Numerical simulation of cut-off lows on the Australian east coast: Sensitivity to sea-surface temperature

Abstract The effect of the wave-induced Stokes drift is not taken into account in traditional ocean circulation models used for SST simulations. The spectral parameterization scheme is considered to be the most accurate of the wave-induced Stokes drift calculation schemes. The numerical simulation results of sea surface temperature (SST) with the Stokes drift and SST without the Stokes drift in the North Pacific in 2014 were analyzed. The Stokes drift plays a cooling role in the North Pacific, and the most affected areas are high-latitude sea areas. The following factors are responsible for cooling: the seawater divergence caused by Stokes transport, changes in the sea surface current field caused by the Coriolis-Stokes force and the effects of turbulence caused by Langmuir circulation. The simulation of the vertical temperature profile in the mixed layer is improved when the Stokes drift is accounted for. The simulated results of SST using the Stokes drift approximate parameterization schemes and the spectral parameterization scheme are compared. The results confirm that the spectral parameterization scheme can be used for accurate SST simulation, and the Phillips spectrum approximate parameterization scheme is the best among the approximate parameterization schemes.

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Torrential precipitations on the Spanish east coast: The role of the Mediterranean sea surface temperature

Atmospheric Research ◽

10.1016/0169-8095(94)00048-i ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 36 (1-2) ◽

pp. 1-16 ◽

Cited By ~ 62

Author(s):

M. Millán ◽

M.J. Estrela ◽

V. Caselles

Keyword(s):

Surface Temperature ◽

Sea Surface Temperature ◽

Mediterranean Sea ◽

East Coast ◽

Sea Surface ◽

The Mediterranean

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Long-Term Sea Surface Temperature Variability along the U.S. East Coast

Journal of Physical Oceanography ◽

10.1175/2009jpo4300.1 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 40 (5) ◽

pp. 1004-1017 ◽

Cited By ~ 75

Author(s):

R. Kipp Shearman ◽

Steven J. Lentz

Keyword(s):

Surface Temperature ◽

Sea Surface Temperature ◽

East Coast ◽

Atmospheric Temperature ◽

Coastal Ocean ◽

Temperature Trend ◽

Sea Surface ◽

Temperature Trends ◽

Cape Hatteras

Abstract Sea surface temperature variations along the entire U.S. East Coast from 1875 to 2007 are characterized using a collection of historical observations from lighthouses and lightships combined with recent buoy and shore-based measurements. Long-term coastal temperature trends are warming in the Gulf of Maine [1.0° ± 0.3°C (100 yr)−1] and Middle Atlantic Bight [0.7° ± 0.3°C (100 yr)−1], whereas trends are weakly cooling or not significant in the South Atlantic Bight [−0.1° ± 0.3°C (100 yr)−1] and off Florida [−0.3° ± 0.2°C (100 yr)−1]. Over the last century, temperatures along the northeastern U.S. coast have warmed at a rate 1.8–2.5 times the regional atmospheric temperature trend but are comparable to warming rates for the Arctic and Labrador, the source of coastal ocean waters north of Cape Hatteras (36°N). South of Cape Hatteras, coastal ocean temperature trends match the regional atmospheric temperature trend. The observations and a simple model show that along-shelf transport, associated with the mean coastal current system running from Labrador to Cape Hatteras, is the mechanism controlling long-term temperature changes for this region and not the local air–sea exchange of heat.

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