Programme Groups

OS – Ocean Sciences


ML2
Alfred Wegener Medal Lecture by Lennart Bengtsson
Convener: G. Ganssen 
ML21
Fridtjof Nansen Medal Lecture by Jochem Marotzke
Convener: M. Rhein 
OS1
Open Session on Ocean Circulation
Co-Convener: R. Steinfeldt 
OS2
Open Session on Shelf Seas and Coastal Seas
Convener: J. van der Molen  | Co-Convener: H. E. de Swart 
OS3
Strong Ocean Currents: Honoring the science of Fritz Schott (including Fridtjof Nansen Medal Lecture)
Co-Convener: Johns 
OS4
High latitude changes in ocean, ice and climate
Convener: R. Döscher  | Co-Convener: U. Schauer 
OS5
Manifestations of global climate change in the Arctic Ocean
Convener: U. Schauer 
OS6
Operational Oceanography: Skill Assessment, Error Analysis and Service Delivery
Convener: R. Proctor 
OS7
Ocean Remote Sensing
Co-Conveners: G. Han , E. Schrama 
OS8
Open session on SOLAS and sensitivity of marine ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles to climate change
Co-Convener: B. Salihoglu 
OS9
New aspects of the marine nitrogen cycle's processes and budget
Convener: H. Bange  | Co-Conveners: Kuypers , M. Voss 
OS10
Southern Ocean Variability
Convener: H. Hellmer  | Co-Convener: Y. H. Park 
OS13
Temporal variability of ocean temperature (heat content) and salinity (freshwater content)
Convener: Levitus  | Co-Convener: V. Artale 
OS14/AS1.11
Gravity Waves (co-organized)
Convener: U. Achatz  | Co-Conveners: R. Plougonven , E. Becker , R. Sharman 
OS15/G20
Physical Oceanographic Applications of Combined Sea Level and Ocean Gravity measurements (co-organized)
Convener: J. Schröter  | Co-Convener: V. Zlotnicki 
HS9.2/OS16
Lakes and Inland Seas (co-organized)
Convener: P. Zavialov  | Co-Convener: J. Friedrich 
OS18
European Collaboration for Implementation of Marine Research on Cores (EuroMARC)
Convener: G. Camoin  | Co-Convener: Dokken 
OS20
Preparing for ESA’s Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity Mission
Convener: S. Mecklenburg  | Co-Convener: Y. Kerr 
AS2.2
Air-Sea Interactions (General Session)
Convener: Makin  | Co-Convener: N. Wells 
AS1.14
African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA)
Convener: C. Taylor  | Co-Conveners: Janicot , H. Kunstmann , B. Marticorena 
BG1.9
Analysis and Characterization of Black Carbon in the Environment
Convener: M. W. I. Schmidt  | Co-Convener: Ö. Gustafsson 
BG1.10
Towards a process based understanding of Biomineralization (co-sponsored by EAG)
Convener: G. Nehrke  | Co-Conveners: Meibom , J. Stolarski , A. Shemesh 
CL3
Climate of the Polar Regions
Convener: P. Wadhams 
CL7
Monthly, seasonal and decadal forecasting (including Outstanding Young Scientist Lecture)
Convener: M. A. Liniger  | Co-Conveners: G. J. van Oldenborgh (deceased) , F. J. Doblas-Reyes 
CL42
Global and regional sea level rise and variability (including changes in storm surge frequency and magnitude)
Convener: S. Jevrejeva  | Co-Conveners: Katsman , P. Woodworth , A. Grinsted 
CR3.1
Remote sensing of cryosphere
Convener: M. Tedesco 
CR4.2
Arctic Coastal Processes
Convener: M. Leibman  | Co-Conveners: P. Overduin , Lantuit , Couture 
CR9.1
Sea Ice and Sea Ice-Climate Interactions
Co-Convener: D. Feltham 
CR9.2
Applied Sea Ice
Co-Convener: K. Høyland 
ESSI5
Informatics in Oceanography
Convener: G. M. R. Manzella  | Co-Convener: Balopoulos 
ESSI6
Earth System Modeling: Strategies and Software
Convener: R. Budich  | Co-Convener: R. Redler 
GI1/MPRG22
Open Session on Geoscience Instrumentation
Convener: H. Svedhem  | Co-Conveners: V. Korepanov , A.-M. Harri 
GI2
Atmoshere, Ocean, Meteorological Instruments and ocean observatory instrumentation
Convener: J. Vivekanandan  | Co-Conveners: M. Rose , C. Waldmann 
GI3
Instrumentation for Ocean Observatories and Early Warning Systems
Convener: C. Waldmann  | Co-Convener: I. Puillat 
GI5
Space Instrumentation
Convener: M. Leese  | Co-Conveners: G. Kargl , Falkner 
GI7
Instrumentation for Polar Regions
Convener: M. Rose  | Co-Convener: D. Meldrum 
GM9.3
Seafloor expression of tectonic and geomorphic processes
Convener: S. Krastel  | Co-Conveners: Jacobs , Vachtman 
NH6.1
Tsunami: Science, Prevention and Mitigation Measures
Convener: S. Tinti  | Co-Convener: E. Pelinovsky 
NH6.3
Extreme Sea Waves
Convener: E. Pelinovsky  | Co-Convener: C. Kharif 
NH6.4
Coastal geo-hazards and storm surges: characterization, prediction and climate change
Convener: C. Violante  | Co-Conveners: P. Lionello , F. J. Mendez 
NP2.3
Nonlinear Dynamics of the Ocean Circulation
Convener: S. Pierini 
NP3.1
Scale, scaling and nonlinear variability in aquatic sciences
Convener: F. G. Schmitt  | Co-Conveners: V. Nikora , A. Turiel 
NP7.3
Wind-Wave-Current interactions and ocean mixing
Co-Convener: Gade 
BG1.5
Biogeochemistry of dissolved organic matter: characterisation, distribution and ecosystem roles
Convener: G. Uher 
CL34
Production, flux and burial of silica, and the regulation of global (paleo)cycles (co-sponsored by EAG, SSP, OS)
CL43
Perspectives of local and regional sea level rise and storm surge statistics in the North Sea and elsewhere
Co-Conveners: J. Church , Katsman