DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00189.1
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84939290664
论文题名: Estimation of the heat and water budgets of the Persian (Arabian) gulf using a regional climate model
作者: Xue P. ; Eltahir E.A.B.
刊名: Journal of Climate
ISSN: 8948755
出版年: 2015
卷: 28, 期: 13 起始页码: 5041
结束页码: 5062
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: Budget control
; Evaporation
; Heat flux
; Oceanography
; Uncertainty analysis
; Atmospheric climate
; In-situ observations
; Lateral boundary conditions
; Observational data
; Precipitation rates
; Regional climate modeling
; Surface heat fluxes
; Water temperatures
; Climate models
; climate modeling
; estimation method
; evaporation
; heat budget
; precipitation (climatology)
; regional climate
; sea surface temperature
; water budget
; water mass
; water temperature
; Arabian Sea
; Indian Ocean
; Persian Gulf
英文摘要: Because of the scarcity of observational data, existing estimates of the heat and water budgets of the Persian Gulf are rather uncertain.This uncertainty leaves open the fundamental question of whether thiswater body is a net heat source or a net heat sink to the atmosphere. Previous regional modeling studies either used specified surface fluxes to simulate the hydrodynamics of the Gulf or prescribed SST in simulating the regional atmospheric climate; neither of these two approaches is suitable for addressing the above question or for projecting the future climate in this region. For the first time, a high-resolution, two-way, coupled Gulf- atmosphere regional model (GARM) is developed, forced by solar radiation and constrained by observed lateral boundary conditions, suited for the study of current and future climates of the Persian Gulf.Here, this study demonstrates the unique capability of this model in consistently predicting surface heat and water fluxes and lateral heat and water exchanges with theArabian Sea, as well as the variability of water temperature and watermass.Although these variables are strongly coupled, only SST has been directly and sufficiently observed. The coupled model succeeds in simulating the water and heat budgets of the Persian Gulf without any artificial flux adjustment, as demonstrated in the close agreement of model simulation with satellite and in situ observations. The coupled regional climate model simulates a net surface heat flux of +3Wm-2, suggesting a small net heat flux from the atmosphere into the Persian Gulf. The annual evaporation from the Persian Gulf is 1.84myr-1, and the annual influx and outflux of water through the Strait of Hormuz between the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea are equivalent to Persian Gulf- averaged precipitation and evaporation rates of 33.7 and 32.1myr-1, with a net influx of water equivalent to a Persian Gulf- averaged precipitation rate of 1.6myr-1. The average depth of the Persian Gulf water is ~ 38 m. Hence, it suggests that the mean residency time scale for the entire Persian Gulf is ~ 14 months. © 2015 American Meteorological Society. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/50628
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作者单位: Great Lakes Research Center, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
Recommended Citation:
Xue P.,Eltahir E.A.B.. Estimation of the heat and water budgets of the Persian (Arabian) gulf using a regional climate model[J]. Journal of Climate,2015-01-01,28(13)