OS41F:
Ocean Mesoscale Processes I

Thursday, 18 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Chairs:  Pedro Vélez-Belchí, Spanish Institute of Oceanography, Instituto, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain and Eitarou Oka, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Primary Conveners:  Ali Belmadani, University of Concepcion, Department of Geophysics, Concepcion, Chile
Co-conveners:  Ryo Furue1,2, Hidenori Aiki2 and Pedro Vélez-Belchí3, (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, IPRC Univ of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

8:00 AM
OS41F-01
 
Structure and Surface Properties of Eddies in the Southeast Pacific Ocean
James Holte1, Fiammetta Straneo1, Carlos Moffat2, Robert A Weller1 and J. Thomas Farrar1, (1)WHOI, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (2)Universidad de Concepción, Departamento de Oceanograf´ıa y Programa COPAS Sur-Austral, Concepción, Chile
8:15 AM
OS41F-02
 
The quiet revolution: continuous glider monitoring at ocean ‘choke’ points as a key component of new cross-platform ocean observation systems
Emma E Heslop1,2, Joaquin Tintore1,2, Simon Ruiz2, John Allen1,3 and Jose-Luis López-Jurado4, (1)SOCIB, Palma, Spain, (2)IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Marine Technologies, operational oceanography and sustainability, Esporles, Spain, (3)University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom, (4)IEO-COB, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
8:30 AM
OS41F-03
 
Biogenic N2 and δ15 N-N2 As Proxies for N-Loss in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific: A Lagrangian Float Experiment.
Annie Bourbonnais1, Mark A Altabet1, Craig L McNeil2, Jennifer Larkum1, Andrew C Reed2 and Eric A D'Asaro2, (1)University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA, United States, (2)Applied Physics Lab, Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
8:45 AM
OS41F-04
 
The role of mesoscale kinetic energy in natural occurring phytoplankton blooms and export in Drake Passage.
Alexander R Davies1, Fabrice Veron1 and Matthew J Oliver2, (1)University of Delaware, School or Marine Science and Policy, Newark, DE, United States, (2)University of Delaware, Lewes, DE, United States
9:00 AM
OS41F-05
 
Western North Pacific Integrated Physical-Biogeochemical Ocean Observation Experiment: Summary of the Intensive Observation Around the Biogeochemical Mooring S1 (S1-INBOX)
Toshio Suga1,2, Ryuichiro Inoue1, Shinya Kouketsu1, Shigeki Hosoda1, Taiyo Kobayashi1, Kanako Sato1, Hiroyuki Nakajima3, Makio C Honda1, Tetsuichi Fujiki1, Kazuhiko Matsumoto1, Takeshi Kawano1 and Toshiro Saino1, (1)JAMSTEC, Yokosuka, Japan, (2)Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, (3)Marine Works Japan, Yokosuka, Japan
9:15 AM
OS41F-06
 
Inferring upper ocean dynamics from horizontal wavenumber spectra: Insights from Drake Passage
Cesar B Rocha1, Teresa K Chereskin1, Sarah T Gille1 and Dimitris Menemenlis2, (1)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
9:30 AM
OS41F-07
 
Climatological Mean Features and Interannual to Decadal Variability of Ring Formations in the Kuroshio Extension Region
Yoshi N Sasaki and Shoshiro Minobe, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
9:45 AM
OS41F-08
 
A Microscale View of Mixing and Overturning Across the Antarctic Circumpolar Current
Alberto Naveira Garabato1, Kurt L Polzin2, Raffaele M Ferrari3, Jan David Zika1 and Alexander Forryan4, (1)University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14, United Kingdom, (2)WHOI, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (3)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, (4)University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
 
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