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Change in surface latent heat flux over the tropical Pacific
REN Baohua *,LI Gen
School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026
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Funding: Ph.D. Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education of China （No.No. 20093402110004）
Opened online:28 December 2010
Accepted by: none
Citation: REN Baohua,LI Gen.Change in surface latent heat flux over the tropical Pacific[OL]. [28 December 2010] http://en.paper.edu.cn/en_releasepaper/content/4399953
 
 
Using the Objectively Analyzed air-sea Fluxes (OAFlux) data, we have revisited the causes of the tropical Pacific surface latent heat flux (LHF) trend during 1977-2006. It is suggested that the LHF presents a statistically significant positive trend and its pattern is related to both the ocean warming and the surface wind strengthening. The ocean warming is the direct cause of the LHF trend, while the surface wind strengthening, due to its contribution to the sea surface temperature (SST) trend pattern, is the indirect cause of the LHF trend.
Keywords:latent heat flux;sea surface temperature;surface wind speed
 
 
 

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