[AOFD_list] Conference on Ocean-Atmosphere Energy Transport, Caltech, 5-7 Nov, 2009

[Tapio Schneider]

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce a conference on Ocean-Atmosphere Energy
Transport, to be held at the California Institute of Technology, 5-7
November 2009 (http://www.eas.caltech.edu /oaet2009/).

The observed climate depends crucially on the poleward transport of
energy by the oceans and atmosphere. Much progress has been made in
understanding the dynamics of energy transport in the atmosphere. But
it remains an open question what the key processes are that control
the energy transport in the ocean, and it is unclear how ocean and
atmosphere energy transports are coupled. The wealth of new data from
global observation systems and our improved ability to simulate ocean
and atmosphere dynamics numerically put us in a position to resolve
these questions.

This three-day conference will bring together oceanographers and
atmospheric scientists, with expertise in observations, theory, and
modeling, to assess the current state of our understanding of
ocean-atmosphere energy transport and outline directions for future
research. About one half of the conference will be devoted to invited
overview talks, with the rest allocated to contributed talks and
posters. Invited lectures will be given by David Battisti, Harry
Bryden, Paola Cessi, Isaac Held, John Marshall, Lynne Talley, Robert
Toggweiler, Eli Tziperman, Kraig Winters, and Carl Wunsch.

Registration to the workshop will be open in August. More information
about the program and the registration process is available at
http://www.eas.caltech.edu /oaet2009/. Some travel support will be
available for students and postdocs.

Please advertise the conference and post the attached flyer where
appropriate. We hope to have a productive exchange of ideas between
researchers who bring alternative perspectives to this important
research frontier.

Hoping to see you at Caltech this fall,
Raffaele Ferrari and Tapio Schneider
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