Lagrangian Analysis and Prediction of Coastal and Ocean Dynamics

Ischia 2000

Meeting Announcement

Dear Colleague,

We are having a meeting in Ischia, an island near Naples, Italy, for October 2-6, 2000.

The purpose of the LAPCOD meeting is to conduct a review of Lagrangian data, present new results on nonlinear aspects of Lagrangian dynamics, and to accelerate future development in predictability and multi-disciplinary aspects, by bringing together different research communities and different analysis. Workshop invitees will include experimentalists and theoreticians involved in data analysis and model development, as well as predictability experts (not necessarily all oceanographers), biologists and ecologists using Lagrangian instruments and approaches. Lagrangian predictability is of great importance for practical application in transport and environmental problems, and we expect that the workshop will facilitate its development through exchanges and collaborations.

We anticipate a total workshop attendance of 50-100 people. The workshop will be structured to encourage collaborations and exchanges of ideas, with 10 minute discussion talks in the morning and poster sessions in the afternoon. Participants are encouraged to present both a short talk and a poster.

Mon:	Observations and biological applications.
Tue:	Theory of dispersion/transport/mixing.
Wed:	A day of interactions via a group social activity.
Thu:	Lagrangian instruments and data analysis techniques.
Fri:	Assimilation of Lagrangian data and predictability of trajectories.

Feel free to send this announcement to colleagues.

Sincerely,

Annalisa Griffa	RSMAS, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
	Consiglio Nazionale Ricerche (CNR)/ IOF, La Spezia, Italy
Arthur Mariano	RSMAS, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
Tamay Ozgokmen	RSMAS, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
Enrico Zambianchi	Istituto di Meteorologia e Oceanografia, Italy