Linking Upper Ocean Dynamics with Extreme Weather and Climate Events over the Ocean
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Ocean Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 21947
Special Issue Editors
Interests: remote sensing in IR and microwave channels; SST and sea surface wind retrieval algorithms for climate data production; radiative transfer modeling for land and ocean retrievals; cal/val/QC of radiation measurements; microwave propagation in navigation and meteorological applications
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Interests: turbulence and mixing; bio-physical interactions; oceanic responses to hurricanes; dissolved oxygen content; sea turtle stranding and mortality; autonomous vehicles observations and large sets of data QA/QC; processing; analyzing; interpretation and management
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Extreme weather and climate events over the global ocean, such as tropical cyclones, extratropical storms, and high wind events, have a major impact at the air–sea interface, leading to changes in oceanic conditions. Additionally, the formation of these extreme oceanic events are influenced through energy transfer from the upper ocean to the atmosphere. Geophysical parameters such as sea surface temperature, sea surface heights, and salinity can affect the available ocean heat content, mixed layer depth, and stratification of the topmost layer of ocean, leading to storm intensification or weakening. Warmer ocean temperatures and higher sea levels associated with a warming climate are expected to both increase the intensity and impacts of storms, respectively. New methodological and technological developments have facilitated using both remote sensing and in situ observations to understand these extreme events and what influences them across different temporal and spatial scales for multiple disciplines. This Special Issue aims to publish research addressing the current state of understanding the ocean's role in the occurrence of these extreme events, improving model capabilities of simulating and predicting these extremes, and assessing their socioeconomic impacts in terms of the blue economy which encompasses ocean-based industries, natural assets, and ecosystem services. Studies that cross disciplinary boundaries and use novel approaches to improve process understanding are especially welcome.
For this purpose, authors are invited to submit contributions on, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Factors affecting extreme events over ocean
- Geophysical drivers of extreme events on multiple time scales
- Oceanic responses to extreme events
- The relationship between ocean conditions and extreme event formation.
Dr. Korak Saha
Dr. Zhankun Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- in situ observations
- remote sensing observations
- air–sea interactions
- ocean
- atmosphere
- tropical cyclones
- extratropical cyclones
- heat content
- blue economy
- climate change
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