Abstract
The 11th International Workshop on Modeling the Ocean (IWMO 2019) was hosted by Tsinghua University, National Supercomputing Center in Wuxi, China, on June 17–20, 2019. Wuxi is situated northwest of Shanghai, between the Yangtze River delta and Lake Tai, which is the third largest freshwater lake in China and a popular tourist attraction. The historical and cultural city, which traced its origin habitants to before 1000BC, is today a city of about 5 million people and a center for industry, manufacturing, and scientific research.