Japanese

Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences (A)
Session Sub-categoryOcean Sciences & Ocean Environment (OS)
Session IDA-OS16
Session Title Coastal ocean circulation and material cycle
Short Title Coastal ocean
Date & Time Oral
Session		 PM1-PM2 Mon, 27 MAY
On-site
Poster
Coretime		 PM3 Mon, 27 MAY
Main Convener Name Eiji Masunaga
Affiliation Ibaraki University
Co-Convener 1 Name Mitsuko Hidaka
Affiliation Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Co-Convener 2 Name Anne Takahashi
Affiliation Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
Co-Convener 3 Name Toshimi Nakajima
Affiliation Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
Session Language J
Scope (Session Description) Coastal seas are adjacent area to land with human lives, and anthropogenic stresses have recently altered their environments. Since oceanographic settings and processes are highly diverse in coastal areas, both basic and applied approaches are required. For example, coastal circulation would be controlled by various physical processes such as large-scale ocean circulations (e.g., the Kuroshio current), turbulent mixing, eddies and non-linear internal waves. Shift toward degraded status of coastal ecosystems would be attributed to wide variety of regional environmental issues (e.g., eutrophication, red tide and hypoxia). In addition, effects of global-scale climate change on coastal processes have received a surge of recent attention. Here, we propose an interdisciplinary session on coastal circulation and material cycle.
Presentation Format Oral and Poster
Collaboration Joint with -
Co-sponsoring
Society		 The Oceanographic Society of Japan