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The deviation of the sea surface temperature from the water temperature below is calculated as a function of the heat flow through the air-sea interface, using wind tunnel determinations of the effective thermal diffusivity in a boundary layer. The influence ofQ, shortwave radiation, andH, latent and sensible heat transfer plus effective back radiation, and U, wind speed, can be described by:T 0 −T w =C 1 ·H/U +C 2 ·Q/U. The calculated coefficients vary slightly with reference depth, Tables II and III. They are in good agreement with independent observations.
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On leave at Department of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon in 1969–70.
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Hasse, L. The sea surface temperature deviation and the heat flow at the sea-air interface. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 1, 368–379 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02186037
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