| Session Details | |
| Section | OS - Ocean Sciences |
| Session Title | Cold, Wet, and Wild: Ocean and Atmospheric Dynamics in the Southern Ocean and Antarctic |
| Main Convener | Dr. Robin Robertson (Xiamen University, Malaysia) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Jiping Liu (University of Albany, United States) Dr. Wenju Cai (Ocean University of China and Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, China) Dr. Agus Santoso (University of New South Wales, Australia) Dr. Sheeba Nettukandy Chenoli (University of Malaya, Malaysia) |
| Session Description | The Southern Ocean and Antarctica influence the global atmospheric and oceanic circulations. The region is also affected by climate variability sourced remotely, such as the El Nino Southern Oscillation. Governing processes involve complex interactions between and within the atmosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, oceans and sea floor. Understanding these interactions is necessary to quantify the local and global circulation and energy balance and their impacts on the changing climate. The ocean and atmosphere are poorly observed south of 60oS. Recent voyages, modern remote-sensing technologies, and models have offered insights into the driving processes, but challenges remain. The national and international communities are designing numerous field campaigns to address these challenges. These integral efforts are key to refining our knowledge of the atmosphere (e.g. clouds, aerosols, precipitation, radiation and their interactions) and ocean (e.g. water mass changes associated with long term trends in carbon, nutrients and heat) in this remote region. Further, advances in model development and targeted experiments offer complementary insights to completing the Southern Ocean climate picture. In this session, we encourage observational, modelling, and theoretical studies with focus on the physical, dynamical, and chemical processes at any and all time and spatial scales, including remote forcing, that define, characterize, and influence the Southern Ocean and Antarctic environments. |