Australian Coastal Ocean Modelling and Observations Workshop (ACOMO) 2012
The Shine Dome, Australian Academy of Sciences, Canberra. 3-4th October 2012.
Wednesday 3rd October.
8.00-8.30
Arrival, registration and coffee
8.30-8.35
Katy Hill
Housekeeping.
8.35-8.45
Tim Moltmann/TBD
Welcome/introduction
Near shore observations and modelling. Chair: Katy Hill, Rapporteur: Roger Proctor
8.45-9.15
Kathy McInnnes, John Church, Neil White, Chari
Sea levels, storm surges and Tsunamis; modelling and observations
Pattiaratchi, Diana Greenslade, Jane Sexton.
9.15-9.45
Bill Peirson, Mike Banner, Mark Hemer and Chari
Wave and near shore modelling, status and observation requirements in
Pattiaratchi
Australia.
9.45-10.15
Ian Turner, Graham Symonds, Ron Cox, James Carley
Littoral Zone Modelling; status and observational requirements in
Australia.
10.15-10.45
Nugzar Margvaleshgili, Cedric. Griffiths, Chris Dyt,
Coastal sediment-transport modelling and observational needs
Barbara Robson, Scott Nichol.
10.45-11.15
Coffee
11.15-11.45
DISCUSSION led by Tim Moltmann
Regional/Coastal Observations and Modelling: Chair: Roger Proctor, Rapporteur: Andreas Schiller
11.45-12.15
John Wilkin, Julia Levin, Javier Zavala-Garay, Hernan
Integrating modelling and data assimilation using ROMS with a Coastal
Arango
Ocean Observing System for the U.S. Middle Atlantic Bight
12.15-12.45
John Middleton, Chari Pattiaratchi, Moninya Roughan, ROMS Modelling in Australia: status, plans and aspirations.
John Luick, Greg Ivey, Ryan Lowe, Helen Phillips, Jessica
Benthusen, Sarath Wijeratne, Helen McDonald
12.45-1.30
Lunch
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1.30-2.00
2.00-2.30
2.30-3.00
3.00-3.30
3.30-4.00
4.00-4.30
4.30-6.00pm:
6.15pm:
6.30pm
7.00pm:
Craig Steinberg, Chari Pattiaratchi, Moninya Roughan,
Mark Baird, Lucy Wyatt.
Alex Kurapov
Emlyn Jones, Mike Herzfeld, Phil Gillibrand, Karen Wild
Allen, Greg Timms, Chris Sharman, Richard Brinkman,
Hemerson Tonin, Nuzgar Margvelasvili, Paul Rigby
Coffee
Greg Stuart, Andrew Woolf
DISCUSSION led by John Gunn
Observation Update
The data assimilation component of the real-time coastal ocean forecast
system implemented off Oregon (US West coast)
Australian coastal modelling and information systems: assisting
management decision making.
National Plan for Environmental Information: pilot project
Poster Session (including refreshments).
Bus leaves the Shine Dome to go to the Lobby
Bus leaves the Ridges Lakeside Hotel to go to the Lobby.
Dinner at “The Lobby” Restaurant, Canberra: www.thelobby.com.au
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Thursday 4th October
National/Bluewater Observations and Modelling: Chair: Moninya Roughan, Rapporteur: Chari Pattiaratchi
8.30-9.00
Peter Craig, Gary Brassington, Joanne Haynes, Andreas
BLUElink – status, challenges and future
Schiller, Tim Pugh, Paul Sandery, Peter Oke and Graham
Symonds
9.00-9.30
Ken Ridgway, Susan Wijffels, Boris Kelly-Gerreyn, Eric
Key bluewater observing systems and datasets; and their use in
Schulz, Pete Strutton, Peter Oke.
modelling
9.30-10.00
Andreas Schiller, Peter Oke, Pavel Sakov
Observing system experiments: Recent progress and future plans.
10.00-10.30
David Griffin and Edward King
Remote Sensing: observing a big country
10.30-11.00
Coffee
11.00-11.30
Richard Matear, Andrew Lenton, Matt Chaimberlain,
Biogeochemical modelling and data assimilation: Bluelink, International
Pete Strutton, Peter Oke
progress.
