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In this chapter, small-scale air-sea coupling is studied using coupled ocean-cloud resolving atmosphere model. The differences in mixed-layer temperature, salinity, and depth between 1D and 2D ocean models coupled with cloud-resolving atmosphere model are examined through the analysis of mixed layer heat and salinity budgets. The relationships between rain rate and sea surface temperature and between surface evaporation flux and sea surface temperature over cloudy area are analyzed to study the role of air-sea coupling in regulating surface rainfall processes. The relative importance of surface evaporation versus atmospheric moisture advection and condensation is examined at different time scales.
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Li, X., Gao, S. (2016). Air-Sea Coupling. In: Cloud-Resolving Modeling of Convective Processes. Springer Atmospheric Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26360-1_13
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