The tenth biannual Ocean Sciences Meeting will take place January 24-28 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas, organized by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO). Full information about the meeting, including special sessions and the text of abstracts with contact data, is available on the AGU Web site: http://www.agu.org/meetings/os00call.html.
Themes
The following themes will predominate at the meeting (listed alphabetically):
- Air-sea chemistry and dissolved gases
- Biogeochemical processes
- Education
- Land-sea interactions
- Large-scale transport and circulation
- Near-shore sediment transport and shelf sedimentation
- Ocean optics
- Particulate organic matter degradation and flux
- Physical and biological interactions
- Physics of the oceans and climate
- Planktonic and benthic food webs
- Polar oceanography
A plenary session will be held on Monday, January 24, from 5:15 to 7:00 P.M. in the Theater of the Convention Center. It will feature two lectures:
"The North Pacific Tropical Gyre: New Views of an Old Ocean," by David M. Karl of the University of Hawaii, and
"A View of the West-Coastal Ocean," by James C. McWilliams of the University of California, Los Angeles.
Special sessions
Following are some of the special sessions scheduled for the meeting, which has drawn 1,840 submissions for oral and poster presentations. Details for each of them may be found at http://www.agu.org/meetings/os00spss.html.
Innovations in Ocean Science Education
Indonesian Throughflow: Mean and Low-Frequency Characteristics, and
Importance to the Global Climate
Recent Advances in Ocean and Fresh Water Science Instrumentation
Cross Margin Transport in the Great Lakes and Coastal Oceans
Continental Margin Biogeochemical Fluxes
Physical Processes and Optical Properties in the Coastal Ocean
The New, Improved Marine N Cycle
What Factors Control Phytoplankton Processes in the Southern Ocean?
Weather and the Amount and Fate of Production in the Ocean
Ocean Sciences of the Californias and the Intra-Americas Sea (IAS)
Mixing and Transport in Lakes: Physical Processes and Biological and Chemical consequences
Global Ocean Deepwater Circulation: Past, Present, and Future
Flow Over Rough Topography
Integrating Biology and Physics in Ecosystem Studies of Planktonic Populations
Interdisciplinary Studies of Arctic and Antarctic Polynyas
Biogeochemical Dynamics of the Southern Ocean: Past, Present, and Future
The Origin and Reactivity of Dissolved Organic Matter
Ocean Fronts: Patterns, Structures, and Processes
Coastal Ocean Dynamics and Prediction
Use of Remotely-Sensed Data in Marine Carbon Cycle Studies
Marine Ecosystem Modeling on Regional to Global Scales
Global Warming and Sea Level Change on Annual, Interannual, and Decadal Timescales
JGOFS: Ocean Biogeochemistry, Observations, Models and Synthesis
Coral Reefs and Global Change: Recent to Milankovitch Time Scale
Material Flux and Fate in The Tropical Coastal Ocean
Chaotic Paths Through Fluid Dynamics: Scientific Essays in Honor of Professor Claes Rooth
Atmospheric Coupling of Terrestrial and Ocean Systems
Physical Forcing and Impacts on Particulate Dispersal Over Continental Margins
Southern Ocean Fluxes: Impact on Climate
Geochemistry and Microbiology of Continental Margin Oxygen Deficient
Particles in the Upper Ocean: Cycling, Export and Remineralization
Bioinorganic Chemistry in the Marine Environment
Press Registration
AGU will assist journalists covering the meeting, but will not operate a formal press room. We will provide press badges to qualified journalists and public information officers of government agencies and educational and nonprofit organizations. Press registrants may attend any of the scientific sessions of the meeting. No one will be admitted without a valid badge. Eligibility for press registration is limited to the following persons:
- Working press representing bona fide news media with a press card, business card, or letter of introduction from the publication.
- Freelance science writers, presenting a current membership card from NASW, a regional affiliate of NASW, ISWA, a letter from a bona fide publication assigning them to cover the meeting, or evidence of work pertaining to science intended for the general public and published in 1999 or 2000.
- Public information officers of scientific societies, educational institutions, and government agencies.
Note: Representatives of the business side of news media, publishing houses, and of for-profit corporations must register at the main registration desk and pay the appropriate fees.
AGU Public Information Manager Harvey Leifert will assist members of the press who wish to meet specific scientists for interviews. He may be contacted via a message on the message board or via the meeting's message and information center:
Phone: 210-582-7100
Fax: 210-582-7101
E-mail: hleifert@agu.orgPress registration will take place at the same place as member registration in Exhibit Hall C at the Convention Center. Advance registration is not necessary. Registration hours are:
- Sunday, January 23, 4:00-7:00 P.M.
- Monday and Tuesday, January 24-25, 7:30 A.M.-4:00 P.M.
- Wednesday and Thursday, January 26-27, 8:00 A.M.-4:00 P.M.
- Friday, January 28, 8:00-10:00 A.M.
- Monday and Tuesday, January 24-25, 7:30 A.M.-4:00 P.M.
Abstract books
Science writers planning to cover the meeting may request an advance copy, while supplies last, of the 320 page Abstract book, which summarizes all of the presentations and provides contact information for authors. Send an email message to Harvey LeifertAccommodations in San Antonio
Information on hotels near the convention Center, with room availabilities, rates and a map, is available on the AGU web site: http://www.agu.org/meetings/os00_hr.html#cust2.### Distribution of press releases
Public information officers who are not attending the meeting but wish to distribute press releases relevant to presentations may send them to:
Harvey Leifert (Hold for arrival January 22)
Ramada Emily Morgan
705 East Houston Street
San Antonio, Texas 78205
Phone: 210-225-8486
- Sunday, January 23, 4:00-7:00 P.M.