ORGANIZERS:
Miryam Bar-Matthews (Geological Survey of Israel)
Alan Matthews (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Ocean gateways and their dynamical circulation are prominently involved in a range of climatically relevant ocean processes such as shifting salt, heat and buoyancy between ocean basins, thereby potentially impacting convective activity in the high-latitude oceans and the stability of the ocean circulation. The opening and closure of ocean gateways also played an important role in the geological past in defining the state of the polar cryosphere, the ocean's physical circulation and chemical inventories, and the global climate at large.
The Ocean Gateways conferences aims to bring together the ocean observations, climate modelling and marine and terrestrial palaeoclimate reconstructions communities to share their insights into the circulation regimes of ocean gateways, the role of wind systems in defining these regimes, the variability of the gateways circulation and their significance for ocean circulation and climate on regional to global and modern to palaeo-time scales. The conference seeks to stimulate dialogue between the disciplines during plenary and guided round table discussions.
Session themes:
- High- and low-latitude gateway circulation
- Inter-ocean exchanges and impacts on the global THC
- Ocean gateway circulation and impacts on terrestrial climates and human evolution
This conference is sponsored by the European Commission 7th Framework Programme.
SPEAKERS:
Steve Barker, Cardiff University, UK
Arne Biastoch, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany
Agatha de Boer, Bert Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Sweden
Steve Goldstein, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, USA
Ian Hall, Cardiff University, UK
Ann Holbourn, University of Kiel, Germany
Gregor Knorr, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany
Mira Bar-Matthews, Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem
Frank Peeters, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Jane Sprintall, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, USA
Erik van Sebille, University of New South Wales, Australia
Wilbert Weijer, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Rainer Zahn, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
