Reviews in Physical Oceanography

Dear Colleagues,

In the last few decades, prodigious efforts have been made in the field of physical oceanology to better understand and quantify phenomena as varied as ocean currents and their climatic impact, or sediment transport and estuarine oceanography, or even computational fluid dynamics. Research toward these goals is still gaining momentum, and there are still many challenges ahead of the scientific community. A key issue is the deepening of our knowledge of the functioning of the climate system, which covers ocean/atmosphere interactions with the highlighting of positive and negative feedbacks resulting from both the evolution of ocean currents and moist adiabat and water vapor in the atmosphere, keys to the climate response to anthropogenic forcing. Another outstanding issue focuses on coastal and estuarine oceanography with sediment transport, pollutant dispersion, as well as the evolution of beach morphodynamics. We envision manuscripts reviewing coastal oceanography, ocean/atmosphere dynamics and climate, wave dynamics, computational fluid dynamics, and online sensors. Reviews in emerging fields such as marine big data analysis, artificial intelligence in marine science, underwater wireless communication of sensor networks, impact of ocean Rossby waves on the climate, enlightening large-scale physical processes and interactions are also welcomed. This excludes engineering benefits but includes cutting-edge developments and new concepts in the fields of physical oceanography.

Dr. Jean-Louis Pinault
Prof. Dr. Georgios Sylaios
Guest Editors

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