Wind is the main energy source for the generation of the internal waves and the ocean mixing. Wunsch[1] estimated that about 1 TW (1 TW = 1012 W) energy was transported into the ocean from the winds by us-ing the altimeter data. Watanabe et al.[2] numerically calculated that the mixing processes obtained 0.7 TW energy from the global wind, which afforded most of the energy needed by the maintenance of the Merid-ional Overturning Circulation (MOC). During the past 50 years, in the Norther… 相似文献
Accurate sea surface flux measurements are crucial for
understanding the global water and energy cycles. The oceanic
evaporation, which is a major component of the global oceanic fresh
water flux, is useful for predicting oceanic circulation and
transport. The global Goddard Satellite-based Surface Turbulent
Fluxes Version-2 (GSSTF2; July 1987--December 2000) dateset that was
officially released in 2001 has been widely used by scientific
community for global energy and water cycle research, and regional
and short period data analyses. We have recently been funded by NASA
to resume processing the GSSTF dataset with an objective of
continually producing a uniform dataset of sea surface turbulent
fluxes, derived from remote sensing data. The dataset is to be
reprocessed and brought up-to-date (GSSTF2b) using improved input
datasets such as a recently upgraded NCEP/DOE sea surface
temperature reanalysis, and an upgraded surface wind and microwave
brightness temperature V6 dataset (Version 6) from the Special
Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) produced by Remote Sensing Systems
(RSS). A second new product (GSSTF3) is further proposed with a
finer temporal (12-h) and spatial (0.25ox0.25o)
resolution. GSSTF2b (July 1987--December 2008) and GSSTF3 (July
1999--December 2009) will be released for the research community to
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