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Satellite estimates of ocean-air heat fluxes during cold air outbreaksA method for estimating the heat and moisture fluxes of coastal waters using the cloud free path, the sea surface temperature, and the saturation water vapor mixing ratio is presented. Generalized nomograms for the surface sensible and latent heat fluxes are developed using the Stage and Businger (1981) mixed-layer model. The fluxes are found to be slightly dependent on wind speed. The results are found to be applicable to any path within the cloud-free region, with heat fluxes obtainable by multiplication of the mean heating by the mean wind speed in the boundary layer. Higher stability causes lowered heating. It is shown that the latent heat flux is linear. Applications of the method to lake-effect snowstorms and for verification of boundary-layer models are indicated.
Document ID
19830031841
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Chou, S.-H.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Atlas, D.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Atmospheric Sciences, Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 1982
Publication Information
Publication: Monthly Weather Review
Volume: 110
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
83A13059
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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