EGS XXVI General Assembly, Nice, France, March 2001

OA2. Small and mesoscale ocean processes: - Oral Programme

Convener(s): Nurser, A.J.G.
Co-Convener(s): Haine, T.
Co- Sponsorship:

Tuesday, 27 March 2001
Lecture Room: Thalie

Chairperson: N.N.

14:00
 THORPE, S.A.
Internal wave groups and mixing in the deep ocean (Solicited Paper)

14:30
 STANSFIELD, KATE; GARRETT, CHRIS; DEWEY, RICHARD
The probability distribution of the Thorpe displacement within overturns in Juan de Fuca Strait.

14:45
 BELCHER, S.E.; TEIXEIRA, M.A.C.
The dynamics of Langmuir turbulence in the ocean mixed layer

15:00
 FERRARI, R.; PAPARELLA, F.
Compensation and alignment of thermohaline gradients in the mixed layer

15:15
 SCHOTT, F.; FISCHER, J.; MERTENS, C.; MORSDORF, F.; MARTINS, C.SENA; SEND, U.; DENGG, J.; BOENING, C.
Deep convection in the Labrador Sea and variability 1996-2000 (invited) (Solicited Paper)

15:45
 MERTENS, C.; SCHOTT, F.; FISCHER, J.
Convective Plumes in the Labrador and Greenland Seas

16:00
 BREAK
Chairperson: N.N.

16:30
 GASCARD, J.-C.; OLSSON, A.; MESSIAS, M.-J.; WATSON, A.; TESTOR, P.; YIOU, F.; RAISBECK, G.
Coherent vortices, deep convection and thermohaline circulation

16:45
 TESTOR, P.; GASCARD, J.-C.
Spreading phase of deep convection in the western Mediterranean Sea by submesoscale coherent vortices: New results and perspectives

17:00
 MIRONOV, D.
Pressure/Potential-Temperature Covariance in Free and Rotating Convection: LES and Modelling

17:15
 HEITMANN, S.; BACKHAUS, J.O.
LES Study of convective shear flow

17:30
 REVERDIN, G.; MEMERY, L.; PAILLET, J.; DESAUBIES, Y.; GAILLARD, F.; GASCARD, J.-C.; LE CANN, B.; MERCIER, H.
POMME: an ongoing experiment to study mode waters in the eastern North Atlantic

17:45
 MORSDORF, F.; SCHOTT, F.; FISCHER, J.
Boundary Current Fluctuations in the Labrador Sea

18:00
 END OF PART I
18:00-20:00 Poster Viewing

Wednesday, 28 March 2001
Lecture Room: Thalie

Chairperson: N.N.

08:30
 VAN LEEUWEN, P.J.; DE STEUR, L.; DRIJFHOUT, S.S.
Decay of Agulhas rings due to cross-frontal secundary circulations