Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 11:05:32 -0800 From: DB Jahnke Reply-To: djahnke@skio.peachnet.edu Organization: Skidaway Institute of Oceanography X-Accept-Language: en To: GL PIs Subject: Gordon Research Conference John Allen has asked that the CoOP Office forward this message along to all CoOP SSC members and PIs, both present and past. If you fit into more than one CoOP category, you may be on more than one of my email lists, so I apologize in advance for any redundancy. Regards, Debbie Jahnke CoOP Office ---------------------- GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCE COASTAL OCEAN CIRCULATION COLBY-SAWYER COLLEGE NEW LONDON, NH JUNE 10-15, 2001 All interested coastal oceanographers, including graduate students and postdoctoral research associates, are encouraged to participate. Contributed poster presentations are welcome. Attendance is limited to 135 so early registration is advisable. Registration information is available at the GRC website http://www.grc.uri.edu Chair: John Allen, Vice Chair: Steven Lentz, Steering Committee: Richard Garvine, Leslie Rosenfeld, Roger Samelson, Francisco Werner Session 1: POLAR SHELVES (Sunday PM) Discussion Leader: Adriana Huyer, Oregon State University David Chapman, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ARCTIC SHELF-BASIN INTERACTIONS Tom Weingartner, University of Alaska GOING TO EXTREMES: BUOYANCY FORCING ON ARCTIC CONTINENTAL SHELVES Session 2: VERTICAL MIXING (Monday AM) Discussion Leader: W. Rocky Geyer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Ken Melville, Scripps Institution of Oceanography MEASUREMENTS OF SURFACE WAVE BREAKING IN THE COASTAL OCEAN: AIR-SEA FLUXES AND MIXING James Ledwell, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution MIXING IN STRATIFIED COASTAL WATERS Mark Stacey, University of California, Berkeley THE ENERGETICS OF TURBULENT MIXING IN STRATIFIED ESTUARINE FLOWS Session 3: NEARSHORE PROCESSES (Monday PM) Discussion Leader: John Allen, Oregon State University Steve Elgar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution SURFACE GRAVITY WAVES PROPAGATING ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL SHELF TO THE BEACH Robert Guza, Scripps Institution of Oceanography FIELD OBSERVATIONS OF SURFZONE CIRCULATION Session 4: TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS (Tuesday AM) Discussion Leader: Leslie Rosenfeld, Naval Postgraduate School Susan Allen, University of British Columbia EFFECTS OF SUBMARINE CANYONS ON CROSS-SHELF-BREAK EXCHANGE Peter Holloway, The University of New South Wales INTERNAL TIDE GENERATION OVER TOPOGRAPHY: COMPARISONS BETWEEN MODEL PREDICTIONS AND OBSERVATIONS David Farmer, Graduate School of Oceanography, URI SMALL SCALE TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS IN COASTAL WATERS Session 5: BIOGEOCHEMICAL-PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS (Tuesday PM) Discussion Leader: Francisco Werner, University of North Carolina Ken Denman, University of Victoria BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES IN UPWELLING REGIONS: FROM OBSERVATIONS TO MODELS Jesus Pineda, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution COMPONENTS OF LARVAL TRANSPORT: PHYSICAL VARIABILITY AND LARVAL BEHAVIOR Session 6: FRONTAL CIRCULATION (Wednesday AM) Discussion Leader: Richard Garvine, University of Delaware Kenneth Brink, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution OBSERVED CURRENTS OVER GEORGES BANK Robert Houghton, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory SECONDARY CIRCULATION AT TIDAL AND SHELFBREAK FRONTS: RESULTS FROM PURPOSEFUL TRACER EXPERIMENTS Kevin Horsburgh, University of Wales FRONTAL CIRCULATION IN SHELF SEAS: OBSERVATIONS, MODELLING AND IMPLICATIONS Session 7: COASTAL METEOROLOGY (Wednesday PM) Discussion Leader: Roger Samelson, Oregon State University Nickolas Bond, NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory OUTSTANDING ISSUES REGARDING AIR-SEA INTERACTIONS IN THE COASTAL ZONE F. Martin Ralph, NOAA/Environmental Technology Laboratory THE STRUCTURE AND ORIGINS OF COASTALLY TRAPPED WINDS IN LAND- FALLING PACIFIC WINTER STORMS IN CALIFORNIA Session 8: EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS (Thursday AM) Discussion Leader: Kenneth Brink, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Adriana Huyer, Oregon State University SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIATIONS OFF CENTRAL OREGON, 1961- 2000 Allan Clarke, Florida State University INTERANNUAL AND DECADAL COASTAL VARIABILITY P. Ted Strub, Oregon State University SATELLITE COMPARISONS OF EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS Session 9: BUOYANT CURRENTS (Thursday PM) Discussion Leader: Steven Lentz, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Richard Garvine, University of Delaware CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN THE DYNAMICS OF BUOYANT COASTAL DISCHARGE W. Rocky Geyer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution THE IMPORTANCE OF SUSPENDED SEDIMENT IN COASTAL PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY