario. [Craig Wallace] View abstract
- Is the thermohaline circulation sensitive to mean ocean salinity? [Paul Williams]
View abstract and download poster - Heat content changes in the Atlantic in response to thermohaline forcing. [Xiaoming Zhai] View abstract and download poster [restricted to members of the RAPID community]