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，沿岸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，以增进我们对沿海海洋环流的了解，并促进初级学者的发展。戈登研究会议汇集了在沿海和河口海洋学工作的不同学者，以正式和非正式的形式分享最新的发现和理论。戈登研究研讨会将在GRC的前一个周末举行，是2013年的新增内容，是由研究生和博士后学者组织和管理的为期一天的研讨会，为他们提供分享工作和与同行建立联系的机会。与GRC其他主席的讨论表明，纳入GRS促进了研究生在GRC期间与资深科学家的互动。海岸海洋环流GRC被广泛认为是科学界最重要的会议，几乎可以肯定的是，对于处于职业生涯早期的学者来说，它是最有价值的会议，因为它有机会与跨越广泛职业阶段的同事互动。知识价值2013年沿海海洋环流GRC计划将突出该领域在科学和技术方面的最新发展，并将综合在理解决定沿海海洋环流和混合的物理过程方面的最新进展。邀请的演讲者来自该领域的国际领导人和新星，讲座将讨论各种主题，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领导者，并将努力确保由讲座启发的挑衅性讨论。这种自由的思想交流是戈登研究会议的一个标志，也是使这次会议在海岸和河口物理海洋学领域如此重要的特点之一。近一半的会议时间被分配给与会者之间的非正式互动，这在帮助初级科学家发展方面非常有效，并加强了GRC的自由和开放的讨论文化。今年，GRS提供了一个让这些群体参与GRC的新机会，我们将采取明确的步骤，接触并确保他们的参与，最主要的是通过向这些群体的学生和博士后提供旅行和注册补助。2013年，成员多样的科学指导委员会已确保受邀发言者包括传统上在该领域任职人数不足的群体的成员。这在GRC特别有价值，在那里，一周的非正式互动为职业生涯中建立的代表性不足群体的成员提供了一个机会，为更多初级科学家提供指导并成为榜样。过去的GRC带来了跨越学科和职业阶段的新合作，并为初级科学家提供了建立职业生涯的机会。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，并与他们的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.