Chairs:  Alexander R Davies, University of Delaware, School or Marine Science and Policy, Newark, DE, United States and Pedro Vélez-Belchí, Spanish Institute of Oceanography, Instituto, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain 
Primary Conveners:  Ali Belmadani, University of Concepcion, Department of Geophysics, Concepcion, Chile 
Co-conveners:  Ryo Furue1,2, Pedro Vélez-Belchí3 and Hidenori Aiki2, (1)IPRC Univ of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States(2)JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan(3)Spanish Institute of Oceanography, Instituto, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain 
OSPA Liaisons:  Ryo Furue, JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan 
 		
	
	
	
		
	
		
			
		
	
	
	
	
	
		
 
 
	
	
	
		
			
				Intermittent Displacement of the Kuroshio Extension Front from the Current Axis Revealed from Simultaneous Observations By Three Research Vessels and an Eddy-Resolving Ocean General Circulation Model
			
			
			
				
					Fumiaki Kobashi1, Yukino Onikata1, Naoto Iwasaka1, Yoshimi Kawai2, Eitarou Oka3, Kazuyuki Uehara4, Shin-ichi Ito3, Minoru Odamaki5 and Hideharu Sasaki2, (1)Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan, (2)JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan, (3)The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, (4)Tokai University, Shizuoka, Japan, (5)Mie University, Tsu, Japan
				
			
			
			
		
	 
 
	
	
		
			
		
	
	
	
	
	
		
 
 
	
	
	
		
			
				A Novel Teflon-membrane Gas Tension Device for Denitrification-studies in Oxygen Minimum Zones
			
			
			
				
					Andrew C Reed1, Craig L McNeil1, Eric A D'Asaro1, Mark A Altabet2, Bruce Johnson3 and Annie Bourbonnais2, (1)Applied Physics Lab, Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, (2)University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA, United States, (3)Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
				
			
			
			
		
	 
 
	
	
		
			
		
	
	
	
	
	
		
 
 
	
	
	
		
			
				Comparison of characteristics of hydrographic structures in Aleutian eddies 
			
			
			
				
					Rui Saito1, Ichiro Yasuda1, Kosei Komatsu1, Hiromu Ishiyama2, Hiromichi Ueno3, Hiroji Onishi4, Takeshi Setou5 and Manabu Shimizu5, (1)The University of Tokyo, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, Kashiwa, Japan, (2)Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, (3)Hokkaido University, Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Sapporo, Japan, (4)Hokkaido University, Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hakodate, Japan, (5)Natl Res Inst Fisheries Sci, Yokohama, Japan
				
			
			
			
		
	 
 
	
	
		
			
		
	
	
	
	
	
		
 
 
	
	
	
		
			
				Deep Eddies in the Gulf of Mexico
			
			
			
				
					Heather H Furey1, Amy S Bower1, Paula Perez-Brunius2 and Peter Hamilton3, (1)WHOI, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (2)CICESE National Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education of Mexico, Ensenada, Mexico, (3)Leidos Corporation (formerly SAIC), Raleigh, NC, United States