Stephy Libera will give this seminar, organized by the ELI-C department. 

Abstract 

Like the storms in the atmosphere, there are many swirling eddies in the ocean that last from weeks to months, transporting heat and nutrients across regions of strong gradients. 

In the Southern Ocean, mesoscale eddies play a key role, linking the local dynamics to the global overturning circulation, a major pathway of anthropogenic carbon and heat sink. How these eddies behave under the sea ice cover is less well known. 

Using new high-resolution atmosphere-ocean coupled Earth System Models from the Horizon Europe project European Eddy-Rich Earth System Models (EERIE) we explore the world of mesoscale eddies, and how they impact the sea ice and the atmosphere.