Year: 1989
Type: article
Abstract: Calculations for surface heat fluxes were made for the southern, central and northern regions of the Red Sea, based on monthly mean meteorological variables in the respective areas.The average annual values of sensible heat, evaporative and net longwave radiation fluxes for the Red Sea as a whole are, respectively: -3Wm-2 , 169 Wm-2 and 66 Wm-2 • The average of the recorded solar radiations at various stations along the eastern side of the three regions of the Red Sea is 210Wm-2 • The advective oceanic beat flow of 19Wm-2 into the Red Sea at Bab-el-Mandab was calculated on the basis of the average seasonal temperature difference between the upper and lower layers and the variations of the in-and outflows.The deficit of 22Wm-2 at the air-sea interface is in fair agreement with the heat gain of 19Wm-2 through the straits of Bab-el-Mandab.
Authors: Ahmad, F, Sultan, Sar
Institution: King Abdulaziz University
Language: English
Subfield: Oceanography
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2284433675