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Unless stated otherwise, seminars will take place in the Nicholson Lecture Theatre ( Nicholson Building) and last for 45 minutes, with a further 15 minutes for questions.

Visitors are welcome at all seminars, but are advised to confirm dates and times with before travelling.

Seminar organiser:
James Leake
Email: jele pol.ac.uk

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Seminars

POL seminar programme - 2006/2007

Wednesday 4 October 2006, 14:30: Peter Baines, University of Bristol, UK
Internal tide generation by seamounts
Wednesday 11 October 2006, 14:30: Sylvain Michel, Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, UK
Estimating the Sea Surface Salinity from present satellite data: reality or utopy
Wednesday 25 October 2006, 14:30: Adrian New, National Oceanographic Centre, Southampton, UK
Internal waves and mixing in the ocean
Wednesday 1 November 2006, 14:30: Mark Pritchard, University of Leeds, UK
3-Dimensional Observations of Shoaling Internal Waves in Shallow Coastal Waters
Thursday 2 November 2006, 14:30: Jie Yu, University of Manchester, UK
Wave-induced nearshore currents and coastal morphology
Wednesday 15 November 2006, 14:30: Alex Cunningham, University of Strathclyde, UK
Murky waters - optical sensing in shelf seas and coastal waters
Wednesday 6 December 2006, 14:30: Mike Walkden, University of Newcastle, UK
Modelling an eroding coastal region over the 21st Century
Monday 11 December 2006, 14:00: Mick Follows, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Emergent Biogeography of Microbial Communities in a Model Ocean
Wednesday 13 December 2006, 14:30: Torsten Kanzow, National Oceanographic Centre, Southampton, UK
Monitoring the meridional overturning circulation in the subtropical North Atlantic
Monday 18 December 2006, 14:30: Vladimir Ivanov, IARC, University of Alaska, USA
Numerical modeling of dense water cascading from the Laptev Sea shelf in the Arctic Ocean
Wednesday 20 December 2006, 14:30: Laura Jackson, GFDL, Princeton University, USA
A parameterisation of shear-driven turbulence for ocean climate models
Wednesday 17 January 2007, 14:30: Jamie Kettle, University of East Anglia, UK
The upper ocean response to a summer gale south of Iceland: Importance of sea spray in the heat and freshwater budgets of storms
Wednesday 24 January 2007, 14:30: Adrian Jenkins, British Antarctic Survey
Circulation and melting beneath George VI Ice Shelf, Antarctica
Wednesday 31 January 2007, 14:30: Ted Johnson, University College London, UK
Eddies and trapped modes in coastal flows
Wednesday 7 February 2007, 14:30: Matthew Piggott, Imperial College, London, UK
Ocean modelling with unstructured and adapting meshes
Wednesday 14 February 2007, 14:30: Alex Wilchinsky, Centre for Polar Observation & Modelling, UCL, UK
Sea ice rheology and dynamics
Wednesday 21 February 2007, 14:30: Jonathan Gregory, University of Reading
Past and future sea level rise
Wednesday 28 February 2007, 14:30: Norman Teferle, University of Nottingham, UK
A Decade of Tide Gauge Monitoring using Continuous GPS and Absolute Gravimetry in the UK: Results and Outlook
Wednesday 7 March 2007, 14:30: Nico Gray, University of Manchester, UK
Granular flows in the natural environment
Wednesday 14 March 2007, 14:30: Chris Wilson, Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, UK
The influence of ocean dynamics and orography on northern hemisphere storm tracks
Wednesday 21 March 2007, 14:30: Willi Freeden, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Multiscale Modelling - A New Approach in Modern Geosciences
Wednesday 25 April 2007, 14:30: Helen Johnson, University of Reading, UK
Reconciling theories of a mechanically driven meridional overturning circulation with thermohaline forcing and multiple equilibria
Wednesday 2 May 2007, 14:30: Alan Davis, University of Wales, Bangor, UK
Field measurement and modelling of scour pit dynamics in a sandy estuary
Wednesday 9 May 2007, 14:30: Greg Smith , Environmental Systems Science Centre, UK
The Gulf of St. Lawrence in winter: tides, mixing and water mass transformations
Wednesday 16 May 2007, 14:30: Bob Marsh, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK
Modelling ocean circulation, climate and oxygen isotopes in the ocean over the last 120,000 years
Wednesday 23 May 2007, 14:30: Sarah Raper, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Glacier and Icecap Contribution to Sea Leve Rise l: Problems and Uncertainties
Wednesday 30 May 2007, 14:30: Maeva Lohan, University of Plymouth, UK
Nutrient cycling in the Columbia River Plume: The role of tidal mixing and upwelling as sources of dissolved iron and nitrate
Wednesday 6 June 2007, 14:30: David Stevens, University of East Anglia, UK
High Resolution Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Modelling
Wednesday 13 June 2007, 14:30: Paolo Cipollini, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK
Satellite-based research on oceanic planetary waves: recent advances and open questions
Wednesday 27 June 2007, 14:30: Elaine McDonagh, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK
The circulation at 36N in the Atlantic Ocean
Wednesday 4 July 2007, 14:30: Gregory Lane-Serff, University of Manchester, UK
Mixed layer deepening during an Antarctic gale

Unless stated otherwise, seminars will take place in the Nicholson Lecture Theatre (Nicholson Building) and last for 45 minutes, with a further 15 minutes for questions.

Visitors are welcome at all seminars, but are advised to confirm dates and times with the seminar organiser before travelling. Information on how to reach the Laboratory is available here.

For more information, please contact James Leake (Email: jele pol.ac.uk). Telephone (0151) 795 4935

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