WHIRLS General Assembly MeetingConference (Invitation Only)
Meeting rooms
Hotel Dockyard
WHIRLS General Assembly Meeting
Including Early Career Scientists Meeting (19/05/2025) and Workshop on robotic platforms (23/05/2025)
20th to 22nd May 2025
Unravelling the impact of ocean fine-scale whirls on our climate and ecosystems
Dear WHIRLS members and collaborators,
We are pleased to announce our first ERC-Synergy project WHIRLS General Assembly (GA) after one year since WHIRLS kicked off. The GA will take place at the Dockyard Hotel in Gothenburg, Sweden.
The GA will provide an in-depth overview of the interdisciplinary science conducted and planed in WHIRLS combining the expertise in ocean observing and modelling.
The core of the WHIRLS GA will be held from 20 - 22 May; and the first two days (20-21/03) will be open to invited guest. These first two days will be about showcasing and discussing emerging research, informing about WHIRLS developments and collaborations, presenting and discussing WHIRLS experimental plan for observations and modelling.
The WHIRLS GA is accompanied by side events, starting with the ice-breaker for the WHIRLS Early Career Scientists (ECS) on Sunday evening, 18 May followed by a day of skill-development workshops such as data visualization, science communication and data management for ECS and interested WHIRLS members on Monday, 19 May. On Friday, 23 May we offer an open workshop on autonomous robotic observations for about half a day.
Registration will be open until 28 April 2025 (the link to the registration form is at the bottom of this page), however, to enable best possible planning we ask you to register asap. We invite all WHIRLS scientists, with a focus on the early career scientists, to present their science related to WHIRLS during the meeting (if you want to give a presentation please remember to provide us with the title of your presentation) and will also invite some guest to present their WHIRLS-related science.
The draft agenda is available below and will constantly be updated if applicalbe.
Hotel booking: the venue hotel Dockyard will provide 15% booking discount if you name the following code: 200525MARI. To get the booking discount you have to call (+46 (0) 31 3204223) or email (dockyard@olavthon.se) the hotel.
Below please find a document on how to travel as sustainable as possible to Gothenburg.
On behalf of the WHIRLS team
Sebastiaan Swart (Univ. Gothenburg)
Arne Biastoch (GEOMAR, Kiel)
Sabrina Speich (ENS, Paris)
Sarah Fawcett (Uni. Cape Town)
About WHIRLS
Fine-scale ocean dynamics play an important role in the exchange of heat and carbon between the ocean and the atmosphere. They influence the ocean’s ability to mitigate climate change, as well as how the ocean is affected by climate change. Funded by the European Research Council (ERC), the WHIRLS project zooms in on such fine-scale processes and explores their impact on climate, marine biogeochemistry and biodiversity. Physical oceanographers with specialisation in modelling and observations and biogeochemists from Germany, France, Sweden and South Africa work together to improve our understanding of the ocean’s fine scale, and our ability to predict future changes in our ocean and climate.
Directions
Conference Hotel Dockyard
Skeppet Ärens Veg 23
42 671 Västra Frölunda
Sweden
Agenda
times given are Central European Summer Time (CEST)
online meeting link - comming soon
the times below are at this stage approximate times, which will be finaly set as soon as we have clearance about the number of scientific presentations that will be given during the meeting.
Main WHIRLS GA Days
Monday, 19th May WHIRLS overview & implementation -
1900 WHIRLS Ice-Breaker at Maritime Museum Gothenburg TBC
Tuesday, 20th May Implementing hybrid meeting - open to invited guests
0900 - 0930 Registration and Coffee
0930 - 1000 Welcome
1000 - 1030 WHIRLS - first-step developments and implementation
1030 - 1100 Coffee Break
1100 - 1115 Fine-scale processes observed by means of physical oceanographic parameters
1115 - 1130 Observation of air-sea fluxes and their modulation by ocean fine-scale processes
1130 - 1145 Observation of the biogeochemical environment and the marine biome
1145 - 1200 Ocean and climate model development and implementation
1200 - 1300 Thematic scientific presentations (oceanography/circulation, BGC, AMOC/climate, air-sea fluxes etc.)
1300 - 1400 LUNCH break
1400 - 1530 Thematic scientific presentations (oceanography/circulation, BGC, AMOC/climate, air-sea fluxes etc.)
1530 - 1600 Coffee Break
1600 - 1800 Thematic scientific presentations (oceanography/circulation, BGC, AMOC/climate, air-sea fluxes etc.)
1900 Network-Dinnerr doctoral researchers and p
Wednesday, 21st May hybird meeting - open to invited guests
0900 - 1100 Thematic scientific presentations (oceanography/circulation, BGC, AMOC/climate, air-sea fluxes etc.)
1100 - 1130 Coffee Break
1130 - 1230 Thematic scientific presentations (oceanography/circulation, BGC, AMOC/climate, air-sea fluxes etc.)
1230 - 1330 LUNCH
1330 - 1530 Observational campaign 2026 - co-constructing the observational campaign with the community (i) cruise deployments and (ii) robotics deployments
1530 - 1600 Coffee Break
1600 - 1700 Modelling strategies/progress
1900 - Beach braai
Thursday, 22nd May hybird meeting - WHIRLS members only
0900 - 1015 Report about the ECS work and actions in WHIRLS
1015 - 1045 Coffee Break
1045 - 1145 WHIRLS Data Management
1145 - 1215 WHIRLS project management, engagement & communication issues
1215 - 1245 Final discussion, open question, next steps
1245 - 1430 Lunch and farewell
1430 - 1700 OMC Meeting
1700 - 1730 Coffee Break
WHIRLS GA Side Events
Sunday, 18th May WHIRLS Ice-Breaker
1900 Ice-Breaker for WHIRLS ECS a
Monday, 19th May WHIRLS overview & implementation - hybrid meeting with external guests
0900 - 1200 Data visualization and communication workshop (https://www.visualizeyourscience.com/)
1200 - 1330 Lunch and networking
1330 - 1430 Data Management workshop
1430 - 1700 WHIRLS networking and social activities
Friday, 23rd May
0900 - 1300 Workschop on Robotics / Breaks are included
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Research Council Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.