| Session Details | |
| Section | OS - Ocean Sciences |
| Session Title | Submesoscale Processes and Their Parameterizations |
| Main Convener | Prof. Changming Dong (Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, China) |
| Co-convener(s) | Prof. Sung Yong Kim (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea, South) Prof. Baylor Fox-Kemper (Brown University, United States) Dr. Qingxuan Yang (Ocean University of China, China) |
| Session Description | Submeoscale processes are on an intermediate scale between the mesoscale and turbulence boundary layer thickness: the approximate scale ranges are l00m -10km horizontally, h = 10m–1 km vertically, and hours-days in time. Sumesoscale processes are generated from mesoscale eddies and boundary currents, especially in the vicinity of the surface boundary layer and bottom boundary layers and also in the interior of the ocean. They are important for oceanic energy cascades and transport and dispersion of the material in the ocean. Parameterizations of the submeoscale processes are demanded for the high-resolution oceanic models. The session calls for abstracts related to studies on submeoscale processes and their parameterizations. |