Dynamics of the Ocean Environment

A conference on simulations and measurements of the ocean environment, sponsored by the University of Iceland and the Icelandic Marine Research Institute, will by held Sunday April 17 from 9:30 to 17:45 at the University of Iceland, in hringsalur HT-101 in Háskólatorg. Hringsalur HT-101 is below the restaurant Háma, in Háskólatorg (University Plaza) at the University of Iceland.

Program

8:00 Coffee
9:30 The opening of the conference, Kristín Vala Ragnarsdóttir, Dean of Science and Engineering, University of Iceland, Reykjavík
9:45 Introduction, Björn Birnir, University of California Santa Barara, Center for Complex and Nonlinear Science and University of Iceland, Reykjavík

The following researchers will present talks:

10:15 Geir Huse, the Norwegian Marine Science Institute, Bergen, Interactions between planktivorous fish in the Norwegian Sea
11:00 Héðinn Valdimarsson, the Icelandic Marine Research Institute, Reykjavík, The hydrographic conditions in the Iceland Sea (with Steingrímur Jónsson)
12:00 Lunch in Háma
13:00 Guðrún Marteinsdóttir, the University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Cod research at the University of Iceland, an overview
14:00 José A. Carrillo, University of Barcelona, To be announced.
15:00 Coffee Break
15:15 Ólafur K. Pálsson, the Icelandic Marine Research Institute, Reykjavík, The Ecosystem of the Iceland Sea. Main patterns in structure and function (with Ástþór Gíslason1, Björn Gunnarsson1, Hafsteinn Guðfinnsson1, Héðinn Valdimarsson1, Hildur Pétursdóttir1, Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir2, Konráð Þórisson1, Sólveig Ólafsdóttir1, Sveinn Sveinbjörnsson1, Þorsteinn Sigurðsson1,1Marine Research Institute,2University of Iceland)
16:15 Baldvin Einarsson, the University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Models of Migrations of Prey Fish (capelin, herring, blue whiting, makrel, etc.)
17:15 Discussion
Everyone interested in the application of mathematics in the sciences and engineering, the simulations of the ocean environment and fishery science are invited to attend the conference. The conference is free.

Ljósmynd: Breiðfjörðu, ljósm. Guðrún A. Tryggvadóttir.