Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2022

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A (Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences ) » A-CG Complex & General

[A-CG33] Extratropical oceans and atmosphere

Thu. May 26, 2022 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM 201A (International Conference Hall, Makuhari Messe)

convener:Shoichiro Kido(JAMSTEC Application Lab), convener:Shion Sekizawa(Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo), Shota Katsura(Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego), convener:Yuta Ando(Faculty of Science, Niigata University), Chairperson:Shoichiro Kido(JAMSTEC Application Lab), Shion Sekizawa(Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo)

9:25 AM - 9:45 AM

[ACG33-02] Progress in the satellite-based surface flux and air-sea interaction studies over the mid-latitude oceans

★Invited Papers

*Hiroyuki Tomita1 (1.Hokkaido University)

Keywords:air-sea interaction, surface flux, J-OFURO

Surface flux binds the ocean and the atmosphere. The knowledge is indispensable in the research on the complex air-sea interaction. The advances of ocean remote sensing have promoted the progress of air-sea interaction studies. Especially, the development of microwave satellites which can observe sea surface temperature and surface winds have a significant contribution. In particular, it makes a great contribution to the understanding of air-sea interaction phenomena over the mid-latitude ocean, where various spatio-temporal scale phenomena are mixed. These motivate to estimate the surface fluxes by further developing such microwave satellite remote sensing technology and its advanced utilization method. The research project "J-OFURO" on satellite-based air-sea flux estimation mainly using microwave satellites has been promoted for 20 years. In this presentation, the brief overview of research on surface heat flux estimation. The relationship with atmospheric-ocean interaction research are highlighted. In particular, the relationship with the several key themes of mid-latitude air-sea interaction studies will be focused on.