WHOI PO

The air-sea interface iscomplex and rich with processes spanning a wide range of scales, fromthousands of kilometers down to millimeters and from decades toseconds. Despite occupying a relatively small volume, the air-seainterface plays a disproportionately large role in determining the weatherand climate of our planet. Wind forcing at the air-sea interface is theprimary driver of global ocean circulation. Given its multiscale nature,quantifying wind forcing at different scales is essential for understanding andaccurately modeling the dynamics and energy balances. In this seminar, Iwill talk about the results of my PhD research, where I used a coarse-grainingmethod to analyze the scales of the wind work on the ocean.