USP – UiB Climate Workshop
27-28 June 2022
USP Marine Campus lecture room
Program
Monday 27.06 | https://usp-fj.zoom.us/j/85271878630?pwd=G_KK1U5EqJAR17hnZcpSLISru8gaAM.1 | |
09:30-10:00 | Coffee and registration | |
10:00 | Opening prayer | |
10:00-10:15 | Welcome and opening remarks | Director Research, USP |
10:15-10:30 | Opening remarks UiB delegation | Prof Thomas Spengler and Prof Edvard Hviding, UiB |
10:30-12:00 | Oceanography | |
10:30-10:45 | An assessment of coastal water parameters and nutrient distribution in the Suva Lagoon – An insight into coral reef assemblage distribution | Mr Jasha Dehm, PhD Candidate, SAGEONS, USP |
10:45-11:00 | Warm inflow and cold outflow in the southern Weddell Sea, Antarctica | Prof Elin Darelius, UiB |
11:00-11:15 | How much can a storm event change the heat flux into the Filchner Trough? | Ms Vår Dundas, PhD Candidate, UiB |
11:15-11:30 | Marine Plastics in Fiji | Mr Andrew Paris, MSc Student, SAGEONS, USP |
11:30-11:45 | Investigating Optical Signatures following the 2022 Tonga Eruption from Satellite Ocean Color Observations | Ms Andra Whiteside, PhD Candidate, PaCE-SD, USP |
11:45-12:00 | Biogeochemistry of waters South of Fiji during the SOKOWASA cruise | Dr Cecile Dupouy, Visiting Academic |
12:00-13:30 | Lunch | |
13:30-15:00 | Biogeochemistry and Ecology | |
13:30-13:45 | Killer whale movements on the Norwegian shelf are associated with herring density | Ms Emma Vogel, PhD Candidate, UiT |
13:45-14:00 | The use of population genetic models to resolve and predict reef fish dispersal patterns in the Pacific | Dr Brian Stockwell, SAGEONS, USP |
14:00-14:15 | Establishing the current relation between observed oxygen conditions and oxygen proxies in western Norwegian fjords | Mr Mattia Ferraro, PhD Canididate, UiB |
14:15-14:30 | Characterising Snapshots of Cytometric Groups of Marine Microbes in Laucala Bay (Fiji Islands) After a Heavy Rain Event | Mr Timoci Koliyavu, PhD Candidate, PACE-SD, USP |
14:30-14:45 | Physical factors affecting oxygen concentrations in Norwegian sill fjords | Ms Torunn Sagen, PhD Canididate, UiB |
14:45-15:00 | Blue carbon storage in Fijian seagrass meadows | Ms Shalini Singh, PhD Candidate, PaCE-SD, USP |
15:00-15:30 | Coffee break | |
15:30-16:45 | Cryosphere, Paleoclimate, and Sea Level | |
15:30-15:45 | Eastern and Central Pacific ENSO and their relationships to the recharge/discharge oscillator paradigm | Dr Awnesh Singh, PaCE-SD, USP |
15:45-16:00 | Greenland Ice Sheet Evolution and Stability | Ms Charlotte Rahlves, PhD Candidate, UiB |
16:00-16:15 | Greenland surface mass balance and sea level uncertainty | Mr Tobias Zolles, PhD Candidate, UiB |
16:15-16:30 | Albedo based on surface properties retrieved from HELiPOD and Helicopter data during the MOSAiC campaign | Mr Tim Sperzel, PhD Candidate, USP |
16:30-16:45 | Deep-water sedimentary response to alternating Late Quaternary paleoclimate in the Gulf of Corinth (Greece) | Ms Natacha Fabregas, PhD Candidate, UiB |
18:00-21:00 | Icebreaker and Dinner | |
Tuesday 28.6. | https://usp-fj.zoom.us/j/82903102882?pwd=gSk8i6ScpOY31_KvIHxkiDLhnRN9QE.1 | |
09:00-10:30 | Atmosphere | |
09:00-09:15 | Separating eddy driven and subtropical jets | Dr Clemens Spensberger, UiB |
09:15-09:30 | Tropical Cyclone associated variability in the oceanic and atmospheric parameters in the Southwest Pacific Region: Case Studies | Prof Sushil Kumar, STEMP, USP |
09:30-09:45 | Wet – wetter – weather | Ms Kjersti Konstali, PhD Candidate, UiB |
09:45-10:00 | A novel approach to clustering Tropical Cyclone genesis on ENSO timescales in the Southwest Pacific | Mr Moleni Tu’uholoaki, PhD Candidate, PACE-SD, USP |
10:00-10:15 | Towards an objective Climatology of Frontal Life Cycles | Mr Johannes Lutzmann, PhD Candidate, UiB |
10:15-10:30 | The influence of sea surface temperature fronts on storm tracks and cyclones | Prof Thomas Spengler, UiB |
10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | |
11:00-12:00 | Mitigation and Adaptation | |
11:00-11:15 | Policing Climate Change and Natural Disasters in Kiribati & Tuvalu | Prof Anand Chand, SBM, USP |
11:15-11:30 | Bridging the gaps in marine pollution data through innovative research methods for Pacific Island Countries and Territories | Mr Rufino Varea, PhD Candidate, SAGEONS, USP |
11:30-11:45 | Examination of turbulence impacts on ultra- short-term wind power and speed forecasts with machine learning | Mr Hao Chen, PhD Candidate, UiT |
11:45-12:00 | Current Research in the Area of Ocean Energy at USP and Prospects of Ocean Energy Exploitation in the Region | Prof Rafiuddin Ahmen, STEMP, USP |
12:00-12:15 | Closing remarks followed by closing prayer | |
12:15-13:30 | Lunch | |
Afternoon | Meeting of faculty and campus tour |