Abstract

Data are presented from field and laboratory studies describing both the cool skin and warm layer and their influence on air-sea exchange. The field measurements were acquired with the Skin Depth Experimental Profiler (SkinDeEP), an autonomous, vertical profiler for the upper few meters of the ocean. Data from SkinDeEP showed strong diurnal
warming within the upper few meters. There were large discrepancies when computing the skin--bulk temperature difference with bulk temperatures at different depths. Results also showed the strong dependency of estimating air--sea heat flux on the choice of SST. Laboratory experiments show results of the behavior of the cool skin under different wind speed and heat flux regimes. Both the cool skin and warm layer effects also influence the air-sea exchange of CO2, and these will be discussed in terms of global CO2 budgets.

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