The original May 2020 workshop was canceled due to COVID-19. A virtual “pre-workshop” was conducted in November 2020, followed by a virtual poster session in March of 2021. The pre-workshop consisted of regional overviews by invited speakers, followed by a round table discussion among participants.

1. November 2020 virtual workshop: Agulhas, Gulf Stream, and Brazil Current Systems

Dana Savidge (Skidaway Institute of Oceanography) “Gulf Stream meander induced intrusions and potential carbon export in the South Atlantic Bight”

Eileen Hofmann (Old Dominion University) “Modeling western boundary current interactions”

Marjolaine Krug (University of Cape Town) “Variability of the northern Agulhas Current and impact on the coast and shelf”

Frederico Brandini (University of Sao Paulo) “Biogeochemical patterns and ecosystem response to physical drivers in the South Brazil Bight”

Ilson da Silveira (University of Sao Paulo) “The Brazil Current Revisited: An overview of the western boundary current of the South Atlantic Subtropical Gyre”

Agulhas, Gulf Stream and Brazil Current round table discussions

2. November 2020 virtual workshop: Kuroshio and East Australian Current Systems

Iain Suthers (University of New South Wales) “The biological consequences of eddies, entrainment, and coastal connectivity of the EAC”

Moninya Roughan (University of New South Wales) “Shelf-deep ocean exchange in the East Australian Current”

Xinyu Guo (Ehime University) “Cross-shelf transports of water and nutrients in the East China Sea”

Dezhou Yang (Chinese Academy of Sciences) “Onshore intrusion of Kuroshio current and its impact on coastal ecosystem”

Kuroshio and EAC round table discussions