Evaporation From the Southern Ocean Estimatedon the Basis of AIRS Satellite Data ...

• Main Authors: Boisvert, Linette, Vihma, Timo, Shie, Chung‐Lin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2019
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Ross Sea; Merra; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.13016/m2xso5-sq8f; http://mdsoar.org/handle/11603/17227

Evaporation plays an important role in the global water and energy cycles and, hence, in climate change. Evaporation over the Southern Ocean, where the Antarctic sea ice coverage has a large annual cycle, is poorly quantified. In this study, daily evaporation is estimated for the Southern Ocean with...