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U.S. CLIVAR Salinity Workshop
8-10 May 2006
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
** Clark Building Room 507 **

The salinity field of the global oceans is attracting increasing attention, due to its influence on ocean-atmosphere exchanges, its role as an indicator of the water cycle and its potential for improved climate forecasting. New sources of salinity data are now available (The Argo Project profiling float array: http://www.argo.ucsd.edu/) and others are on the horizon (The Aquarius satellite mission to be launched in March 2009 will measure sea surface salinity: http://aquarius.gsfc.nasa.gov ).

All investigators (PIs, post-docs and students) working toward the understanding of the regional and global processes linked to the variability and trends of salinity in the coupled climate system are invited. We also welcome those able to address the technical challenges of long-term salinity measurements.  The goal of the workshop is to produce a “white paper” articulating the significance of salinity measurements to the advancement of understanding, and ultimately predicting, climate; outlining the necessary measurements; and describing additional activities to enable the full utilization of these measurements. To this end the meeting format will entail invited presentations, and an emphasis on group discussions, with poster space available to all attendees.

The Workshop will be held in the Redfield Auditorium of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, May 8-10, 2006. It will be followed immediately by the Aquarius/SAC-D Third Science Workshop (May 10-12). Given the strong connection between the workshop goals and the satellite mission's surface salinity measurement capabilities, people may wish to attend both workshops.

8 May (Day 1)
0730 Continental Breakfast
0830 - 0845 Welcome and Introductions, goals and logistics Carton/Schmitt
  Session 1: Surface Water Fluxes  
0845 - 0915 New estimates of global evaporation Yu
0915 - 0945 Estimates of global precipitation Arkin
1015 - 1030 Morning Break
1030 - 1100 Evaporation minus Precipitation Schmitt
1100 - 1200 Discussion: Future of surface flux estimates: can oceanic data provide constraints? Schmitt
1200 -1300 Break for Lunch

 

Session 2: Salinity structure: trends and variability
1300 - 1330 Salinity and Climate Dynamics Johnson
1330 - 1400 Atlantic Ocean Salinity Trends Dickson
1400 - 1430 Salinity trends from archival data Curry
1430 - 1500 Arctic Ocean Salinity Trends Proshutinsky
1500 - 1530 Afternoon Break
1530 - 1630 Discussion:
1730 - 1830
Poster Session and light snacks/beverages
 
9 May (Day 2)
0730 Continental Breakfast
  Session 3: Trends and Variability of Salinity  
0830 - 0900 Southern Ocean Salinity Trends Gordon
0900 - 0930 Pacific Salinity Variability Lukas
0930 - 1000 Tropical Salinity Variability Delcroix
1000 - 1015 Morning Break
1015 - 1115 Discussion: What do changing salinities tell us about the water cycle? Large
  Session 3: Salinity and Climate
1115 - 1145 Salinity and El Nino predictability
1145 - 1215 Paleo-salinity issues
1215 - 1315
Lunch
  Session 4: Observations and monitoring opportunites  
1315 - 1345 Salinity Trends revealed by ARGO
1345 - 1415 Thermosalinographs on VOS
1415 - 1445 Inferring fluxes from surface convergences: salinity on surface drifters Niiler
1445 - 1500
Afternoon Break
 
1500 - 1530 In-situ sensors: new developments
1530 - 1700 Discussion: Are there specific experiments that need to be done? What are the observational requirements for monitoring salinity variability in the coastal zone, the tropics, subtropics, and at high latitudes?
Gordon
10 May (Day 3)
0730 Continental Breakfast
  Session 5: Future Prospects  
0830 - 0900 Remote Sensing and Aquarius Mission Overview Lagerloef
0900 - 0930 Improved salinity measurements to constrain oceanic fluxes: Prospects for data assimilation
0930 - 1030 Discussion: What are the elements of an improved salinity monitoring system for climate? water cycle? Aquarius
Schmitt
1030 - 1045 Morning Break
1045 - 1200 Discussion: SWG White paper and future plans  
1200 Ajourn  

Salinity Posters Presentations:

 

 

 

 

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