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Fluxes Air-sea Components Fields Bulk
Q
Net Surface Heat Flux
Qas
Air-Sea Heat Flux
QS
Net Solar Radiation
QI
Solar Insolation
α
Solar Albedo
QL
Net Longwave Radiation
QA
Downwelling Longwave
SSTs
Skin SST
Q
∗
E
Latent Heat Flux
Q
∗
H
Sensible Heat FLux
F
Net Surface Freshwater Flux
Fas
Air-Sea Freshwater Flux
P
Total Precipitation
PR
Rainfall
PS
Snowfall
E
∗
Evaporation
R
R
Continental Runoff
τ
Surface Wind Stress
τas
∗
Air-Sea Wind Stress
U
Wind Vector
θ
Potential Air Temperature
q
Air Specific Humidity
Po
Atmospheric Pressure
SST b Bulk SST
SSU
Sea Surface Current
Table 1. Proliferation of air-sea flux fields from the four in the AIR-SEA column.
Component fluxes denoted with an asterisk are parameterized by Bulk Aerodynamic
Formulae in terms of the 7 parameters, including 2 wind components, in the BULK
column. Other flux components are given by the 7 specified fields in the FIELD
column.