Program Tropical Atlantic
Workshop
7-9 June 2004, De Bilt, The Netherlands.
Buys Ballotzaal
REPORT: reporttameet.doc
Monday 7 June
9:00-9:30 Arrival, coffee
9:30h Welcome
and Introduction
North
Brazil Current, NBC rings, NECC
and STC-MOC
09:50-10:25 Bill
Johns: NBC rings
10:25-11:00 Markus
Dengler: Western boundary circulation and the role
of deep eddies in the tropical South Atlantic
11:00-11:35 Gustavo Goni: Variability of the NBC, NBC rings and NECC
from altimetry
11:35-12:10 Bob
Molinari: Observed retroflection of the North Brazil
Current
Lunch
13:00-13:35 Monika Rhein: Southern Hemisphere transport in western
tropical/subtropical Atlantic
13:35-14:10 Claus
Boening/Sabine Huettl: STC pathways in Flame
Tropical
Atlantic climate: ocean state
14:10-14:45 Alban
Lazar: Barrier layer and mixed layer climatology
14:45-15:15 Karina Affler: Observations of intraseasonal variability in
the western tropical Atlantic
Break
15:30-16:05 Sabine
Arnault: Altimetry and ARAMIS experiment
16:05-16:40 Christine Provost: Near surface velocities and the relation
to altimetry
16:40-17:15 Marc
D'Orgeville: Process study of instabilities related to
deep equatorial layering
Tuesday 8 June
09:00-09:35 Lucia
Bunge: Structure of deep horizontal velocities in the
tropical Atlantic
09:35-10:10 Rana Fine: Subduction of North Atlantic Subtropical
Underwater
Coupled
variability, teleconnections and predictability
10:10-10:45 Wilco
Hazeleger: Sensitivity of tropical Atlantic
climate
to ocean mixing
Break
11:15-11:50 Eric Chassignet: HYCOM forecasting model in the Atlantic
11:50-12:25 Chidong
Zhang: Shallow atmospheric overturning and ITCZ
Lunch
13:15-13:50 Mojib Latif and Noel Keenlyside: ENSO-TAV interaction:
modelling
13:50-14:25 Geert
Jan van Oldenborgh: Seasonal predictability in the
tropical Atlantic
Break
15:00-15:35 Alban
Lazar: Coupling mechanisms based on DEMETER data base
15:35-16:10 Rein
Haarsma: Sahel rainfall-SST connections in a coupled
model ensemble
16:10-16:45 Roberto
De Almeida: Dods-server for PIRATA data
18:00-20:30 Reception at Utrecht University Museum
Wednesday 9 June
Planning
09:00-09:25 Bill Johns TACE
09:25-09:50 Bernard
Bourles: AMMA, EGEE,PIRATA , Bourles,
AMMA
09:50-10:15 Markus
Dengler: IFM tropical Atlantic projects.
10:15-10:15 Rhein:
Bremen plans
10:15-10:40 Chidong
Zhang: Planning AMI (Atlantic Marine ITCZ)
Discussion
Tropical
Atlantic Climate Experiment : TACE
11:00-12:30 Working group discussion
13:15-14:30 Working group discussion
15:00-17:00 Presentation/discussion
Wilco Hazeleger