Surface Energy Budget of the Tropical Pacific Ocean.

Abstract

The four components of the net surface heating of the tropical pacific Ocean between 40 deg s and 30 deg n have been calculated for each month between January 1957 and December 1976. The 20-year monthly mean of each component were also calculated. These flux estimates were derived by using 'bulk formulae' and about five million marine weather reports. The components are averaged over 5 deg latitude by 5 deg longitude grids. Grids which did not have data in a given month were assigned interpolated values. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 05, 1980
Accession Number
ADA089148

Entities

People

  • Bryan C. Weare
  • Michael D. Samuel

Organizations

  • University of California, Davis

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cloud Cover
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Sets
  • Dew Point
  • Grids
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Flux
  • Humidity
  • Latitude
  • Longitude
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Measurement
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Solar Radiation
  • Statistics
  • Surface Temperature
  • Water Vapor

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Solar Physics