An evaluation of new satellite-derived latent and sensible heat fluxes with moored buoy data, OAFlux and NCEP2 reanalysis products

ZHANG Lei; SHI Hanqing

doi:10.1007/s13131-017-1108-x

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ZHANG Lei, SHI Hanqing. An evaluation of new satellite-derived latent and sensible heat fluxes with moored buoy data, OAFlux and NCEP2 reanalysis products[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2017, 36(9): 27-38. doi: 10.1007/s13131-017-1108-x

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ZHANG Lei, SHI Hanqing. An evaluation of new satellite-derived latent and sensible heat fluxes with moored buoy data, OAFlux and NCEP2 reanalysis products[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2017, 36(9): 27-38. doi: 10.1007/s13131-017-1108-x

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An evaluation of new satellite-derived latent and sensible heat fluxes with moored buoy data, OAFlux and NCEP2 reanalysis products

doi: 10.1007/s13131-017-1108-x

Institute of Meteorology and Oceanography, National University of Defense Technology, Nanjing 211101, China

Received Date: 2016-03-17

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New satellite-derived latent and sensible heat fluxes are performed by using WindSat wind speed, WindSat sea surface temperature, the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasting (ECMWF) air humidity, and ECMWF air temperature from 2004 to 2014. The 55 moored buoys are used to validate them by using the 30 min and 25 km collocation window. Furthermore, the objectively analyzed air-sea heat fluxes (OAFlux) products and the National Centers for Environmental Prediction-National Center for Atmospheric Research reanalysis 2 (NCEP2) products are also used for global comparisons. The mean biases of sensible and latent heat fluxes between WindSat flux results and buoy flux data are -0.39 and -8.09 W/m², respectively. In addition, the root-mean-square (RMS) errors of the sensible and latent heat fluxes between them are 5.53 and 24.69 W/m², respectively. The RMS errors of sensible and latent heat fluxes are observed to gradually increase with an increasing buoy wind speed. The difference shows different characteristics with an increasing sea surface temperature, air humidity, and air temperature. The zonal average latent fluxes have some high regions which are mainly located in the trade wind zones where strong winds carry dry air in January, and the maximum value centers are found in the eastern waters of Japan and on the US east coast. Overall, the seasonal variability is pronounced in the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, and the Atlantic Ocean. The three sensible and latent heat fluxes have similar latitudinal dependencies; however, some differences are found in some local regions.
- latent and sensible heat fluxes,
- WindSat,
- ECMWF reanalysis data,
- OAFlux

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