NASA Global Analysis Of Ocean Surface Fluxes Of Heat And Freshwater NEWS

NASA Global analysis of ocean surface fluxes of heat and freshwater NEWS Project Team: J. Curry, C.A. Clayson, P.J. Webster, E. DiLorenzo, A. Romanou

Science Issue: Ocean surface turbulent heat fluxes Project Status: Approach: analysis and blending of global satellite and NWP surface Year 1-4: flux product evaluation and complete production of Precipitation, temperature and humidity profilers new flux data set for 1999-2004 Other Data: SEAFLUX in situ data set, satellite derived precip Year 5: improvement of flux product in high wind conditions, and radiation flux products conduct climate dynamics studies using new data set Models: Reanalysis products, CMEP simulations, Regional Ocean Model Study Particulars: produce 10+ year blended flux product

Hurricane Isabel, Sept 13, 2003 Linkages: (pull, push, collaborate, external)

Wielicki: surface radiation fluxes Wentz: calibrated SSMI data Adler: precipitation data Bosilovich: water cycle variability Soden: sensitivity of global water and energy cycle SEAFLUX: international collaboration