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Impact of stochastic ocean density corrections on air-sea flux variability

Abstract

Air-sea flux variability has contributions from both ocean and atmosphere at different spatio-temporal scales. Atmospheric synoptic scales and the air-sea turbulent heat flux that they drive are well represented in climate models, but ocean mesoscales and their associated variability are often not well resolved due to non-eddy-resolving spatial resolutions of current climate models. We deploy a physics-based stochastic subgrid-scale parameterization for ocean density, that reinforces the lateral density variations due to oceanic eddies, and examine its effect on air-sea heat flux variability in a comprehensive coupled climate model. The stochastic parameterization substantially modifies sea surface temperature (SST) and latent heat flux (LHF) variability and their co-variability, primarily at scales near the resolution of the ocean model grid. Enhancement in the SST-LHF anomaly covariance, and correlations, indicate that the ocean-intrinsic component of the air-sea heat flux variability is more consistent with high-resolution satellite observations, especially in Gulf Stream region.

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http://n2t.net/ark:/85065/d7sq94dz

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eng

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publication

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2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

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publication

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2023-07-16T00:00:00Z

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OpenSky Support

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UCAR/NCAR - Library

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PO Box 3000

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80307-3000

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opensky@ucar.edu

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http://opensky.ucar.edu/

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