Ocean Physicist, Keen Observer and Leader
April 9, 2013
Asia Room, East-West Center, Imin International Conference Center, Jefferson Hall, 1777 East-West Road
8:15 am Coffee
8:45-9:00 Opening: Roger Lukas (U. Hawaii/SOEST/Oceanography)
<Morning Session - Tom Schroeder, Chair>
The life of Klaus Wyrtki
9:00-9:20 Gisela Speidel (U. Hawaii/SOEST/IPRC) – "The Life of Klaus Wyrtki as an Oceanographer"
Klaus’ role in shaping our department
9:20-9:35 David Karl (U. Hawaii/SOEST/Oceanography) - "Klaus Wyrtki: Departmental scholarship"
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Klaus as an educator
9:35-9:50 Les Uhrich (Pierce College)
Klaus’ early days in the Atlantic
9:50-10:10: William J. Emery (U. Colorado) – “The Meteor Expedition, its role in early German Physical Oceanography which led to Klaus's entry into the field"
10:10-10:30 Coffee Break
In between two homes: The Indonesian Throughflow
10:30-10:50 Jim Potemra (U. Hawaii/SOEST/HIGP) – “Klaus Wyrtki’s work on the Indonesian Throughflow: Connecting oceans, countries, and generations”
10:50-11:10 Dongchull Jeon (Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute) - "Westward intrusion of South Pacific waters at the western tip of New Guinea Island"
Klaus and the Hawaiian Islands
11:10-11:30 Doug Luther (U. Hawaii/SOEST/Oceanography) – “Loal Current Observations: Food for Many Thoughts”
11:30-11:50 Pierre Flament (U. Hawaii/SOEST/Oceanography) – "Atmospheric and Oceanic Flows in the Lee of Hawaii"
Discussion 11:50 – 12:15
12:15-1:30 pm Lunch (Makana Garden Room, East-West Center)
1 pm Lunch Time keynote: Tom Schroeder (U. Hawaii/SOEST/Meteorology) - “Klaus and El Niño prediction”
<Afternoon Session I - William Emery, Chair>
Klaus and the Deep Ocean
1:30-1:45 Roger Lukas (U. Hawaii/SOEST/Oceanography) – “Abyssal Circulation and Ventilation of Deep Ocean Basins”
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1:45-2:05 Julian McCreary (U. Hawaii/SOEST/Oceanography) – “Oxygen minimum zone discoveries”
Klaus’ encounters with Ocean Jets
2:05-2:25 Eric Firing (U. Hawaii/SOEST/Oceanography) – “Resolving Equatorial Circulation in Time and Space”
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2:25-2:40 Bo Qiu (U. Hawaii/SOEST/Oceanography) – "The North Equatorial Undercurrent jets – Addressing Klaus' questions from 1982"
Klaus’ quest to understand sea level variations: Building and extending networks
2:40-3:00 Gary Mitchum (U. South Florida) – “Suggestions from Klaus = Career in Oceanography”
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3:00-3:20 Mark Merrifield (U. Hawaii/SOEST/Oceanography) – “Sea Level Observations and Interpretations: Lessons from Klaus”
3:20-3:40 Break
<Afternoon Session II - Jim Potemra, Chair>
On Sea Level, heat content, Kelvin waves and El Niño
3:40-4:00 James J. O’Brien (Florida State University/Meteorology and Oceanography) – "The observer and the modeler, a union for knowledge"
4:00-4:20 Dennis Moore (NOAA/PMEL) – "Reflections of an Equatorial Oceanographer – How Klaus Wyrtki got me to come to Hawaii"
4:20-4:40 Toshio Yamagata (The University of Tokyo) – "The Indo-Pacific Heritage of Prof. Klaus Wyrtki"
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Discussion – moderator, Niklas Schneider (U. Hawaii/SOEST/Oceanography)
4:40-5:20
Closing
5:20-5:30 Axel Timmermann (U. Hawaii/SOEST/Oceanography)
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