Correlation between air-sea heat fluxes over the Aegean Sea and the total precipitable water over Europe and North Africa.
The relation between the air-sea heat fluxes in the Aegean Sea and the total precipitable water (TPW) over Europe and North Africa is investigated. An one-point linear correlation between the components of surface heat exchange and TPW is employed. During winter and for the shortwave radiation, a dip...
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ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/58040 2024-02-11T10:08:41+01:00 Correlation between air-sea heat fluxes over the Aegean Sea and the total precipitable water over Europe and North Africa. Papadopoulos, V. P. Bartzokas, Aristides Chronis, T. Ruiz, Simón Zarokanellos, Nikolaos Ferentinos, G. 2011 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/58040 https://doi.org/10.5194/asr-6-63-2011 en eng Copernicus Publications Publisher’s version doi:10.5194/asr-6-63-2011 issn: 1992-0628 Advances in Science and Research 6: 63- 67 (2011) http://hdl.handle.net/10261/58040 open artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 2011 ftcsic https://doi.org/10.5194/asr-6-63-2011 2024-01-16T09:41:32Z The relation between the air-sea heat fluxes in the Aegean Sea and the total precipitable water (TPW) over Europe and North Africa is investigated. An one-point linear correlation between the components of surface heat exchange and TPW is employed. During winter and for the shortwave radiation, a dipole of opposite correlation (see-saw teleconnection), is observed between the northeast Europe and the East Mediterranean Sea. This pattern is inverted for the longwave radiation and especially during the summer is limited to a strong positive south pole. Both spatial correlation patterns underline the influence of cloudiness during the winter season and the specific humidity during summer on the radiative fluxes behavior. Regarding the turbulent air-sea heat flux components – latent and sensible heat – the correlation pattern is enhanced. The winter pattern exhibits positive correlation over Europe with the highest values (r > 0.75) over the Balkan Peninsula. The identified correlation patterns, although they remain dominant, weaken during the summer. The herein findings suggest that the stronger relation between the TPW and the turbulent fluxes is regulated by the wind regime The publication of this article is sponsored by the Swiss Academy of Sciences. Peer Reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper South pole Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) South Pole Advances in Science and Research 6 1 63 67 |
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The relation between the air-sea heat fluxes in the Aegean Sea and the total precipitable water (TPW) over Europe and North Africa is investigated. An one-point linear correlation between the components of surface heat exchange and TPW is employed. During winter and for the shortwave radiation, a dipole of opposite correlation (see-saw teleconnection), is observed between the northeast Europe and the East Mediterranean Sea. This pattern is inverted for the longwave radiation and especially during the summer is limited to a strong positive south pole. Both spatial correlation patterns underline the influence of cloudiness during the winter season and the specific humidity during summer on the radiative fluxes behavior. Regarding the turbulent air-sea heat flux components – latent and sensible heat – the correlation pattern is enhanced. The winter pattern exhibits positive correlation over Europe with the highest values (r > 0.75) over the Balkan Peninsula. The identified correlation patterns, although they remain dominant, weaken during the summer. The herein findings suggest that the stronger relation between the TPW and the turbulent fluxes is regulated by the wind regime The publication of this article is sponsored by the Swiss Academy of Sciences. Peer Reviewed |
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Papadopoulos, V. P. Bartzokas, Aristides Chronis, T. Ruiz, Simón Zarokanellos, Nikolaos Ferentinos, G. Correlation between air-sea heat fluxes over the Aegean Sea and the total precipitable water over Europe and North Africa. |
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Correlation between air-sea heat fluxes over the Aegean Sea and the total precipitable water over Europe and North Africa. |
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Correlation between air-sea heat fluxes over the Aegean Sea and the total precipitable water over Europe and North Africa. |
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Correlation between air-sea heat fluxes over the Aegean Sea and the total precipitable water over Europe and North Africa. |
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Correlation between air-sea heat fluxes over the Aegean Sea and the total precipitable water over Europe and North Africa. |
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Correlation between air-sea heat fluxes over the Aegean Sea and the total precipitable water over Europe and North Africa. |
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