PIRATA 2021 Agenda

Agenda

Time Session/Title Presenter Presentation
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Welcome

NOAA's role in international tropical Atlantic observing, meeting themes/goal

 		Renellys Perez, David Legler, Greg Foltz

Theme: Earth system mechanisms (atmosphere, ocean, land, ice) affecting tropical Atlantic climate

Session Chairs:
Jonathan Christophersen, Hervé Giordani, Philip Tuchen
- Impacts of diabatic heating on the seasonality of the Atlantic Niño Hyacinth NnamchiGEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel View
- Saharan dust effects on North Atlantic sea surface skin temperatures BingkunLuoRosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science， University of Miami View
- Coastal Upwelling Limitation by Onshore Geostrophic Flow in the Gulf of Guinea around the Niger River Plume GaelAloryLEGOS, Toulouse, France View
- Upwelling physics off West Africa : evidences of seasonal cooling caused by dry air mass intrusions against warming upwelling Saliou FAYECRODT-ISRA, Dakar-Sénégal
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Discussion
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Break
- Influence of ocean salinity stratification on the tropical Atlantic Ocean surface ManonGévaudanLEGOS View
- Growth and decay of northwestern tropical Atlantic barrier layers AurpitaSahaInstitute of Oceanography, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany View
- (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
- EUREC4A-OA SabrinaSpeichLMD-IPSL, Paris, France
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Discussion
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Break
- 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
- 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
- Tropical pathways and water mass transformation of the Atlantic Ocean upper circulation Franz PhilipTuchenGEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany View
- Symmetric instability in cross-equatorial western boundary currents FraserGoldsworthUniversity of Oxford (Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics) View
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Discussion
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Theme: Physical-biogeochemical-ecosystem interactions and impacts on ocean and human health

Session Chairs:
Leticia Cotrim, Marcus Dengler, Léa Olivier
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Welcome and logistics

 		Greg Foltz, Renellys Perez
- (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
- 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
- Fresh water plumes of Amazon water in boreal winter: impact on stratification/CO2 fluxes Gilles ReverdinLOCEAN CNRS View
- 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
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Discussion
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Break
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Where’s my pattern? Patchy primary production at surface in the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean AnaFernández-CarreraLeibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemuende
- 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
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Discussion
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Poster introductions and logistics
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Break
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Poster session – All posters available
Time Session/Title Presenter Presentation

Theme: Extreme weather and climate events

Session Chairs:
Rodrigue Anicet Imbol Koungue, Matthieu Le Henaff, Robert West
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Welcome and logistics

 		Greg Foltz, Renellys Perez
- (Invited Talk) NHC’s use of oceanic observations for hurricane and marine prediction and assessments EricBlakeNHC View
- Impact of ocean conditions on hurricane evolution and forecast during Hurricane Maria (2017) MatthieuLe HenaffU.Miami/CIMAS -NOAA/AOML View
- Increase in Atlantic early-season tropical cyclone activity since 1980 GregFoltzNOAA/AOML View
- Pronounced impact of salinity on rapidly intensifying tropical cyclones KarthikBalaguruPacific Northwest National Laboratory View
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Discussion
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Break
- (Invited Talk) Marine Heatwaves in the Tropical and South Atlantic Regina R.RodriguesFederal University of Santa Catarina View
- Do Marine Heatwaves Affect the Intensity of Tropical Storms? AfonsoGonçalves NetoFederal University of Santa Catarina View
- Atlantic Niño/Niña influences on Atlantic tropical cyclone activity and their modulation of the ENSO teleconnection Dongmin KimUM-CIMAS/NOAA-AOML View
- The extraordinary Atlantic Niño of 2019/2020 IngoRichterJAMSTEC View
- Impact of intraseasonal waves on Angolan warm and cold events Rodrigue AnicetImbol KoungueGEOMAR View
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Discussion
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Poster introductions and logistics
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Break
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Poster session – All posters available
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Theme: Simulation, predictability, and state estimates of tropical Atlantic climate variability and change

Session Chairs:
Florent Gasparin, Matthew Harrison, Joke Lübbecke, Dante Napolitano
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Welcome and logistics

 		Greg Foltz, Renellys Perez
- (Invited Talk) Observational needs for advancing subseasonal-to-seasonal forecasting systems: an ECMWF perspective Magdalena A.BalmasedaEuropean Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts View
- How does data assimilation on weekly and longer time scales influence SST diurnal variations in the tropical Atlantic? FlorentGasparinMercator Ocean View
- 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
- Using Ship-board Radiometers to Generate Climate Data Records of Satellite-Derived Sea-Surface Temperature PeterMinnettRSMAS, University of Miami. View
- Aerosols and Ocean Science Expeditions (AEROSE) in Support of NOAA Satellite Cal/Val NicholasNalliIMSG Inc. at NOAA/NESDIS/STAR View
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Discussion
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Break
- (Invited Talk) El Niño-Southern Oscillation Evolution Modulated by Atlantic Forcing YoshimitsuChikamotoUtah State University View
- Does the Tropical Atlantic reveal signs of a weakened AMOC? JokeLübbeckeGEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for for Ocean Research Kiel and Kiel University, Germany
- Observing System Experiment with PIRATA and XBT data and HYCOM+RODAS over the Atlantic Metarea V Clemente TanajuraPhysics Institute, Federal University of Bahia View
- Reconstructing deep ocean current variability on the equator from Argo float data SwantjeBastinGEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany
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Discussion
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Break (main meeting adjourned for the day)
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SSG/PRB meeting – Part 1 (SSG, PRB members and invitees only)
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Mini-session open to everyone

Theme: importance of tropical Atlantic observations

Session Chairs:
Moacyr Araujo, Ronald Buss de Souza, Hyacinth Nnamchi
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Welcome and logistics

 		Greg Foltz, Renellys Perez
- (Invited Talk) The TAOS Review BillJohnsRosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami View
- (Invited Talk) Impact of tropical Atlantic observations on ocean analysis and forecasts ElisabethREMYMercator Ocean View
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Discussion
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Wrap-up comments
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Break (meeting adjourned)
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SSG/PRB meeting – Part 2 (SSG, PRB members and invitees only)