Regional Ocean Dynamics in a Warming Climate: Insights from Modeling and Observations

Dear Colleagues,

Global warming has profoundly impacted ocean systems, leading to rising sea levels, sea ice melting, increased ocean temperatures, and ocean acidification. These changes have complex repercussions on regional ocean dynamics, including alterations in currents, water mass characteristics, and biochemical processes. Understanding these effects necessitates a comprehensive approach integrating in situ and satellite observations with theoretical frameworks and numerical models.

This Special Issue aims to compile innovative research on the dynamics and variability of regional oceans, examining their connections to broader-scale and global atmospheric and oceanic changes.

We invite contributions that explore innovative methodologies and technologies in data acquisition, data analysis, numerical modeling, data assimilation, and ocean forecasting. Submissions should address recent advances in observational and modeling studies related to the interannual variability of polar and subpolar regions, subtropical oceans and gyres, semi-enclosed seas, and equatorial areas. Articles focusing on the response of regional oceans to global warming, coupled physical and biochemical variability, and regional climate projections are particularly welcome.

Dr. Entcho Demirov
Prof. Dr. Jinyu Sheng
Guest Editors

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