Working Group 38: Mesoscale and Submesoscale Processes
  • Acronym: WG 38
  • Parent Committee: POC
  • Term: PICES-2016 – PICES-2021
    Extended at PICES-2018 until PICES-2019
    Extended at PICES-2019 until PICES-2020
    Extended at PICES-2020 until PICES-2021
  • Final Product: Approved at IGC-2023
    Disbanded: IGC-2023
  • Co-Chair: Dr. Annalisa Bracco <abracco@gatech.edu>
    Co-Chair: Dr. Hiromichi Ueno <ueno@fish.hokudai.ac.jp>
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Terms of Reference
  1. Review and document the current understanding of meso-/submeso-scale processes and their impact in the North Pacific.
  2. Summarize the detection, observation and modeling methods of meso-/submeso-scale processes.
  3. Classify meso-/submeso-scale features, and identify their spatio-temporal variations.
  4. Compare the impacts of meso-/submeso-scale processes on heat/material transport and marine ecosystems between areas in the PICES region.
  5. Convene a session or workshop on meso-/submeso-scale processes at PICES Annual Meetings.
  6. Publish a final report summarizing results.
Products
Annual Meetings

Reports

2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017

Session and Workshop Summaries

PICES-2019:
S12, Impacts of meso-/submeso- scale processes on heat/material transport and on marine ecosystems

PICES-2018:
S5, Seasonal to interannual variations of meso-/submeso-scale processes in the North Pacific

PICES-2017:
S9, Meso-/submeso-scale processes and their role in marine ecosystems

PICES-2016:
W8, Mesoscale and submesoscale processes in the North Pacific: History and new challenges

Peer-reviewed Papers
This special issue is approved as WG38 Final Report at ISB/IGC 2023

Ueno et al. (2023) Review of oceanic mesoscale processes in the North Pacific: Physical and biogeochemical impacts.
Progress in Oceanography 212. doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2022.102955

Disclaimer: “All names and claims expressed in this special issue are solely those of the authors and do not represent those of the PICES Organization, nor those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers.”
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