On the heat budget of the Arabian Sea |
| |
| Authors: | P V Hareesh Kumar B Mathew |
| |
| Institution: | (1) Present address: Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory Cochin, 682 021 Cochin, India |
| |
| Abstract: | Summary The rate of oceanic heat storage of the upper 200m of the Arabian Sea is explained in terms of net air-sea heat flux (Q
F), heat change due to horizontal divergence and vertical motion (Q
V) and heat change due to lateral advection (Q
A). The analysis revealed that the heat storage of the Arabian Sea is mainly controlled byQ
V while the effect ofQ
A is much larger than expected. Parameterisation of summer cooling revealed that the depletion of energy from the mixed layer is mainly due to upwelling and horizontal advection though large amount of heat is accumulated due to net air-sea heat flux. The annual heat balance of the upper 200m of the Arabian Sea suggested large heat gain by air-sea exchange processes. About two third of this heat gain is compensated by horizontal advection and one third by vertical advection.With 4 Figures |
| |
| Keywords: | |
| 本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录！ |
