Download the PDF version of the program including agenda.

Electronic versions of the posters can be found here and pictures of the poster presenters can be found here.

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Photos (including group picture)

2012 ROMS/TOMS User Workshop
Windsor Atlântica Hotel
Petrópolis Conference Room
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
October 22 - 25, 2012



Monday October 22, 2012

08:00-08:50  Registration

08:50-09:00  Welcome and logistics



Chairperson: Mauricio Fragoso

09:00-09:40  Ruoying He, North Carolina State U., USA (40 min)
An integrated Ocean Circulation, Wave, Atmosphere and Marine Ecosystem Prediction System for the South Atlantic Bight and Gulf of Mexico
PDF | PIC

09:40-10:10  Jeroen Molemaker, IGPP-UCLA, USA (30 min)
Submesoscale Dynamics in the Wintertime North Western Atlantic
KEY | PPT | PIC




10:10-10:30  Break (20 min)




Chairperson: Arthur Miller

10:30-11:00  Xavier Capet, LOCEAN - CNRS, France (30 min)
Fine-scale turbulent processes: mesoscale stirring and submesoscale instabilities
PDF | PIC

11:00-11:30  James Farley Nicholls, Imperial College, UK (30 min)
Inertial currents in the Caspian Sea
PPTX | PIC

11:30-12:00  Gustavo Mastrorocco Marques, RSMAS, USA (30 min)
On modeling the turbulent exchange in buoyancy-driven fronts
PDF | PIC




12:00-15:00  Lunch (3 hours)




Chairperson: Douglas Gherardi

15:00-15:30  Art Miller, Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, USA (30 min)
Isolating Mesoscale Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions in the Kuroshio Extension Region
PPT | PIC

15:30-16:00  Joao Marcos Souza, SOEST, U. of Hawaii, USA (30 min)
Hawaiian Islands Operational System
PPT | PIC

16:00-16:30  Carlos Teixeira, Labomar UFC, Brasil (30 min)
Dynamics of Spencer Gulf: Effects of Evaporation, Heating and Tides
PPT | PIC

16:30-17:00  Hak-Soo Lim, KIOST, South Korea (30 min)
Operational coastal modeling for the coastal waters of Korea using ROMS
PPTX | PIC



17:00-18:00  Poster Session 1 (60 min)



Tuesday, October 23, 2012


Chairperson: Hernan G. Arango

09:00-09:40  Andrew M. Moore, UC Santa Cruz (40 min)
Characterization of Forecast Error using Singular Value Decomposition
PPT | PIC

09:40-10:10  Brian Powell, University of Hawaii Manoa, USA (30 min)
Combining a Model with Observations: Data Assimilation in ROMS
PDF | PIC



10:10-10:30  Break (20 min)




Chairperson: Charitha Pattiaratchi

10:30-11:00  Frank Colberg, CSIRO, Australia (30 min)
The impact of future changes in weather patterns on extreme sea levels over southern Australia
PPTX | PIC

11:00-11:30  Robert Hetland, Texas A&M University, USA (30 min)
Wind and density driven flow along the Texas-Louisiana continental shelf
KEY | PPT | PIC

11:30-12:00  Xiaoqian Zhang, Texas A&M University, USA (30 min)
A numerical investigation of the Mississippi and Atchafalaya freshwater transport, filling and flushing times on the Texas-Louisiana Shelf
PPTX | PIC



12:00-13:30  Lunch (90 minutes)




Chairperson: John Wilkin

13:30-14:00  Bronwyn Cahill, Informus GmbH, Germany (30 min)
Interannual Variability of Primary Production and Carbon Fluxes along the U.S. Eastern Continental Shelf: Impact of Atmospheric Forcing?
PPT | PIC

14:00-14:30  Paulo Calil, FURG, Rio Grande - RS, Brasil (30 min)
Biological Relevance of Submesoscale Processes in the Stratified, Oligotrophic Ocean
PDF | PIC

14:30-15:00  Marcus Silva, UFPE, Recife - PE, Brasil (30 min)
Simulating the tropical Atlantic air-sea CO2 exchange with a Regional high resolution ocean modeling system

