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Welcome to the
home page for the Ocean Sciences Section of the American Geophysical
Union!
Announcements:
Congratulations to Professor Dr. Reiner Schlitzer
of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany for his selection as the 2010
Ocean Sciences Award recipient! The award will be presented at the 2010
Ocean Sciences Meeting in Portland, Oregon, USA and the citation will
read: "For development of the impressive data manipulation tool Ocean
Data View, and contributions to data management for several large
international ocean research projects."
2010
Ocean Sciences Meeting, 22-26 Feb, Portland OR. "From
Observation to Prediction in the 21st Century". Highlights:
- Don't miss the Ocean Sciences Jam Session at the Green Dragon
- Program and itinerary planner
- Join us and contribute your ideas at the “Refreshing Our Ocean Research Priorities” Town Hall, Monday 22 February 11:45am-12:45pm.
- Social Events:
- Sunday 21 February. Meeting Icebreaker, Portland Ballroom Lobby, Oregon Convention Center, 1700-1830.
- Monday 22 February. Early Career Mixer, Oregon Ballroom Lobby, Oregon Convention Center, 1900-2000.
- Monday 22 February. Student Social Mixer, Portland Ballroom Lobby, Oregon Convention Center, 1900-2000.
- Tuesday
23 February. TOS-Sponsored Breakfast. 0700h–0800h.
Oregon Ballroom Lobby, Oregon Convention Center. $10.00,
Tticket purchase available to all attendees. Dr. Robert Gagosian, President of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership will give a brief presentation on: "The Creation of National Ocean Policy."
- Wednesday
24 February. TOS-Sponsored Breakfast. 0700h–0800h.
Oregon Ballroom Lobby, Oregon Convention Center. $10.00,
ticket purchase available to all attendees. The Oceanography
Society will recognize the newest group of TOS Fellows as well as the
most recent recipient of the Walter Munk Award.
- Thursday 25
February. TOS-Sponsored Breakfast. 0700h–0800h. Oregon
Ballroom Lobby, Oregon Convention Center. $10.00, ticket purchase
available to all attendees. Guest Speaker: To Be Announced
- Plenaries:
- Monday 22 February. Interdisciplinary Plenary. Combining Data and Models - Steps Toward Biogeochemical State Estimation. Oregon Ballroom, 1030h–1130h. Presented by Reiner Schlitzer of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany.
- Tuesday 23 February. Biological Oceanography Plenary. The Pacific Arctic Sector: Biological and Ecosystem Response to Climate Warming. Oregon Ballroom, 1030h–1130h. Presented by Jacqueline Grebmeier, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.
- Wednesday 24 February. Physical Oceanography Plenary. Surface
Salinity from Space: The Aquarius/SAC-D Mission on the Technological
and Scientific Frontier of Oceanography and Climate Research. Oregon Ballroom, 1030h–1130h. Presented by Gary Lagerloef, Earth and Space Research.
- Thursday 25 February. Marine Policy Plenary. Administration Priorities in the Ocean Sciences: Moving Forward on Recommendations From the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force. Oregon Ballroom 1030h–1130h. Presented by Jane Lubchenco, NOAA.
- Lectures:
- Tuesday, 23 February. Sverdrup Lecture. Wind-Driven Upwelling in the Southern Ocean, Atmospheric CO2, and the End of the Last Ice Age. Room D139, 1530h–1630h. Presented by Robert F. Anderson, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
- Friday, 26 February. Munk Lecture. Acoustical Oceanography and Shallow Water Acoustics. Room PB251, 1030h–1130h. Presented by James Lynch, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
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