A24A:
Advances in Understanding the Physical Processes at the Air-Sea interface III Posters


Session ID#: 9953

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:  David G Ortiz-Suslow, University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Miami, FL, United States and Nathan Laxague, RSMAS, Miami, FL, United States
Student Paper Review Liaisons:  Melanie R Fewings, University of Connecticut, Department of Marine Sciences, Groton, CT, United States and 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:

 
A24A-2549
Oceanic response to tropical cyclone ‘Phailin’ in the Bay of Bengal (86882)
Kumar Ravi Prakash and Vimlesh Pant, IIT Delhi, Centre For Atmospheric sciences, New Delhi, India
 
A24A-2551
The Sea Surface Current Response to Wave and Wind: Numerical Modeling and Observations from Lagrangian Drifters (89522)
Mostafa Bakhoday Paskyabi, University of Bergen Geophysical Institute, Bergen, Norway and Johannes Röhrs, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Division for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology, Bergen, Norway
 
A24A-2552
Understanding Regional Wind Forcings and Surface Heat Fluxes that cause Sea-Surface Temperature Anomalies during US West Coast Wind Relaxations (91937)
Kayla Rosann Flynn, Trinnovim, New York, NY, United States, Melanie R Fewings, University of Connecticut, Department of Marine Sciences, Groton, CT, United States, Chris Gotschalk, University of California Santa Barbara, Marine Science Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, United States and Libe Washburn, University of California Santa Barbara, Marine Science Institute and Department of Geography, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
 
A24A-2554
Investigating the Effect of Ocean Currents on the Surface Stress and Heat Fluxes over the Gulf of Mexico Using a Two-way Coupled Modeling System (90054)
Mark A Bourassa, Florida State University, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Tallahassee, FL, United States and Qi Shi, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States
 
A24A-2556
Satellite Observations of SST-Induced Wind Speed Perturbations at the Submesoscale (88858)
C Chris Chickadel, Ruth Branch, Peter Gaube and Andy T Jessup, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
 
A24A-2557
Exploring convection-circulation interactions with satellite winds (93238)
Thomas Kilpatrick and Shang-Ping Xie, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
 
A24A-2558
Challenges in Capturing Wind-Driven Motions in Satellite-Derived OSCAR Surface Currents (93244)
Kathleen B Dohan, Earth & Space Research, Seattle, WA, United States
 
A24A-2560
Evaluation of a GPS Wave Buoy for Wind Stress Measurements using Large Wave Tank (88159)
Naoya Suzuki, Kindai University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka, Japan, Takuji Waseda, Univ Tokyo, Frontier Sciences, Chiba, Japan, Mark A Donelan, University of Miami, RSMAS, Miami, FL, United States and Takeshi Kinoshita, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
 
A24A-2561
Impact of Ocean Surface Waves on Air-Sea Momentum Flux (88429)
Hitoshi Tamura, JAMSTEC RIGC, Kanagawa, Japan, William M Drennan, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States, Clarence O Collins III, John C. Stennis Space Center, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States and Hans Christian Graber, University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Miami, FL, United States
 
A24A-2562
Laboratory Study Using Novel Imaging Techniques For Phase Resolved Wave Observations (90428)
Sanchit Mehta, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States, Brian K Haus, University of Miami, RSMAS, Miami, FL, United States and Nathan Laxague, RSMAS, Miami, FL, United States
 
A24A-2563
Wavenumber Dependence of the Response Time of Mean-Square Slope to Wind Forcing (90816)
David D. Chen1, Christopher S Ruf1 and Scott Gleason2, (1)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (2)Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
 
A24A-2564
Alteration of wind flow by an oil film on the sea surface (92410)
Xin Zhang and Charles S Cox, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
 
A24A-2565
Inclusion of surface gravity wave effects in vertical mixing parameterizations with application to Chesapeake Bay, USA (92606)
Alexander William Fisher, UMCES Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge, MD, United States, Lawrence P Sanford, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, MD, United States, Malcolm E Scully, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States and Steven E Suttles, U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA, United States
 
A24A-2566
Wind growth and wave breaking in higher-order spectral phase resolved wave models (92765)
Richard Leighton and David T Walker, SRI International, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
 
A24A-2567
Multi-sensor Observations of Grid Generated Turbulence (88995)
Mingming Shao, University of Miami-RSMAS, Ocean Science, Miami, FL, United States
 
A24A-2568
Effects of surface waves and ocean spray on the marine atmospheric boundary layer (88559)
Jinbao Song, Zhejiang University, Ocean College, Zhoushan, China and Ting Zhang, Inner Mongolia University, School of Mathematical Science, Hohhot, China
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