Canary Islands conference marks the end of MAST
12 September 1999 - 12 September 1999
Spain
The CANIGO Conference to mark the end of the European Community's MAST project, CANIGO (Canary Islands Azores Gibraltar Observation), will be held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the Spanish Canary Islands, between 12 and 16 September 1999. The conference has the theme "The Marine System in the Canary-Azores-Gibraltar Region", and will give researchers within the CANIGO community an opportunity to get together with other scientists with expertise in the field.
The goals of the conference are to:
- Review present knowledge on physical, chemical and biological processes in the Canary-Azores-Gibraltar region;
- Present recent results from the CANIGO project and other related studies in this region;
- Discuss seasonal and interannual changes of the circulation and water mass and matter distributions;
- Discuss sediment properties, geological processes, and the corresponding variability on long time scales;
- Relate regional variability to global climate change.
The conference is open to all interested scientists. To stress the interdisciplinarity of the project, no parallel sessions will be organised. Several keynote lectures will review the progress made, and other oral presentations will highlight specific topics. A major part of the conference will be dedicated to poster presentations and discussions.
The conference organisers are calling for papers on the topics to be covered. These include processes in the subtropical Gyre region, the Gibraltar exchange and the Mediterranean outflow, processes in the Canary region, and the influence of upwelling.
The event is being sponsored by the European Commission, the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and Las Palmas City Council.
For more information, please contact:
Jose Joaquin Hernandez-Brito
Facultad de CC. Marinas
U. de L. Palmas de G.C.
Tel. +34-92-8452920; Fax +34-92-8452922
E-mail: jhdez@quimica.ulpgc.es
Or,
Gregorio Parrilla Barrera
Instituti Espanol de Oceanografia
Corazón de María, 8
ES-28002 Madrid
Spain
Tel. 34-91-3473608; Fax 34-91-4135597
E-mail: gregorio.parrilla@md.ieo.es
URL: http://www.ieo.es
The goals of the conference are to:
- Review present knowledge on physical, chemical and biological processes in the Canary-Azores-Gibraltar region;
- Present recent results from the CANIGO project and other related studies in this region;
- Discuss seasonal and interannual changes of the circulation and water mass and matter distributions;
- Discuss sediment properties, geological processes, and the corresponding variability on long time scales;
- Relate regional variability to global climate change.
The conference is open to all interested scientists. To stress the interdisciplinarity of the project, no parallel sessions will be organised. Several keynote lectures will review the progress made, and other oral presentations will highlight specific topics. A major part of the conference will be dedicated to poster presentations and discussions.
The conference organisers are calling for papers on the topics to be covered. These include processes in the subtropical Gyre region, the Gibraltar exchange and the Mediterranean outflow, processes in the Canary region, and the influence of upwelling.
The event is being sponsored by the European Commission, the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and Las Palmas City Council.
For more information, please contact:
Jose Joaquin Hernandez-Brito
Facultad de CC. Marinas
U. de L. Palmas de G.C.
Tel. +34-92-8452920; Fax +34-92-8452922
E-mail: jhdez@quimica.ulpgc.es
Or,
Gregorio Parrilla Barrera
Instituti Espanol de Oceanografia
Corazón de María, 8
ES-28002 Madrid
Spain
Tel. 34-91-3473608; Fax 34-91-4135597
E-mail: gregorio.parrilla@md.ieo.es
URL: http://www.ieo.es