We are pleased to invite you to a WHIRLS Meeting at the Radisson RED Hotel, Glasgow (Saturday 28 February 2026, 09:00–16:00) following Ocean Sciences Meeting.
During this event, you will receive a concise overview of the objectives, strategies, and ongoing work within WHIRLS. The primary focus of the meeting will be the planning and design of the major WHIRLS field campaign, which will include both in-situ and autonomous ocean observations, as well as an actual status of the modelling activities.
We would like to discuss opportunities for collaboration and are very interested in your perspectives and expertise regarding potential future avenues.
We kindly ask you to register below if you plan to join the meeting as seats are limited.
Kind regards,
Anja Reitz (project manager) on behalf of the WHIRLS PI team
draft agenda
09:00 - 09:30 Reception Coffee and Opening Interaction
09:30 - 10:00 Overview of WHIRLS and results of the 1st year
10:00 - 11:00 Overview of the field campaign WHIRLS
10:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00 WHIRLS field campaign – concrete issues
(i) Cruise strategy 2026
(ii) Different variables to be observed
(iii) The autonomous instrument program
Potential for cooperation; Data management;
13:00 - 14:00 lunch break
14:00 - 15:30 WHIRLS field campaign - continued
(iv) co-design of modelling
(v) capacity sharing plans
15:30 - 16:00 Concluding remarks and future perspectives
