Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Program

(an interagency program in support of JSOST)

2010 U.S. Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) Annual Meeting

Organized by the U.S. AMOC Science Team

Tony Lee (Tong.Lee@jpl.nasa.gov) and George Halliwell (George.Halliwell@noaa.gov), co-conveners


Miami, FL USA
7-9 June 2010

 

Monday, June 7, 2010

8:00 – 8:45

Continental Breakfast and registration

 

8:45 – 9:00

Welcome

William Johns, U.S. AMOC Program Chair;
Eric Lindstrom, NASA PO Program Manager

 

Session 1: In-situ Observation Focus (Chair: Bill Johns and Susan Lozier)

9:00 – 9:15

Amy Bower

Subpolar-to-Subtropical Connections:  Labrador Sea Water Spreading Pathways (Continued)

9:15 – 9:30

Beatriz Pena-Molino

Recent changes in the circulation and water mass structure of the Deep Western Boundary Current southeast of Cape Cod

9:30 – 9:45

William Smethie, Jr.

129I Transport in the Deep Western Boundary Current (DWBC) in the North Atlantic

9:45 – 10:00

Peter Rhines

Seaglider encounters with key AMOC processes in the northern Atlantic/Nordic/Labrador seas

10:00 – 10:15

Charles Eriksen

North Atlantic Western Boundary Current Structure Observed by Deepglider

10:15 – 10:45

Coffee and poster

 

10:45 – 11:15

Bill Johns

(Invited) Progress in characterizing AMOC structure and variability from observations

11:15 – 11:30

Christopher Meinen

Variability of the Deep Western Boundary Current at 26.5N

11:30 – 11:45

Zoltan Szuts

Vertical-mode decomposition as a dynamic description of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation

11:45 – 12:00

Uwe Send

Variability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Observed at 16N

12:00 – 12:15

Shane Elipot

Meridional Transport estimates from the Rapid WAVE array

12:15 – 12:30

Dagmar Kieke

Variability in the strength of the subpolar gyre and the formation of deep water - Advances and perspectives -

12:30 – 2:00

Lunch and poster

 

 

Session 2: Coupled and Idealized Models (AMOC Mechanisms, Predictability, and Climate Impacts) (Chair: Martha Buckley)

2:00 – 2:30

Thomas Delworth

(Invited) Simulating the AMOC, its climatic impacts, and its predictability in coupled models

2:30 – 2:45

Rym Msadek

A coupled model-observation comparison of the Atlantic heat transport associated with the AMOC

2:45 – 3:00

Rong Zhang

Latitudinal Dependence of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) Variations

3:00 – 3:15

Holger Pohlmann

Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Variability in Decadal Climate Prediction Systems

3:15 – 3:30

Bohua Huang

Influence of Subtropical Air-Sea Interaction on the Multidecadal AMOC Variability in the NCEP Climate Forecast System

3:30 – 4:00

Coffee and poster

 Estoril Room

4:00 – 5:30

Discussion Groups

Discuss theme 1 (characterize AMOC variability and structure using observations) and theme 4 (Mechanisms and Predictability of AMOC)

6:00 – 7:30

Poster Session and Reception

  Estoril Room.   Cash bar and substantial appetizers.

 

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

7:45 – 8:15

Continental Breakfast

 

 

Session 2 (continued): Coupled and Idealized Models (AMOC Mechanisms, Predictability, and Climate Impacts) (Chairs: Rym Msadek and Rong Zhang)

8:15 – 8:45

Gokhan Danabasoglu

(Invited) AMOC Variability Mechanisms, Their Robustness, and Impacts of Model Configurations

8:45 – 9:00

Martha Buckley

Mechanisms of Decadal MOC Variability

9:00 – 9:15

Terrence Joyce (presented by Rong Zhang)

On the path of the Gulf Stream and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)

9:15 – 9:30

Lesley Allison

Rapid AMOC fluctuation events in coupled climate models

9:30 – 9:45

Zhengyu Liu (presented by Feng He)

Transient simulation of AMOC and climate through the last deglaciation in CCSM3

9:45 – 10:00

Jon Robson

Initialized climate predictions of the mid 1990s rapid warming of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre

10:00 – 10:30

Coffee and poster

 

10:30 – 11:00

Yochanan Kushir

(Invited) The Role of AMOC Variability in Climate

11:00 – 11:15

Mingfang Ting

Atlantic Multidecadal Variability and Its Climate Impacts in CMIP3 Models and Observations

11:15 – 11:30

Alexey Fedorov

A decadal oscillatory mode of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation.

11:30 – 11:45

Sang-Ki Lee

Why does the Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation oscillate on multidecadal timescales?

11:45 – 12:00

Jiayan Yang

Atmospheric forcing of marginal-sea overflow (CANCELLED)

12:00 – 12:15

Ross Tulloch

Nonnormal thermohaline dynamics in a hierarchy of models

12:15 – 2:00

Lunch and poster

 

 

Session 3: Ocean Modeling and Synthesis (Chair: LuAnne Thompson)

2:00 – 2:30

Carl Wunsch

(Invited) Existing and Potential North Atlantic Circulation Estimates

2:30 – 2:45

Renellys Perez

Design and testing of a monitoring array of the MOC in the South Atlantic

2:45 – 3:00

Tong Lee

The relationship between meridional volume and heat transports of AMOC: a comparison between observations and ocean state estimation products

3:00 – 3:15

Sirpa Hakkinen

The upper limb of AMOC and wind stress curl variability

3:15 – 3:30

Igor Kamenkovich

Role of the Southern Ocean in controlling the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation

3:30 – 4:00

Coffee and poster

  Estoril Room

4:00 – 5:30

Discussion Groups

Discuss theme 2 (impact of observations on constraining AMOC; model-based assessment of observing systems) and theme 3 (Climate impact of AMOC)

 

Wednesday, 9 June, 2010

7:45 – 8:15

Continental Breakfast

 

 

Session 3 (continued): Ocean Modeling and Synthesis (Chair: Tong Lee)

8:15 – 8:30

LuAnne Thompson

Estimates of the Ocean Heat Budget in the North Atlantic from Three Models: the role of ocean heat transport convergence

8:30 – 8:45

Stefan Gary

Exploring the subpolar to subtropical export pathways of the deep limb of the AMOC with tracers and simulated Lagrangian particles

8:45 – 9:00

Shenfu Dong

The Role of Inter-ocean exchanges on Long-term Variability in the Northward Heat Transport in the South Atlantic

9:00 – 9:15

Erik Van Sebille

Assessing Agulhas leakage

9:15 – 9:30

Xaiobiao Xu

Transport of Nordic Seas Overflow Water in the Northernmost North Atlantic: Insights from Eddy-resolving Simulations

 

Session 4: Satellite Observations (Chair: Will Hobbs)

9:30 – 9:45

Josh Willis

Can In-Situ Floats and Satellite Altimeters Detect Long-Term Changes in Atlantic Ocean Overturning?

9:45 – 10:00

C. K. Shum

Potential Monitoring of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Evolution Using Contemporary Satellite Observations

10:00 – 10:15

Timothy Liu

The Annual Cycle of Atlantic Meridional Transport Observed from Space

10:15 – 10:30

Xiao-Hai Yan

Characteristic Features of DOC in the Labrador Sea based on Multi-Sensor Measurements

10:30 – 10:45

Coffee

 

10:45 – 11:45

Plenary discussion

 

11:45 – 12:30

Discussion group summary; wrap up

 

 

 

 

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