Science Meeting Program for 2022

March 2nd, 2022

To celebrate and share the new science underpinning Bluelink Services, to strengthen collaboration and awareness, and to inform forward planning.

This year’s Bluelink Science Meeting will occur over the 15th, 16th, 22nd and 23rd of March 2022.

The draft program is detailed below, with meeting guidelines also described. For information or feedback email: Ahmad.khan@bom.gov.au and/or Bluelinkinfo@csiro.au.

15th March

15-Mar Tue Dynamics Week 1, Day 1 Session 1
12:00 Meeting overview and welcome Gary Brassington Host: Lucinda Matthews
12:05 Opening – introduction – CSIRO/ Bureau/ Defence 5 mins each 3 Bluelink Leaders
12:20 Session start Chair: Peter Oke
12:25 Observation and model resolution implications to ocean prediction Gregg Jacobs
12:45 Q&A / Discussion Moderator: Edward King
12:55 OceanMAPS – EnKF and beyond Gary Brassington
13:15 Q&A / Discussion Moderator: Edward King
13:20 Break
15-Mar Tue Modelling Week 1, Day 1 Session 2
13:45 Restart Chair: Matt Chamberlain Host: Lucinda Matthews
13:50 New methods to represent vertical coordinates in ocean models Andy Hogg
14:10 Q&A / Discussion Frank Colberg
14:20 The latest on our understanding of the East Australian Current Moninya Roughan
14:35 A new method to relate tendencies to long-term trends in model budgets Christopher Bladwell
14:50 Sea ice forecasting in an ensemble ocean prediction system Stewart Allen
15:10 Using OceanMaps and IMOS-OceanCurrent gridded sea level anomaly to estimate the origin of kelp washed ashore Gabriela Pilo
15:25 Discussion Moderator: Emlyn Jones
15:35 Break
15-Mar Tue Modelling – continued Week 1, Day 1 Session 3
16:00 Restart Chair: Prasanth Divakaran Host: Lucinda Matthews
16:05 COSIMA-II progress and plans for the ACCESS-OM3 global coupled ocean – sea ice – BGC – wave model Andrew kiss
16:20 Regional ocean modelling Frank Colberg
16:35 Ocean Forecasts with GC4-based NWP System Xiaobing
16:50 Discussion Moderator: Saima Aijaz
17:00 Day close

16th March

16-Mar Wed Modelling – cont Week 1, Day 2 Session 4
12:00 Welcome and reminder of logistics (Chair) Chair: Ron Hoeke Host: Andy Taylor
12:05  Variable-resolution wave modelling with AUSWAVE Stefan Zieger
12:25 Reconstruction of two-dimensional wave spectra  from integrated parameters: an assessment Ron Hoeke
12:45 Discussion (Moderator) Marcus Thatcher
12:55 Break
16-Mar Wed Observations Week 1, Day 2 Session 5
13:25 Restart Chair: Mikhail Entel Host: Andy Taylor
13:30 Challenges and opportunities in ocean observing Benoit Legresy
13:50 Q&A / Discussion Matt Chamberlain
13:55 The Surface Water Ocean Topography mission: Challenges and opportunities for operational oceanography Shane Keating
14:15 Q&A / Discussion Matt Chamberlain
14:20 Estimating Argo trajectories under ice to unlock untapped profiles for ocean reanalysis Peter Oke
14:40 New Sea Ice Products for BoM Operational Systems Helen Beggs
14:55 Assessment of fish aggregating devices (FADS) for verification of OceanMAPS currents. Saima Aijaz
15:10 Discussion (Moderator) Matt Chamberlain
15:20 Break
16-Mar Wed Acoustic Week 1, Day 2, 6th session
15:50 Restart Chair: Dan Boettger Host: Andy Taylor
15:55 Acoustic Synthetic Profiles Mirko Velic
16:15 Clustering of Ocean Sound Speed Profiles for Acoustic Characterisation Chris Diassinas
16:30 Soundspeed turning points and verification Gary Brassington
16:45 Acoustic sensing of sea winds and rain: a review of overseas research Yong Zhang
17:00 Discussion Prasanth Divakaran
17:10 Day close

22nd March

22-Mar Tue Data assimilation Week 2, Day 3 Session 7
12:00 Welcome and reminder of logistics (Chair) Chair: Gary Brassington Host: Lucinda Matthews
12:05 The theoretical and practical basis for multiscale Hybrid error covariance models Craig Bishop
12:25 Q&A / Discussion Emlyn Jones
12:35 Recent developments of EnKF-C Pavel Sakov
12:45 Some results on the medium-term ocean predictability with OceanMAPS v3.4 and v4.0i Pavel Sakov
12:55 Discussion (Moderator) Emlyn Jones
13:05 Break
22-Mar Tue Data assimilation – cont Week 2, Day 3 Session 8
13:35 Restart Chair: Peter Oke Host: Lucinda Matthews
13:40 Ensemble perturbations of forcing and model parameters in the  ROAM Hybrid DA System v2 (RDAS2) Paul Sandery
14:00 Reanalysing the Tasman Sea circulation using a ROMS 4d-Var system Colette Kerry
14:15 Multi-scale EnKF – Initial results Prasanth Divakaran
14:30 Adaptive increment balance in the presence of eddies for EnKF data assimilation Jessica Sweeney-van Kinderen
14:45 Evaluation of FOAM-NEMOVAR reanalysis with ACCESS-S Yonghong Yin
15:00 Discussion (Moderator) Gary Brassington
15:10 Break
22-Mar Tue Waves and Littoral Week 2, Day 3 Session 9
15:40 Restart Chair: Edward King Host: Lucinda Matthews
15:45 A Littoral science testbed in WA Paul Branson, Blake Seers & Claire Trenham
16:05 Impacts of wave-induced processes in coupled wave-flow model: Theory and Application Vanessa Hernaman & Cagil Kirezci
16:25 Wave reflection in the surf zone Stephanie Contardo
16:45 Comparing CPU vs GPU model performance using a littoral model example Claire Trenham
17:00 Discussion Scott Rivett
17:10 Day close

