Meso- to Submesoscale Dynamics in the Ocean
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Oceanography".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2022) | Viewed by 1886
Special Issue Editors
Interests: internal wave and mixing; mesoscale eddy; deep-ocean circulation
Interests: ocean observation; mesoscale and submesoscale dynamic processes
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Oceanic mesoscale and submesoscale processes (manifesting as eddies, fronts, filaments, and current meanders) with the respective horizontal scales of O(10-100) km and O(0.1-10) km are ubiquitous and important features in the ocean. In recent decades, they have gained increasing attention due to the following reasons: first, meso- to submesoscale dynamical processes play a crucial role in the oceanic energy cascade that maintains the balance of the ocean circulation’s energy reservoir. Second, they have a huge capability to transport oceanic tracers (e.g., heat, salt, nutrients, carbon, oxygen etc.) in three dimensions, significantly modulating the air–sea interaction and biogeochemical processes. With the advent of super computer and high-resolution observation technologies, considerable knowledge of meso- to submesoscale processes has been obtained, but many issues such as their fine three-dimensional structures, quantitative roles in tracer transports, generation and decay mechanisms, interactions with other processes and their route of energy cascade, subgrid parameterizations in models, impacts on large-scale circulation, air–sea interaction, as well as biogeochemical processes are still elusive. In order to address these issues, a wide range of observational, theoretical, and numerical studies are needed. In this Special Issue of JMSE, i.e. "Meso- to Submesoscale Dynamics in the Ocean", we welcome research that is relevant, but not limited to, the above issues.
Prof. Dr. Jiwei Tian
Dr. Zhiyou Jing
Dr. Zhiwei Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mesoscale eddies
- submesoscale processes
- fronts and filaments
- meso- to submesoscale dynamics
- energy cascade
- tracer transport
- instability
- scale–scale interactions
