A comparison of two methods for estimating sensible heat flux in oceanic extratropical synoptic-scale systems

Robert Gall; Donald R. Johnson

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v29i3.11350

A comparison of two methods for estimating sensible heat flux in oceanic extratropical synoptic-scale systems

Tellus

Volume 29 (1977): Issue 3

By: Robert Gall and Donald R. Johnson

Open Access

|Jan 1977

Abstract

The advective method for estimating the sensible flux from the ocean to the atmosphere, devised by Bullock & Johnson (1972) for use in data-sparse oceanic regions, is compared with the bulk aerodynamic method. The results from a case study over the North Atlantic indicate that the method of Bullock & Johnson approximates the spatial distribution obtained by the aerodynamic method but underestimates the magnitude of the sensible heat flux.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v29i3.11350 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Language: English

Page range: 222 - 228

Submitted on: Jul 18, 1976

Published on: Jan 1, 1977

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