Multi-scales interaction on ocean circulation

Update: 10. 03, 2016

(Aug. 30-31, 2016)

Research Meeting in International Coastal Research Center

Date: August 30th, 2016 (Tue) 10:00-17:30
      August 31th, 2016 (Wed) 9:00-12:00
Venue：Otsuchi Central Public Hall
       32-126 Koduchi, Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture 028-1121, JAPAN
Joint sponsorship: Otsuchi City Office
Organizers: Shusaku Sugimoto (Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences,
                 Tohoku University; sugimoto[at]pol.gp.tohoku.ac.jp),
              Kiyoshi Tanaka (Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, 
                 the University of Tokyo; ktanaka@aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
 

Program

                                                                 (*: Invited talk)

August 30th (Tue)

10:00-10:10    Shusaku Sugimoto (FRIS, Tohoku Univ)

Symposium opening

Session 1.  Meso-scale variability  

10:10-10:20    Mina Sasaki (Graduate School of Science, Tohoku Univ)

Subduction rate in the North Pacific: comparison among three gridded dataset based on Argo floats

10:20-10:45    Takato Nakai (Graduate School of Science, Tohoku Univ)

The effect on the spatial distribution of NPTW by mesoscale eddies

10:45-11:10    Yuta Murai (Graduate School of Science, Tohoku Univ)

Estimation of westward movement of water mass associated with mesoscale eddies based on absolute velocity field

11:10-11:35    Hatsumi Nishikawa (Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido Univ)

Structure of the Transition Domain observed with drifting buoys

11:35-12:00    Hiromu Ishiyama (Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido Univ)*

Global distribution of mergers and splits of oceanic mesoscale eddies

Session 2.  Gyre-scale variability 

13:00-13:10    Kaihei Yamazaki (Faculty of Science, Tohoku Univ)

Relationship between the Earth and me, a perspective on the graduate thesis

13:10-13:35    Hiroshi Ohno (Global Environment and Marine Department, Japan Meteor Agency)*

Variability of sea surface temperature around Japan in recent years

13:35-14:00    Kodai Yamada (AORI, Univ of Tokyo)

The relation between dissolved oxygen variability and ocean circulation

14:00-14:25    Naoki Nakamura (Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University)

Study of spatial and temporal variability of North Pacific Subtropical Mode Water using the intensity of low potential vorticity water

Session 3.  Ocean structure 

14:30-14:55    Kazuyuki Uehara (School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai Univ)*

Daily variability of vertical eddy diffusivity at ocean surface mixing layer in the south of Kuroshio Extension in Mid-Winter

14:55-15:20    Takahiro Toyoda (Meteorological Research Institute, JMA)*

Environmental field that forces the late-summer chl-a blooms in the eastern North Pacific

15:20-15:45    Ryohei Yamaguchi (Graduate School of Science, Tohoku Univ)

Vertical structure of seasonal pycnocline in the North Pacific

Session 4.  Coastal-scale variability and regional ocean model 

15:50-16:15    Toru Miyama (Application Laboratory, JAMSTEC)*

Coastal Monitoring of the Kuroshio Intrusion Using the Satellite Himawari-8 and a High-resolution Model -A Case Study around Sukumo Bay-

16:15-16:40    Takashi T. Sakamoto (AORI, Univ of Tokyo) *

Application of a regional atmospheric model to a coastal ocean modeling of Otsuchi Bay

16:40-17:05    Yoshimasa Matsumura (Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido Univ)*

A numerical study of double-diffusive intrusions

17:05-17:30    Kenichi Nakagawa (Sendai Regional Headquaters, Japan Meteor Agency)*

Forecasting technique of coastal sea surface temperature II

18:30-          Welcome party at "Sanzuro-ya"

August 31th (Wed)

Session 5.  Meridional overturning circulation and surface wind 

9:00-9:25      Shinya Suzuki (Graduate School of Science, Tohoku Univ)

Temporal variability of the meridional overturning circulation using assimilation dataset

9:25-9:50      Makoto Kashiwai (Fisheries Oceanography Research Studio "Oyashio-ya")*

Driving factors for the seasonal cycle of the Sea of Okhotsk Intermediate Water and the meridional circulation of the Pacific Ocean

9:50-10:15     Hiroyuki Tomita (Nagoya Univ), Shin-Ichiro Kako (Kagoshima Univ), Tsutomu Hihara (JAMSTEC), ○Kunio Kutsuwada (Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai Univ)*, Masahisa Kubota (Tokai Univ), Suguru Kameda (Tokai Univ)

Construction of surface wind data set over global ocean and its Intercomparison

10:15-10:40    Satoshi Kimura (Graduate School of Science, Tohoku Univ)

Formation factor of the low-SLP wedge over Kuroshio in spring

After session

10:40-12:00     Discussion and closing