Open AccessInfluence of thermal state of warm pool in western Pacific on sensible heat flux
Author(s) -
Zhou LianTong
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
atmospheric science letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.951
H-Index - 45
ISSN - 1530-261X
DOI - 10.1002/asl2.422
Subject(s) - sensible heat , climatology , environmental science , flux (metallurgy) , heat flux , sea surface temperature , air temperature , oceanography , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , geography , heat transfer , geology , materials science , physics , metallurgy , thermodynamics
The present study investigates the influence of July to October thermal state of warm pool in the western Pacific on surface sensible heat flux by using observing system experiments with European Centre for Medium‐Range Weather Forecasts ( ECWMF ) operational ocean analysis ( ORA‐S3 ) for the period 1959–2009, and multidecade global flux datasets from the Objectively Analyzed Air‐sea Fluxes ( OAFlux ) Project for the period 1958–2009. It is found that the positive (negative) sensible heat flux anomalies over the western Pacific are associated with the warm (cold) state in the warm pool, which are attributed to the air–sea temperature difference anomalies over the western Pacific. Copyright © 2013 Royal Meteorological Society