[OSM26] Energy Transfers in Mesoscale and Submesoscale Turbulence: Towards energetically consistent theories and ocean models

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Aug 4, 2025, 5:01:49 PMAug 4

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Dear colleagues and friends,

we are happy to announce and invite you to our session

Energy Transfers in Mesoscale and Submesoscale Turbulence: Towards energetically consistent theories and ocean models
https://agu.confex.com/agu/osm26/prelim.cgi/Session/255115

at the Ocean Sciences Meeting 22.-27. Feb 2026 in Glasgow. Please see the abstract below for more details.

Deadline for your abstract submissions is Wednesday, 20 August at 23:59 EDT/03:59 UTC.

Feel free to contact us for any questions. Looking forward to meet you in Glasgow, your session organizers

Nils Brueggemann, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
Evridiki Chrysagi, University of Hamburg
Stephan Juricke, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Knut Klingbeil, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemuende (IOW)
Ekaterina Bagaeva, Alfred Wegener Institute Bremerhaven (AWI)

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Abstract

This session explores energy transfer processes associated with mesoscale and submesoscale ocean dynamics. Mesoscale and submesoscale eddies play a critical role in the transport of heat and tracers, as well as in shaping ocean stratification. Despite advances in computational capabilities, the parameterization of key energy transfers associated with these dynamics remains essential for global and regional ocean modeling. For the development of accurate and physically consistent parameterizations, a thorough understanding of these energy pathways is fundamental. We invite contributions that investigate energy transfers within the mesoscale and submesoscale turbulent regimes and their interactions with internal waves and small-scale mixing. This includes studies based on numerical simulations, observational analyses, and theoretical approaches. We particularly encourage submissions that assess the accuracy and consequences of energy transfer representations in current ocean models, whether through explicitly resolved processes or parameterizations, through spurious numerical effects, or through novel computational methods. Contributions that propose or evaluate methods to improve the consistency and realism of energy transfers in future ocean model configurations by novel theories are also highly welcome. We particularly encourage early-career researchers to participate in this session.

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For those of you more interested into model development please also see session DO010:
Numerical and Computational Challenges in the Development of Ocean Models and their Coupling to Earth System Components
https://agu.confex.com/agu/osm26/prelim.cgi/Session/256420