48th Liege Colloquium on “Submesoscale Processes: Mechanisms, Implications and New
frontiers”
23-27 мая в г. Льеж (Бельгия) состоится
48th Liege Colloquium on “Submesoscale Processes: Mechanisms,
Implications and New frontiers”
Website: http://modb.oce.ulg.ac.be/colloquium/
This colloquium aims to advance our collective understanding of submesoscale processes, their
mechanistic functioning, relevance, and implications across a range of oceanic disciplines.
Discussions will include observational, modeling and theoretical approaches for elucidating
submesoscale phenomena. From this colloquium, its oral/poster presentations and scientific
interactions, will emerge new cross-cutting themes for future research.
Topics that will be addressed include:
Dynamics of frontal and mixed-layer instabilities (forced and unforced) and their implications.
 Impact of winds, surface forcing and sea ice on the mixed layer and submesoscale
instabilities.
 Surface boundary layer turbulence and submesoscale instabilities, large-eddy simulation
and observations of surface waves, Langmuir circulations. Their implications for airsea coupling.
 Surface signatures of submesoscale dynamics from remotely sensed surface topography,
roughness, and ocean color.
 Mesoscale-submesoscale interactions, energy cascades, impact of submesoscales on
larger/smaller scales
 Physical-biological interactions — implications for biogeochemistry, productivity,
export, ecosystem structure and diversity
 Freshwater in the oceans — implications of submesoscale processes for sea ice, river
plumes and freshwater dispersal
 Coastal submesoscale dynamics — interaction with topography and the bottom boundary
 Wave-front/eddy interactions, interaction of internal waves and submesoscale fronts/
eddies
 Modelling issues related to multi-scale and multi-physics nature of the processes and in
particular model nesting, unstructured grids and development of new discretization
schemes.
Thanks to our sponsors (CNES, ESA, IOC, NASA, ONR, SOCIB) we will be able to provide
travel grants. Early career scientists such as PhD students and early post-docs as well as
scientists from low-income countries are particularly encouraged to apply.
A special issue will be published in Ocean Dynamics with contributions from the authors
participating in this colloquium.
Further details including submission, registration, travel grants, deadlines and venue are
available on the colloquium website http://modb.oce.ulg.ac.be/colloquium/.
We are looking forward to welcoming you in Liege!
Alexander Barth, ULg, Belgium
Amala Mahadevan, WHOI, USA
Ananda Pascual, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Spain
Simon Ruiz, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Spain
Charles Troupin, SOCIB, Spain