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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-6445-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-6445-2021
Methods for assessment of models
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The interpretation of temperature and salinity variables in numerical ocean model output and the calculation of heat fluxes and heat content

Trevor J. McDougall, Paul M. Barker, Ryan M. Holmes, Rich Pawlowicz, Stephen M. Griffies, and Paul J. Durack

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We show that the way that the air–sea heat flux is treated in ocean models means that the model's temperature variable should be interpreted as being Conservative Temperature, irrespective of whether the equation of state used in an ocean model is EOS-80 or TEOS-10.