Intercomparison of Air-Sea Interface Fluxes over the Yellow Sea and Korea Strait: Impact of Tsushima Warm Current

Surface-layer meteorological observations obtained from oceanic buoys over the Korean Strait and the Yellow Sea are used to estimate surface-layer turbulent fluxes of heat, moisture and momentum over the East-Asian Marginal Seas. Special emphasis is paid towards explanation of the impact of the Tsus...

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Published in:Boundary-layer meteorology 2008-05, Vol.127 (2), p.333-344
Main Authors: Subrahamanyam, D. Bala, Ramachandran, Radhika, Rani, S. Indira, Kunhikrishnan, P. K, Kumar, B. Prasad
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atmospheric boundary layer
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Atmospheric Sciences
Convection, turbulence, diffusion. Boundary layer structure and dynamics
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
External geophysics
Meteorology
Ocean currents
Ocean-atmosphere interaction
Original Paper
Physics of the oceans
Sea-air exchange processes
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Summary:Surface-layer meteorological observations obtained from oceanic buoys over the Korean Strait and the Yellow Sea are used to estimate surface-layer turbulent fluxes of heat, moisture and momentum over the East-Asian Marginal Seas. Special emphasis is paid towards explanation of the impact of the Tsushima warm current flowing through the Korean Strait on air-sea interface fluxes. During the active phase of the Tsushima warm current, when the difference in sea surface temperature and air temperature becomes as large as 8°C, the sensible heat flux increases to a value of about 135 W m⁻², while the latent heat flux is around 200 W m⁻². The study attempts to broaden our understanding on the air-sea interaction processes over the Yellow Sea and Korean Strait.
ISSN:0006-8314
1573-1472
DOI:10.1007/s10546-007-9248-8