difference_between_sea_surface_subskin_temperature_and_sea_surface_foundation_temperature

This variable quantifies the temperature difference between the top (sea_surface_subskin_temperature) and bottom (sea_surface_foundation_temperature) of the diurnal warm layer. This diurnal warm layer, caused by absorption of solar radiation in the absence of strong mixing, together with a cool skin effect, account for the total temperature difference between the sea_surface_skin_temperature and the sea_surface_foundation_temperature. The cool skin effect is associated with the turbulent and infrared radiative heat loss at the air-sea interface. Freshwater fluxes may also affect this variable (sea_surface_subskin_temperature_minus_sea_surface_foundation_temperature).

List containing this term version: CF (84) CF (85) CF (86)

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Proposal: Nathan Anderson [Standard names: 7 New Flux Variables]

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