Oral Programme OS3

OS3

Strong Ocean Currents: Honoring the science of Fritz Schott (including Fridtjof Nansen Medal Lecture)
Co-Convener: Bill Johns 
Oral Programme
 / Thu, 23 Apr, 08:30–12:00  / 15:30–19:00  / Room D
Poster Programme
 / Attendance Tue, 21 Apr, 17:30–19:00  / Halls X/Y

Thursday, 23 April 2009
Room D
Chairperson: P. Brandt
Honoring the Scientific Legacy of Fritz Schott

08:30–08:45
EGU2009-2613
Fritz Schott’s Contributions to the Understanding of the Ocean Circulation (solicited)
M. Visbeck
08:45–09:00
EGU2009-5903
Seasonal and interannual variability of the subtropical Atlantic western boundary current system (solicited)
W. Johns, C. Meinen, M. Baringer, P. DiNezio, and R. Molinari
09:00–09:15
EGU2009-40
Wyrtki Jet Dynamics (solicited)
M. J. McPhaden and M. Nagura
09:15–09:30
EGU2009-6179
Secular warming trend and climate variability of the tropical Indian Ocean (solicited)
S.-P. Xie, Y. Du, X. Zheng, and G. Vecchi
09:30–09:45
EGU2009-9829
Labrador Sea Water production and the strength of the Subpolar Gyre (solicited)
M. Rhein
09:45–10:00
EGU2009-6928
Nordic Seas Ventilation, Overflows and Mixing (solicited)
D. Quadfasel and R. Käse
COFFEE BREAK
Nansen Medal Award and Supolar Science

10:30–11:15
EGU2009-14031
Observing and Predicting the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (Fridtjof Nansen Medal Lecture)
J. Marotzke
11:15–11:30
EGU2009-8178
Monitoring a large-scale Atlantic Meridional Overturning circulation in an ocean filled with eddies.
C. W. Hughes, R. J. Bingham, M. A. M. Maqueda, and T. Kanzow
11:30–11:45
EGU2009-5992
Why are the densest waters of the North Atlantic formed in the Nordic Seas?
F. Straneo
11:45–12:00
EGU2009-11718
Mechanisms of Interannual Variations of the Meridional Overturning Circulation of the North Atlantic Ocean
C. Cabanes, T. Lee, and L. Fu
LUNCH BREAK
Subpolar North Atlantic

15:30–15:45
EGU2009-6056
Lagrangian Observations of Labrador Sea Water Export Pathways from the Subpolar North Atlantic
A. Bower, S. Lozier, S. Gary, and C. Boening
15:45–16:00
EGU2009-2393
Observing Interannual to Decadal Variability of Labrador Sea Outflow
J. Fischer, M. Visbeck, R. Zantopp, and M. Dengler
16:00–16:15
EGU2009-5659
Circulation and transport at the south east tip of Greenland
N. Daniault, P. Lherminier, and H. Mercier
16:15–16:30
EGU2009-7903
Variability and pathways of Labrador Sea Water in the southern subpolar gyre of the North Atlantic
D. Kieke, L. Stramma, B. Klein, M. Rhein, and K. Koltermann
16:30–16:45
EGU2009-7708
Export Rates of North Atlantic Deep Water
R. Steinfeldt and M. Rhein
16:45–17:00
EGU2009-3983
Heat exchange between the boundary current of the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre and the atmosphere: Insights from numerical models
B. Barnier, J. M. Molines, T. Penduff, and P. Mathiot
BREAK
Tropical Oceans

17:30–17:45
EGU2009-11759
On the fate of the lower North Atlantic Deep Water at the equator.
M. Dengler, P. Brandt, C. Eden, and J. Toole
17:45–18:00
EGU2009-3159
Equatorial circulation and EUC variability during TACE (solicited)
P. Brandt, V. Hormann, J. Fischer, B. Bourlès, and A. Funk
18:00–18:15
EGU2009-6739
Biweekly ocillations in the Gulf of Guinea: a case of strong currents on an eastern boundary
A.M. TREGUIER, C GUIAVARCH, and A VANGRIESHEIM
18:15–18:30
EGU2009-2110
Modulation of the Inflow into the Caribbean Sea by North Brazil Current Rings
C. Mertens, M. Rhein, M. Walter, and K. Kirchner
18:30–18:45
EGU2009-11327
Florida Strait and Yucatan Channel transports during 2001-2006 from shipboard ADCP
C. Rousset and L. M. Beal
18:45–19:00
EGU2009-6335
Monsoon-modulated ring generation in the eastern Gulf of Aden
D. M. Fratantoni