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Skin sea surface temperature schemes in coupled ocean–atmosphere modelling: the impact of chlorophyll-interactive e-folding depth
CNR-ISMAR, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze Marine, Calata Porta Di Massa – Porto Di Napoli 80, 80133 Naples, Italy
National Research Center for High Performance Computing, Big Data and Quantum Computing, ICSC, Italy
Daniele Ciani
National Research Center for High Performance Computing, Big Data and Quantum Computing, ICSC, Italy
CNR-ISMAR, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze Marine, via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
Yassmin Hesham Essa
CNR-ISMAR, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze Marine, via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
GUF-IAU, Goethe University Frankfurt, Institut fuer Atmosphaere und Umwelt, Altenhoeferallee 1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
ARC-CLAC, Agricultural Research Center, Central Laboratory for Agricultural Climate, 6 El-Nour street, 12611, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
Chunxue Yang
National Research Center for High Performance Computing, Big Data and Quantum Computing, ICSC, Italy
CNR-ISMAR, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze Marine, via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
Vincenzo Artale
CNR-ISMAR, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze Marine, via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
Andrea Pisano
National Research Center for High Performance Computing, Big Data and Quantum Computing, ICSC, Italy
CNR-ISMAR, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze Marine, via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
Davide Cavaliere
CNR-ISMAR, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze Marine, via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
Rosalia Santoleri
CNR-ISMAR, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze Marine, via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
Andrea Storto
National Research Center for High Performance Computing, Big Data and Quantum Computing, ICSC, Italy
CNR-ISMAR, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze Marine, via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
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Short summary
This study explores methods to reconstruct diurnal variations in skin sea surface temperature in a model of the Mediterranean Sea. Our new approach, considering chlorophyll concentration, enhances spatial and temporal variations in the warm layer. Comparative analysis shows context-dependent improvements. The proposed "chlorophyll-interactive" method brings the surface net total heat flux closer to zero annually, despite a net heat loss from the ocean to the atmosphere.
This study explores methods to reconstruct diurnal variations in skin sea surface temperature in...
