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Upper Ocean Thermal Responses to Sea Spray Mediated Turbulent Fluxes during Typhoon Passage
Joint Authors
Zhang, Lianxin
Guan, Changlong
Sun, Chunjian
Gao, Siyu
Yu, Shaomei
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-15, 15 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-08-06
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
15
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
A one-dimensional turbulent model is used to investigate the effect of sea spray mediated turbulent fluxes on upper ocean temperature during the passage of typhoon Yagi over the Kuroshio Extension area in 2006.
Both a macroscopical sea spray momentum flux algorithm and a microphysical heat and moisture flux algorithm are included in this turbulent model.
Numerical results show that the model can well reproduce the upper ocean temperature, which is consistent with the data from the Kuroshio Extension Observatory.
Besides, the sea surface temperature is decreased by about 0.5°C during the typhoon passage, which also agrees with the sea surface temperature dataset derived from Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for the Earth Observing and Reynolds.
Diagnostic analysis indicates that sea spray acts as an additional source of the air-sea turbulent fluxes and plays a key role in increasing the turbulent kinetic energy in the upper ocean, which enhances the temperature diffusion there.
Therefore, sea spray is also an important factor in determining the upper mixed layer depth during the typhoon passage.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Zhang, Lianxin& Guan, Changlong& Sun, Chunjian& Gao, Siyu& Yu, Shaomei. 2015. Upper Ocean Thermal Responses to Sea Spray Mediated Turbulent Fluxes during Typhoon Passage. Advances in Meteorology،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1052813
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Zhang, Lianxin…[et al.]. Upper Ocean Thermal Responses to Sea Spray Mediated Turbulent Fluxes during Typhoon Passage. Advances in Meteorology No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1052813
American Medical Association (AMA)
Zhang, Lianxin& Guan, Changlong& Sun, Chunjian& Gao, Siyu& Yu, Shaomei. Upper Ocean Thermal Responses to Sea Spray Mediated Turbulent Fluxes during Typhoon Passage. Advances in Meteorology. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1052813
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1052813