Bluelink Science Meeting Weekly Program

September 14th, 2020

THE MEETING IS NOW COMPLETE. THANK YOU TO ALL PRESENTERS AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS.

Program Overview

Sessions Date & Time (AEST)
 Theme
Session 1: Wed, 2 September, 1230-1430 Setting the Theme
Session 2: Thur, 3 September, 1230-1430 Global Reanalysis and Observations
Session 3: Thur, 10 September, 930-1130 Global Modelling & Data Assimilation
Session 4: Thur, 10 September, 1230-1430 Global Science
Session 5: Wed, 16 September, 930-1130 Regional Science
Session 6: Wed, 16 September, 1230-1430 Regional Science
Session 7: Thur, 24 September, 930-1130 Applications
Session 8: Thur, 24 September, 1230-1430 Status of Bluelink Services

Completed Sessions

2-Sep Wed Setting the scene Week 1, 1st session – PM
12:30 Meeting overview and organisation (Chair) Edward King
12:35 Bluelink/MSA overview Mikhail Entel
12:50 CSIRO-led Development projects and CSIRO priorities Emlyn Jones
13:05 BoM-led development projects and BoM priorities Gary Brassington
13:20 University-led development projects and priorities Andy Hogg, Matt England
13:35 IMOS developments and priorities Michelle Heupel
13:50 DoD developments and priorities Bob Woodham
14:05 DST developments and priorities Chris Gillard
14:20 Discussion (Moderator) Emlyn Jones/ Tracey Pitman
14:30 End Screenhost: Andy Taylor
3-Sep Thur Global reanalyses & obs  Week 1, 2nd session – PM
12:30 Welcome and reminder of logistics (Chair) Emlyn Jones
12:35 Bluelink’s history of delivery (15-years paper) Andreas Schiller
12:50 Bluelink Reanalysis: BRAN2020 Matt Chamberlain
13:05 OceanMAPS developments Prasanth Divakaran
13:20 ACCESS-OM2: global ocean modelling in Australia Andrew Kiss
13:35 AODN – delivering ocean observations Sebastien Mancini
13:50 Blue Maps (Argo Maps) Peter Oke
14:05 On the sensitivity of ocean data assimilation to details of the ensemble Peter Oke
14:20 Discussion (Moderator) Emlyn Jones
14:30 End Screenhost: Lucinda Matthews
10-Sep Thur Global Modelling and data assimilation  Week 2, 1st session – AM
9:30 Welcome and reminder of logistics (Chair) Mikhail Entel
9:35 Bluelink and CSIRO’s CSC Jaci Brown
9:50 BoM’s moves towards seamless prediction Gilbert Brunet
10:05 Multi-year forecasting Richard Matear
10:20 ACCESS-S and linkages to Bluelink Xiaobing Zhou
10:35 EnKF developments for OFAM and OceanMAPS Pavel Sakov
10:50 Multi-scale data assimilation Matt Chamberlain
11:05 Discussion (Moderator) Gary Brassington
11:30 End Screenhost: Lucinda Matthews
10-Sep Thur Global Science Week 2, 2nd session – PM
12:30 Welcome and reminder of logistics (Chair) Marcus Thatcher
12:35 NASA SWOT and satellite altimetry Shane Keating
12:50 New SST and sea-ice data streams Helen Beggs
13:05 BGC Argo Christina Schallenberg
13:20 Australia’s XBT Program Rebecca Cowley & Chris Chapman
13:35 Developments with AusWave Stefan Zieger
13:50 ADEPT developments and reanalyses Frank Colberg
14:05 Discussion (Moderator) Scott Rivett
14:30 End Screenhost: Andy Taylor
16-Sep Wed Regional Science Week 3, 1st session – AM
9:30 Welcome and reminder of logistics (Chair) Daniel Boettger
9:35 Assessment of ocean current in a regional ocean model (SAROM) Frank Colberg
9:50 Preliminary ROAM road map (including ROAM-ocean update) Emlyn Jones
10:05 ROAM-atmosphere – preparing for littoral-scale forecasts Marcus Thatcher
10:20 Getting data to the field Scott Rivett
10:35 Regional reanalyses using 4dVar Colette Kerry
