Workshop on Atmosphere-Ocean Interaction

The Workshop on Atmosphere-Ocean Interaction was held from 10 to 12 November 2008.

Description

The workshop addressed the requirements for ocean-atmosphere coupling from the very short time scales to the monthly time range with focus on ocean near-surface processes.

Questions discussed included:

  • Which processes need to be taken into account e.g. ocean waves, currents, diurnal cycle of SST, ocean mixed layer dynamics, horizontal resolution of SST?
  • What is the impact of air-sea processes on atmospheric phenomena (including extreme events) e.g. tropical cyclones, extra-tropical explosive genesis, monsoons, MJO?
  • Which models are the most appropriate at different time scales, and what are the implications for seamless forecasting?

Programme

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Presentations

Processes  

Capabilities of ocean mixed layer models

Bill Large (NCAR)

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Review of air-sea transfer processes

James Edson (University of Connecticut)

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Effects of transfer processes on the marine atmospheric boundary layer

Anne-Sofi Smedman (University of Uppsala)

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Observations and modeling of SST influence on surface winds

Dudley Chelton (Oregon State University)

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Atmosphere-ocean interaction through waves

Peter Janssen (ECMWF)

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Relevance of currents for atmosphere-ocean coupling

Hans Hersbach (ECMWF)

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Stokes/Coriolis forcing

Stephen Belcher (University of Reading)

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Air-sea processes in the Indian Ocean- intraseasonal oscillation

Jean-Philippe Duvel (LMD)

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Cross-scale air sea interaction

Chidong Zhang (RSMAS University of Miami)

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Impact/Modelling: Short-Medium range  

Impact of ocean-atmosphere coupling on tropical cyclones

Isaac Ginis (University of Rhode Island)

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Impact of forcing/coupling on atmospheric and oceanic forecasts

Hervé Giordani (Météo-France)

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Impact of air-sea interaction on extra-tropical cyclones

Ola Persson (NOAA/ETL)

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Impact of sea-ice

Ruediger Gerdes (A Wegener Institute)

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Impact of air-sea interaction on tropical/extratropical transition of tropical cyclones

Sarah Jones (University of Karlsruhe)

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Impact/Modelling: Extended range  

Air-sea interaction in seasonal forecasts: some outstanding issues

Magdalena Balmaseda (ECMWF)

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Coupling issues in monthly forecasting

Frederic Vitart (ECMWF)

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Coupled simulations of the Indian monsoon intraseasonal oscillation using a fine-resolution mixed-layer ocean

Nicholas Klingaman (University of Reading)

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On a revised ocean-atmosphere physical coupling interface and about technical coupling software

Sophie Valcke (CERFACS)

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Proceedings

Air-sea interaction in seasonal forecasts: some outstanding issues

M A Balmaseda

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Surface wave processes in air-sea interaction

S E Belcher

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Observations and modeling of SST influence on surface winds

D B Chelton

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Air-sea processes in the Indian Ocean and the intraseasonal oscillation

J P Duvel

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Review of air-sea transfer processes

J B Edson

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Impact of sea-ice

R Gerdes

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Atmosphere-ocean coupling on tropical cyclones

I Ginis

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Impact of forcing/coupling on atmospheric and oceanic forecasts

H Giordani

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The relevance of ocean surface current in the ECMWF analysis and forecast system

H Hersbach

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Air-sea interaction through waves

P A E M Janssen

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The impact of air-sea interaction on the extratropical transition of tropical cyclones

S Jones

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Coupled simulations of the Indian monsoon intraseasonal oscillation using a fine-resolution mixed-layer ocean model

N P Klingaman

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Capabilities of ocean mixed layer models

W G Large

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Impact of air-sea interactions on extra-tropical cyclones

P O Persson

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Effects of transfer processes on the marine atmospheric boundary layer

A-S Smedman

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On a revised ocean-atmosphere physical coupling interface and about technical coupling software

S Valcke

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Coupling issues in monthly forecasting

F Vitart

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Cross-scale air sea interaction in the tropics related to the MJO

C Zhang

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