Atmosphere-Ocean-Ecology dynamics in the Western Indian Ocean.

The Royal Society is administering the above 2 day scientific discussion meeting to be held in London in January 2004.

What?       Atmosphere-Ocean-Ecology dynamics in the Western Indian Ocean

When?      Monday 19 and Tuesday 20 January 2004

Where?    At the Royal Society, London (6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AG)

Cost?       Free to all, but registration required

How?      Register on-line at www.royalsoc.ac.uk/events

Meeting Summary

Better prediction of climatic variability for rain-fed agriculture and development of sustainable marine resource utilisation is critical for developing countries bordering the Indian Ocean. This inter-disciplinary meeting will discuss: new information on geological structure, history and palaeo-oceanography of the Western Indian Ocean, coupled ocean-atmosphere climatologies, and interactions between physical oceanography, ocean productivity and regional fisheries.

Organised by Dr Thomas Spencer, Sir Anthony Laugton FRS and Dr Nic Flemming

Speakers include:

Professor Dr Will de Ruijter, IMAU, University Utrecht, the Netherlands;
Mr Chris Callienne, Plymouth Marine Laboratory;
Dr Andrew Mackie, Department of Biodiversity and Systematic Biology, national Museum & Galleries of Wales, cardiff;
Professor Nick McCave, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge;
Dr Adrian New, Southampton Oceanography Centre;
Dr Bradley Opdyke, Department of Geology, The Australian National University;
Professor Dr Friedrich Schott, Institute for Marine Research, University of Kiel;
Professor Julia Slingo, NERC Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling, departmnet of Meteorology, University of Reading;
Dr Denise Smythe-Wright, Southampton Oceanography Centre;
Dr Thomas Spencer, Cambridge Coastal Research Unit, University of Cambridge;
Mr Rudy van der Elst, Oceanographic Research Institute, Durban, South Africa;
Professor Peter Webster, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA;
Dr Jens Zinke, faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
Mr Rolph Payet, Government of Seychelles.

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