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                                                                                                         Science and discussion meeting on Bay of Bengal, Chennai, 16-18 December, 2014          Speaker
DAY-1 16th DECEMBER 2014
 Advances and Prospects of prediction of Monsoon ISO. B.N. Goswami
 An overview of Sagar Nidhi Summer Cruise 2014. M. Ravichandran
 Moorings and survey east of Sri Lanka. Hemantha Wijesekera
 Use of Underwater gliders for regional oceanography. Dan Rudnick
 Comparing the near-surface structure during the winter and summer ASIRI cruises. Emily Shroyer
 Horizontal variability in the near-surface Bay of Bengal. Jen MacKinnon
 Sagar Nidhi uCTD observations in August-September 2014. Debasis Sengupta
 Upper ocean shear variability. Amy Waterhouse
 A review of modeling/observational studies of the salinity structure in the Bay of Bengal and its impact on air-sea interactions. M. Legaigne and J.Vialard
DAY-2 17th DECEMBER 2014
 Submesoscale processes: A brief review. Amit Tandon
 Atmospheric boundary layer over the Bay of Bengal. G.S. Bhat
 Freshwater fronts in the surface layer. Amala Mahadevan
 Freshwater Fluxes and Circulation off Sri Lanka. Luc Rainville
 Thin freshwater bores and other small scale dissipative processes in the Bay of Bengal. Jonathan Nash
 The satellite-derived estimates of large river freshwater flux into the Bay of Bengal. Fabrice Papa
 Thermal fronts in the North Bay of Bengal as seen in the satellite data. Rashmi Sharma
 Upfront winds and stratification during the Monsoon. Eric D’Asaro
 A circulation study off Sri Lanka using Lagrangian Drifters. Luca Centurioni
 LES results on (a) Ekman transport in barrier layers and (b) nonlinear bores. Sutanu Sarkar
 Demonstrating the quality of high-resolution ocean state estimation in the northern Indian ocean. Suneet Diwedi
 Sub-mesoscale instability conditions across the Bay: A tale of three process studies (Part 1). Amit Tandon
 Sub-mesoscale instability conditions across the Bay: A tale of three process studies (Part 2). Sanjiv Ramachandran
 Internal tide generation and scattering - how good is the WKB approximation ?". Manikandan Mathur
 The relevance of the Thorpe scale in stably stratified turbulence. Karan Venayagamoorthy
DAY-3 18th DECEMBER 2014
 Small-scale physical and optical variability in the upper ocean from profiling floats. Drew Lucas
 Inherent and Apparent optical properties of central Bay of Bengal for assessment of subsurface visible energy flux. Aneesh A.Lotlikar
 Biogeochemistry and optics. Melissa Omand
 The Bay of Bengal: the region of biogeochemical paradox. V.V.S.S Sarma
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
 Variability in spectral fluxes in geostrophic turbulence from satellite altimetry. Hemanth Khatri
 Stratification and shear related questions from the BD08 mooring. JVS Raju
 Stability of a rotating viscosity-stratified flow. Ritabrata Thakur
 Near-surface salinity and stratification from moorings. Sree Lekha
 Breakdown of the barrier layer with surface cooling. Melissa Omand and others
 Small scale horizontal variability in the Bay of Bengal. Caitlin Whalen
 Turbulent dissipation from microstructure measurements. Jensen V George
 Interpretation of Mixed Layer Depth using Microstructure Data. Simi Mathew
 Ocean response to tropical cyclone Phailin. Dipanjan
 Validation of penetrating short wave radiation in the Bay of Bengal using subsurface radiometer measurements: Preliminary analysis. Thanga Prakash
 Atmospheric forcing and the structure and evolution of the upper ocean in the Bay of Bengal. Dabasis Sengupta
 Improving the simulated thermohaline structure through satellite data assimilation. Abhisek Chakraborty
 Observed intra-seasonal oscillation in the Bay of Bengal. Phaneendra reddy
 Analysis of wave characteristics in the Bay of Bengal. J. Vimala
 Wave Atlas of the Indian Coast. K. Jossia
 Interannual variability of salinity in the Bay of Bengal. Vimlesh Pant
 Cetacean community ecology in the water of Sri lanka and the Bay of Bengal. Kate Stafford
 Moorings and survey east of Sri Lanka. Luca Centurioni
 Variations in efficiency of biological pump in the Bay of Bengal using stable isotopic composition of nitrogen in the suspended matter. C.K.Sherin
 Identification of Thermal Fronts in Bay of Bengal,using Belkin Algorithm. M.Ravichandran

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