Theme:

The oceans and climate: Variations from small to global scales

Four Sessions:

1. Ocean-atmosphere interaction and climate

Conveners:

Dake Chen （Second Institute of Oceanography，MNR）

Yan Du（State Key Laboratoryof Tropical Oceanography, SCSIO, CAS）

Ming Feng（Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia）

Weiqiang Wang（State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, SCSIO, CAS）

Shang-Ping Xie（Scripps Institution of Oceanography，USA）

2. Inter-ocean interaction and climate

Conveners:

Wenju Cai（Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia）

Jong-Seong Kug（Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea）

Chunzai Wang （State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, SCSIO, CAS）

Jin-Yi Yu（University of California, Irvine，USA）

3. Small- and meso-scale ocean dynamical processes

Conveners:

Shuqun Cai（State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, SCSIO, CAS）

Bo Qiu（University of Hawaii，USA）

Dongxiao Wang（State Key Laboratoryof Tropical Oceanography, SCSIO, CAS）

4. Variations of ocean ecosystems and biogeochemistry with climate

Conveners:

Fei Chai（Second Institute of Oceanography，MNR）

Minhan Dai（Xiamen University）

Jie Xu（State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, SCSIO, CAS）

Peng Xiu（State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, SCSIO, CAS）