OS016
Mesoscale Air-Sea Interactions: Bridging Fine-Scale Processes to Climate-Relevant Effects
Session ID#: 250732
Session Description:
Mesoscale air-sea interactions—spanning tens to hundreds of kilometers and hours to weeks—play a vital role in regulating the exchange of momentum, heat, and moisture between the ocean and atmosphere. Ocean eddies, meanders, weather fronts, and rapidly intensifying storms drive variability in both atmospheric and oceanic boundary layers. Recent advances in remote sensing, autonomous platforms, high-resolution coupled models, and machine learning have enabled detailed investigations of these processes in dynamic and under-observed regions, from tropical cyclone zones to polar seasonal ice areas. This session invites observational, theoretical, and modeling studies exploring mesoscale (and submesoscale) air-sea coupling, feedback mechanisms, and their influence on broader climate variability. Topics may include boundary layer responses to fine-scale ocean currents and surface waves, coupling in extreme weather systems, and innovative modeling approaches. We particularly welcome interdisciplinary contributions bridging ocean, atmosphere, and climate science, as well as studies employing novel technologies or community-based efforts in remote regions.
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Index Terms:
3307 Boundary layer processes [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3339 Ocean/atmosphere interactions [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
4504 Air/sea interactions [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4520 Eddies and mesoscale processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
Primary Convener: Yanxu Chen, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Conveners: Luna Hiron, Florida State University, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Tallahassee, United States, Juan Crespo, University of California Los Angeles, JIFRESSE/NASA-JPL, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Benjamin Barr, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, United States and Marco Larranaga, Florida State University, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Tallahassee, FL, United States
Impact of Ocean Resolution on Navy ESPC Forecast Skill (1850820)
Carolyn A. Reynolds1, William Crawford2, Prasad G Thoppil3, Stephanie Rushley2, Matthew Janiga4, Justin McLay4 and Neil P Barton5, (1)Naval Research Lab Monterey, Marine Meteorology, Monterey, CA, United States, (2)US Naval Research Laboratory, Marine Meteorology Division, Monterey, CA, United States, (3)Naval Research Laboratory, Ocean Sciences Division, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, (4)Naval Research Laboratory, Marine Meteorology Division, Monterey, CA, United States, (5)NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, United States
From Ocean to Atmosphere: Preliminary In Situ Observations of GSSA Fluxes From the Near Air-Sea Interface Through the Lower Marine Boundary Layer. (1876498)
Katherine Ackerman1, Alison D Nugent2, David H Richter3, Emily Melvin4, Matt Miller5 and Audrey Nash1, (1)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, United States, (2)University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Atmospheric Sciences, Honolulu, United States, (3)University of Notre Dame, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, Notre Dame, IN, United States, (4)University of Notre Dame, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, Notre Dame, United States, (5)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States
Submesoscale Thermal Feedback and the Surface Flux of Available Potential Energy (Invited) (1897278)
Jacob O Wenegrat, University of Maryland College Park, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, College Park, MD, United States, Igor Uchoa, University of Maryland College Park, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, College Park, United States, Lionel Renault, University of Toulouse, LEGOS, IRD, CNRS, CNES, UPS, Toulouse, France, Carlos Conejero, ENTROPIE (Université de la Réunion, Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie), Nouméa, New Caledonia, Luc Lenain, University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States, Larry W O'Neill, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, Alex Kinsella, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States and Ines Leyba, Oregon State University, Corvallis, United States
Exploring the Correlation Between Coastal Low-level Jets and Temperature Advection During WFIP-3 (1918294)
Akarshna Iyer, Hampton University, Hampton, United States, Timothy Myers, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, United States, David D Turner, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Global Systems Laboratory, Boulder, United States and Ruben Delgado, Hampton University, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton, VA, United States
Long-term Analysis of the Sea Breeze Characteristics in a Rapidly Warming Environment —The Arabian/Persian Gulf (1922062)
Reem Kawiyani, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States, John L Largier, University of California Davis, Coastal & Marine Sciences Institute, Davis, United States and Ian C Faloona, Univ California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
Growth and energy dissipation in breaking waves at high wind speeds (1923321)
Nicolo Scapin, Princeton University, High Meadows Environmental Institute / Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton, United States, Jiarong Wu, Princeton University, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton, NJ, United States, J. Thomas Farrar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst, Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole, United States, Bertrand Chapron, IFREMER, Univ. Brest, CNRS, IRD, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale, Brest, France, Stephane Popinet, University Pierre and Marie Curie Paris VI, Institut Jean le Rond d'Alembert, Paris, France, Luc Deike, Princeton University, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton, United States and Jiarong Wu
