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Heat Transport by the Atmosphere and ocean
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Surface buoyancy forcing
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Global heating at the sea surface….
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Heat Flux from Evaporation (W/m2)
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Total Net Surface Heat Flux (W/m2)
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Surface Temperature and Salinity
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Sea Surface Temperature (SST)
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Seasonal variation in SST
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Sea Surface Salinity
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Evaporation minus Precipitation
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Seasonal variation in SSS….
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Sea Surface Density ( theta)
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Equation of state
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Equation of State for Seawater
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Density has non-linear dependence on T and S
Range in T, S and σ in the ocean
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Vertical structure
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Pressure and Temperature Effects on Density
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Temperature and salinity at 20N 160E and 50N 160E in the Pacific
Temperature and salinity at 20N 160E and 50N 160E in the Pacific. Red line is the potential temperature.
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Temperature, potential temperature, sigma at 20N 160E
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Depth Profiles of Temperature
10 20ºC 63ºS 7ºS
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Temperature in summer and winter at 20N 160E
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Horizontal structure Pacific
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Cross section of Pot. Temp. in Pacific Ocean
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Salinity Cross Section (Pacific Ocean)
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Density ( theta) Cross Section (Pacific Ocean)
Latitude
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Atlantic
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Potential Temperature in Atlantic Ocean
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Salinity Atlantic Ocean
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