Dear All,
We are pleased to inform that the call for participants for the Ocean Decade Laboratories Satellite Activities (Laboratory 2: “A Predicted Ocean”): Engaging Public with the Ocean Forecasting System (OFS) organized by the Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia and the First Institute of Oceanography, China to take place online on 16 September 2021, 10.00 am (UTC+8).
Summary:
Ocean forecasts are scientific predictions about the future state of the ocean, offering critical information such as ocean currents, waves, wind, and temperature, all of which are important for supporting climate, operational marine activities, biodiversity, and the blue economy. This workshop will provide participants with hands-on experience getting ocean forecast products using an easy-to-use ocean forecast website. The emphasis will be on presenting fundamental knowledge about what is OFS and what data, and information can be acquired from ocean forecasts, as well as how to obtain and visualize them. It will be a combination of practical and theoretical components.
The course is designed to provide an introduction to OFS, as well as an exploration of the OFS website and hands-on experience with visualizing ocean forecast products.
Learning Outcomes
Target Audience
Target audiences include, but not limited to:
Language of Instruction
English
Platform
Online through Webex:
https://umt.webex.com/umt/j.php?MTID=m94cecb5c4ca374b62e6cb8ae18b6fbd1
Contacts
Prof. Dr. Mohd Fadzil Mohd Akhir: mfadzil@umt.edu.my
Dr. Poh Heng, Kok: pohhengkok@umt.edu.my
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Abstract
While the sinking formation of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) is well understood, how this bottom water "returns home" through upwelling within ocean basins, particularly the Indo-Pacific, remains shrouded in uncertainty. In the 1960s, Munk’s classic "Abyssal Recipes" theory sought to explain these abyssal flows, yet later observations exposed two significant conflicts with real-world data. In 2016, Ferrari, McDougall, and colleagues proposed the "Towards a New Abyssal Recipe" framework, introducing bottom boundary layer (BBL) upwelling to address Munk’s inconsistencies. Drawing on recent evidence of a potential cooling trend in the deep ocean, this talk revisits these debates, offering a fresh interpretation of Munk’s discrepancies and proposing a new mechanism for abyssal upwelling in the Indo-Pacific. It contributes to the ongoing quest to unravel how bottom waters complete their global journey.
Presented by: Prof. Dr. HAN Lei
Affiliation: China-ASEAN College of Marine Science, Xiamen University, Malaysia
Address: Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia
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