U.S. CLIVAR Western Boundary Current Working Group
	U.S. CLIVAR Western Boundary Current Working Group last updated January 18, 2008 Name Affiliation Term Mike Alexander NOAA CDC   Kathie Kelly (co-chair) University of Washington   Bo Qiu (co-chair) University of Hawaii   Nick Bond University of Washington   Meghan Cronin NOAA PMEL   Claude Frankignoul Laboratory of Ocean and Climate (France)   Terry Joyce Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.   Young-Oh Kwon Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.   Hisashi Nakamura University of Tokyo   Roger Samelson Oregon State University   Justin Small University of Hawaii   LuAnne Thompson University of Washington

Terms of Reference

• Bring together the KESS, CLIMODE and other western boundary current atmosphere-ocean interaction groups for a synthesis of results

• Identify shortcomings in atmosphere, ocean, and coupled models that need to be addressed to accurately model western boundary current atmosphere-ocean interaction

• Identify observational gaps and modeling experiments that would answer outstanding issues

   

Western Boundary Current (WBC) Research

• For more information on the committee and their current research as it relates to Western Boundary Currents, please click on each committee member listed above.

MEETINGS

Relevant Science Meetings and Workshops

Working Group Meetings/Teleconferences

• Co-chairs Meeting - December 14, 2006 (pdf)
• Telecon Minutes (pdf) and Agenda (pdf) for 22 February 2007
• Telecon Minutes (pdf) from 05 April 2007
• Small scale subgroup telecon minutes (pdf) from 25 April 2007
• Telecon Minutes (pdf) from 07 May 2007
• Telecon Minutes (pdf) from 12 June 2007
• Working Group Meeting in Portland Oregon: 24-25 August 2007 (minutes - pdf)
  • Discussion on small-scale air-sea interaction (pdf)
• Small-scale subgroup teleconference minutes (pdf) from 5 October 2007
• Telecon MInutes from 7 December 2007 (pdf)
• Telcon Minutes from 4 January 2008 (pdf)
  • ppt on Investigation of deep heating over the Gulf Stream

 

DOCUMENTS

• Western Boundary Current Working Group Prospectus (pdf)
• CLIvar MOde Water Dynamic Experiment (CLIMODE) Information
• Kuroshio Extension System Study (KESS) information
• PPT presentation on small-scale air-sea interaction (ppt)
• Atmospheric response to SST fronts (ppt)
  

REFERENCES

• Kushnir, Y., W. A. Robinson, I. Blade, N. M. J. Hall, S. Peng, and R. Sutton, 2002: Atmospheric GCM response to extratropical SST anomalies: Synthesis and evaluation. J. Climate, 15, 2233-2256.

LINKS

• CLIvar MOde Water Dynamic Experiment (CLIMODE)
• Kuroshio Extension System Study (KESS)
• WHOI KESS page
• University of Hawaii KESS page

 

 

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