International Symposim on Bounday Current Dynamics

A main goal of this meeting is to provide a forum for discussing the recent progress and advance. A joint session of CLIVAR Pacific and Indian Ocean panels will then follow this meeting.

Location: Lijiang, Yunnan, China
Date: 8th - 9th July 2013
Abstract submission: 15th March
http://coadc.ouc.edu.cn/isbcd/

Continuing from the themes of our first symposium, the scientific questions to be addressed in this symposium will include, but not limit to:

• What are key processes that determine variability of boundary currents in the tropical-subtropical ocean basins? How do climate changes affect these processes? How does boundary current variability affect climate?

• What are the main dynamic processes that govern interactions of the marginal sea system with boundary currents and open ocean? How does climate variability affect such interactions and how physical and biological states in coastal seas respond?

• How does ocean respond to and feed back onto climate change? How to improve the decadal and longer timescale predictability of the climate system? What are the roles of boundary currents in biogeochemical cycles and marine ecosystems?

We welcome observational, theoretical, or modeling studies of ocean dynamics, variability, and change. We look forward to seeing you in Li Jiang.