Upper-ocean Diurnal Salinity Changes in the Seychelles–Chagos Thermocline Ridge during the Austral Fall of 2023–2024: Relationship with Atmospheric Freshwater Fluxes and Climate Variability (1938286)
Jeongwook Park1, Hanna Na1,2 and SungHyun Nam1,2, (1)Seoul National University, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul, South Korea, (2)Seoul National University, Research Institute of Oceanography, Seoul, South Korea
Investigating Turbulence and Surface Stresses Across Developing Wave Fields in a Laboratory Wind-Wave Tank (1952662)
Shelby Metoyer, NRC Postdoctoral Fellow at NRL, Ocean Sciences, Stennis Space Center, United States, Silvia Matt, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Ocean Sciences, Stennis Space Center, United States and Ivan Savelyev, US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D.C., United States
The theory of wind work on ocean mesoscales (1961407)
Shikhar Rai, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, J. Thomas Farrar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst, Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole, United States and Hussein Aluie, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States
Coastal Air-Sea Interactions, Heat Fluxes and Their Implications in the Northern Gulf of Mexico (1962898)
Diana N Bernstein, University of Southern Mississippi, School of Ocean Science and Engineering, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, Brandy Armstrong, University of Southern Mississippi, School of Ocean Science and Engineering, Stennis Space Center, United States, Azadeh Razavi Arab, University of Southern Mississippi, Department of Marine Science, Stennis Space Center, United States, Hafeez Oladejo, University of Southern Mississippi, Marine Science, Stennis Space Center, United States, Mustafa Kemal Cambazoglu, The University of Southern Mississippi, School of Ocean Science and Engineering, Stennis Space Center, United States and Jeremy David Wiggert, The University of Southern Mississippi, Division of Marine Science, Stennis Space Center, United States
Direct and indirect feedbacks from mesoscale eddies to the atmosphere and sea surface waves (1968059)
Marco Larranaga1, Lionel Renault2, Daniel Pelaez-Zapata3, Nicolas Rascle4, Francisco Ocampo-Torres5, Pedro Osuna5 and Gwendal Marechal6, (1)Florida State University, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Tallahassee, FL, United States, (2)IRD Institute for Research and Development, Toulouse, France, (3)Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris, Paris, France, (4)University of Bretagne Occidentale, CNRS, IFREMER, IRD, LOPS, Plouzané, France, (5)Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada, Ensenada, Mexico, (6)University Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, Toulouse Cedex 09, France
Linking Air-Sea Interactions to Mesoscale Developments within Extratropical Cyclones and Atmospheric Rivers (1973583)
Juan Crespo, University of California Los Angeles, JIFRESSE/NASA-JPL, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Catherine M Naud, Columbia University in the City of New York, Palisades, NY, United States, James F Booth, The City College of New York, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, New York, United States and Derek J Posselt, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Advancing Extreme Wave Modeling in the Gulf of Mexico by Improving Boundary Layer Interactions and Wave Breaking Physics (1977996)
Hafeez Oladejo, University of Southern Mississippi, Marine Science, Stennis Space Center, United States, Diana Bernstein, University of Southern Mississippi, Division of Marine Science, Hattiesburg, United States, Mustafa Kemal Cambazoglu, The University of Southern Mississippi, School of Ocean Science and Engineering, Stennis Space Center, United States, Dmitri Nechaev, Univ Southern Mississippi, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, Jeremy David Wiggert, The University of Southern Mississippi, Division of Marine Science, Stennis Space Center, United States and Ali Abdolali, NOAA, College PARK, United States
OBSERVATIONS OF MESOSCALE AIR-SEA INTERACTIONS DURING GULF HURRICANES (1984947)
Lynn K Shay1, Benjamin Jaimes de la Cruz1, Steven Akin2 and Jun Zhang3, (1)RSMAES/University of Miami, Department of Ocean Sciences, Miami, United States, (2)University of Miami, Department of Ocean Sciences, Miami, United States, (3)University of Miami, CIMAS, Miami, FL, United States
Understanding the influence of air-sea interaction across western Arabian Sea on the Indian summer monsoon rainfall distribution (1989501)
Kameshwari Nunna1, Krishna Kishore Osuri2, TVS Udaya Bhaskar1, Pattabhi Rama Rao Pattabhi Eluri1, Mani Saraswathi Hallika Pindiprolu3 and BalaKrishnan Nair T M Dr.1, (1)Indian National Center for Ocean Information Services, Hyderabad, India, (2)National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Rourkela, India, (3)G. Narayanamma Institute of Technology and Science, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hyderabad, India
The Effect of Upper Ocean Freshwater on the Rapid Intensification of Hurricane Lee (2001873)
Keloni Laws1, Alex Omar Gonzalez2, Yanxu Chen3, Lisan Yu2 and Richard B Neale4, (1)University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States, (2)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, United States, (3)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (4)NCAR, Boulder, United States
Observations of surface waves modulated by mesoscale currents in the Icelandic Basin (2001951)
James Stadler, University of Washington, Oceanography, Seattle, United States, James B Girton, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States and Barry B Ma, Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington, Seattle, United States
