Air-sea heat fluxes in the stratocumulus deck / cold tongue / ITCZ complex of the eastern tropical Pacific Meghan F. Cronin (NOAA PMEL) Chris Fairall (NOAA.

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Air-sea heat fluxes in the stratocumulus deck / cold tongue / ITCZ complex of the eastern tropical Pacific Meghan F. Cronin (NOAA PMEL) Chris Fairall (NOAA ETL) Michael J. McPhaden (NOAA PMEL) Robert Weller (WHOI)

Eastern Pacific Investigation of Climate (EPIC) experiment This study uses ship and buoy data along 95W and at 20S, 85W to evaluate air-sea heat fluxes in the stratus deck / cold tongue / ITCZ complex.

Buoy and ship time series

Latent and sensible heat flux calculations from buoy data Used Fairall et al. (2003) v3.0a bulk flux algorithm. Used hourly-averaged data (fill gaps with telemetered daily-averaged data). Applied warm layer and cool skin corrections to extrapolate 1 m SST to surface (Tskin). Used winds relative to surface currents.

Q 0 = Qsw - Qlw - Qlat - Qsen

Q 0 ~ Qsw - Qlat Qlat and Qsen max over frontal region Qlat near zero over cold tongue and is weakest during warm season. ITCZ cold tongue stratus deck

PBL stabilized over cold tongue and destabilized over frontal region Q 0 ~ Qsw - Qlat Qlat and Qsen max over frontal region Qlat near zero over cold tongue and is weakest during warm season. ITCZ cold tongue stratus deck

Cloud Forcing is reduction or enhancement in surface radiation caused by clouds ITCZ cold tongue stratus deck Q 0 ~ Qsw - Qlat Qlat and Qsen max over frontal region Qlat near zero over cold tongue and is weakest during warm season. Qsw and Qlw modulated by clouds.

Q 0 ’ ~ Qsw - Qlat ~? d(HC)/dt Heat Content ~  Cp h h ~ 30m ITCZ cold tongue stratus deck Q 0 ~ Qsw - Qlat Qlat and Qsen max over frontal region Qlat near zero over cold tongue and is weakest during warm season. Qsw and Qlw modulated by clouds. Ocean processes also important

How do NWP latent heat fluxes compare to buoy? ITCZ cold tongue stratus deck NCEP2 latent heat flux is much stronger than buoy (cold bias) ECMWF is more realistic

What are SST biases associated with NWP latent heat flux “bias”? ITCZ cold tongue stratus deck SST biases are HUGE when integrated over a year. ECMWF has a warm bias in stratus deck region and cold bias in cold tongue / ITCZ complex. NCEP2 has a cold bias everywhere.

Conclusions Stabilized PBL causes low latent heat loss over cold tongue; and destabilized PBL causes maximum latent heat loss over frontal region. Solar radiation, latent heat loss and ocean processes control SST variability in the east Pacific stratus deck / cold tongue / ITCZ complex. ECMWF latent heat loss appears to be more realistic than NCEP2. ECMWF has a warm bias (due to latent heat flux) in stratus deck region and cold bias in cold tongue / ITCZ complex. NCEP2 has a cold bias everywhere. SST biases associated with latent heat biases are HUGE when integrated over a year.