PIRATA 2021 Agenda

Agenda

Monday, May 10, 2021 - 12:00
Time	Session/Title	Presenter	Presentation
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM	Welcome NOAA's role in international tropical Atlantic observing, meeting themes/goal	Renellys Perez, David Legler, Greg Foltz
10:00 AM	Theme: Earth system mechanisms (atmosphere, ocean, land, ice) affecting tropical Atlantic climate Session Chairs: Jonathan Christophersen, Hervé Giordani, Philip Tuchen
10:20 AM - 10:35 AM	Impacts of diabatic heating on the seasonality of the Atlantic Niño	Hyacinth NnamchiGEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel	View
10:35 AM - 10:50 AM	Saharan dust effects on North Atlantic sea surface skin temperatures	BingkunLuoRosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science， University of Miami	View
10:50 AM - 11:05 AM	Coastal Upwelling Limitation by Onshore Geostrophic Flow in the Gulf of Guinea around the Niger River Plume	GaelAloryLEGOS, Toulouse, France	View
11:05 AM - 11:20 AM	Upwelling physics off West Africa : evidences of seasonal cooling caused by dry air mass intrusions against warming upwelling	Saliou FAYECRODT-ISRA, Dakar-Sénégal
11:20 AM - 11:35 AM	Discussion
11:35 AM - 11:45 AM	Break
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM	Influence of ocean salinity stratification on the tropical Atlantic Ocean surface	ManonGévaudanLEGOS	View
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM	Growth and decay of northwestern tropical Atlantic barrier layers	AurpitaSahaInstitute of Oceanography, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany	View
12:15 PM - 12:40 PM	(Invited Talk) Mixing in the Equatorial Cold Tongues - A TAO / PIRATA Comparison of Xpod Adventures	James MoumCollege of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, USA	View
12:40 PM - 12:55 PM	EUREC4A-OA	SabrinaSpeichLMD-IPSL, Paris, France
12:55 PM - 1:10 PM	Discussion
1:10 PM - 1:20 PM	Break
1:20 PM - 1:35 PM	Subsurface Tropical Instability Waves in the Atlantic Ocean in Model and Observations	Mia Sophie SpechtMax Planck Institute for Meteorology, International Max Planck Research School of Earth System Modelling	View
1:35 PM - 1:50 PM	Tropical Instability Waves in the Atlantic Ocean: Investigating the Relative Role of Sea Surface Salinity and Temperature From 2010 to 2018	LéaOlivierLOCEAN-IPSL, Sorbonne Université-CNRS-IRD-MNHN, Paris, France	View
1:50 PM - 2:05 PM	Tropical pathways and water mass transformation of the Atlantic Ocean upper circulation	Franz PhilipTuchenGEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany	View
2:05 PM - 2:20 PM	Symmetric instability in cross-equatorial western boundary currents	FraserGoldsworthUniversity of Oxford (Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics)	View
2:20 PM - 2:35 PM	Discussion

Tuesday, May 11, 2021 - 12:00
Time	Session/Title	Presenter	Presentation
10:00 AM	Theme: Physical-biogeochemical-ecosystem interactions and impacts on ocean and human health Session Chairs: Leticia Cotrim, Marcus Dengler, Léa Olivier
10:00 AM - 10:05 AM	Welcome and logistics	Greg Foltz, Renellys Perez
10:05 AM - 10:30 AM	(Invited Talk) Decadal variability of circulation and oxygen in the upper tropical Atlantic	PeterBrandtGEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany	View
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM	Tropical Atlantic climate variability: insight from Interannual sea surface chlorophyll-a	FannyChenillatLEMAR, CNRS/IRD/IFREMER, Plouzané, FRANCE and LEGOS, CNES/CNRS/IRD/UPS, Toulouse, FRANCE	View
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM	Fresh water plumes of Amazon water in boreal winter: impact on stratification/CO2 fluxes	Gilles ReverdinLOCEAN CNRS	View
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM	The role of bottom enhanced turbulence and non-linear internal waves on the diapycnal velocities and cross-slope circulation in upwelling regions.	MarcusDenglerGEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany	View
11:15 AM - 11:30 PM	Discussion
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM	Break
11:40 AM - 11:55 AM	Pelagic Sargassum in the tropical Atlantic Ocean: A basin-scale dispersal event driven by anomalous physical forcing that led to a new “normal” for the biology of the Atlantic	LibbyJohnsNOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory	View
11:55 AM - 12:10 PM	Mechanism for the Recurrence of Pelagic Sargassum in the Tropical Atlantic: Biological Consequences of Mid-Ocean Surface Aggregation and Nutrient Supply Processes	FrankMuller-KargerUniversity of South Florida, College of marine Science	View
12:10 PM - 12:25 PM	Evolution of the riverine nutrient export to the Tropical Atlantic over the last 15 years: is there a link with Sargassum proliferation?	JulienJouannoIRD-LEGOS	View
12:25 PM - 12:40 PM	Where’s my pattern? Patchy primary production at surface in the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean	AnaFernández-CarreraLeibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemuende
12:40 PM - 12:55 PM	Fishing operations to catch tunas on aggregated schools at the vicinity of the PIRATA data buoys in the western Atlantic	GuelsonSilvaUniversidade Federal Rural do Semiárido - UFERSA	View
12:55 PM - 1:10 PM	Discussion
1:10 PM - 1:20 PM	Poster introductions and logistics
1:20 PM - 1:30 PM	Break
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Poster session – All posters available

