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2009 ROMS/TOMS Asia-Pacific Workshop
Sydney Institute of Marine Science (SIMS)
Sydney, Australia
March 31 - April 2, 2009



Tuesday, March 31, 2009

08:00-08:50  Registration

08:50-09:00  Welcome and logistics


Chairperson: Moninya Roughan

09:00-09:30  Charitha Pattiaratchi, UWA, Australia (30 min)
Applications of ROMS along the west and south coasts of Western Australia
PPT

09:30-10:00  Robin Robertson, UNSW at ADFA, Australia (30 min)
Vertical Mixing from ROMS
PPT | PIC


10:00-10:30  Break (30 min)



Chairperson: John Wilkin

10:30-11:00  Ben Galton-Fenzi, CSIRO, UTas, Australia (30 min)
Modelling marine ice accretion beneath ice shelves
PDF | PIC

11:00-11:30  Mark Hadfield, NIWA, New Zealand (30 min)
Nested simulations of coastal currents for larval dispersal
PPT | PIC

11:30-12:00  Charles Dong, UC Los Angeles, USA (30 min)
Simulation of an Upwelling Event in the Southern California Bight
PPT | PIC


12:00-14:00  Catered Lunch, Posters, and Discussion (2 hours)



Chairperson: Deborah Cox

14:00-14:30  Philippe Estrade, UNSW, Australia (30 min)
A numerical study of island wake generated by an elliptical tidal flow
PPT | PIC

14:30-15:00  Madeleine Cahill, CSIRO, Australia (30 min)
Modeling Tropcial Cyclones on the Northwest Shelf of Australia
PPT | PIC

15:00-15:30  Francis Pavanathara, INCOIS, India (30 min)
Contrasting summer monsoon cold pool south of Indian peninsula
PPT | PIC


15:30-16:00  Afternoon Tea (30 min)


Wednesday, April 1, 2009


Chairperson: Hernan G. Arango

09:00-10:00  Andrew M. Moore, UC Santa Cruz, USA (60 min)
ROMS 4D-Var: The Complete Picture
PPT | PIC

10:00-10:30  Jerome Fiechter, UC Santa Cruz, USA (30 min)
Improving ecosystem model prediction through data assimilation
PPT | PIC


10:30-11:00  Break (30 min)



Chairperson: Andrew M. Moore

11:00-11:30  John Wilkin, IMCS, Rutgers University, USA (30 min)
Predictability of Mesoscale Variability in the East Australia Current System given Strong Constraint Data Assimilation
PDF | PIC

11:30-12:00  Byoung-Ju, Choi, Kunsan National U., Korea (30 min)
Assimilation of Sea Surface Temperature into a Northwest Pacific Ocean Model using an Ensemble Kalman Filter
PPT | PIC

12:00-12:30  Hernan G. Arango, IMCS, Rutgers University, USA (30 min)
ROMS Framework and Algorithms
PPT | PIC


12:30-14:30  Catered Lunch, Posters, and Discussion (2 hours)



Chairperson: Mark Hadfield

14:30-15:00  Uwe Rosebrock, CSIRO, Australia (30 min)
Relocatable Ocean and Atmosphere Model Control System
PPT | PIC

15:00-15:30  David Robertson, IMCS, Rutgers U., USA (30 min)
ROMS: NetCDF and Matlab
PPT | PIC

15:30-16:00  Richard P. Signell, USGS - Woods Hole, USA (30 min)
Web service tools and techniques for ROMS users
PPT | PIC


16:00-16:45  Break / Group Picture (30 min)


16:45-20:00  Harbour Cruise and Cocktail Reception. Departure from SIMS Wharf


Thursday, April 2, 2009


Chairperson: Richard P. Signell

09:00-09:30  Christopher R. Sherwood, USGS, USA (30 min)
Wayne Geyer, WHOI, USA
Update on the NOPP-CSTM Project
PPT | PIC

09:30-10:00  Christopher R. Sherwood, USGS, USA (30 min)
Coupled modeling of waves, currents, bedforms, and suspended sediment on the inner shelf
PPT | PIC


10:00-10:30  Break (30 min)



Chairperson: Christopher R. Sherwood

10:30-11:00  Courtney Harris, VIMS, USA (30 min)
Linking Sediment and Biological Processes within the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS)
PPT | PIC

11:30-11:30  Yusuke Uchiyama, UC, Los Angeles, USA (30 min)
Wave-current interaction in ROMS: A vortex-force formalism
PPT | PIC

11:30-12:00  Liejun Zhong, CSIRO, Australia (30 min)
Wave-driven circulation in a complex reef dominated coastal environment off South West Western Australia
PPT | PIC


12:00-14:00  Catered Lunch, Posters, and Discussion (2 hours)



Chairperson: Madeleine Cahill

14:00-14:30  Carlos Teixeira, UNSW/ SARDI, Australia (30 min)
Application of ROMS for the Spencer Gulf and on the adjacent shelf of South Australia
PPT | PIC

14:30-15:00  Mark Baird, CSIRO, Australia (30 min)
Coupled physical-biological modelling of the waters off southeast Australia
PPT | PIC

15:00-15:30  Open Discussion


15:30-16:00  Afternoon Tea (30 min)