International Summer school
on TURBULENCE, PLANKTON and MARINE SNOW
Barcelona, SPAIN
01- 05 September 2008

A one-week summer school is planned in the field of (geophysical) turbulence and its role on the swimming behaviour and contact rates of plankton, patchiness of plankton, bloom formation, marine snow formation. Attention will also be paid to the theory and modeling of geophysical turbulence, laboratory experiments, and in situ observation on plankton in turbulence.

The aim of the meeting is to provide an intense course on current advances in the field with six invited didactical lectures by top specialists in the subject. The main emphasis will be put on the fluid-mechanical aspects of ocean flows, dispersion of species in small-scale turbulence and the available numerical and experimental techniques to analyze those. Additionally, it is aimed to promote the interactions between marine biology and fluid mechanics by bringing together senior and junior scientists from both disciplines, and to stimulate discussions and interaction between colleagues from the two disciplines. Besides the keynote lectures there will be room for several lectures by senior researchers on specialized topics.

Location Moli de Mar, Po Ermita de St. Cristofor (Far), Vilanova i la Geltrú, 08800 Barcelona, Spain

Full fee : 200 euro. The course fee includes lodging, lecture notes, coffee breaks, and conference diner. Payment must be received by August 1st, 2008.

The Summer School is organized by :

Herman Clercx, Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands (chairman)
Tim Pedley, DAMTP, University of Cambridge, UK
Jaume Piera, Marine Technology Unit, CMIMA-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
François Schmitt, CNRS, Director of Laboratory of Oceanology and Geosciences, France
Anton van Steenhoven, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

There will be 6 keynote lectures and several short lectures on special topics. The junior participants will also be invited to present their work in separate oral sessions.

More information: http://log.univ-littoral.fr/-International-Summerschool-on-

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