AI34B:
Air-Sea Interaction at the Mesoscale and Submesoscale II Posters


Session ID#: 22626

Session Description:
Air-sea interaction has important coupled effects on the properties of the oceanic and atmospheric boundary layers, and the flux of momentum, heat, and other tracers between the atmosphere and ocean. For example, sea-surface temperature gradients at ocean fronts and eddies modify the surface wind field through changes in atmospheric boundary layer turbulence and pressure gradients. These changes in turn affect the evolution of the ocean boundary layer. Much of our understanding of these processes has been developed in considering the ocean mesoscale (horizontal scales of O(10-100 km)). However, recent advances in high-resolution numerical modeling, and future improvements in remote sensing, allow for consideration of ocean-atmosphere interaction at increasingly fine-scales, including the ocean submesoscale (O(100 m - 10 km)). Whether the mechanisms of mesoscale ocean-atmosphere interaction apply at the submesoscale, or whether other processes dominate, is an important open question. In this session we welcome contributions related to understanding air-sea interaction at the mesoscale and submesoscale, and how the mechanisms, and impacts, may depend on spatial scale. Contributions utilizing theory, observations, and numerical models are welcomed, as well as work focused on the impacts of coupled air-sea interaction on the physical or biogeochemical properties of the ocean or atmospheric boundary layers.
Primary Chair:  Jacob O Wenegrat, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  Larry W O'Neill1, Simon P de Szoeke1 and Hyodae Seo2, (1)Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States(2)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Moderators:  Larry W O'Neill, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States and Jacob O Wenegrat, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
Student Paper Review Liaison:  Jacob O Wenegrat, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
Index Terms:

4247 Marine meteorology [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4504 Air/sea interactions [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4520 Eddies and mesoscale processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4528 Fronts and jets [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
Cross-Topics:
  • OM - Ocean Modeling
  • PS - Physical Oceanography: Mesoscale and Smaller

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Scale dependence of midlatitude air-sea interaction (Invited) (301881)
Stuart Bishop1, Justin Small2, Frank Bryan2 and Robert A Tomas3, (1)North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States, (2)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)NCAR, Boulder, CO, United States
LES Study of Water Wave Effects on Similarity Relationships in Stably-Stratified Atmospheric Turbulent Flows (307413)
Tao Cao, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, United States and Lian Shen, St Anth Falls Hyd Lab, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Approximate Estimation of Wave-induced Stress and its Characteristic Analysis in the Pacific (310309)
Qian Wang, Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Institute of Physical Oceanography, Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China, Jinbao Song, Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan, China and Shuang Li, Horn Point Lab., Cambridge, MD, United States
Calculation of CTS in eddy covariance method based on HHT and MRD (311470)
Hao Jiang, United States; Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Institute of Physical Oceanography, Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China and Jinbao Song, Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan, China
The Boundary Layer and an Evolving Submesoscale Front (323804)
Leah Johnson, University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, WA, United States, Craig Lee, Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States and Eric A D'Asaro, Applied Physics Lab, Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
Changes in Upper-ocean Dynamical and Thermodynamically Features of Bay of Bengal During Indian Monsoon Seasons at Contrasting El-Niño and La-Niña years. (326996)
Anshu Kumari and Arun Chakraborty, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Centre for Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Sciences, Kharagpur, India

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