ABOUT ARTICLES INITIATED BY THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM “MESOSCALE AND SUBMESOSCALE PROCESSES IN THE HYDROSPHERE AND ATMOSPHERE” (MSP-2018)

Abstract

This issue of the Journal of Oceanological Research contains mainly articles previously presented in the form of reports at the International Symposium “Mesoscale and Submesoscale Processes in the Hydrosphere and Atmosphere” (MSP-2018), dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the outstanding scientist, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, professor K.N. Fedorov. The symposium was held at the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology from October 30 to November 2, 2018. The main objectives of the symposium were to attract the attention of mature and young researchers to the study of mesoscale and submesoscale processes in the hydrosphere and atmosphere of the Earth, and to give a new incentive to study this important area of knowledge. The participants of the symposium (about 260 people) presented 120 reports in various areas of modern oceanological research, see the article (Zatsepin, Ginzburg et al., 2018) and (Proceedings..., 2018). Even before the symposium, its Program and Scientific Committees decided to publish selected articles of its participants in a special issue of the Journal of Oceanological Research. A corresponding announcement was made, to which many of the participants in MSP-2018 symposium responded with the presentation of their articles. These articles form the basis of the contents of this issue of the Journal. It contains 20 scientific articles written by the participants of the symposium, covering the results of studies of various phenomena and processes, such as: the general circulation of water in the ocean and its mechanisms, eddies, jets and fronts in the oceans and seas, thermohaline structure and its variability, small-scale interaction of the ocean and atmosphere, bottom and intermediate layers, etc. These processes and phenomena were studied in various basins using traditional and new methods of field research, satellite information, laboratory, numerical and theoretical modeling. New results have been obtained that clarify existing ideas about the dynamics and hydrological structure of the ocean and seas, about the processes of interaction between the ocean and the atmosphere. The editors of this issue of the Journal of Oceanological Research express the hope that the articles contained in it will attract the attention of a wide range of readers.