2013 Coastal Ocean Circulation GRC/GRS, being held June 1-2; June 2-7, 2013 at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts.

2013年6月，沿海海洋环流戈登研究会议（GRC）和相关的戈登研究研讨会（GRS）将在新英格兰大学举行，以提高我们对沿海海洋环流的认识，并加强初级学者的发展。戈登研究会议汇集了海岸和河口海洋学方面的各种学者，在正式和非正式的场合分享最新的发现和理论。戈登研究研讨会，将在GRC之前的周末举行，是2013年新增的，是一个为期一天的研讨会，由研究生和博士后学者组织和管理，为他们提供分享工作和发展与同行联系的机会。与其他GRC主席的讨论表明，GRS的加入促进了研究生与资深科学家在GRC期间的互动。沿海海洋环流GRC被广泛认为是科学界最重要的会议，而且几乎可以肯定，由于有机会与跨越广泛职业阶段的同事互动，它对于早期职业生涯的学者来说是最有价值的会议。2013年沿海海洋环流GRC项目将突出该领域在科学和技术上的最新发展，并将综合理解决定沿海海洋环流和混合的物理过程的最新进展。特邀演讲者来自该领域的国际领袖和新兴明星，讲座将涉及各种主题，包括一系列物理过程、特定环境的动态、跨学科应用和技术发展。指导委员会成员还将担任讨论的领导者，并将努力确保由讲座激发的具有挑衅性的讨论。这种思想的自由交流是戈登研究会议的一个标志，也是使这次会议在沿海和河口物理海洋学领域如此重要的特点之一。几乎一半的会议时间被分配给参与者之间的非正式互动，这对帮助年轻科学家的发展非常有效，并加强了GRC的自由和开放的讨论文化。在过去的十年中，沿海海洋环流GRC做出了一致的努力，以确保妇女和代表性不足的少数民族以及残疾科学家的参与。今年，GRS为这些团体参与GRC提供了一个新的机会，我们将采取明确的步骤，接触并确保他们的参与，最明显的是通过向这些团体的学生和博士后学者提供旅行和注册资助。2013年，科学指导委员会（其成员本身是多样化的）确保受邀演讲者包括传统上在该领域代表性不足的群体的成员。这在GRC特别有价值，因为每周的非正式互动为那些在自己的职业生涯中建立起来的代表性不足的群体的成员提供了一个机会，为更多的年轻科学家提供指导，并成为他们的榜样。过去的GRC已经导致了跨学科和职业阶段的新合作，并为初级科学家提供了建立自己职业生涯的机会。2013年GRS的加入将加强会议的这一属性，并将为出席会议的学生提供一个机会，培养他们对自己工作的信心，并与同行和资深科学家建立比其他科学会议更深入的联系。

In June 2013, the Coastal Ocean Circulation Gordon Research Conference (GRC) and an associated Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) will be held at the University of New England to advance our understanding of coastal ocean circulation, and to enhance the development of junior scholars. The Gordon Research Conference brings together a diverse set of scholars working in coastal and estuarine oceanography to share the latest discoveries and theories in both formal presentation and informal settings. The Gordon Research Seminar, which will be held the weekend prior to the GRC and is a new addition for 2013, is a one day workshop organized and administered by graduate students and postdoctoral scholars to provide them with an opportunity to share their work and to develop connections with peers. Discussions with other GRC chairs have indicated that the inclusion of a GRS has facilitated the interaction of graduate students with senior scientists during the GRC itself. The Coastal Ocean Circulation GRC is widely held to be the most important meeting in the community scientifically, and it is almost certainly the most valuable conference for scholars early in their careers due to the opportunities for interaction with colleagues spanning a wide range of career stages. Intellectual MeritThe program for the 2013 Coastal Ocean Circulation GRC will highlight the latest developments in the field, both scientifically and technologically, and will synthesize recent advances in the understanding of the physical processes determining circulation and mixing in the coastal ocean. Invited speakers have been drawn from international leaders and emerging stars in the field, and lectures will address diverse range of topics, including a range of physical processes, the dynamics of specific environments, interdisciplinary applications, and technological development. The steering committee members will also serve as discussion leaders and will work to ensure provocative discussion that is inspired by the lectures. This free exchange of ideas is a hallmark of the Gordon Research Conferences in general, and is one of the characteristics that make this meeting so important in the field of coastal and estuarine physical oceanography. Almost half of the conference time is allocated to informal interactions among participants, which is extremely effective at aiding the development of junior scientists, and reinforces the free and open discussion culture of the GRC.Broader ImpactsOver the last decade, the coastal ocean circulation GRC has made a concerted effort to ensure participation by women and under-represented minorities, as well as scientists with disabilities. This year, the GRS offers a new opportunity to engage these groups in the GRC, and we will take explicit steps to reach out and ensure their participation, most notably through travel and registration grants to students and postdoctoral scholars from these groups. For 2013, the scientific steering committee, which is itself diverse in its members, has ensured that the invited speakers include members of groups that are traditionally under-represented in the field. This is particularly valuable at the GRC, where the informal interactions of the week provide an opportunity for members of under-represented groups that are established in their careers to provide mentoring to and to become role models for more junior scientists. Past GRC's have led to new collaborations that cut across disciplines and career stages, and have provided opportunities for junior scientists to build their careers. The addition of the GRS in 2013 will reinforce this attribute of the meeting, and will provide the students in attendance an opportunity to develop confidence in their work, and to establish connections with both their peers and senior scientists that are much deeper than those that are possible at other scientific meetings.