AI31A:
Fluxes and Physical Processes Near the Air-Sea Interface: Observations and Modeling (Cosponsored by the AMS Committee on Air-Sea Interaction) I

Session ID#: 93391

Session Description:
The physical coupling between atmosphere and ocean helps to drive a myriad of processes such as wind-wave growth and the fluxes of momentum, heat, and mass across the air-sea interface. 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.  Understanding these phenomena hinges on properly characterizing the physical coupling between air and water across the surface and the turbulent variability in the boundary layers on both sides of the interface. Advances in the spatial and temporal resolution and coverage of in situ observations, modeling, and satellite/airborne remote sensing have greatly improved the ability to characterize various surface processes over large stretches of oceanic area. This session invites contributions that expand our understanding of the mechanisms coupling the ocean-atmosphere system; submissions from observations, experiments, and/or modeling are encouraged. Presentations of novel techniques, methods, and/or venues for air-sea interaction study are highly encouraged. The Chairs hope that this session provides a forum for discussions on the physics of air-sea interaction, with input from an array of technical backgrounds and perspectives. This session is co-sponsored by the American Meteorological Society’s Committee on Air-Sea Interaction.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • CP - Coastal and Estuarine Processes
  • IS - Ocean Observatories, Instrumentation and Sensing Technologies
  • PS - Physical Oceanography: Mesoscale and Smaller
Index Terms:

4504 Air/sea interactions [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4560 Surface waves and tides [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4568 Turbulence, diffusion, and mixing processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4594 Instruments and techniques [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
Primary Chair:  Prof. Nathan Laxague, Ph.D., Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States
Co-chairs:  Prof. Melanie R Fewings, PhD, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States, David G Ortiz-Suslow, Naval Postgraduate School, Department of Meteorology, Monterey, CA, United States and Damien B Josset, US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States
Primary Liaison:  Prof. Nathan Laxague, Ph.D., Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States
Moderators:  Prof. Nathan Laxague, Ph.D., Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States and David H Richter, University of Notre Dame, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, Notre Dame, IN, United States
Student Paper Review Liaison:  David G Ortiz-Suslow, Naval Postgraduate School, Department of Meteorology, Monterey, CA, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

AI31A-01
Effects of time-variant wind input on nonlinear broadband wave field (639319)
Xuanting Hao, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States and Lian Shen, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory & University of Minnesota, MN, United States
AI31A-02
A comprehensive laboratory investigation of Langmuir turbulence forced by a range of wind and wave conditions (647490)
Ivan B. Savelyev, US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, United States, Marc P Buckley, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Institute of Coastal Ocean Dynamics, Geesthacht, Germany and Brian K Haus, University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, Miami, FL, United States
AI31A-03
Turbulence and Near-Surface Coherent Structures in Laboratory-Scale Wind-Wave Simulations (644003)
Silvia Matt, US Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, United States, Ivan B. Savelyev, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, United States, Andres Tejada-Martinez, University of South Florida, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tampa, United States and Marc P Buckley, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Institute of Coastal Ocean Dynamics, Geesthacht, Germany
AI31A-04
Wind turbulence over surface waves under misaligned wind-wave conditions (645899)
Nyla Husain1, Tetsu Hara1 and Peter P Sullivan2, (1)University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI, United States, (2)NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States
AI31A-05
Field observations of coupled wind-wave dynamics using PIV (654050)
Marc P Buckley, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Institute of Coastal Ocean Dynamics, Geesthacht, Germany and Jochen Horstmann, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research, Geesthacht, Germany
AI31A-07
A Spectral Perspective on the Local Interaction between Wind and Waves (655547)
Alex Ayet1,2, Bertrand Chapron1, Gabriel George Katul3, Jean-Luc Redelsperger1, Guillaume Lapeyre2 and Louis Marie1, (1)IFREMER, Univ. Brest, CNRS, IRD, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale, Brest, France, (2)Ecole Normale Supérieure, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Paris, France, (3)Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
AI31A-08
Wave-Current Interactions at Meso and Submesoscales: Insights from Idealized Numerical Simulations (654281)
Bia Villas Boas1, Fabrice Ardhuin2, Bruce D Cornuelle3, Prof. Sarah T Gille, PhD4 and Matthew R Mazloff4, (1)Colorado School of Mines, Geophysics, Golden, United States, (2)University of Bretagne Occidentale, CNRS, IFREMER, IRD, Plouzané, France, (3)University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States, (4)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, La Jolla, United States
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