Marine Climate Models and Environmental Dynamics
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Ocean and Global Climate".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 131
Special Issue Editors
Interests: climate estimations; Artificial Intelligence; climate change
Interests: wave climate; ocean engineering; construction processes
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The world's oceans are a critical component of the global climate system and are currently undergoing significant changes due to anthropogenic pressures. Understanding and predicting these changes require sophisticated modelling and a deep comprehension of environmental dynamics. This Special Issue, titled "Marine Climate Models and Environmental Dynamics", aims to bring together the latest research and advancements in the field of marine climate modelling to better understand the complex interactions between physical, chemical, and biological processes in the marine environment.
A primary challenge in this field is the accurate representation of the coupling between different components of the Earth system, which involves linking processes that occur across a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. This is a critical aspect of understanding ocean dynamics and their impact on marine ecosystems and the global climate.
In recent years, the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning has opened new frontiers in marine science. AI-based models offer powerful new methods for analysing vast datasets, improving forecast accuracy, and uncovering complex, non-linear patterns that traditional models may miss. These technologies are revolutionising our ability to model everything from ocean hydrodynamics to the health of marine ecosystems.
For this Special Issue, we invite contributions that explore both the development and application of traditional marine climate models and, in particular, the innovative use of AI in marine and oceanographic studies. We are especially interested in manuscripts that address the following topics:
- Development and validation of new marine climate models, including hybrid models combining mechanistic and AI approaches.
- AI applied to ocean engineering and environmental models.
- AI-based models for forecasting, hindcasting, and analysing marine environmental dynamics.
- Coupled physical–biogeochemical models.
- High-resolution ocean modelling.
- The role of the ocean in climate variability and change, investigated with novel data analysis methods.
- Impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems.
- Modelling and prediction of extreme events and their impacts on the marine environment.
- Advanced data assimilation, model optimisation, and uncertainty quantification using AI.
Dr. Nerea Portillo Juan
Dr. Jose del Campo
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- ocean modelling
- marine climate
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- machine learning
- environmental dynamics
- climate change impacts
- coupled models
- physical oceanography
- biogeochemical models
- marine ecosystems
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