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Observation research of the turbulent fluxes of momentum, sensible heat and latent heat over the West Pacific Tropical Ocean Area

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This paper describes results of the fluxes of momentum , sensible heat and latent heat for the West Pacific Tropical Ocean Area (127°E−150°E, 5°N−3°S). The data were collected by the small tethered balloon sounding system over this ocean area including 6 continuous stations (140° E, 0 ° ; 145 E, 0° ; 150 ° E, 0 ° ; 140 ° E, 5 ° N; 145 ° E, 5 ° N and 150 ° E, 5 ° N) from 11 October to 15 December, 1986 . These fluxes were calculated by the semiempirical flux-profile relationships of Monin-Obukhov similarity theory using these observed data. The results show that for this tropical ocean area the drag coefficientC D is equal to (1.53 ± 0.25) × 10−3 and the daily mean latent fluxH L is greater than its daily mean sensible fluxH s by a factor of about 9.

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An Leiming and Sui Dong took part in observational work.

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Shaohou, Q. Observation research of the turbulent fluxes of momentum, sensible heat and latent heat over the West Pacific Tropical Ocean Area. Adv. Atmos. Sci. 6, 254–264 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02658021

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