15:00-15:30  Luciano Pezzi, INPE/CPTEC, Brasil (30 min)
The Regional Ocean Modeling initiatives at INPE: An overview of South Atlantic Ocean modeling and biochemical studies
PPT | PIC



15:30-16:30  Poster Session 2 (60 min)






17:00-21:30  Cruise Reception



Wednesday, October 24, 2012


Chairperson: Brian Powell

09:00-09:40  Hernan Arango, IMCS, Rutgers University (30 min)
Upcoming ROMS Algorithms
PPTM | PIC

09:40-10:10  David Robertson, IMCS, Rutgers U., USA (30 min)
Building ROMS and using the ROMS Matlab repository
PPTX




10:10-10:30  Break (20 min)




Chairperson: Andrew M. Moore

10:30-11:00  Chari Pattiaratchi, U. of W. Australia, Australia (30 min)
Modelling meso-scale dynamics along western and southern Australian shelf and slopes: A ROMS modelling approach
PPTX | PIC

11:00-11:30  Patrick Marchesiello, IRD, France (30 min)
ROMS effective resolution
PPTX | PIC

11:30-12:00  Felipe Soares, PROOCEANO, Brasil (30 min)
A 16 Year Hindcast of Southeastern Brazilian Basin Using ROMS
PPT | PIC



12:00-15:00  Lunch (3 hours)




Chairperson: Carlos Teixeira

15:00-15:30  Leonado Marques da Cruz, PROOCEANO, Brasil (30 min)
On the Variability of the Brazil Current Stability Conditions Near Cabo Frio

15:30-16:00  Mauro Cirano, UFBA, Salvador - Bahia, Brasil (30 min)
An overview of the shelf and shelf/slope regional modeling initiatives along the Brazilian coast: the REMO contribution towards operational oceanography and environmental monitoring
PPTX | PIC

16:00-16:30  Rafael Schiller, Marintek do Brasil, Brasil (30 min)
Integrating ocean modelling to R&D projects in marine technology: future perspectives for the O&G Industry
PDF | PIC


18:00             Adjourn





Thursday, October 25, 2012

Special Session on Modern Observational and Modern Modeling Systems





Chairperson: Mauricio Fragoso

09:00-09:40  Chari Pattiaratchi, U. of W. Australia, Australia (40 min)
Ocean observations in Western Australia
PPTX | PIC

09:40-10:20  Scott Glenn, IMCS, Rutgers U., USA (40 min)
The Rise of Regional-scale Ocean Observatories for Science, Society and Security in the United States, and the Development of Collaborative Global Networks
PPTX | PIC



10:20-10:40  Break (20 min)




Chairperson: Scott Glenn

10:40-11:20  Mauricio Fragoso, PROOCEANO, Brasil (40 min)
Santos Basin Ocean Observing System - Project Blue
PPT | PIC

11:20-11:50  Rogerio Candella, IEAPM-Brazilian Navy, Brasil (30 min)
Long-term oceanographic measurements along the Brazilian coast: Characteristics and Perspectives
PPS | PIC

11:50-12:20  Afonso Paiva, COPPE/UFRJ, Brasil (30 min)
Ocean Observation in the Scope of the Ocean Science INCT in Brazil
PDF | PIC



12:20-14:00  Lunch (100 minutes)




Chairperson: John Wilkin

14:00-14:40  Andrew M. Moore, UC Santa Cruz, USA (40 min)
Quantifying the Value of Observations in Ocean State Estimation
PPT | PIC

14:40-15:20  Brian Powell, University of Hawaii Manoa, USA (40 min)
Quantifying real-time observations on model state estimation
PDF | PIC



15:20-15:40  Break (20 min)




Chairperson: Andrew M. Moore

15:40-16:20  John Wilkin, IMCS, Rutgers University, USA (40 min)
An evaluation of real-time forecast models of Middle Atlantic Bight continental shelf waters
PPTX | PIC

16:20-18:00  Open Discussion (1 hour 40 min)


18:00             Adjourn