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52nd Annual Eastern Pacific Ocean Conference 2005

Stanford Sierra Camp, Fallen Leaf Lake, California

September 27-30, (Tuesday-Friday)

Registration Deadline is August 12, 2005

Payment is due by September 1, 2005

Fireside Chat by Russ Davis

Welcome to the official website for the 2005 Eastern Pacific Ocean Conference (EPOC).

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Dates and Location

Session Topics

Agenda

Registration and Abstract Submission

Information for Presenters

Payment

Lodging

Transportation

Directions

Talk and Poster Abstracts

Dates and Location

The meeting will be held Tuesday evening through Friday afternoon, September 27-30, at the Stanford Sierra Camp on Fallen Leaf Lake. Located adjacent to the Desolation National Wilderness near the south shore of Lake Tahoe, the Camp is a full-service conference center set on 20 acres of pristine lakefront property. Participants may relax on the boat dock or sandy beach, hike in the mountain backcountry, or enjoy on-site recreation facilities which offer rowboats, sailboats, tennis, volleyball, and basketball courts. As is customary at EPOC, session schedules will allow time during the day for participants to enjoy the spectacular surroundings.

Session Titles and Descriptions

Session 1)  Extreme Events

This Session is a clearing house for the unusual including storms, floods, tsunamis, and other extreme or unusual events. Biological events such as harmful algal blooms, hypoxia, mass strandings, and extinctions are fair game as well. Long-term changes over a decade or more are often not gradual, but rather take place mostly in a single huge event, such as a sudden warming, cooling, plankton bloom, or anoxia. The goal of this special session is to identify such events and quantify their impact. We're looking for events other than ENSO here, but will consider them for inclusion if they are dramatic enough. Records of such events from sediments, fossils, and tree rings would also be of interest. Perhaps you have one we haven't even thought of!

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Session 2)  Mature Talks from Old Programs

....as presented by youthful, innovative thinkers! All too often these days, we are forced to move on to the next field program before we have really wrung out the data from the last one. This session seeks synthesis talks from GLOBEC, WEST, COAST, AOSN, AOSN-II, CALCOFI, SERIES, yes even CTZ, CODE, or the EBC/ARI! Presentations blending modeling, observations, and interdisciplinary studies are encouraged. Set a goal for yourself and make this session the deadline to get that analysis done. And as usual at EPOC, you'll be sure to get some good feedback from the audience.

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Session 3)  A Satellite Remote Sensing Primer for the New Millennium

Do you know what's up there now? What it senses, how it does it, what the sampling rate and coverage is, what the observational error is and where to get the data and data products? The EPOC Executive Committee is betting you don't. We seek experts in the field to give 6-8 oral presentations on sensors and available data products. This would include but is not limited to sensors to observe SST (fronts, eddies), salinity, ocean leaving radiance (chlorophyll, bathymetry), height (currents, waves), roughness (wind, internal waves, ice, oil), products derived from same, and other sensors we non-experts are not even aware of. Posters which demonstrate creative application of remotely-sensed data for scientific advancement are also solicited.

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Session 4)  Ocean Observing Systems and You: A Roundtable Discussion of Plans, Progress, Pitfalls, and Opportunities.

This session will consist of 4-6 speakers to provide the latest status of NFS's ORION, NOAA's IOOS, Canadian National Observing Systems, Project Argo, California Proposition 40, and other prominent regional nodes. The talks will be followed by an approximately eight-person panel to lead further discussion and field questions from the floor. Most submitted talks on results from observing systems, both operational and scientific, will fall into the poster session. Session participants will emerge with a clearer idea of who is doing what, where to find funding and jobs, and how to get involved.

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Information to Presenters

We suggest that the oral presentations be limited to 15 minutes and allow 5 minutes for questions and transition to the next speaker.

The number of posters is limited to 40, by the size of the room. Posters relevant to the four special sessions will be given priority over other general interest Eastern Pacific topics, should the number of submissions exceed 40. Required poster size is 3 feet wide by 4 feet high.

Lodging

Lodging is in cabin clusters, with 2 or 3 bedrooms and 1 bath per cabin. The on-line registration form asks you to indicate with whom you would like to share a cabin. All cabins have decks with views of the lake or the surrounding Sierra peaks. Stanford Sierra Camp does not allow partial stays. To attend EPOC-2005, you will be charged a lump sum to cover lodging plus meals for three days. You will also be charged a registration fee to cover additional costs, such as refreshments, conference rooms, and A/V equipment. The meeting costs will be:
Accommodation Lodging and Meals Tax and Gratuities Registration Total
Shared $405 $93 $90 $588
Single $480 $108 $90 $678
Spouse $183 $36 $219
Child (3-12) $120 $24 $144
Cost for spouses will be $183 in addition to the "Single Room" rate. Children 3 and over will be $120 extra. Ages 0-2 are free. Children over the age of 12 will be treated as an adult and charged the same rate as a spouse. No organized activities for children are provided, but they are welcome to use tennis, volleyball, and basketball courts, hiking trails, swimming areas, and sailboats under adult supervision.

Payment

Click here for Payment.  Payments are due by September 1, 2005

Transportation

The Stanford Sierra Camp is located about 2 hours from the Reno-Tahoe International Airport. The simplest and most scenic way from the airport to the The Camp is to rent a car and drive it. If you choose not to rent a car, then getting there is a two step process. First book transit on the South Tahoe Express from the airport to the Horizon Casino in South Lake Tahoe. Then, you will be picked up by The Camp van from there. You must arrange van pickup ONE WEEK in advance. Links to both transportation arrangements can be found at http://www.stanfordsierra.com/location

Points of Contact

Steve Ramp, EPOC 2005 Meeting Chair

Naval Postgraduate School
833 Dyer Rd., Rm 328
Monterey, CA 93943-5122
TEL:(831) 656-2201
FAX:(831) 656-2712
E-Mail:sramp@nps.edu

      

Leslie Rosenfeld, EPOC President

Naval Postgraduate School
833 Dyer Rd., Rm 328
Monterey, CA 93943-5122
TEL:(831) 656-3253
FAX:(831) 656-2712
E-Mail:lkrosenf@nps.edu

      

Steve Pierce, EPOC Treasurer

College of Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Oregon State University
104 Ocean Admin. Bldg.
Corvallis, OR 97331-5503
TEL:(541) 737-2425
FAX:(541) 737-2064
E-Mail:spierce@coas.oregonstate.edu
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