Dear Colleagues,

The first DOME (Dynamics of Overflow Mixing and Entrainment) workshop will take place at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science on February 22-23 (Thursday-Friday), 2001.

DOME is an international study group aimed at comparing the performance of a number of state-of-the-art-ocean models in representing overflow processes. DOME is motivated by the fact that overflow processes appear to be crucial for climate modeling as the mixing of overflows with the ambient fluid determines the properties of deep water masses in the World Ocean.

The objective of this workshop is to determine the state of ocean modeling in regard to incorporating overflow processes in different models, to identify the strengths and weaknesses of individual models, and to decide upon a series of standard test experiments for comparison.

All interested parties are cordially invited to attend. The participants are encouraged to present results related to:

1) observations of oceanic overflows,
2) laboratory experiments of gravity currents,
3) simulations of idealized overflows (2D, 3D, nonentraining, entraining),
4) simulations of realistic overflows (Mediterranean, Denmark Strait or other overflows),
5) large scale impacts of overflows (basin scale and global simulations).

The workshop will be structured to encourage collaborations and ample time will be devoted to discussions and exchange of ideas.

Please inform us if you plan to attend by December 15, 2000, and submit the abstract of your talk by January 15, 2001.

Feel free to send this announcement to your interested colleagues. [Note that this workshop is scheduled just prior to the Layered Ocean Model Users' Workshop (February 26-28, 2001)].

For more details about DOME and the workshop (hotel information, evolving agenda, etc.), check the website:

http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/personal/tamay/DOME/dome.html

Sincerely,

Tamay Özgökmen (RSMAS, University of Miami)
Robert Hallberg (GFDL, NOAA)
Eric Chassignet (RSMAS, University of Miami)