Air-sea interaction processes over the east-asian marginal seas surrounding the Korean peninsula

• Published in: Annales geophysicae (1988) Vol. 25; no. 7; pp. 1477 - 1486
• Main Authors: BALA SUBRAHAMANYAM, D, RAMACHANDRAN, Radhika, INDIRA RANI, S, PRASAD KUMAR, B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Katlenburg-Lindau European Geophysical Society 01-01-2007; Copernicus GmbH; European Geosciences Union; Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; Marine; Ocean, Atmosphere; Ocean-atmosphere interaction; Physics of the ionosphere; Physics of the magnetosphere; Sciences of the Universe; West Pacific; Northwest Pacific; Yellow Sea; Japan Sea; INW, Korea, Rep; INW, Huanghai Sea; INW, Japan Sea; Korea, Rep; Latent heat; Sensible heat; Strait; Buoy; Meteorological observation; air-sea interface; seasonal; Surface layer; monthly average; ocean-atmosphere interaction; Oceanography: general (Diurnal; annual variations; Momentum transfer; Marine meteorology; Pacific Ocean; arid annual cycles; Marginal and semi-closed seas; Marine meteorology; heat transfer; seasonal variations
• ISSN: 0992-7689; 1432-0576; 1432-0576
• DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-1477-2007

In this article, we describe the seasonal variation of air-sea interface fluxes of heat, momentum and moisture over the East Asian Marginal Seas (EAMS) surrounding the Korean Peninsula. Surface layer meteorological observations for a period of about six years obtained from five oceanic buoys deployed in the Yellow Sea, Korean Strait and East (Japan) Sea form the database for this study. With the available database, monthly mean of sensible heat flux, latent heat flux and momentum flux obtained from the present analysis is compared with the existing climatological data over the EAMS.