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.”
PICES Members as of January 2022
Dr. Tetjana Ross
Institute of Ocean Sciences
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
P.O. Box 6000
Sidney, BC
Canada V8L 4B2
tetjana.ross@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Dr. Daisuke Hasegawa
Transition Zone and Coastal Area Research Group
Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency (FRA)
3-27-5 Shinhama-cho
Shiogama, Miyagi
Japan 985-0001
daisukeh@affrc.go.jp

Dr. Sachihiko Itoh
Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute
The University of Tokyo
5-1-5 Kashiwanoha
Kashiwa, Chiba
Japan 277-8564
itohsach@aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Dr. Yoshikazu Sasai
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
3173-25 Showa-machi, Kanazawa-ku
Yokohama, Japan 236-0001
ysasai@jamstec.go.jp

Dr. Hiromichi Ueno
WG-38 Co-Chair
Faculty of Fisheries Sciences
Hokkaido University
3-1-1 Minato-cho
Hakodate, Hokkaido
Japan 041-8611
ueno@fish.hokudai.ac.jp

Prof. Xiaopei Lin
College of Physical and Environmental Oceanography
Ocean University of China
238 Songling Rd., Laoshan District
Qingdao, Shandong
PR China 266100
linxiaop@ouc.edu.cn

Dr. Bin Xiao
First Institute of Oceanography, MNR
6 Xianxialing Rd., Hi-Tech Park, LaoShan District
Qingdao, Shandong
PR China 266061
xiaobin@fio.org.cn

Dr. Dongfeng Xu
Second Institute of Oceanography, MNR
36 Baochubei Rd.
Hangzhou, Zhejiang
PR China 310012
xudongfengsio@sio.org.cn

Dr. Yisen Zhong
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
1954 Huashan Rd.
Shanghai, People's Republic of China 200000
yisen.zhong@sjtu.edu.cn

Prof. Sung Yong Kim
Environmental Fluid Mechanics Laboratory (EFML)
Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST
291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu
Daejeon, R Korea 34141
syongkim@kaist.ac.kr

Dr. Young-Gyu Park
Physical Oceanography Division
Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST)
787 Haean-ro
Ansan, R Korea 15627
ypark@kiost.ac.kr

Dr. Maxim V. Budyansky
Laboratory of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems
V.I. Il'ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute (POI), FEB RAS
43 Baltiyskaya St.
Vladivostok, Primorsky Kray
Russia 690041
plaztic@poi.dvo.ru

Prof. Sergey Prants
Department of the Ocean and Atmosphere Physics
V.I. Il´ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute (POI), FEB RAS
43 Baltiyskaya St.
Vladivostok, Russia 690041
prants@poi.dvo.ru

Dr. Olga O. Trusenkova
Laboratory of Physical Oceanography
V.I. Il'ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute (POI), FEB RAS
43 Baltiyskaya St.
Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai
Russia 690041
trolia@poi.dvo.ru

Dr. Elena I. Ustinova
Laboratory of Fisheries Oceanography
Pacific branch of Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (TINRO)
4 Shevchenko Alley
Vladivostok, Primorsky Kray
Russia 690091
elena.ustinova@tinro-center.ru

Dr. Annalisa Bracco
WG-38 Co-Chair
Program Ocean Science & Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
311 Ferst Dr.
Atlanta, GA
U.S.A. 30332-0340
abracco@gatech.edu

Dr. Carol Ladd
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA
U.S.A. 98115
Carol.Ladd@noaa.gov

Dr. Irina Rypina
Physical Oceanography Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
266 Woods Hole rd, MS#21
Woods Hole, MA
U.S.A. 02543
irypina@whoi.edu