The warming of arctic air masses over the eastern North Atlantic

Abstract Methods are described whereby 28 measurements were made of the rates at which cold air masses crossing the eastern North Atlantic were receiving heat and water vapour from the sea. It is shown that the rate of heat transfer is closely associated with the difference between the sea temperatu...

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Published in:Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
Main Author: Craddock, J. M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1951
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.49707733303
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Summary:Abstract Methods are described whereby 28 measurements were made of the rates at which cold air masses crossing the eastern North Atlantic were receiving heat and water vapour from the sea. It is shown that the rate of heat transfer is closely associated with the difference between the sea temperature and the surface temperature representative of the air mass, and some of the implications of this result are discussed.