| Session Details | |
| Section | OS - Ocean Sciences |
| Session Title | The Physics And Biogeochemistry Of Sub-mesoscale Fronts And Eddies. |
| Main Convener | Prof. Moninya Roughan (University of New South Wales, Australia) |
| Co-convener(s) | Prof. Sung Yong Kim (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea, South) |
| Session Description | Sub-mesoscale features in the ocean, such as filaments, fronts, and eddies, are characterized by Rossby number O (1) and a horizontal scale smaller than the internal Rossby radius of deformation. Sub-mesoscale processes are important as they contribute to the vertical and horizontal transport of oceanic tracers, mass, and buoyancy and rectify the mixed layer structure and upper-ocean stratification. The coastal ocean, where most anthropogenic activities take place, is especially sensitive to these processes, particularly on the inshore edge of western boundary currents where velocity shear is high. This session invites observational, theoretical, and numerical modeling efforts associated with the physics and biogeochemistry of sub-mesoscale processes in coastal environments, shelf seas and the deep ocean. |