OS014
Mesoscale and submesoscale ocean-atmosphere interactionsand influence on Earth’s climate

Session ID#: 161398

Session Description:
This session seeks contributions investigating ocean-atmosphere interactions mediated by oceanic mesoscale and submesoscale variability and its influences on Earth’s climate system. Observational and high-resolution climate modeling studies have identified a fundamental regime of ocean-atmosphere coupling influenced by spatial variability of sea surface temperature (SST) and ocean surface currents and waves on scales between 1 and 1000km. These studies demonstrate that the ocean eddy/front-forced variability of surface heat and momentum fluxes drives a response in the local atmospheric and oceanic boundary layers and influences the downstream development of synoptic-scale weather systems and precipitation. Significant coupled feedbacks onto the ocean affect the gyre-scale circulation, ocean eddies, and air-sea gas exchange. The surprising impacts on the large-scale atmosphere-ocean environment by coupled interactions between SSTs, currents, waves, and surface fluxes suggest a critical new path forward for improving our understanding of Earth’s climate system.

 

This session will focus on recent progress in this domain and invites contributions including

 

  • process-oriented investigations of the physical mechanisms of the coupling using observations or models;
  • advancements in modeling the coupled ocean-atmosphere system to explore the impacts of this coupling on Earth’s climate and climate change and to improve predictability over a range of timescales;
  • capabilities and potential enhancements of satellite and in situ observing systems for observing key variables involved in this coupling; and
  • investigations of non-local influences on the atmosphere and ocean mediated by this coupling.
Index Terms:

3339 Ocean/atmosphere interactions [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
4504 Air/sea interactions [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4520 Eddies and mesoscale processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4576 Western boundary currents [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]

Primary Convener:  Larry W O'Neill, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States and US CLIVAR Air-Sea Interactions Working Group
Conveners:  Qing Wang, Naval Postgraduate School, Department of Meteorology, Monterey, CA, United States, Niklas Schneider, Univ Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States, Hyodae Seo, WHOI, Woods Hole, United States and US CLIVAR Air-Sea Interactions Working Group
 
Eddy Characteristics in the Gulf of Mexico from Satellite Observations and Model Simulations (1049098)
Katherine Seikel, University of South Carolina Columbia, Columbia, SC, United States, Subrahmanyam Bulusu, University of South Carolina Columbia, School of the Earth, Ocean and Environment, Columbia, SC, United States and Corinne Trott, US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States
 
Variations of the Kuroshio Oyashio Extension during cold season precede spring precipitation anomalies over the Pacific Northwest (1056966)
Youngji Joh, Princeton University, Princeton, United States; NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, United States, Thomas L Delworth, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ, United States, Andrew Thorne Wittenberg, NOAA GFDL, Princeton, NJ, United States, Xiaosong Yang, NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, United States, Anthony John Rosati, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, United States, Nathaniel C Johnson, NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, United States and Liwei Jia, NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, United States; University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
 
Skin Sea Surface Temperature Parameterizations Applied to a 3-D Ocean Circulation Model (1060325)
David D Flagg, Naval Research Lab Monterey, Marine Meteorology Division, Monterey, United States, Jie Yu, Naval Research Laboratory, Ocean Sciences, Stennis Space Center, United States, Tommy G Jensen, US Naval Research Laboratory, Ocean Sciences Division, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, Qing Wang, Naval Postgraduate School, Department of Meteorology, Monterey, CA, United States and Denny P Alappattu, Northwest Research Associates, Boulder, CO, United States
 
Mesoscale Eddies in the Bay of Bengal and their response to IOD modes (1064956)
Navin Chandra and Vimlesh Pant, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India
 
Sea Surface Temperature Difference between Non-Eddy-Resolving and Eddy-Resolving Ocean Model in the Subtropical North Pacific and Its Potential Impact on Atmosphere (1065427)
Yusuke Ushijima1, Kei Sakamoto2, Hideyuki Nakano3, Ryo Mizuta2 and Hiroyuki Tsujino4, (1)Japan Meteorologica Business Support Center, Research Promotion Department, Tsukuba, Japan, (2)Meteorological Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan, (3)Meteorological Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, (4)Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological Agency, Ibaraki, Japan
 
Sea surface temperature predictability in the North Pacifc from multi‑model seasonal forecast (1073480)
Emi Yati, Indonesia National Research and Innovation Agency, Depok, West Java, INDONESIA and Shoshiro Minobe, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
 
