Oral Programme OS1

OS1

Open Session on Ocean Circulation
Co-Convener: R. Steinfeldt 
Oral Programme
 / Mon, 20 Apr, 08:30–12:00  / 15:30–19:00  / Room D
Poster Programme
 / Attendance Tue, 21 Apr, 15:30–19:00  / Halls X/Y

Monday, 20 April 2009
Room D
Chairperson: T. Kanzow
08:30–08:45
EGU2009-6437
Mixing in the equatorial thermocline: the importance of small vertical scale velocity features
K.J. Richards and A. Natarov
08:45–09:00
EGU2009-11729
On the Computation of the Ekman Currents from Global Datasets and Application to the Study of the Near-Surface Circulation of the South China Sea During the Winter Monsoon
L. Centurioni
09:00–09:15
EGU2009-11959
Surface circulation of the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico using 13 years of satellite altimetry data
A. Alvera-Azcárate, A. Barth, and R. H. Weisberg
09:15–09:30
EGU2009-1306
The seasonal variability of the sea surface height in the Colombian Basin: Altimeter data and modeling
G. Bernal, M. Ruiz-Ochoa, E. Beier, and R. Tokmakian
09:30–09:45
EGU2009-2734
On the spreading of South Atlantic Water into the northern hemisphere
K. Kirchner, M. Rhein, S. Hüttl-Kabus, and C.W. Böning
09:45–10:00
EGU2009-2481
Basin-wide integrated volume transports in an eddy-filled ocean
T. Kanzow, H. L. Johnson, D. P. Marshall, S. A. Cunningham, J. J-M. Hirschi, A. Mujahid, H. L. Bryden, and W. E. Johns
COFFEE BREAK
10:30–10:45
EGU2009-3070
Sub-seasonal to seasonal variability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26.5N
T.O. Kanzow, S.A. Cunningham, W. Johns, J. Hirschi, J. Marotzke, C. Meinen, L. Beal, C. Atkinson, M-P. Chidichimo, and J. Collins and the RAPID-MOC/MOCHA
10:45–11:00
EGU2009-12512
The contribution of density variations at the eastern boundary of the North Atlantic to the meridional overturning circulation at 26.5
M. P. Chidichimo, T. Kanzow, S. A. Cunningham, W. E. Johns, and J. Marotzke
11:00–11:15
EGU2009-6334
The Meridional Overturning Circulation and the Subpolar Gyre observed at the A25-OVIDE section in June 2002 and 2004
P. Lherminier, H. Mercier, T. Huck, C. Gourcuff, F. F. Perez, P. Morin, and C. Kermabon
11:15–11:30
EGU2009-5096
The Relationship Between the North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and the Surface-Forced Overturning Stream Function
J. P. Grist, S. A. Josey, and R. Marsh
11:30–11:45
EGU2009-4624
Multidecadal and multicentennial variability of the meridional overturning circulation
W. Park and M. Latif
11:45–12:00
EGU2009-7703
Stability of a minimal model of a wind- and mixing-driven overturning circulation
A. Levermann and J. J. Fuerst
LUNCH BREAK
15:30–16:00
EGU2009-11314
Vertical structure of horizontal currents in global eddying OGCMs (solicited)
R.B. Scott, R. Ferrari, and B.K. Arbic
16:00–16:15
EGU2009-10224
On the impact of large-amplitude fluctuations in deep integrated transports over sloping bathymetry on the vertical structure of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
T. Kanzow and S. A. Cunningham
16:15–16:30
EGU2009-2742
Observations of semi-diurnal energy fluxes at the western boundary of the North Atlantic at 16∘ N and 47∕49∘ N
U. Stöber, M. Walter, C. Mertens, and M. Rhein
16:30–16:45
EGU2009-6323
The Impact of the Geothermal Heat Flux on the Oceanic Abyssal Circulation
M. Hofmann and M. A. Morales Maqueda
16:45–17:00
EGU2009-13194
The impact of gyre dynamics on the mid-depth salinity signature of the eastern North Atlantic
K.C. Burkholder and M.S. Lozier
BREAK
17:30–17:45
EGU2009-2046
Sensitivity of the subpolar Atlantic climate to local winds
O. Saenko
17:45–18:00 EGU2009-2396
Response of the western North Atlantic to seasonal variability in the Southern Ocean (withdrawn)
V. Ivchenko, B. Sinha, N. Wells, and A. Blaker
18:00–18:15
EGU2009-5666
Slope currents variability over a continental slope forced by mesoscale turbulence
A. Le Boyer, G. Roullet, and L. Marié
18:15–18:30
EGU2009-5711
Extratropical Rossby waves in the presence of buoyancy mixing
O. Marchal
18:30–18:45
EGU2009-7021
Energy conversion and neutral surfaces with a nonlinear equation of state
J. Nycander
18:45–19:00
EGU2009-7110
The time mean ocean dynamics as viewed from the mass-weighted averaging of equations in isopycnal coordinates
N. Ducousso