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Dates, Schedule, and Useful Information

Meeting dates: June 5-9, 1999.

The workshop is designed to be convenient from the spring AGU meeting in Boston. You should plan to arrive in Wolfville, Nova Scotia on Saturday, June 5th. We have planned on arrival that evening to save on airfare.

The meeting coordinator is Peter M. LeTourneau who should be contacted with specific travel and accomodation questions.

Email: letour@ldeo.columbia.edu

Phone: (914) 365-8414

Fax: (914) 365-2312

Address: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Rt 9W, Palisades, New York 10964 USA

Location of Meeting: Wolfville, Nova Scotia is the location for the meeting. It is located on the south shore of the Minas basin, an arm of the Bay of Fundy. It is about 1 hour's drive from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Click here for map of Nova Scotia.

Location at Acadia: The meeting will be held at Huggins Science Hall, on the west side of University Avenue. When you arrive look for signs to the lecture hall which we will have posted.

For those staying at the Old Orchard Inn, we should be meeting up in the lounge when you arrive. You will also need to pick up a packet when you register that will have important meeting information as well as your name tags. Plan to be ready to take the shuttle from the Old Orchard Inn to Acadia University in the lobby of the hotel at 8:00 AM on Sunday morning.

For those with their own cars, or those going to the meeing but not staying at the Old Orchard Inn. Parking is at the Gymnasium Complex, Opposite (to north) of University Avenue, off of Main Street.

Airport: Plan on flying into Halifax International Airport where you will be picked up by van and driven to the Old Orchard Inn in Wolfville We will need your ariival time in order to schedule the van pick up.

Hotel: The official Hotel for the workshop is the Old Orchard Inn in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. There will be vans to transport you to and from the meeting place which is Acadia University, also in Wolfville.

Schedule: Will be updated as needed.

 

Date

Time

Event

June 5, 1999

7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Reception with cash bar

 

 

 

June 6, 1999

8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Poster Session I

 

8:30 AM - 12:20 PM

Plenary session
in Auditorium

 

12:20 PM - 1:20 PM

Lunch in "Foyer"

 

1:20 PM - 1:50 PM

Instructions to Group, Selection of Breakout Group Leaders, and Discussion in Auditorium

 

1:50 PM - 5:30 PM

Breakout Discussions

 

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Breakout Group Leaders Meet to Discuss Commonalities and Trends

 

 

 

June 7, 1999

9:00 AM - 2:30 PM

Field Trip 1 (brown bag lunch)

 

2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Breakout Discussions

 

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Mini-Plenary Session for Group Leaders to Report to General Participants in Auditorium

 

7:00 PM

Banquet

 

 

 

June 8, 1999

8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Poster Session II "Key Areas"

 

8:30 AM - 12:00 AM

Breakout Discussions

 

12:00 Noon - 1:00 PM

Lunch

 

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Report Formulation Within Breakout Groups

 

4:00 PM - 6:00 Noon

Plenary Session II "Results" in Auditorium

 

 

 

June 9, 1999

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Field Trip II (brown bag lunch)

 

7:00 PM

Leave for Wolfville

 

 

 

 

Tides table for the field trips: 

For Burntcoat Head, Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia
June 5- 11, 1999
Atlantic Daylight Time

 

High

Low

High

Low

High

Date

Day

Time/Height

Time/Height

Time/Height

Time/Height

Time/Height

Jun 5

Sat

0544 / 12.84

1205 / 2.26

1813 / 12.58

   

Jun 6

Sun

 

0027 / 2.63

0634 / 12.75

1254 / 2.33

1904 / 12.61

Jun 7

Mon

 

0118 / 2.60

0728 / 12.75

1346 / 2.31

1959 / 12.78

Jun 8

Tue

 

0215 / 2.43

0825 / 12.90

1443 / 2.15

2056 / 13.11

Jun 9

Wed

 

0314 / 2.09

0923 / 13.20

1541 / 1.84

2153 / 13.59

Jun 10

Thu

 

0413 / 1.60

1022 / 13.61

1640 / 1.42

2249 / 14.15

Jun 11

Fri

 

0512 / 1.01

1119 / 14.09

1738 / 0.94

2345 / 14.71

 

This data was derived from a table produced by Dean Pentcheff's "XTide: Harmonic tide clock and tide predictor" program.

 

Useful Links:

http://nsonline.com/main/nsmap.htm Map of Nova Scotia

http://home.istar.ca/~tc_yhz1/default.html Halifax International Airport, Home Page

http://www.agu.org/meetings/sm99top.html 1999, Spring AGU meeting

http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/oldorchardinn/index.html The Old Orchard Inn

http://iceberg.acadiau.ca/ Acadia University

http://www.valleyweb.com/wolfville/ Wolfville, Nova Scotia Information

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/3116/bh199906.html Complete June, 1999 Tide Table

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/3116/ Useful Nova Scotia Information

 

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