AI34E:
Turbulent Air-Sea Fluxes: Observations and Modeling I Posters


Session ID#: 29653

Session Description:
The physical coupling between atmosphere and ocean helps to drive a myriad of processes, such as surface material transport, air-sea gas flux, and wind-wave interactions. Fundamentally, the interfacial fluxes of energy and mass occur at the molecules-wide boundary between air and water. Outside of nominal open ocean conditions, the fine-scale nature of these dynamics poses a significant empirical challenge and numerically representing the air-sea coupling is not trivial. It is therefore necessary to come to a mechanistic understanding of the processes affecting exchange of mass and energy across the air-sea interface, and advances in both observational and numerical methods are needed. This session invites contributions to better consolidate the role of the ocean-atmosphere coupled system and is focused on expanding the current understanding of the mechanisms driving air-sea fluxes. Submissions on near-surface processes that can modulate the interfacial exchange are encouraged. Presentations of novel techniques, methods, and/or venues for air-sea interaction study are highly encouraged. The Chairs hope that this session facilitates a focused discussion on the physics of air-sea interaction, with input from an array of technical backgrounds and perspectives.
Primary Chair:  David Ortiz-Suslow, University of Miami - RSMAS, Department of Ocean Sciences, Miami, FL, United States
Co-chairs:  Brian Ward, National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG), School of Physics, Galway, Ireland, Kai H Christensen, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway and Nathan Laxague, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Division of Ocean and Climate Physics, Palisades, NY, United States
Moderators:  Kai H Christensen, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway and David Ortiz-Suslow, University of Miami - RSMAS, Department of Ocean Sciences, Miami, FL, United States
Student Paper Review Liaison:  Nathan Laxague, University of Miami, RSMAS, Miami, FL, United States
Index Terms:

4504 Air/sea interactions [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4534 Hydrodynamic modeling [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4568 Turbulence, diffusion, and mixing processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4572 Upper ocean and mixed layer processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
Cross-Topics:
  • IS - Ocean Observatories, Instrumentation and Sensing Technologies
  • OM - Ocean Modeling
  • PS - Physical Oceanography: Mesoscale and Smaller