11.30-12.00
Roger Proctor, Peter Blain, Sebastien Mancini
IMOS/AODN Ocean Portal: tools for data delivery
12.00-12.30
DISCUSSION led by Neville Smith
12.30-1.30
Lunch
Emerging/other modelling approaches (Chair: Chari Pattiaratchi, Rapporteur: Katy Hill)
1.30-2.00
Peter Craig and Andreas Schiller
The CAWCR-WfO ocean modelling review – from climate to coasts
2.00-2.30
Graham Rickard, Stephane Popinet, Joanne O’Callaghan, Modelling Activities in New Zealand: Development of an Adaptive
John Zeldis.
Model Framework
2.30-3.00
Roger Proctor, Peter Oke, Uwe Rosebrock, Brendan
The Marine Virtual Laboratory (MARVL) and Information System
Davey
(MARVLIS).
3.30-4.00
Tim Pugh, Martin Dix and Ben Evans
Establishing the Climate and Weather Science Laboratory
3.30-4.00
Coffee
4.00-4.30
DISCUSSION led by Jason Middleton
4.30-5.00
DISCUSSION led by Ian Poiner
Conclusions/next steps.
5.00-5.30
Tim Moltmann, Katy Hill
Wrap up/Meeting close
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Refined Source Terms in WAVEWATCH III with Wave Breaking and Sea Spray Forecasts
Russel P. Morison & Michael L. Banner
Using a suite of models to define multiple scales associated with coastal sand transport around complex reefs
Cyprien Bosserelle, Shari L. Gallop, Charitha Pattiaratchi and Ivan D. Haigh
Understanding the Shark Bay Outflow through field experiments and numerical modelling
Yasha Hetzel, Charitha Pattiaratchi, Ryan Lowe, Richard Hofmeister
Sea breezes force near-inertial waves close to the critical latitude for resonance
Florence Verspecht, Charitha Pattiaratchi, John Simpson
Tidal characteristics in Bass Strait, south-east Australia
Sarath Wijeratne, Charitha Pattiaratchi, Matt Eliot and Ivan Haigh
Modelling meso-scale dynamics along western and southern Australian shelf and slopes: A ROMS modelling approach
E.M.S. Wijeratne, Charitha Pattiaratchi and Roger Proctor
Observations and modelling of the seasonal cycle of sea level around Australia
Sarath Wijeratne, Charitha Pattiaratchi, Ivan Haigh and Matt Eliot
Observations and Modeling of the North West Shelf of Australia during Austral Summer 2011/2012
Jeffrey W. Book, Derek M. Burrage, Philip Chu, Ana E. Rice, James Richman, Clark Rowley
Dense Shelf Water Cascade (DSWC) on the Rottnest Continental Shelf in South-western Australia
Thisara Welhena, Charitha Pattiaratchi and Ming Feng
The Australian Coastal Ocean Network, ACORN.
Lucy Wyatt, Sven Rehder, Arnstein Prytz, Alessandra Mantovanelli, Jasmine Jaffrés, Mal Heron and Dan Atwater
Statistical modeling of ocean variability on the southeast Australian continental shelf
Eric C. J. Oliver, Neil J. Holbrook
Development and application of ROMS based models for the South Australian region
Mark Doubell, Charles James, John Luick and John Middleton
The evolution of a Cold-Core Eddy in a Western Boundary Current
Helen Macdonald, Moninya Roughan, Mark Baird and John Wilkin
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Interaction between the Leeuwin Current and continental shelf along the Rottnest shelf and Perth Canyon
Hrvoje Mihanović and Charitha Pattiaratchi
The Leeuwin Current: the roles of topographic trapping, mixing, and advection in a buoyancy driven eastern boundary current
Jessica Benthuysen, Ryo Furue, Julian McCreary, Nathaniel L. Bindoff, Helen Phillips
Q-IMOS and eReefs: a Partnership to Monitor the Currents along the Great Barrier Reef
Hemerson, Tonin, Craig Steinberg, Paul Rigby, Richard Brinkman and Mike Herzfeld
The Australian Bureau Of Meteorology's Core Marine Observing Networks
Boris A. Kelly-Gerreyn , Graeme Ball, Helen Beggs , Eric Schulz, Joel Cabrie, Ping Robinson, Julian Rodriguez & Brendan Casey.
IMOS is supported by the Australian Government through the National Collaborative Research
Infrastructure Strategy and the Super Science Initiative. It is led by the University of Tasmania on
behalf of the Australian marine & climate science community.
This workshop is also supported by:
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