A Review of Parameterizations for Enthalpy and Momentum Fluxes from Sea Spray in Tropical Cyclones
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Sroka, Sydney Glass
Emanuel, Kerry Andrew
Date Issued
September 2021
Journal
Journal of Physical Oceanography
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American Meteorological Society
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Sroka, Sydney and Kerry Emanuel. "A Review of Parameterizations for Enthalpy and Momentum Fluxes from Sea Spray in Tropical Cyclones." Journal of Physical Oceanography 51, 10 (October 2021): 3053–3069. ©2021 American Meteorological Society
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Abstract
The intensity of tropical cyclones is sensitive to the air-sea fluxes of enthalpy and momentum. Sea spray plays a critical role in mediating enthalpy and momentum fluxes over the ocean’s surface at high wind speeds, and parameterizing the influence of sea spray is a crucial component of any air-sea interaction scheme used for the high wind regime where sea spray is ubiquitous. Many studies have proposed parameterizations of air-sea flux that incorporate the microphysics of sea spray evaporation and the mechanics of sea spray stress. Unfortunately, there is not yet a consensus on which parameterization best represents air-sea exchange in tropical cyclones, and the different proposed parameterizations can yield substantially different tropical cyclone intensities. This paper seeks to review the developments in parameterizations of the sea spray-mediated enthalpy and momentum fluxes for the high wind speed regime and to synthesize key findings that are common across many investigations.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
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https://doi.org/10.1175/jpo-d-21-0023.1
