Agenda SAMOC 4 Simons Town September 27th - 29th 2011
Chair/Speaker
Tuesday

9.00 - 9.05 Welcome Isabelle Ansorge
9.05 - 9.20 Opening and overview of the workshop Silvia Garzoli

9.20 - 9.30 On the recent warming of the Agulhas current Rouault Highlights of recent advances in sciences
9.30 - 9.40 On the impact of the Southern Hemisphere winds on the Agulhas Current system Durgadoo
9.40 - 9.50 Intensification of the sub-tropical Indian Ocean gyre and impacts on the Agulhas Current system Backeberg
9.50 - 10.00 Driving the greater Agulhas Current: inter-ocean flux response to changes in basin scale wind forcing Loveday
10.00 - 10.10 Process studies of Agulhas-ring-dipoles using observations and a QG model Baker-Yeboah

10.20 - 11.00 Tea and Coffee
11.00 - 13.00 Status of the Observations I Speich
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 15.30 Status of the Observations II Meinen
15.30 - 16.00 Tea and Coffee
16.00 - 17.00 Status of the Observations III Garzoli

19.00 - 22.00 Welcome drinks and Dinner at Berthas Restaurant Simons Town

Wednesday

9.00 - 9.20 Overview of Yesterday Alberto Piola Highlights of recent advances in sciences

9.20 - 9.30 An update on my work looking at the MOC in the OCCAM dataset Povl
9.30 - 9.40 Assessing the use of altimetry to monitor the Meridional Heat Transport in the South Atlantic Goni
9.40 - 9.50 A proposal to conduct sections at 35 or 40S and some ideas on the factors that influence the THC in the SA Pelegri
9.50 - 10.00 Deep Western Boundary Current transport variability in the South Atlantic: Preliminary results from a pilot array at 34.5°S Meinen
10.00 - 10.10 Geostrophic Velocity Measurement Techniques for the MOC and Meridional Heat Transport in the South Atlantic Perez

10.20 - 11.00 Tea and Coffee
11.00 - 13.00 Status of the Modelling I Penven
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 15.30 Status of the Modelling II Povl and Baker-Yeboah
15.30 - 16.00 Tea and Coffee
16.00 - 17.30 Ship Time planning

19.00 - 22.00 Dinner at Harbour House/Polana Restaurant Kalk Bay

Thursday

9.00 - 9.10 Overview of Yesterday Speich

9.10 - 9.20 Status Report on CDRAKE and Summary of Initial Findings Watts
9.20 - 10.10 Report back - Proposals submitted - USA, France and UK Perez, Speich
10.10 - 10.30 Report back Proposals submitted - Spain and Brazil Campos, Pelegri
10.30 - 10.40 Report back - Proposals submitted - South Africa Swart, roberts paper

10.20 - 11.00 Tea and Coffee
11.15 - 13.00 The future I. Writing new proposals Marjolaine Rouault Report
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 15.30 The future II. Writing new proposals
15.30 - 16.00 Tea and Coffee
16.00 - 17.00 The future III. Writing new proposals

19.00 - 22.00 Dinner at the Black Marlin Simons Town