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Reviews in Physical Oceanography

A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Oceanography".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 April 2023) | Viewed by 5902

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Dr. Jean-Louis Pinault

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Independent Scholar, 96, Rue du Port David, 45370 Dry, France
Interests: climate variability; physical oceanography; ENSO; ocean-atmosphere interactions
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Prof. Dr. Georgios Sylaios

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Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, 67100 Xanthi, Greece
Interests: water quality; oceanography; effluent quality; environmental stressors
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In the last few decades, prodigious efforts have been made in the field of physical oceanology to better understand and quantify phenomena as varied as ocean currents and their climatic impact, or sediment transport and estuarine oceanography, or even computational fluid dynamics. Research toward these goals is still gaining momentum, and there are still many challenges ahead of the scientific community. A key issue is the deepening of our knowledge of the functioning of the climate system, which covers ocean/atmosphere interactions with the highlighting of positive and negative feedbacks resulting from both the evolution of ocean currents and moist adiabat and water vapor in the atmosphere, keys to the climate response to anthropogenic forcing. Another outstanding issue focuses on coastal and estuarine oceanography with sediment transport, pollutant dispersion, as well as the evolution of beach morphodynamics. We envision manuscripts reviewing coastal oceanography, ocean/atmosphere dynamics and climate, wave dynamics, computational fluid dynamics, and online sensors. Reviews in emerging fields such as marine big data analysis, artificial intelligence in marine science, underwater wireless communication of sensor networks, impact of ocean Rossby waves on the climate, enlightening large-scale physical processes and interactions are also welcomed. This excludes engineering benefits but includes cutting-edge developments and new concepts in the fields of physical oceanography.

Dr. Jean-Louis Pinault
Prof. Dr. Georgios Sylaios
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Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • beach morphodynamics
  • tropical ocean dynamics
  • subtropical gyres and Rossby waves
  • oceanic heat flux
  • marine heat waves
  • tropical and subtropical cyclones
  • anthropogenic forcing
  • ENSO
  • sea and coastal hazards
  • predictability of atmospheric and oceanic interactions
  • data processing, analysis, and assimilation
  • ocean sensors

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Modes of Operation and Forcing in Oil Spill Modeling: State-of-Art, Deficiencies and Challenges
by Panagiota Keramea, Nikolaos Kokkos, George Zodiatis and Georgios Sylaios
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2023, 11(6), 1165; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11061165 - 1 Jun 2023
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Oil spills may have devastating effects on marine ecosystems, public health, the economy, and coastal communities. As a consequence, scientific literature contains various up-to-date, advanced oil spill predictive models, capable of simulating the trajectory and evolution of an oil slick generated by the [...] Read more.
Oil spills may have devastating effects on marine ecosystems, public health, the economy, and coastal communities. As a consequence, scientific literature contains various up-to-date, advanced oil spill predictive models, capable of simulating the trajectory and evolution of an oil slick generated by the accidental release from ships, hydrocarbon production, or other activities. To predict in near real time oil spill transport and fate with increased reliability, these models are usually coupled operationally to synoptic meteorological, hydrodynamic, and wave models. The present study reviews the available different met-ocean forcings that have been used in oil-spill modeling, simulating hypothetical or real oil spill scenarios, worldwide. Seven state-of-the-art oil-spill models are critically examined in terms of the met-ocean data used as forcing inputs in the simulation of twenty-three case studies. The results illustrate that most oil spill models are coupled to different resolution, forecasting meteorological and hydrodynamic models, posing, however, limited consideration in the forecasted wave field (expressed as the significant wave height, the wave period, and the Stokes drift) that may affect oil transport, especially at the coastal areas. Moreover, the majority of oil spill models lack any linkage to the background biogeochemical conditions; hence, limited consideration is given to processes such as oil biodegradation, photo-oxidation, and sedimentation. Future advancements in oil-spill modeling should be directed towards the full operational coupling with high-resolution atmospheric, hydrodynamic, wave, and biogeochemical models, improving our understanding of the relative impact of each physical and oil weathering process. Full article
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A Review of the Role of the Oceanic Rossby Waves in Climate Variability
by Jean-Louis Pinault
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2022, 10(4), 493; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10040493 - 2 Apr 2022
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In this paper, the role of oceanic Rossby waves in climate variability is reviewed, as well as their dynamics in tropical oceans and at mid-latitudes. For tropical oceans, both the interactions between equatorial Rossby and Kelvin waves, and off-equatorial Rossby waves are privileged. [...] Read more.
In this paper, the role of oceanic Rossby waves in climate variability is reviewed, as well as their dynamics in tropical oceans and at mid-latitudes. For tropical oceans, both the interactions between equatorial Rossby and Kelvin waves, and off-equatorial Rossby waves are privileged. The difference in the size of the basins induces disparities both in the forcing modes and in the dynamics of the tropical waves, which form a single quasi-stationary wave system. For Rossby waves at mid-latitudes, a wide range of periods is considered, varying from a few days to several million years when very-long-period Rossby waves winding around the subtropical gyres are hypothesized. This review focuses on the resonant forcing of Rossby waves that seems ubiquitous: the quasi-geostrophic adjustment of the oceans favors natural periods close to the forcing period, while those far from it are damped because of friction. Prospective work concentrates on the resonant forcing of dynamical systems in subharmonic modes. According to this new concept, the development of ENSO depends on its date of occurrence. Opportunities arise to shed new light on open issues such as the Middle Pleistocene transition. Full article
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