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Estimates of net heat fluxes over the Atlantic Ocean.

Pinker, R. T., Bentamy, A., Katsaros, K. B., Ma, Y., Li, C.·2014·Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
DOI 10.1002/2013jc009386
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Many studies have been undertaken to evaluate turbulent heat fluxes at the ocean‐atmosphere interface; less was done on the total net heat flux. We will compare heat budgets at the ocean‐atmosphere interface as derived from satellites and from blended products, compare them to in situ observations, identify the location of largest differences, and attempt to explain reasons for these differences. The results over the Atlantic Sector (50°S–50°N) for a 3 year period show that differences in the turbulent fluxes among two widely used approaches are overshadowed by differences in the radiative fluxes. While the maximum difference in sensible and latent heat fluxes can be about 30 W/m2, the mean values for latent heat fluxes are −2.27 W/m2 for January and 5.40 W/m2 for July. For sensible heat, they are 2.82 W/m2 for January and 5.64 W/m2 for July. We show that the maximum difference in net radiative fluxes can be as high as 55 W/m2, for January, the mean difference in net SW is 6.31 W/m2 and in net LW it is 12.14 W/m2. For July, the respective differences are −9.99 W/m2 for the SW and 14.31 W/m2 for the LW. Relationships between the fluxes and satellite derived surface wind speed, total precipitable water, and cloud cover provide insight on the dominant processes that control the net heat flux. This study is intended to present an estimate of uncertainties that still exist in the net heat flux at the ocean‐atmosphere interface.

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  • Estimation of surface heat fluxes contains uncertainty that hampers the ability to accurately quantify air-sea thermodynamic interactions and heat budgets in the tropical Atlantic.

    “The estimation contains uncertainty, which hampers our ability to accurately quantify air-sea thermodynamic interactions and heat budgets in the tropical Atlantic (Frankignoul and Kestenare, 2005;Pinker et al., 2014;Bentamy et al., 2017).”

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Authors
Pinker, R. T., Bentamy, A., Katsaros, K. B., Ma, Y., & Li, C.
Affiliations
  • University of Maryland, College Park (US)
  • Ifremer (FR)
  • University of Miami (US)
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Publisher
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Published
2014-01
Volume
119
Issue
1
Pages
410-427
ISSN
  • 2169-9275 (ISSN-L)
  • 2169-9291
DOI
10.1002/2013jc009386
OpenAlex
W2101597851
Cited by
41
References
55
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FWCI
0.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 20 d)
Locations
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans (publishedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
  • Institutional Archive of Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation (0631685, 0631792)
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NNX13AC12G, NNX08AN40A)
  • University of Miami
  • Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer
  • Indian Space Research Organisation
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Langley Research Center
  • Science Mission Directorate
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate variability and models
Keywords
net heat flux, ocean-atmosphere interface, turbulent heat flux, sensible heat flux, latent heat flux, net radiation, shortwave radiation, longwave radiation, in situ observation, Atlantic Ocean, surface wind speed, precipitable water vapor, cloud cover, flux uncertainty

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