A study of oceanic surface heat fluxes in the Greenland, Norwegian, and Barents Seas

This study examines oceanic surface heat fluxes in the Norwegian, Greenland, and Barents seas using the gridded Navy Fleet Numerical Oceanography Central surface analysis and the First GARP Global Experiment (FGGE) IIc cloudiness data bases. Monthly and annual means of net and turbulent heat fluxes...

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Main Authors: Hakkinen, Sirpa, Cavalieri, Donald J.
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Published: 1989
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Online Access:http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19890052278
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author Hakkinen, Sirpa
Cavalieri, Donald J.
author_facet Hakkinen, Sirpa
Cavalieri, Donald J.
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description This study examines oceanic surface heat fluxes in the Norwegian, Greenland, and Barents seas using the gridded Navy Fleet Numerical Oceanography Central surface analysis and the First GARP Global Experiment (FGGE) IIc cloudiness data bases. Monthly and annual means of net and turbulent heat fluxes are computed for the FGGE year 1979. The FGGE IIb data base consisting of individual observations provides particularly good data coverage in this region for a comparison with the gridded Navy winds and air temperatures. The standard errors of estimate between the Navy and FGGE IIb winds and air temperatures are 3.6 m/s and 2.5 C, respectively. The computations for the latent and sensible heat fluxes are based on bulk formulas with the same constant heat exchange coefficient of 0.0015. The results show extremely strong wintertime heat fluxes in the northern Greenland Sea and especially in the Barents Sea in contrast to previous studies.
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spelling ftnasantrs:oai:casi.ntrs.nasa.gov:19890052278 2025-01-16T21:11:51+00:00 A study of oceanic surface heat fluxes in the Greenland, Norwegian, and Barents Seas Hakkinen, Sirpa Cavalieri, Donald J. Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available May 15, 1989 http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19890052278 unknown http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19890052278 Accession ID: 89A39649 Copyright Other Sources 48 Journal of Geophysical Research; 94; 6145-615 1989 ftnasantrs 2012-02-15T18:03:37Z This study examines oceanic surface heat fluxes in the Norwegian, Greenland, and Barents seas using the gridded Navy Fleet Numerical Oceanography Central surface analysis and the First GARP Global Experiment (FGGE) IIc cloudiness data bases. Monthly and annual means of net and turbulent heat fluxes are computed for the FGGE year 1979. The FGGE IIb data base consisting of individual observations provides particularly good data coverage in this region for a comparison with the gridded Navy winds and air temperatures. The standard errors of estimate between the Navy and FGGE IIb winds and air temperatures are 3.6 m/s and 2.5 C, respectively. The computations for the latent and sensible heat fluxes are based on bulk formulas with the same constant heat exchange coefficient of 0.0015. The results show extremely strong wintertime heat fluxes in the northern Greenland Sea and especially in the Barents Sea in contrast to previous studies. Other/Unknown Material Barents Sea Greenland Greenland Sea NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Barents Sea Greenland
spellingShingle 48
Hakkinen, Sirpa
Cavalieri, Donald J.
A study of oceanic surface heat fluxes in the Greenland, Norwegian, and Barents Seas
title A study of oceanic surface heat fluxes in the Greenland, Norwegian, and Barents Seas
title_full A study of oceanic surface heat fluxes in the Greenland, Norwegian, and Barents Seas
title_fullStr A study of oceanic surface heat fluxes in the Greenland, Norwegian, and Barents Seas
title_full_unstemmed A study of oceanic surface heat fluxes in the Greenland, Norwegian, and Barents Seas
title_short A study of oceanic surface heat fluxes in the Greenland, Norwegian, and Barents Seas
title_sort study of oceanic surface heat fluxes in the greenland, norwegian, and barents seas
topic 48
topic_facet 48
url http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19890052278