CMIP5 Atmospheric & Oceanic Fluxes

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extract from cholod@ciclad-ng:/loceanfs/pulsation/cholod/wd/cmip5/fluxOA_estimation directory


sftlf = landfrac
  • we need it to interpolate hfdsA on the pulsation oceanic grid
  • "landfrac" is not a variable name in ESGF.
    Please look for variable "sftlf", standard name "land_area_fraction".
    This is the land sea mask of the model in the projects CMIP5, CORDEX, GeoMIP, LUCID, PMIP3, ...
Atmospheric Fluxes
  • hflsA ; "Surface Upward Latent Heat Flux"; (W m-2)

  • hfssA ; "Surface Upward Sensible Heat Flux"; (W m-2)

  • rldsA ; "Surface Downwelling Longwave Radiation"; (W m-2)
    (Warning : rldsO != rldsA)

  • rlusA ; "Surface Upwelling Longwave Radiation"; (W m-2)

  • rsdsA ; "Surface Downwelling Shortwave Radiation"; (W m-2)

  • rsusA ; "Surface Upwelling Shortwave Radiation"; (W m-2)

  • hfdsA ; "Downward Heat Flux at Sea Water Surface"; (W m-2)
    (Computed by Chris :-)

Oceanic Fluxes
  • hfdsO ; "Downward Heat Flux at Sea Water Surface"; (W m-2)

  • hflsO ; "Surface Downward Latent Heat Flux"; (W m-2)

  • hfssO ; "Surface Downward Sensible Heat Flux"; (W m-2)

  • rldsO ; "Surface Net Downward Longwave Radiation"; (W m-2)
    (Warning : rldsO != rldsA)

  • rsntdsO ; "Net Downward Shortwave Radiation at Sea Water Surface"; (W m-2)

O/A flux relation
  • Longwave net Downward : rldsO = rldsA - rlusA

  • Shortwave net Downward : rsntdsO = rsdsA - rsusA

  • Latent Downward : hflsO = -hflsA

  • Sensible Downward : hfssO = -hfssA

  • Shortwave net Downward : rsntdsO = rsdsA - rsusA

  • Ocean net Downward : hfdsO = hflsO + hfssO + rldsO + rsntdsO

  • Atmosphere net Downward : hfdsA = -hflsA - hfssA + rldsA - rlusA + rsdsA - rsusA
    (Computed by Chris :-)

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