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The downward short- and long-wave radiation fluxes at the sea surface (S↓, εL↓) were measured aboard the R/VHakuho Maru, University of Tokyo, for the period of 117 days on six cruises from 1981 to 1985 in the western North Pacific near Japan. The upward fluxes of short- and long-wave radiation (S↓, εL↑) were calculated by Payne's (1972) table and the Stefan-Boltzmann's law, respectively. The sensible and laten heat fluxes (Q h ,Q e ) were also estimated from an aerodynamic bulk method.
From April to August, the daily mean value ofS↓ varied with the amplitude of 100∼200 Wm−2. The value ofS↑ was estimated approximately 6% ofS↓ in all seasons. The difference betweenεL↓ andεL↑ was so small that the net radiation flux (Q n ) was dominated byS↓. In addition, the net heat flux at the sea surface was also dominated byS↓ due to small values ofQ h andQ e , and then the ocean was warmed at the rate of 111 Wm−2 in April and 63 Wm−2 in August in the Oyashio Area, and 132 Wm−2 in May and 164 Wm−2 in June in the Kuroshio Area, respectively.
From September to March, a remarkable negative correlation between the day to day variation ofS↓ and that ofεL↓ was observed except when an intense cold air outbreak occurred. It was found that the correlation was caused by the cloud climatological feature of the western North Pacific in this period.S↓ was not a dominant factor in the net heat flux. The value ofQ h +Q e in the Kuroshio Area ranged from 260 Wm−2 to 630 Wm−2, much larger thanQ n which ranged from −8 Wm−2 to 92 Wm−2 in the leg mean values (each leg period was about 10 days). Then the ocean was cooled at the rate of −160∼−620 Wm−2 during this period. The net heat flux in the Kuroshio Area averaged over five legs from late November to February was −473 Wm−2. This value is 50∼100% larger than the climatological values reported so far.
The temporal and spatial variability of radiation fluxes and heat fluxes during each leg was also discussed.
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Otobe, H. Radiation balance and heat budget at the ocean/atmosphere interface in the western North Pacific. Journal of the Oceanographical Society of Japan 45, 134–153 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02108887
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