Impacts of Waves and Sea States on Air-Sea Momentum Flux in the Northwest Tropical Atlantic Ocean: Parameterization and Wave Coupled Climate Modeling (1074069)
Cesar Sauvage1, Hyodae Seo2, Carol Anne Clayson2 and James B Edson3, (1)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, United States, (2)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (3)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States
 
On the Analysis of Drag Coefficient with Different Background Waves under Extreme Winds (1079298)
Peisen Tan, Miami, FL, UNITED STATES, Brian K Haus, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States, Mohammad Ghiasian, University of Miami, Miami, United States and Milan Curcic, University of Washington, Miami, FL, United States
 
Eddy freshwater interaction in the Bay of Bengal (1085311)
Nihar Paul1, Jai Sukhatme2, Bishakhdatta Gayen3 and Debasis Sengupta2, (1)Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Bangalore, India, (2)Indian Institute of Science, Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Bangalore, India, (3)University of Melbourne, Mechanical Engineering, Melbourne, Australia
 
Signature of Eddy-Wind interactions in the formation of thermocline bulge in the Bay of Bengal during Winter (1086859)
Bijit Kumar Kalita and P N Vinayachandran, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
 
The Mesoscale Contribution to Mixed Layer Temperature Budgets and Its Variation Globally (1093502)
Andrew Spencer Delman, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States and Tong Lee, JPL, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
Relationships between the Upper Transport through the Yucatan Channel and the Loop Current’s Intrusion and Eddy Detachments (1112349)
Ana Lucía de Santos Medina1, Jenny Amairani Vazquez-Ramirez2, Erick Raul Olvera-Prado3, Jorge Zavala-Hidalgo3, Efrain Moreles4 and Susana Higuera Parra1, (1)Faculty of Sciences, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Coyoacan, DF, Mexico, (2)Faculty of Sciences, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, (3)Atmospheric Science Center, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Coyoacan, DF, Mexico, (4)Institute of Marine Sciences and Limnology, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Coyoacan, DF, Mexico
 
Evaluation of Modeled Diurnal Warming Estimates for Use in Producing SST Analyses (1116531)
Gary A Wick, NOAA Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, Sandra L. Castro, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States and Andrew Harris, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR; University of Maryland, CICS, College Park, MD, United States
 
Climate Model's Mixed-Layer Response to Warming Predictable by Control State (1120856)
Kenneth Tam, Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ, United States, Yiyu Zheng, Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States and Maria Rugenstein, Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Fort Collins, United States
 
Influence of the Gulf Stream on diurnal cycles of precipitation and lightning (1138134)
Shoshiro Minobe1, Jun Hyock Park1 and Katrina Virts2, (1)Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, (2)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States
 
Mesoscale Dynamic and Thermodynamic Coupling between the Atmosphere and the Ocean near the Kuroshio Current (1140704)
Ajin Cho1, Hajoon Song1 and Hyodae Seo2, (1)Yonsei University, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Seoul, South Korea, (2)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole, MA, United States
 
Drivers of ocean warming in the western boundary currents of the Southern Hemisphere (1142007)
Moninya Roughan, University of New South Wales, Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney, NSW, Australia, Junde Li, University of New South Wales, Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia and Colette Gabrielle Kerry, University of New South Wales, Coastal and Regional Oceanography Lab, School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia
 
Exploring the Impact of a Southern Ocean Anticyclonic Eddy on Biogeochemical Structure Using BGC-Argo Float Observations (1151117)
Nicola Guisewhite, University of South Florida Tampa, Tampa, FL, United States, Don P Chambers, University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St. Petersburg, United States, Nancy Williams, University of South Florida, St Petersburg, United States and Veronica Tamsitt, University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, Saint Petersburg, United States
 
Enhancing the spatial and temporal resolution of air-sea flux estimates from space to address fine mesoscale variability: Challenges and progress (1153884)
Jason B Roberts, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States, Carol Anne Clayson, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole, MA, United States and Clay B Blankenship, USRA, Huntsville, AL, United States
 
Modulation of Air-Sea Heat Fluxes by Surface Material (1159558)
Carson Witte1, Christopher J Zappa1, Oliver Wurl2, Ajit Subramaniam3, Nathan Laxague4 and Mariana Ribas-Ribas5, (1)Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, (2)Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, (3)Columbia University, New York, NY, United States, (4)RSMAS, Miami, FL, United States, (5)University of Oldenburg, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
 
