Session 10A Extreme Maritime Weather - Met-Ocean Science, Observations, and Services to Enhance Decision Making II

Wednesday, 31 January 2024: 10:45 AM-12:00 PM
Holiday 5 (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Hosts: (Joint between the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; and the 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )
Chair:
Joseph M. Sienkiewicz, Ocean Prediction Center, NOAA/NWS, College Park, MD
Cochairs:
Panelists:
Martha Schonau; Briana Kay Muhlestein and Mark A. Bourassa, Florida State University, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Tallahassee, FL

In 2018, a task force of government experts defined the phrase "extreme maritime weather" as "wind and wave conditions that pose a threat to life and property to all vessels." Such conditions do impact vessels, crews, cargoes, and maritime operations, extreme maritime weather also threatens coastlines and communities as well.

Understanding and predicting extreme maritime conditions requires a broad spectrum of atmospheric and ocean observations including in situ and remotely sensed data. Prediction systems must be able to assimilate such observations and yield forecast parameters at temporal and horizontal resolutions that include the complex interactions between the atmosphere and ocean. The resulting metocean services, whether public or private, must meet the need to ensure informed decision making.

This session is intended to cast a wide net with a common focus on extreme maritime weather events impacting ocean and coastal areas with an earth system perspective of observations, prediction systems, science gaps, services, and impacts. A key goal of this Symposium and session is to enhance a metocean focus within the AMS community with participation from the private, public, academic, and underserved communities.

Papers:
10:45 AM
10A.1
S-41X Further Developments
Thomas Cervone-Richards, NOAA, Riverdale, MD; and J. M. Sienkiewicz

11:00 AM
10A.2
A Lagrangian drifter array for targeted and sustained ocean observations of extreme waves and winds
Martha Schonau, SIO, La Jolla, CA; Scripps Instititue of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA; and T. Paluszkiewicz and L. Centurioni

11:15 AM
Panel Discussion

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