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 |
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June 6, 1999 |
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM |
Poster Session I |
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8:30 AM - 12:20 PM |
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12:20 PM - 1:20 PM |
Lunch in "Foyer" |
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1:20 PM - 1:50 PM |
Instructions to Group, Selection of Breakout Group Leaders, and Discussion in Auditorium |
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1:50 PM - 5:30 PM |
Breakout Discussions |
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5:30 PM - 6:30 PM |
Breakout Group Leaders Meet to Discuss Commonalities and Trends |
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June 7, 1999 |
9:00 AM - 2:30 PM |
Field Trip 1 (brown bag lunch) |
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2:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
Breakout Discussions |
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5:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
Mini-Plenary Session for Group Leaders to Report to General Participants in Auditorium |
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7:00 PM |
Banquet |
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June 8, 1999 |
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM |
Poster Session II "Key Areas" |
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8:30 AM - 12:00 AM |
Breakout Discussions |
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12:00 Noon - 1:00 PM |
Lunch |
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1:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
Report Formulation Within Breakout Groups |
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4:00 PM - 6:00 Noon |
Plenary Session II "Results" in Auditorium |
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June 9, 1999 |
9:00 AM - 7:00 PM |
Field Trip II (brown bag lunch) |
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7:00 PM |
Leave for Wolfville |
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Tides table for the field trips:
High |
Low |
High |
Low |
High |
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Date |
Day |
Time/Height |
Time/Height |
Time/Height |
Time/Height |
Time/Height |
Jun 5 |
Sat |
0544 / 12.84 |
1205 / 2.26 |
1813 / 12.58 |
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Jun 6 |
Sun |
0027 / 2.63 |
0634 / 12.75 |
1254 / 2.33 |
1904 / 12.61 |
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Jun 7 |
Mon |
0118 / 2.60 |
0728 / 12.75 |
1346 / 2.31 |
1959 / 12.78 |
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Jun 8 |
Tue |
0215 / 2.43 |
0825 / 12.90 |
1443 / 2.15 |
2056 / 13.11 |
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Jun 9 |
Wed |
0314 / 2.09 |
0923 / 13.20 |
1541 / 1.84 |
2153 / 13.59 |
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Jun 10 |
Thu |
0413 / 1.60 |
1022 / 13.61 |
1640 / 1.42 |
2249 / 14.15 |
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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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