PS015
Vertical Velocity and Vertical Transport: From Physics to Biology and Biogeochemistry

Session ID#: 257476

Session Description:
Three-dimensional submesoscale processes transport heat, freshwater, phytoplankton, oxygen, pollution and biogeochemical tracers from the ocean boundaries — the surface and bottom boundary layers of the ocean — to the ocean interior. An important element of three-dimensional dynamics is vertical velocities, which can lead to subduction and vertical transport. These dynamics operate as part of a continuum of spatial scales and processes including wind, waves, turbulence, mesoscale dynamics, and biological processes.

This session seeks contributions that advance knowledge of submesoscale dynamics and its effects on vertical and lateral transport and mixing of physical, biogeochemical, and biological properties as well as the regional and global implications of submesoscale dynamics and biophysical interactions. Scientific and technological advances have made it possible to observe and model the ocean on scales ranging from hundreds of meters to tens of kilometers and hours to days, and some large coordinated scientific efforts, such as the ONR CALYPSO program and the NASA S-MODE and SWOT, are beginning to yield new insights. This session encourages contributions highlighting new methods using observations or models for studying submesoscale ocean dynamics and its effects.

Co-Sponsor(s):
  • Air-Sea Interactions -
  • Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry -
  • Physical-Biological Interactions -
Index Terms:

4520 Eddies and mesoscale processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4528 Fronts and jets [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4572 Upper ocean and mixed layer processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4805 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
Student/Early Career Chair:  Shailja Gangrade, Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Providence, United States
Primary Chair:  Mara Freilich, Brown University, Division of Applied Math and Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Providence, RI, United States
Co-Chair:  J. Thomas Farrar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst, Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole, United States
 
Vertical Transport by Deep Cyclones in the Abyssal Ocean (1874910)
Sean Chen1,2, Olivier Marchal2, Magdalena Andres2, Wilford D Gardner3 and Thomas Peacock4, (1)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography, Cambridge, MA, United States, (2)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, United States, (3)Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, United States, (4)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States
 
Formation of Coastal Cold Water in a Shallow Island Wake: Effects of Mixing, Upwelling, and Flow Structure (2009309)
Hsin-Yi Chen, University of California San Diego, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, La Jolla, United States, Alma CAROLINA Castillo-Trujillo, atdepth MRV, La Jolla, United States, Sarah Giddings, University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States and Geno R Pawlak, University of California San Diego, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, La Jolla, United States
 
When Internal Solitary Waves and Wind Team Up to Mix Coastal Waters (2012213)
Jorge M Magalhaes, University of Porto, Department of Geosciences, Environment and Spatial Planning (DGAOT) & CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, Porto, Portugal, Martin J. Coubard, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, Porto, Portugal, José C B da Silva, University of Porto, Department of Geosciences, Environment and Spatial Planning (DGAOT), Porto, Portugal, Maarten C Buijsman, University of Southern Mississippi, Division of Marine Science, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, Ana Isabel Santos, Environment and Sea Department, Cascais Municipality, Lisbon, Portugal, Ana Amorim, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal and Paulo B. Oliveira, IPMA - Algés, Lisbon, Portugal
 
Influence of Langmuir cell–driven vertical transport on the distribution of pelagic Sargassum (2013467)
Julien Asquier1, Patrick Marchesiello2 and Julien Jouanno2, (1)Université de Toulouse (UT), Laboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales (LEGOS), Toulouse, France, (2)Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Laboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales (LEGOS), Toulouse, France
 
Ventilation of the deep North Atlantic by down-front winds (2016043)
Isabela Alexander-Astiz Le Bras1, Una Miller2, Jaime B Palter3, Ellen Park4, Fiammetta Straneo5, Dariia Atamanchuk6, Kristen E Fogaren7, Hiroki Nagao8, David P Nicholson9, Hilary I Palevsky10 and Meg F. Yoder10, (1)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, United States, (2)University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, Rhode Island, United States, (3)University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, United States, (4)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole, United States, (5)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States, (6)Dalhousie University, Department of Oceanography, Halifax, NS, Canada, (7)Boston College, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Chestnut Hill, United States, (8)MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Sciences and Engineering, Woods Hole, United States, (9)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (10)Boston College, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Chestnut Hill, MA, United States
 
Flow instability drives exchange between surface and bottom waters in a coastal front (2016836)
Mareike Korner1, Jesse Cusack2, Jonathan D Nash2, Kipp Kipp Shearman2, Leif N Thomas3, Jennifer A MacKinnon4, Fucent Hsuan Wei Hsu2, John Ryan Taylor5 and Jinliang Liu6, (1)Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, Corvallis, United States, (2)Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States, (3)Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, (4)University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States, (5)University of Cambridge, DAMTP, Cambridge, United Kingdom, (6)Stanford University, Stanford, United States
 