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Sea-state dependent air-sea momentum flux in a shallow water under a tropical cyclone (303041)
Xuanyu Chen, Tetsu Hara and Isaac Ginis, University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI, United States
Uncertainty in Atmospheric reanalysis wind stress and their relationship with observed surface wind data (305647)
Caihong Wen, NOAA College Park, College Park, MD, United States and Arun Kumar, NOAA/NCEP, College Park, MD, United States
Wind turbulence over surface waves in a strongly forced condition – LES and observation (306715)
Nyla Husain1, Marc P Buckley2, Kianoosh Yousefi3, Tetsu Hara1, Fabrice Veron3 and Peter P Sullivan4, (1)University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI, United States, (2)Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Institute of Coastal Research, Geesthacht, Germany, (3)University of Delaware, School of Marine Science and Policy, Newark, DE, United States, (4)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Mesoscale Microscale Meteorology, Boulder, CO, United States
Energetic Constraints for Vertical Mixing in the Ocean Surface Boundary Layer (320221)
Brandon G Reichl1, Alistair Adcroft1, Stephen Matthew Griffies2 and Robert Hallberg1, (1)Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, United States, (2)NOAA/GFDL, NJ, United States
Non-local forcing of the mixed layer at Station ALOHA (326758)
Fernando Santiago-Mandujano, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States, Roger Lukas, Univ Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States, Robert A Weller, WHOI, Monument Beach, MA, United States, Albert J Plueddemann, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Kellen Rosburg, Univ Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, United States and James T Potemra, HIGP, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States
Numerical Study of Langmuir Circulations Using Wave-Phase-Resolved Simulations (311525)
Anqing Xuan1,2, Bingqing Deng1,3 and Lian Shen1,2, (1)University of Minnesota, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, Minneapolis, MN, United States, (2)University of Minnesota, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Minneapolis, MN, United States, (3)University of Minnesota, Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Influence of Langmuir Supercells on turbulent motions (312188)
Bingqing Deng1, Anqing Xuan2 and Lian Shen2, (1)University of Minnesota, Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory, Minneapolis, MN, United States, (2)University of Minnesota, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Dependence of Wind Stress Across Air-sea Interface on Wave States (309729)
Dongliang Zhao and Jiwei Tian, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
Observations of the air-sea momentum flux over the inner shelf (306812)
David G Ortiz-Suslow, Brian K Haus, Neil J Williams and Hans Christian Graber, University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Miami, FL, United States
Field Observations and Modeling of Surf Zone Sensible Heat Flux (314523)
James H MacMahan1, Edward B Thornton2, Jessica S Koscinski1 and Qing Wang3, (1)Naval Postgraduate School, Oceanography, Monterey, CA, United States, (2)Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, United States, (3)Naval Postgraduate School, Department of Meteorology, Monterey, CA, United States
Analysis of the wind stress measured using tower-based long period measurements (315437)
Naoya Suzuki, Kindai University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka, Japan, Takuji Waseda, The University of Tokyo, Department of Ocean Technology, Policy, and Environment, Kashiwa, Japan, Mark A Donelan, University of Miami, RSMAS, Miami, FL, United States, Takenobu Michioka, Kindai University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Higashi-Osaka, Japan and Hiroto Iuchi, Kindai University, Higasiosaka, Japan
Estimation of Gas Exchange Coefficients from Observations on Yenisei River (323068)
Sergey Molodtsov1, Dapeng Li2, Ayal Anis3, Rainer M W Amon4, Alexey Panov5, Anatoly Stanislavovich Prokishkin6 and Shari Ann Yvon-Lewis4, (1)Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States, (2)Texas A&M University College Station, Oceanography, College Station, TX, United States, (3)Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, United States, (4)Texas A & M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States, (5)Sukachev Institute of Forest, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, (6)Institute of Forest SB RAS, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Effect of observation tower on variability of the wind stress -Field observation and numerical simulation- (316078)
Hiroto Iuchi, Kindai University, Higasiosaka, Japan, Naoya Suzuki, Kindai University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka, Japan, Takenobu Michioka, Kindai University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Higashi-Osaka, Japan, Takuji Waseda, The University of Tokyo, Department of Ocean Technology, Policy, and Environment, Kashiwa, Japan, Hitoshi Tamura, Port and Airport Research Institute, Kanagawa, Japan and Kaoru Ichikawa, Kyushu Univ, Kasuga, Japan
Simulation-Based Study of Bubbles in Wave Breaking (308833)
Qiang Gao and Lian Shen, University of Minnesota, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Investigating the Effects of Sea Spray on Surface Wind Stress and Waves under Hurricane Conditions (321634)
Renee Richardson, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States, Mark A Bourassa, Florida State Univ, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Tallahassee, FL, United States and Steven L Morey, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Tallahassee, FL, United States
Behavior of Sea Spray Particles in Very High Wind Conditions  (317653)
William M Drennan1, Glorianne Marie Rivera Santiago1, Samantha Shawver1, Brian K Haus1, Lian Shen2 and Hanyuan Liu3, (1)University of Miami, RSMAS, Miami, FL, United States, (2)University of Minnesota, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MN, United States, (3)University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
Parametrized vertical concentration profile of sea spray aerosols in the marine atmospheric boundary layer (326099)
Indrajith D. Nissanka1, Hyungwon (John) Park1, Marcelo Chamecki2, David H Richter3 and Livia Souza Freire4, (1)University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United States, (2)University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (3)University of Notre Dame, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, Notre Dame, IN, United States, (4)Federal University of Parana, Brazil
On The Implications of Dissipative Heating For Air-Sea Exchanges (304108)
Andrew Wyatt Smith, RSMAS, Ocean Sciences, Miami, FL, United States and Brian K Haus, University of Miami, RSMAS, Miami, FL, United States
Physical Mechanisms and Influence of Sea-Spray on the Air-Sea Heat Fluxes (317644)
Tianze Peng, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United States and David H Richter, University of Notre Dame, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, Notre Dame, IN, United States
The Effects of Sea Surface Waves and Ocean Spray on the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer (301966)
Ting Zhang, Zhejiang University, Ocean college, Zhoushan, China and Jinbao Song, Zhejiang University, Ocean College, Zhoushan, China
The Variability of Winds and Fluxes Observed Near Sub-mesoscale Fronts (306785)
Mingming Shao, University of Miami-RSMAS, Ocean Science, Miami, FL, United States, Brian K Haus, University of Miami, RSMAS, Miami, FL, United States, David Ortiz-Suslow, University of Miami - RSMAS, Department of Ocean Sciences, Miami, FL, United States, Nathan Laxague, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Division of Ocean and Climate Physics, Palisades, NY, United States and Bjoern Lund, University of Miami - RSMAS, Ocean Sciences, Miami, FL, United States
Determining directional wavenumber-frequency properties from high-frequency wave staff measurements (307893)
Jan-Victor Bjorkqvist1,2, Kimmo K. Kahma1, Heidi Pettersson1 and William M Drennan3, (1)Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland, (2)University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, (3)University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
A Direct Numerical Simulation of Langmuir Circulations with Nonhydrostatic Free-surface Model: Dynamical Analysis of Driving Mechanism and Comparison with Vortex Force Formulation (309821)
Yasushi Fujiwara, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto, Japan, Yutaka Yoshikawa, Kyoto University Rigakubu, Kyoto, Japan and Yoshimasa Matsumura, The University of Tokyo, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, Kashiwa, Japan
The summertime spatial Feature of Heat Flux around the Eddy-Rich Zone in the Northwest Pacific, 2017 (327009)
Sok Kuh Kang1, EunJin Kim1, Hyoun-Woo Kang2, Kyeong Ok Kim1, Kyunghee Oh1, Chang Su Hong1, Jae Kwi So1, Jae-Hyoung Park3, SeongJung Kim4, Hong Sik Min1, SungHyun Nam3 and modeling experiment, (1)KIOST, Ocean Circulation and Climate Research Center, Ansan, South Korea, (2)KIOST, Ocean Circulation and Climate Research, Ansan, South Korea, (3)Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, (4)School of Earth and Environmental Science, Seoul National University, South Korea
CO2 and DMS Direct Flux Measurements in the Indian Ocean: A study of Bubble-Mediated Gas Transfer and Gas Transfer Limitation. (319201)
Alexander Zavarsky1, Lonneke Goddijn-Murphy2, Tobias Steinhoff1 and Christa A Marandino1, (1)GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany, (2)University of the Highlands and Islands, Environmental Research Institute, Inverness, United Kingdom
Applications of Machine Learning Techniques in Air-Sea Momentum Flux Modeling (319967)
Xu Chen, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States, Gitesh Dawer, Florida State University, Mathematics, Tallahassee, FL, United States and Mark A Bourassa, Florida State Univ, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Tallahassee, FL, United States
Assessing the impact of surface waves on the North Atlantic and Nordic Seas simulations using HYCOM (318020)
Alfatih Ali1, Kai H Christensen2, Oyvind Breivik3, Roshin P. Raj1 and Laurent Bertino1, (1)Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen, Norway, (2)Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway, (3)Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Bergen, Norway

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