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Title: SUPPORT FOR THE CONFERENCE ''WOCE & BEYOND'' TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 2002

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:807494

OAK B188 We are proud to report that the WOCE and Beyond meeting was a tremendous success, garnering praise for its content and execution from federal agency representatives, international sponsors, the speakers, and the audience. The conference attracted 379 registered participants (total attendance was 401) from 22 countries; 319 posters were presented; and 30 oral presentations by distinguished researchers touched on all aspects of WOCE science.Particularly gratifying to the organizers was the active participation of 43 students from around the world. In addition to helping underwrite infrastructure costs related to the poster sessions, DOE's grant supported the travel and subsistence of 12 students and funded the awards for outstanding student posters (31 student posters were judged for three prizes of $500 each). Thus a strategic goal of the meeting-entraining young scientists into the WOCE research stream-was achieved with the help of DOE funding.Post-conference, the meeting' s website (http://www.woce2002.tamu.edu) was revamped to link to the plenary session presentations and poster abstracts. This website will be maintained until June of 2003. A copy of the meeting document, combining the program and poster abstracts will be sent to Dr. Anna Palmisano, DOE Scientific Officer.Recipients of travel support were: Mr Marcelo Barreiro, Texas A&M University Ms Elena Brambilla, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Ms Shuimin Chen, University of Hawaii Ms Meyre da Silva, Texas A&M University Ms Elizabeth Douglass, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Mr Shane Elipot, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Mr Joong-Tae Kim, Texas A&M University Mr Yueng-Djern Lenn, Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Nadja Lonnroth, Texas A&M University Mr Alvaro Montenegro, Florida State University Ms Sarah Zedler, Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Li Zhang, Texas A&M University Recipients of $500 Prizes for Outstanding Student Posters: Mr Geoffrey Gebbie, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ''An Eddy-resolving State Estimate of the Ocean Circulation during the Subduction Experiment Using a North Atlantic Regional Model (ECCO)'' Mr Hiroki Uehara, Tohoku University ''The role of Mesoscale Eddies on Formation and Transport of the North Pacific Subtropical Mode Water Demonstrated with Argo Floats'' Mr Josh Willis, Scripps Institution of Oceanography ''Combining Altimetric Height with Broadside Profile Data: A Technique for Estimating Subsurface Variability''

Research Organization:
Texas A& M Research Foundation, 3578 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); USDOE Office of Science (US)
DOE Contract Number:
FG03-02ER63362
OSTI ID:
807494
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER-63362; TRN: US200316%%368
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 5 Feb 2003
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English