10:50 ROAM-biovis Mark Baird
11:05 Ocean modelling with unstructured grids Mike Herzfeld
11:20 Discussion (Moderator) Andy Taylor
16-Sep Wed Regional Science Week 3, 2nd session – PM
12:30 Welcome and reminder of logistics (Chair) Peter Oke
12:35 Dynamics of breaking waves Dan Boettger
12:50 Improving predictions of nearshore processes and shoreline dynamics for beaches along Australia’s rocky and coral reef coasts Mike Cuttler
13:05 Overview of UWA and CSIRO joint research projects Paul Branson
13:20 Seedragon and AWS Duan Beckett
13:35 Update on ROAM-waves and ROAM-surf Ron Hoeke
13:50 Review of Littoral models Stephanie Contardo
14:05 Next Gen ROAM-waves and ROAM-surf Ron Hoeke
14:20 Discussion (Moderator) Scott Rivett
14:30 End Screenhost: Andy Taylor
24-Sep Thur Applications Week 4, 1st session – AM
9:30 Welcome and reminder of logistics (Chair) Gary Brassington
9:35 Using seasonal forecasts to manage impacts of extreme ocean temperatures on marine industries Claire Spillman
9:50 Defence’s response to bushfires Scott Rivett
10:05 Coastal sea-level happenings and the coastal waveguide Andy Taylor
10:20 Use cases in ensemble forecasting Jessica Sweeney
10:35 Piloting autonomous vehicles Stuart Anstee
10:50 Port Phillip Bay and related wave-flow coupled model implementations for coastal hazard research Vanessa Hernaman
11:05 Our new COMPAS model of Australia’s tides and what it tells you about our tidal energy resource David Griffin
11:20 Discussion (Moderator) Dan Boettger
11:30 End Screenhost: Lucinda Matthews
24-Sep Thur Status of Bluelink Services Week 4, 2nd session – PM
12:30 Welcome and reminder of logistics (Chair) Mikhail Entel
12:35 Operational OceanMAPS updates Xinmei Huang
12:50 Verification of OceanMAPS against surface drifting buoys Saima Aijaz
13:05 ROAM acoustics Madeleine Cahill
13:20 Acoustics and OceanMAPS Mirko Velic
13:35 Ocean Modelling for Acoustics Mike Greening
13:50 Comparison of CMEMS and RADS sea level anomaly data Charles Sanders
14:05 Ocean chart discussion Lucinda Matthews
14:20 Discussion (Moderator) Emlyn Jones
14:30 End

For more background to the 2020 Bluelink Science Meeting go to https://research.csiro.au/bluelink/bluelink-science-meeting-2020/

Meeting Guidelines and Administrative Roles

  • Sessions will open half an hour before the start and will begin promptly at the start time
  • Please mute when you enter the meeting.
  • Please only unmute if requested to by the Chair or Moderator. (Be aware, that you may be muted by the production team if you forget to mute)
  • During discussion times, please post your questions in chat preferably, or press the ‘raise hand’ icon in TEAMS.
  • Sessions will be recorded
  • The following Roles will be allocated for each session

 

Chair Will facilitate the session.
Moderator Will monitor chat and reflect questions and discussions as time permits – either at the end of the session, of after each talk. Discussion within the chat function is encouraged. Group discussion will be led by the moderator at the end of the session, in liaison with the Chair and if time permits.
Screen host Will ensure they have received and collated all presentations from all speakers the day before their session. The Screenhost will then be a backup if the presenter has any technical difficulties sharing their screen.

Attendance was by invitation:

For more information about the meeting please email Ahmad.Khan@bom.gov.au or Tracey.Pitman@csiro.au.