2nd Oslo Workshop on Air-Sea Interaction

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Solicited speakers

• Fabrice Ardhuin, French Navy Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service, Brest, France
• Jean Bidlot, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, UK
• Tihomir Hristov, Johns Hopkins University, USA
• Joachim Reuder, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
• Ulf Högström, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden
• Jim B. Edson, University of Connecticut, USA

Organising Committee

• Øyvind Saetra, The Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
• Alvaro Semedo, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden
• Jan Erik Weber, University of Oslo, Oslo Norway
• Gøran Brostrøm, The Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
• Kai Håkon Christensen, The Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway

  

 Increased knowledge are needed

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The fluxes of momentum, heat, moisture, and gases between the atmosphere and the ocean
are governed by very complex processes in the lower atmosphere and the upper ocean.

For instance, wave growth and wave dissipation are key ingredients for the transfer of momentum from atmospheric wind to ocean currents. The formulation of the waves in the exchange between the atmosphere and the ocean is not very precise in most frameworks, and the theoretical knowledge gained over a number of years is still not used for
atmospheric and oceanic forecasting.

We argue that increased knowledge of the air-sea exchanges, where experimental and theoretical studies work hand-in-hand, are needed for making progress on the forecasting on short and longer time scales, as well as for understanding the dynamics of the coupled systems.

Vitalize the scientific work

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The aim of the workshop is to vitalize the scientific work by bringing scientists with different focus together for an informal meeting on air-sea exchange dynamics: the meeting will have a focus on the role of waves for the exchange between the atmosphere and the ocean.

However, we also aim at a broader range of topics within
air-sea interactions and their role in the coupled atmosphere-ocean system to be able to lift the focus into a more general context. Work on applying recent progress of air-sea exchange into forecasting or climate dynamics (on short local scale as well as on longer climatic scales) are most welcome.