A23A:
Advances in Understanding the Physical Processes at the Air-Sea interface II


Session ID#: 11291

Session Description:
The exchange of momentum, energy, and mass across the air-sea interface is significant for a number of atmospheric and oceanic processes, such as wind-wave growth, vertical heat flux, and various global cycles. These complex dynamics exist over a wide range of physical scales, with implications for local, regional, and climatic variability. Advances in satellite remote sensing spatial and temporal resolution have greatly improved the ability to characterize various surface processes over vast stretches of oceanic area. Of specific interest is characterizing wind-related processes over the diurnal cycle and understanding the role surface wind forcing has on large-scale transport. Understanding these phenomena hinge on proper characterization of the fine scale wind-wave-current coupling across the free surface. Challenges remain in understanding the nature of the air-sea interface in extreme conditions and along coastal margins, as well as characterizing the link between large- and small-scale processes. This session will provide a forum for studies focused on furthering the general understanding of ocean-atmosphere coupling in a variety of physical regimes. Observational and modeling studies are encouraged. Presentations of novel techniques or venues for air-sea interaction study are of particular interest.
Primary Chair:  David G Ortiz-Suslow, University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Miami, FL, United States
Chairs:  Nathan Laxague, RSMAS, Miami, FL, United States, Thomas Kilpatrick, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States and Melanie R Fewings, University of Connecticut, Department of Marine Sciences, Groton, CT, United States
Moderators:  Nathan Laxague, RSMAS, Miami, FL, United States and Thomas Kilpatrick, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Student Paper Review Liaison:  Thomas Kilpatrick, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Index Terms:

4504 Air/sea interactions [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4568 Turbulence, diffusion, and mixing processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4572 Upper ocean and mixed layer processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4594 Instruments and techniques [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

A23A-02
Multi-Scale Dynamics of Near-Surface Turbulence in a Numerical Wind-Wave Tank (90171)
Silvia Matt, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, Ivan B. Savelyev, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, Weilin Hou, Naval Research Lab, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States and Alexander Soloviev, Nova Southeastern University, Oceanographic Center, Dania Beach, FL, United States
A23A-03
Early report on field observations of Langmuir turbulence: from relevant forcing parameters, to multi-scale interactions, to impact on the mixed layer (88192)
Ivan B. Savelyev1, Qing Wang2, Robert Kipp Shearman3, Mark A Sletten4, Geoffrey B Smith1, Djamal Khelif5, Dana K Savidge6, Trent Moore7, Tony de Paolo8, Eric J Terrill9, Ryan Yamaguchi10, David Miller11, Glendon Frick12, Yakov Toporkov12, Steve Menk12, Robert Jansen12, Dick Lind13, Gia Lamela14 and Henry Potter15, (1)Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, (2)Naval Postgraduate School, Department of Meteorology, Monterey, CA, United States, (3)Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States, (4)Naval Research Lab, Washington, DC, United States, (5)University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States, (6)Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Physical Oceanography, Savannah, GA, United States, (7)University of Georgia, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Savannah, GA, United States, (8)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, (9)Scripps Institution of Oceanography – UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, (10)US Naval Postgraduate School, Department of Meteorology, Monterey, CA, United States, (11)US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, (12)US Naval Research Laboratory, (13)US Naval Postgraduate School, (14)US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, United States, (15)US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, United States
A23A-04
Air-Sea Momentum and Enthalpy Exchange in Coupled Atmosphere-Wave-Ocean Modeling of Tropical Cyclones (93169)
Milan Curcic, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States and Shuyi S Chen, University of Washington, Atmospheric Sciences, Seattle, WA, United States
A23A-06
The role of subsurface currents in supplying the seasonal upwelling in the Eastern Equatorial Atlantic. (92881)
Athanasia Papapostolou, University of MIami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Miami, FL, United States, William E Johns, Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States, Peter Brandt, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany, Julien Jouanno, Observatory Midi-Pyrenees, Toulouse, France and Rick Lumpkin, NOAA Miami, Miami, FL, United States
A23A-07
Long-term variability of the South Adriatic circulation in relation to North Atlantic oscillation (89526)
Laleh Shabrang1, Milena Menna2, Miroslav Gacic3, Heloise Lavigne3, Giuseppe Civitarese4 and Cinzia Pizzi5, (1)OGS, Oceanography, Trieste, Italy, (2)Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e Geofisica Sperimentale, (3)Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS), Oceanografia, Trieste, Italy, (4)OGS, Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, Oceanography, Trieste, Italy, (5)OGS
A23A-08
Characterization of the variability of the South Pacific Convergence Zone using satellite and reanalysis wind product (90280)
Tong Lee, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Autumn N Kidwell, University of Texas at Austin, Applied Research Laboratories, Austin, TX, United States, Young-Heon Jo, Pusan National University, Oceanography, Pusan, Korea, Republic of (South) and Xiao-Hai Yan, Univ Delaware, Newark, DE, United States
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