Mesoscale and Frontal-Scale Air-Sea Interactions Workshop: Day 1

The US CLIVAR Mesoscale and Frontal-Scale Air-Sea Interactions Workshop. A workshop to identify gaps and recommend approaches for observing and modeling to improve understanding of coupled air-sea interactions and their impact on climate. 00:00:00 Workshop Introduction / Larry O’Neill ( OSU) 00:13:45 A brief overview of the air-sea fluxes of heat, momentum, and gas tracers at oceanic mesoscales / Lucas Laurindo (U Miami) 00:33:12 The Gulf Stream Convergence Zone / Niklas Schneider (U Hawaii) 00:50:44 Multi-scale turbulence in the OSBL / Leah Johnson (U Washington) 01:06:29 Open discussion Session 1 01:23:48 An overview of climatic impacts of midlatitude ocean fronts and eddies / Hisashi Nakamura (U Tokyo) 01:44:43 Diabatic effects in the evolution of cyclones and storm tracks along the western boundary currents / Thomas Spengler (U Bergen) 01:58:32 Impacts of mesoscale SST variability on rainfall variability / Xiaoqi Wang (Texas A&M U) 02:10:34 Open discussion Session 2 02:31:12 Lightning poster talks 03:01:54 Modulation of ocean dynamics by (sub)mesoscale ocean-wave-atmosphere interactions: current knowledge and limitations / Lionel Renault (LEGOS/CNRS/IRD/CNES/Université de Toulouse) 03:23:21 Sub-mesoscale wind-front interactions: The combined impact of thermal and current feedback / Yue (Luna) Bai (Cal Tech) 03:37:00 Energy decay of coherent eddies: Estimating the impact of wind-current coupling from in situ observations and satellite altimetry / Thomas Meunier (WHOI) 0:3:54:17 Open discussion Session 3