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Title: A Review of Parameterizations for Enthalpy and Momentum Fluxes from Sea Spray in Tropical Cyclones
Abstract The intensity of tropical cyclones is sensitive to the air-sea fluxes of enthalpy and momentum. Sea spray plays a critical role in mediating enthalpy and momentum fluxes over the ocean’s surface at high wind speeds, and parameterizing the influence of sea spray is a crucial component of any air-sea interaction scheme used for the high wind regime where sea spray is ubiquitous. Many studies have proposed parameterizations of air-sea flux that incorporate the microphysics of sea spray evaporation and the mechanics of sea spray stress. Unfortunately, there is not yet a consensus on which parameterization best represents air-sea exchange in tropical cyclones, and the different proposed parameterizations can yield substantially different tropical cyclone intensities. This paper seeks to review the developments in parameterizations of the sea spray-mediated enthalpy and momentum fluxes for the high wind speed regime and to synthesize key findings that are common across many investigations.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1854929
PAR ID:
10332125
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of Physical Oceanography
ISSN:
0022-3670
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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