A comparison of oceanic skin effect parameterisations using ship borne radiometer data
Kent, Elizabeth C., Forrester, Thomas N. and Taylor, Peter K. (1996) A comparison of oceanic skin effect parameterisations using ship borne radiometer data. Journal of Geophysical Research, 101, (C7), 16649-16666. (doi:10.1029/96JC01054).
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Sea surface temperature data from a shipborne radiometer were used to assess the thermal skin effect parameterization schemes of Saunders [1967], Hasse [1971], Schlüssel et al. [1990], and Soloviev and Schlüssel [1994]. Under low-wind, high-insolation conditions, the presence of a near surface thermocline resulted in an apparent skin effect which depended on the history of the surface heating. Neglecting these cases, the Saunders [1967] and other schemes which omit solar radiation were the most effective. The observed variation with wind speed of the adjustable coefficient, λ s , in the Saunders formulae was similar to that predicted by Soloviev and Schlüssel [1994], but the values were significantly higher, resulting in a greater magnitude of the observed skin effect. For the conditions occurring in this data set the better formulae predicted the skin effect with a standard deviation of ±0.16° C compared to a variation of the observed skin effect of nearly ±0.3°C.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0148-0227 (print) |
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| Keywords: | SST, skin effect, radiometer, ship |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GC Oceanography |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > National Oceanography Centre (NERC) |
| Item ID: | 55823 |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Aug 2008 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 13:54 |
| Contributors: | Kent, Elizabeth C. (Author) Forrester, Thomas N. (Author) Taylor, Peter K. (Author) |
| Date: | 1996 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/55823 |
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