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Basing on the data of satellite and meteorological measurements obtained during 1994 in January, July, August, we estimated the month mean values of the SOA brightness temperature, near-surface wind speed, total water vapor of the atmosphere and liquid water of the clouds as well as the surface heat fluxes at 11 points of the North Atlantic . Dependence of the MCW radiometric estimates of the wind speed and atmospheric water vapor from spatial averaging of satellite data and the cloudiness and precipitation influence is studied. Possibilities of using the data of long-term MCW radiometric measurements from the DMSP satellite series for analysis of climatic variability of heat fluxes in Norwegian, Newfoundland, and Gulf Stream active zones of the North Atlantic are examined. A strong correlation between monthly mean values of the SOA brightness temperature at the resonant line of natural radiation absorption in the atmospheric water vapor (1.35 cm) and surface heat fluxes in these zones over a period of years is observed.
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Grankov, A.G., Milshin, A.A. (2016). Seasonal and Interannual Changeability of Heat Fluxes in the North Atlantic as Seen from the SSM/I Radiometer. In: Microwave Radiation of the Ocean-Atmosphere. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21647-8_7
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