Dynamics of Surface Cold Patch off the Korean PeninsulaCape: Driven by Upwelling (2018088)
Jiachen Zhang1, Hao Huang2, Xueen Chen1, Zhen Gao3, Chunxin Yuan3 and Zheen Zhang4, (1)Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China, (2)GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Kiel, Germany, (3)Ocean University of China, School of Mathematical Sciences, Qingdao, China, (4)Ocean University of China, Frontier Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System and Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography, Qingdao, China
 
Airborne Observations of Submesoscale Air–Sea Interactions: Joint Thermal and Current Feedbacks (2020806)
Yue BAI, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, Andrew F Thompson, CALTECH California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, Bia Villas Boas, Colorado School of Mines, Geophysics, Golden, United States, Patrice Klein, Cnrs/Ifremer/LOPS, Plouzané, France, Alexander Grant Wineteer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, Hector S Torres, JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, CA, United States and Ernesto Rodriguez, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
Subsurface Coastal Upwelling Processes based on Vertical Profiles of Temperature and Salinity derived from Machine Learning in the East Sea (2022837)
Yoon-Seo Jeong, Pusan National University, BK21 School of Earth and Environmental Systems, Busan, South Korea, Hyun-Jin Yang, BK21 School of Earth Environmental Systems, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea, Department of Oceanography, Busan, South Korea and Young-Heon Jo, Pusan National University, Department of Oceanography, Busan, South Korea; BK21 School of Earth Environmental System, Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea
 
The Role of Submesoscale Motions in the Subduction of Atlantic Water in Fram Strait (2026190)
Quentin Rauschenbach, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany, Wilken-Jon von Appen, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, Physical Oceanography of the Polar Seas, Bremerhaven, Germany, Claudia Wekerle, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research, Physical Oceanography of the Polar Seas, Bremerhaven, Germany and Torsten Kanzow, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany; University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
 
Internal Wave Contributions to Vertical Tracer Transport from the Surface Mixed Layer (2027537)
Michal Shaham, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel and Roy Barkan, Tel Aviv University, Porter School of Environment and Earth Science, Tel Aviv, Israel
 
A Parameterization for Submesoscale Entrainment and Subduction of Buoyancy and Passive Tracers (2029022)
Anna Lo Piccolo, Brown University, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Providence, United States, Zhihua Zheng, University of Maryland College Park, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, College Park, United States, Tomas Chor, University of Maryland, College Park, United States, Dr. Genevieve Jay Brett, PhD, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Cambridge, United States, Jacob O Wenegrat, University of Maryland College Park, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, College Park, United States and Baylor Fox-Kemper, Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Providence, RI, United States
 
The Scale Dependence of Submesoscale Vertical Heat Transport (2032893)
Lixin Qu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Oceanography, Shanghai, China and Xinyi Wang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
 
Diverse Atmospheric and Oceanic Drivers of Cold Water Formation along the Eastern Coast of the Korean Peninsula (2033677)
Jae-IL Kwon1, Jin-Yong CHOI1, Ki-Young Heo1, Seongho Song2 and Deoksu Kim1, (1)Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology, Marine Natural Disaster Research Department, Busan, South Korea, (2)University of Cincinnati Main Campus, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Division of Statistics and Data Science, Cincinnati, United States
 
Dipole structure of vertical velocity induced by mesoscale eddies (2034330)
Ridong Zhang and Dr. Tongya Liu, PhD, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, China
 
Vertical Velocities and Tracer Transport in the Abyssal Ocean (2034648)
Jonathan Gula1, Clément Vic1, Noémie Schifano2 and René Schubert3, (1)Laboratoire d’Océanographie Physique et Spatiale (LOPS), University of Brest, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, IUEM, Plouzané, France, (2)Laboratoire d’Océanographie Physique et Spatiale, Univ. Brest, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, IUEM, Plouzané, France, (3)GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
 
Estimating submesoscale-driven particulate organic carbon flux from remote sensing at a dynamic upwelling front (2042504)
Sarah Lang1, Melissa Omand1, Mara Freilich2, Leo Middleton3, J. Thomas Farrar4, Andrey Shcheribina5 and Ernesto Rodriguez6, (1)University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, United States, (2)Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental & Planetary Science and Department of Applied Mathematics, Providence, United States, (3)University of Gothenburg, Department of Marine Sciences, Gothenburg, Sweden, (4)Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst, Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole, United States, (5)Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington, Seattle, United States, (6)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
Direct, indirect and remote sensing measurements and characterization of vertical velocity during SMODE (2043863)
Eric A D'Asaro, Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, Ernesto Rodriguez, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Luc Lenain, University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States, J. Thomas Farrar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst, Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole, United States and Andrey Shcherbina, Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington, Seattle, United States
 
Enhanced near-bottom flows and turbulence from eddies in the Gulf of Mexico (2046284)
Daniela Di Iorio, University of Georgia, Department of Marine Sciences, Athens, GA, United States, James Solow, University of Georgia, Department of Marine Sciences, Athens, United States and Mahdi Razaz, The University of Southern Mississippi, School of Ocean Science and Engineering, Stennis Space Center, United States
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