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NCOF Workshop 2010 Timetable
Day One Monday 19th April
| 12:20 – 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 – 13:10 | Welcome & Objectives of Meeting |
| 13:10 – 14:30 | Science talks (20 minutes each) |
| Hao Zuo (ESSC) Simulating the Arctic Ocean using data assimilation in the NEMO model | |
| Ed Blockley (Met Office) Validating FOAM-NEMO currents: an initial analysis | |
| Dave Storkey (Met Office) The diurnal cycle in SST in the FOAM ocean analysis and forecast system | |
| Alastair Gemmell (ESSC) Adopting an Open Approach to Ocean Data Visualisation and Comparison | |
| 14:30 – 16:00 | Posters & coffee |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | Challenge 1: Coupled forecasting from days to decades
ahead John Siddorn (Met Office) & Keith Haines (ESSC) 25 minute presentation; 35 minute discussion |
Day Two Tuesday 20th April
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Challenge 2: Quantification of uncertainty across all
marine forecasts Matt Martin (Met Office) & Peter Challenor (NOCS) |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee |
| 10:30 – 11:30 | Science talks |
| Stephane Saux Picart (PML) Using MERIS data to evaluate coupled physical/ecosystem ocean models at large spatial and temporal scales | |
| John Hemmings (NOCS) Evaluating the HadOCC plankton model against biogeochemical data in an uncertain environment. | |
| Peter Sykes (Met Office) Assessment and development of an operational sediment model. | |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Challenge 3: Research needed to support climate change
projections Adrian New (NOCS) & Jason Lowe (Met Office) |
| 12:30 – 14:30 | Lunch then posters |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | Science talks |
| David Ford (Met Office) Assimilation of GlobColour ocean colour data in operational physical-biogeochemical models | |
| Yuri Atioli (PML) The new challenges on modelling Ocean Acidification | |
| Jason Holt (NOCL) The challenge of multi-scale modelling in shelf and coastal seas | |
| 15:30 - 16:30 | Challenge 4: Holistic ecosystem forecasting from
physics to fish Icarus Allen (PML) |
| 16:30 | Close |
Day Three Wednesday 21st April
| 9:00 – 9:30 | NERC/Met Office MONSooN facility (Andy Parsons) |
| 9:30 - 10:00 | GMES July 2010 FP7 call for proposals and the UK Marine Science Strategy (Mike Bell) |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Initiatives to use research data in operations (Tim Smyth et al.) |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Open forum on ideas for the way ahead |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Lunch |
(Last Updated: 16-05-2010)