Session 1

1. Introduction and objectives of the Workshop and messages from Mike Johnson and Jim Todd(Garzoli)

2. AMOC as a US Ocean Priority (Lindstrom)

3. The Aquarius/SAC-D Program (Lagerdof, Colomb)

4. Argo (Piotrowicz)

5. The South Atlantic Circulation and its role in Climate (Piola)

6. Inter-ocean exchanges. Large scale observations and models (Speich)

7. Will slowing of the MOC warm or cool Europe? (Nof)

8. The impacts of changes in the MOC on the south Atlantic climate and variability (Campos)