Air-Sea Interaction: Modeling and Dynamics

Dear Colleagues,

The air–sea interaction controls the exchange of mass, momentum, and heat between the atmosphere and the ocean. It significantly affects the development of atmospheric and ocean systems from the subscale to the global scale. In particular, the tropical cyclones (TCs) that pose an important threat to people's lives and property in coastal and offshore regions are accompanied by strong air–sea interactions. TCs cause high winds, extreme waves, and storm surges, which pose a major hazard to offshore activities and coastal areas. The process of the air–sea interaction plays an important role in the development of these extreme marine events. Improving the understanding of air–sea interaction processes, and describing these extreme processes in weather forecast models and air–sea coupling models, can improve their predictions and reduce potential damage. Although our ability to simulate the weather, ocean, and air–sea interactions has generally improved in recent years, there is still a lot of uncertainty, especially under extreme conditions. The goal of this research topic is to collect information on air–sea interactions in tropical ocean regions and how to improve the simulation and forecasting capabilities of extreme weather and ocean processes. We particularly welcome research with a focus on the following topics: air–sea interaction processes, boundary layer processes (such as air–wave, wave–current, and tide–surge interactions); optimization of key parameters of numerical models, simulation of extreme processes (such as tropical cyclones, extreme waves, storm surges) and their mechanisms; and the impact of climate change on atmospheric and oceanic extreme events. We also welcome research on the improvement of air–sea coupling models, the method of data assimilation, and the application of remote sensing data in these topics.

Dr. Yineng Li
Dr. Xing Wei
Guest Editors

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