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Determination of temperature and humidity of air, wind speed, and sensible and latent heat fluxes on the ocean surface according to the satellite data

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Formulas for the evaluation of temperature and humidity of air, wind speed, and sensible and latent heat fluxes on the ocean surface according to the satellite data on the sea-surface temperature and cloudiness are deduced on the basis of the analysis of many-year radiosonde, meteorological, shipborne, and satellite data. The proposed formulas can also be used for the interpretation of the results of remote sensing of the ocean and atmosphere by radiometers in the visible, infrared, and microwave regions. The transformations of radiation and sensible and latent heat fluxes are described depending on the sea-surface temperature for various cloudiness conditions. The computed values of the amount of water in the atmosphere agree with the radiosonde data obtained throughout the Earth, including the data of research vessels and stationary weather ships, as well as the data obtained in the ATEP test ranges and in the Arctic.

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Translated from Morskoi Gidrofizicheskii Zhurnal, No. 2, pp. 56–70, March–April, 2007.

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Timofeev, N.A., Yurovskii, A.V. Determination of temperature and humidity of air, wind speed, and sensible and latent heat fluxes on the ocean surface according to the satellite data. Phys Oceanogr 17, 113–127 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11110-007-0010-z

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