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Monday May 26, 2014

08:00-08:50 Registration

08:50-09:00 Welcome and logistics

Chairperson: Hernan G. Arango

09:00-09:30 Andrew M. Moore, University of California Santa Cruz, USA (30 min)

Forecasting Forecast Error

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09:30-10:00 Ilaria Iermano, DiST - Parthenope University, Italy (30 min)

Preliminary applications of the ROMS 4D-Var data assimilation to a Tyrrhenian Sea coastal region

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10:00-10:30 Break (30 min)

Chairperson: Andrew M. Moore

10:30-11:00 Mauricio Fragoso, PROOCEANO, Brazil (30 min)

4DVAR Data Assimilation on Southeastern Brazilian Basin in the Scope of Project Blue

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11:00-11:30 Ivica Janekovic, Institut Rudjer Boskovic, Croatia (30 min)

Estimation of ocean dynamics in coastal regions using advanced ROMS capabilities

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11:30-12:00 Carlo Brandini, CNR Ibimet - LaMMA, Italy (30 min)

A Prediction and Observing System for the Ligurian and the North Tyrrhenian Sea

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12:00-15:00 Lunch (3 hours)

Chairperson: Brian Powell

15:00-15:30 John L. Wilkin, IMCS, Rutgers University, USA (30 min)

Coastal Mean Dynamic Topography Computed Using ROMS Variational Assimilation of Long-Term Mean Observed Currents and Hydrography

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15:30-16:00 Gildas Cambon, LEGOS, France (30 min)

The ROW regional coupled system

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16:00-16:30 Mathieu Dutour Sikiric, Institut Rudjer Boskovic, Croatia (30 min)

Coupling of the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) and Wind Wave Model

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16:30-17:00 Break (30 min)

17:00-18:30 Poster Session I (90 min)

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Chairperson: Arthur J. Miller

09:15-09:45 Brian Powell, University of Hawaii, USA (30 min)

Improving Model ENSO Validation by Constraining Isotopic Signatures of Extreme Events

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09:45-10:15 Hrvoje Mihanovic, Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Croatia (30 min)

Extreme cooling and dense water formation in the Adriatic during the winter of 2012

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10:15-10:45 Sandro Carniel, CNR-ISMAR, Italy (30 min)

Sub-surface and near-bottom thermohaline circulation of a shallow sea during a dense water production event: a case study from the northern Adriatic Sea

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10:45-11:00 Break (15 min)

Chairperson: John L. Wilkin

11:00-11:30 Arthur J. Miller, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA (30 min)

The physical oceanographic environment of the southern California Current during the past decade: Changes in climate and concepts

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11:30-12:00 Farshid Daryabor, National Antarctic Research Center, University of Malaya, Malaysia (30 min)

Modeling of circulation, tides, and thermohaline stractures of the southern region of the south china sea using Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS)

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12:00-12:30 Moninya Roughan, University of New South Wales, Australia (30 min)

Cold Core Frontal Eddies in the East Australian Current. Formation, Entrainment and biological significance

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13:30-18:00 Lim Channel Cruise Reception

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Chairperson: Ivica Janekovic

09:15-09:45 Robert Hetland, Texas A&M University, USA (30 min)

Baroclinic instability along the Mississippi/Atchafalaya plume front

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09:45-10:15 Francesco Marcello Falcieri, CNR-ISMAR, Italy (30 min)

Northern Adriatic Dense Waters and Po River Plume interaction from a modelling and statistical point of view

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10:15-10:45 Break (30 min)

Chairperson: Robert Hetland

10:45-11:15 Jihène Abdennadher, Institut Préparatoire aux Etudes d¿Ingénieur de Tunis, Tunisia (30 min)

Numerical simulation of the M2 Internal Tide in the Strait of Sicily

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11:15-11:45 Jordi Solé, Institute of Marine Sciences (CSIC), Spain (30 min)

Quantifying the ocean velocity contribution to the Alboran Sea primary production

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11:45-15:15 Lunch (3 hours 30 minutes)

Chairperson: Moninya Roughan

15:15-15:45 Luz María García-García, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Spain (30 min)

A biogeochemical model for North and Northwest Iberia: some applications

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15:45-16:15 Tomasz Dabrowski, Irish Marine Institute, Ireland (30 min)

Shellfish growth and bacterial contamination model embedded in ROMS

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16:15-16:45 Chan Joo Jang, KIOST, Republic of Korea (30 min)

Seasonal and interannual variability in the East Sea ecosystem: effects of nutrient transport through the Korea Strait

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16:45-17:00 Break (15 min)

17:00-18:30 Poster Session II (90 min)

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Chairperson: Mauricio Fragoso

09:15-10:15 Andrew M. Moore, University of California Santa Cruz, USA (60 min)

Lecture I: ROMS 4D-Var: Past, Present and Future

A review of the current systems, how and where it is being used, know issues and bugs, and where would like to take the system in the future.

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10:15-10:45 Break (30 min)

10:45-11:45 Hernan G. Arango, IMCS, Rutgers University, USA (60 min)

Lecture II: ROMS Nesting: Composite and refined grids

A detailed overview of algorithms and current capabilities

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11:45-12:45 John L. Wilkin, IMCS, Rutgers University, USA (60 min)

Lecture III: ROMS Nesting: Applications

An overview of pre- and post-processing Matlab scripts, grid setups, and realistic examples

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12:45 Adjourn