Abstract Mesoscale eddies dominate energetics of the ocean, modify mass, heat and freshwater transport primary production in upper ocean. However, forecast skill horizon for ocean mesoscales current operational models is shorter than 10 days: eddy-resolving models, with horizontal resolution finer km mid-latitudes, represent mesoscale dynamics, but initial conditions are hard to constrain avail...

ACS Symposium Series Book: Interfacial Properties on the Submicron Scale; eds.: J. Frommer, R. Overney; Series 781 (in press 2000) 1 This chapter discusses the problematic nature of interfacial sciences when constrained to the mesoscale. Interfacial sciences are trapped between the atomistic and the threedimensional bulk regimes – the mesoscale. We experience a breakdown of phenomenological des...

The goal of this project is to develop a fully coupled mesoscale atmosphere-ocean prediction system that can be used over any given area of the world. This goal is to be accomplished by coupling a fullphysics mesoscale ocean model to a mesoscale atmospheric forecast model; developing, testing, and evaluating software for the necessary supporting infrastructure; and by leveraging related program...

Although it is well established that the large-scale wind drives much of the world's ocean circulation, the contribution of the wind energy input at mesoscales (10-200 km) remains poorly known. Here we use regional simulations with a coupled high-resolution atmosphere-ocean model of the South Atlantic, to show that mesoscale ocean features and, in particular, eddies can be energized by their th...