 

23rd March

23-Mar Wed Bio-optics Week 2, Day 4 Session 10
11:00 Welcome and reminder of logistics (Chair) Chair: Peter Oke Host: Andy Taylor
11:05 Bioluminescence Potential Observations and Modelling Igor Shulman
11:25 ROAM-biovis: Predicting the visibility of bioluminescence. Mark Baird
11:45 Q&A / Discussion Ron Hoeke
11:55 Progress on assimilating remotely sensed ocean colour products into marine BGC models. Emlyn Jones
12:10 Using AI/ML methods to relate observed model variables to unobserved model variables. Mathieu Mongin
12:25 Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) for Next Generation ROAM (ROAM Gen 3) Simon Pigot
12:40 Discussion Ron Hoeke
12:50 Break
23-Mar Wed Systems Week 2, Day 4 Session 11
13:20 Restart Chair: Scott Rivett Host: Andy Taylor
13:25 Global coupled modelling prediction and plans Debra Hudson
13:45 Q&A / Discussion Peter Oke
13:55 New in seasonal prediction: ACCESS-S2, GSO and MHW Claire Spillman
14:15 The latest version of BRAN, BRAN2020 Matt Chamberlain
14:30 OceanMAPSv4.0i performance Prasanth Divakaran
14:50 Deterministic forecast and ensemble guidance products of OceanMAPS v4.0i Xinmei Huang
15:05 Discussion (Moderator) Peter Oke
15:15 Break
23-Mar Wed Systems Week 2, Day 4 Session 12
15:45 Restart Chair: Gary Brassington Host: Andy Taylor
15:50 Global ocean currents verification and intercomparison Saima Aijaz
16:05 Impact of number of  altimeter satellites on OceanMAPS performance Xinmei Huang
16:20 Extended forecast experiment Prasanth Divakaran
16:35 Bluelink’s engagement in the UN Ocean Decade Peter Oke
16:45 Discussion and close Emlyn Jones
17:00 Day close

Meeting Guidelines

Platform 
  • Microsoft Teams   
  • Sessions will open half an hour before the start, so you can check your connection, and the session will begin promptly at the start time.
  • All the Sessions will be recorded 
  • Discussion within the chat function is encouraged.
Time 
  • The session Chair will ensure that the session finishes on time, and that talks are completed within their allocated time. 
  • This is considered very important for the smooth running of a large gathering on-line, and since participants may join a session for individual talks, or parts of the session. 
 

The following Roles will be allocated for each session 
Chair  Will facilitate the session and keep time. The Chair will also capture a summary of the discussion. The Chair of the first session each day will acknowledge country.  

Prior to the day, the Chair will liaise with any invited speakers about their bio, and liaise with Session Host to obtain a two-point summary of each talk.

After the session, the Chair will coordinate a Session Summary in liaison with the session moderator (using the template provided, and for completion by the end of the week the session was held).
Moderator  Will monitor chat and reflect questions and discussions as time permits – either at the end of the session, of after each talk.  Also, group discussions scheduled for the session will be led by the Moderator, in liaison with the Chair and only if time permits.

After the session, the Moderator will contribute and support the Chair to prepare a Session Summary.
Screen host  Will display the presentations by sharing their screen and step through the presentation guided by the speaker.  The Host will also capture the session Chat.

Prior to the day, the Host will ensure they have received and collated all presentations from all speakers as well as the two-point summaries needed by the Chair.

Presenters

In preparation for the meeting, Presenters are requested to:

  1. NO LATER THAN THE DAY BEFORE your session: please email your session Chair with 2 key points for the session introduction slide
  2. NO LATER THAN THE DAY BEFORE your session: please email your slides to ahmad.khan@bom.gov.au (For those presenting on Tuesday 15th March – please send on Friday 11th March due to public holiday in Vic and Tas on Monday 14th March).
  3. ON THE DAY – note that you can share your screen and slides – or alternatively the session Host can do this.
  4. AT THE SESSION OPENING – please advise the session Host your preference using chat or email. This will ensure the efficient running of the session.
  5. AFTER the session – email two KEY POINTS from your presentation to the Session Chair. These points will assist the Chair to prepare the Session Report.

All participants

  • Participants are requested to:
      • Please mute when you enter the meeting, and when you aren’t speaking.
      • Please only unmute if requested to by the Chair or Moderator. (Be aware, that participants may be muted by the production team if you forget to mute)
      • Post questions in chat (first preference), or alternatively use the ‘raise hand’ icon in TEAMS. Chat and hand raises will be monitored by the Moderator (during presentations) and by the Chair (during discussion times).
      • Note that all sessions will be recorded including chat.
  • A session summary will be prepared by each session Chair, and distributed to all participants in the weeks following the meeting.
  • Our purpose is to both celebrate and share our new findings and to motivate discussion looking to future challenges. The valuable information captured will be carried forward into our Bluelink annual planning meeting in April.