This year's workshop will include a special session dedicated to outlining the principles of
HOME, the Hybrid Ocean Modeling Environment, which seeks to promote collaboration and eliminate redundancies within the community of generalized-coordinate ocean modelers. General sessions on recent advances in layered or hybrid ocean modeling, potential model applications, and scientific results will also be held.

All interested parties (users and non-users) are cordially invited to attend. As in the past, we require that those who wish to make a presentation (oral or poster) have hands-on experience with layered/hybrid models that include a layer thickness tendency equation. If you are interested in attending but prefer not to present a talk or poster, please tell us which specific topics you would like to see covered.

We will send future mailings regarding this meeting only to those who indicate interest in receiving them. We ask that you let us know by October 15th whether or not you are likely to attend, so that we can make inquiries regarding hotel space. Information on hotel reservations and the "call for papers" will be sent out in early November. Registration for the workshop and submission of abstracts will be implemented on the web site shortly.

Please pass this invitation on to people whom we may have overlooked when making up the mailing list. This list presently includes (a) attendees of the previous workshops; (b) known past and present users of MICOM/HYCOM and other layered/hybrid models; (c) colleagues with whom we had contact this year regarding possible use of layered models; (d) funding agency representatives.

We look forward to seeing many of you in Miami in February.

Giving a talk or presenting a poster is not a requirement for attending the workshop. However, if you do wish to contribute, we hereby request that you submit an abstract via the link below, no later than Friday, December 19, 2003. The preliminary agenda will be distributed, together with the abstracts, by mid-January. Prompt submission of abstracts is requested and recommended, since the number of submissions may necessitate a limit to the number of oral presentations. If you wish to attend without making a presentation, and have not previously informed us, please send a message to lsmith@rsmas.miami.edu.

If you intend to present a talk or poster, please state what audio-visual equipment you require, if any. Please consider the following list of suitable workshop topics for talks or posters, and choose on the submission form the heading under which you would like your contribution to be listed. You are welcome to suggest topics along similar lines.

a. HOME - the Hybrid Ocean Modeling Environment
b. atmosphere-ocean coupling issues
c. open boundary conditions; grid nesting
d. data assimilation issues
e. mixed layer dynamics and mixed layer/layered model interactions
f. physics improvements - ice, equation of state, vertical coordinate, etc.
g. numeric improvements - stability, accuracy, computational modes, alternative forms of equations, etc.
h. model/model or model/data comparisons
i. interaction of ocean flows with topography
j. biogeochemical modeling
k. computer hardware issues - massive parallelization, etc.
l. model documentation

Submit an abstract online

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The workshop abstracts are individually linked within each day's agenda.

The abstracts are also available in a single file for each day, in order of presentation:

and in alphabetical order by first author:     A-H,     I-X.

For those presenting posters -- easels, boards, and push-pins will be provided. Boards measure 40 by 60 inches (1.02 by 1.52 meters). More than one board may be used if needed. Posters should remain on display all day Tuesday.

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Directions at Miami airport:

If you are not planning to rent a car at Miami airport, take a "Super Shuttle" van (about $15) or a metered taxi (about $25) from the airport to your hotel. Taxis and shuttles to Miami Beach, to Key Biscayne, and to Coral Gables operate on a flat rate basis depending on the area; ask the dispatcher about these rates.

If you are planning to rent a car, and if you are unfamiliar with Miami, be aware that streets and signage in the 'Triangle' car-rental area across from the airport are somewhat confusing to newcomers. Be sure to obtain a more detailed map and clear directions before setting out.

Directions to hotels:

From Miami airport:
Head south on LeJeune Rd. from the car rental area, then east on State Road 836.

Then...

To Brickell Avenue:
Head east on 836 to I-95. Take I-95 south, past downtown, to Rickenbacker Causeway exit. Take the first hard left at traffic light at base of exit ramp (S.E. 25th Rd.), go 2 blocks to Brickell Ave. Hampton Inn is on that corner. Turn left on Brickell to reach the Sheraton.

To Coconut Grove:
Head east on 836 to I-95. Take I-95 south, past downtown, to Rickenbacker Causeway exit. Take second left at base of exit ramp, then turn right at first traffic light (follow signs to Vizcaya and Mercy Hospital). Proceed south on Bayshore Dr. to hotels.

To Key Biscayne:
Follow directions to RSMAS, below. Continue east/southeast on Rickenbacker Causeway past RSMAS, through Crandon Park, into the village of Key Biscayne (approx. 2 miles from RSMAS). Turn left off Crandon Blvd. to reach hotels on Ocean Dr.

To Coral Gables:
Head east on 836 to I-95. Take I-95 south, past downtown, until the Interstate ends and the road becomes
U. S. 1 (S. Dixie Highway). Downtown Coral Gables can be reached by turning right onto Bird Rd. (off S. Dixie Hwy.) and then right onto Ponce de Leon Blvd. (If you venture into Coral Gables, you need a map.) Continuing down Dixie Hwy. will take you to the University of Miami main campus.

To Miami Beach (Art Deco district):
Head east on 836 and continue east as it becomes Interstate 395 (follow signs to Miami Beach). After the major bridge alongside the Miami Herald building, you will be traveling along the MacArthur Causeway across the Intracoastal waterway. At the east end of the Causeway, continue straight east (i.e., do not take Alton Road exit). You will be on 5th St. Ocean Dr. is the last street (running N/S) before the ocean. Collins Ave. is the street just before Ocean Dr. Turn left (north) on one of these streets into the hotel area.

To RSMAS:
The entrance to Rickenbacker Causeway is at the intersection of the south end of Brickell Ave. and the north end of S. Bayshore Dr. (see map of Miami, above). If you are traveling south along Brickell Ave. or north along S. Bayshore Dr., you will see signs for the Causeway. If you are coming from the south on Dixie Hwy., bear to the right just before Dixie turns into I-95 (this is a few blocks north of the light at S.W. 16th Ave.). If you are coming from Miami Beach, take I-395 west to I-95 south, and then take the Rickenbacker Causeway exit (this will take at least 30 mins. in morning traffic). There is a $1.00 toll for the causeway. Head east on Rickenbacker Causeway, over the bridge. RSMAS is located 1.5 miles past the bridge, on the right, just after the Miami Seaquarium. Signs will direct you to the meeting. Upon arrival at RSMAS, please park outside of the gate.

The meeting will take place in the Auditorium on the RSMAS campus. The Auditorium is attached to the Marine Science Center building (MSC), which is on the Bay and which is the farthest building away from the RSMAS entrance gate. MSC is also identified as the building in which the Commons is located.

If you have any questions, please contact us at any time. We look forward to seeing you.

The Workshop Organizers

Rainer Bleck	Los Alamos National Laboratory
Eric Chassignet (305-361-4041)	RSMAS, University of Miami
Zulema Garraffo (305-361-4882)	RSMAS, University of Miami
Robert Hallberg	GFDL, Princeton University
Harley Hurlburt	Naval Research Laboratory
Linda Smith (305-361-4735)	RSMAS, University of Miami