Integration of Satellite SAR for LES Modeling of Land-Air- Sea Boundary Layer Physics (1165911)
Samantha Renee Ballard1, Xuanting Hao2, Hans Christian Graber3, Brian K Haus1, Lian Shen2 and CLASI Team, (1)University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States, (2)University of Minnesota, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Minneapolis, MN, United States, (3)University of Miami, Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing, Miami, FL, United States
 
Seasonal variations in the relative roles of oceanic and atmospheric processes in driving air-sea interaction (1167047)
Jacob Turetsky Cohen, University of Washington, School of Oceanography, Seattle, United States and LuAnne Thompson, University of Washington, Oceanography, Seattle, WA, United States
 
Analysis of Surface Heat Flux Anomalies to Understand Recent Northeast Pacific Marine Heatwave Events (1168185)
Yiwei Chen and Larry W O'Neill, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
 
The Impact of Sea Breeze Circulation on Surface Heat Fluxes in the Northern Gulf of Mexico (1175438)
Diana N Bernstein1, Brandy N Armstrong2, Azadeh Razavi Arab3, Mustafa Kemal Cambazoglu2 and Jeremy David Wiggert4, (1)The University of Southern Mississippi, School of Ocean Science and Engineering, Hattiesburgh, United States, (2)The University of Southern Mississippi, School of Ocean Science and Engineering, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, (3)University of Southern Mississippi, Department of Marine Science, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, (4)The University of Southern Mississippi, Division of Marine Science, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States
 
Analysis of the Vertical Structure of Lateral Eddy Stirring Using Argo Profiles (1177367)
Andrew Fagerheim1, Dhruv Balwada2, Julius Busecke3 and Ryan Abernathey3, (1)Columbia University, New York, NY, United States, (2)Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, (3)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States
 
Advances and Opportunities for Predicting and Understanding Gulf Stream Impacts on Weather and Climate: 2022 CLIVAR Workshop Report (1177533)
James F Booth, CUNY City College of New York, Earth and Atmospheric Science, New York, NY, United States, Elizabeth Jennifer Thompson, NOAA PSL, Physical Sciences Lab, Boulder, United States, Carol Anne Clayson, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Nathan Laxague, RSMAS, Miami, FL, United States, Dujuan Kang, Rutgers University, Department of Environmental Sciences, New Brunswick, NJ, United States, Roger M Samelson, Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, OR, United States, Justin Small, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, Malcolm J Roberts, Met Office Hadley center for Climate Change, Exeter, United Kingdom and Larry W O'Neill, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
 
Wind-driven Ocean: Atmospheric Scales Forcing the Ocean Circulation and Damping its Eddies (1180376)
Shikhar Rai1, Matthew W Hecht2, Mathew E Maltrud3 and Hussein Aluie3, (1)University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States, (2)Los Alamos Nat'l Lab, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (3)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
 
Global Scale Variability of Submesoscale Frontal Dynamics (1189431)
Caitlin B Whalen, Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, Kyla Drushka, University of Washington, Applied Physics Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States and Peter Gaube, Applied Physics Laboratory at the University of Washington, Air-Sea Interaction and Remote Sensing, Seattle, WA, United States
 
­­­Response of mesoscale ocean eddy activities to CO2-induced global warming (1191823)
Junghee Yun1,2, Kyung-Ja Ha1,2,3 and Sun-Seon Lee1,4, (1)Center for Climate Physics, Institute for Basic Science, Busan, South Korea, (2)Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea, (3)BK21 School of Earth and Environmental Systems, Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea, (4)Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea
 
E3SM Ocean Carbon Cycle Simulations in the North Pacific Western Boundary Currents (1192536)
Yohei Takano1, Mathew E Maltrud1 and Anirban Sinha2, (1)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (2)California Institute of Technology, Environmental Science and Engineering, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
Quantifying the influence of mesoscale-driven air-sea fluxes on a global scale (1195087)
Paige Martin1, Julius Busecke2, Ryan Abernathey2, Thomas Nicholas1, Zoe Johnson3 and Dhruv Balwada4, (1)Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States, (2)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, (3)Barnard College, New York, United States, (4)Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States
 
WIND AND AZIMUTH SENSITIVITY OF NEAR-NADIR KA-BAND OCEAN SURFACE RADAR OBSERVATIONS (1200155)
Alamgir Hossan and W. Linwood Jones, University of Central Florida, Central Florida Remote Sensing Laboratory, Orlando, FL, United States
 
AUV-Based Measurements of Wave-Driven Turbulence in the Oceanic Surface Boundary Layer (1200821)
Alexander Fisher, Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States and Nicholas Nidzieko, University of California Santa Barbara, Geography, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
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