Wednesday, May 12, 2021 - 12:00
Time	Session/Title	Presenter	Presentation
10:00 AM	Theme: Extreme weather and climate events Session Chairs: Rodrigue Anicet Imbol Koungue, Matthieu Le Henaff, Robert West
10:00 AM - 10:05 PM	Welcome and logistics	Greg Foltz, Renellys Perez
10:05 AM - 10:30 AM	(Invited Talk) NHC’s use of oceanic observations for hurricane and marine prediction and assessments	EricBlakeNHC	View
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM	Impact of ocean conditions on hurricane evolution and forecast during Hurricane Maria (2017)	MatthieuLe HenaffU.Miami/CIMAS -NOAA/AOML	View
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM	Increase in Atlantic early-season tropical cyclone activity since 1980	GregFoltzNOAA/AOML	View
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM	Pronounced impact of salinity on rapidly intensifying tropical cyclones	KarthikBalaguruPacific Northwest National Laboratory	View
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM	Discussion
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM	Break
11:40 AM - 12:05 PM	(Invited Talk) Marine Heatwaves in the Tropical and South Atlantic	Regina R.RodriguesFederal University of Santa Catarina	View
12:05 PM - 12:20 PM	Do Marine Heatwaves Affect the Intensity of Tropical Storms?	AfonsoGonçalves NetoFederal University of Santa Catarina	View
12:20 PM - 12:35 PM	Atlantic Niño/Niña influences on Atlantic tropical cyclone activity and their modulation of the ENSO teleconnection	Dongmin KimUM-CIMAS/NOAA-AOML	View
12:35 PM - 12:50 PM	The extraordinary Atlantic Niño of 2019/2020	IngoRichterJAMSTEC	View
12:50 PM - 1:05 PM	Impact of intraseasonal waves on Angolan warm and cold events	Rodrigue AnicetImbol KoungueGEOMAR	View
1:05 PM - 1:20 PM	Discussion
1:20 PM - 1:30 PM	Poster introductions and logistics
1:20 PM - 1:30 PM	Break
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Poster session – All posters available

Thursday, May 13, 2021 - 12:00
Time	Session/Title	Presenter	Presentation
10:00 AM	Theme: Simulation, predictability, and state estimates of tropical Atlantic climate variability and change Session Chairs: Florent Gasparin, Matthew Harrison, Joke Lübbecke, Dante Napolitano
10:00 AM - 10:05 PM	Welcome and logistics	Greg Foltz, Renellys Perez
10:05 AM - 10:30 AM	(Invited Talk) Observational needs for advancing subseasonal-to-seasonal forecasting systems: an ECMWF perspective	Magdalena A.BalmasedaEuropean Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts	View
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM	How does data assimilation on weekly and longer time scales influence SST diurnal variations in the tropical Atlantic?	FlorentGasparinMercator Ocean	View
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM	Evaluation of future changes to the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and the North Brazil Current Retroflection eddies based on BESM-ROMS dynamical downscaling.	GabrielCerveiraFederal University of Maranhão	View
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM	Using Ship-board Radiometers to Generate Climate Data Records of Satellite-Derived Sea-Surface Temperature	PeterMinnettRSMAS, University of Miami.	View
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM	Aerosols and Ocean Science Expeditions (AEROSE) in Support of NOAA Satellite Cal/Val	NicholasNalliIMSG Inc. at NOAA/NESDIS/STAR	View
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM	Discussion
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM	Break
11:55 AM - 12:20 PM	(Invited Talk) El Niño-Southern Oscillation Evolution Modulated by Atlantic Forcing	YoshimitsuChikamotoUtah State University	View
12:20 PM - 12:35 PM	Does the Tropical Atlantic reveal signs of a weakened AMOC?	JokeLübbeckeGEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for for Ocean Research Kiel and Kiel University, Germany
12:35 PM - 12:50 PM	Observing System Experiment with PIRATA and XBT data and HYCOM+RODAS over the Atlantic Metarea V	Clemente TanajuraPhysics Institute, Federal University of Bahia	View
12:50 PM - 1:05 PM	Reconstructing deep ocean current variability on the equator from Argo float data	SwantjeBastinGEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany
1:05 PM - 1:20 PM	Discussion
1:20 PM - 1:25 PM	Break (main meeting adjourned for the day)
1:25 PM - 3:00 PM	SSG/PRB meeting – Part 1 (SSG, PRB members and invitees only)

Friday, May 14, 2021 - 12:00
Time	Session/Title	Presenter	Presentation
10:00 AM	Mini-session open to everyone Theme: importance of tropical Atlantic observations Session Chairs: Moacyr Araujo, Ronald Buss de Souza, Hyacinth Nnamchi
10:00 AM - 10:05 AM	Welcome and logistics	Greg Foltz, Renellys Perez
10:05 AM - 10:30 AM	(Invited Talk) The TAOS Review	BillJohnsRosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami	View
10:30 AM - 10:55 AM	(Invited Talk) Impact of tropical Atlantic observations on ocean analysis and forecasts	ElisabethREMYMercator Ocean	View
10:55 AM - 11:10 AM	Discussion
11:10 AM - 11:20 AM	Wrap-up comments
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM	Break (meeting adjourned)
11:30 AM - 3:00 PM	SSG/PRB meeting – Part 2 (SSG, PRB members and invitees only)