Intercomparison of Air–Sea Interface Fluxes over the Yellow Sea and Korea Strait: Impact of Tsushima Warm Current |
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| Authors: | D Bala Subrahamanyam Radhika Ramachandran S Indira Rani P K Kunhikrishnan B Prasad Kumar |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Space, Government of India, Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Indian Space Research Organization, Thiruvananthapuram, 695 022, Kerala, India;(2) Department of Space, DOS–Branch Secretariat, Government of India, New Delhi, 110003, India;(3) Department of Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture, Indian Institute of Technology–Kharagpur, Kharagpur, 721302, India |
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| Abstract: | Surface-layer meteorological observations obtained from oceanic buoys over the Korean Strait and the Yellow Sea are used to
estimate surface-layer turbulent fluxes of heat, moisture and momentum over the East-Asian Marginal Seas. Special emphasis
is paid towards explanation of the impact of the Tsushima warm current flowing through the Korean Strait on air–sea interface
fluxes. During the active phase of the Tsushima warm current, when the difference in sea surface temperature and air temperature
becomes as large as 8°C, the sensible heat flux increases to a value of about 135 W m−2, while the latent heat flux is around 200 W m−2. The study attempts to broaden our understanding on the air-sea interaction processes over the Yellow Sea and Korean Strait. |
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| Keywords: | Air-sea interface fluxes Atmospheric surface layer Tsushima warm current |
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