King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Preliminary real-time surface flux calculations

This page displays the results of an experimental system to calculate surface fluxes in near-real-time using surface data from the UOP-KAUST reference station.

While this data is being made available, please recognize that these are preliminary results from unedited data. We are working to include automated quality control procedures, however at present this data is intended for use in developing the system, and not as a resource for understanding air-fluxes in the eastern Red Sea.

The first KAUST-UOP buoy was deployed on 11 October 2008 at 1209 UTC at approximately 22°N, 38°E in about 700 m of water.
 

Current Air-sea flux calculations at Buoy

Local time is UTC +3

KAUST-I ASIMet 2 at 2009/11/20 16:08 UTC Sensible heat flux 18.70 (W/m2) Latent heat flux -67.43 (W/m2) Net total heat -25.61 (W/m2) Net longwave radiation 18.88 (W/m2) Net shortwave radiation 4.25 (W/m2) Evaporation rate -0.095 (mm/hour) Heat Content 356.004 (kJ/cm^2)

Composite Real-time plots

• Surface flux: full time series       last 5 days

Real-time surface flux text data files

ASIMet unit System 2 is transmitting data in near real time from the surface buoy using the Iridium satellite service. Real-time data is used to calculate approximate surface fluxes; files presented here contain unedited data for the latest 24 hours transmitted.

text files:

• Most recent 24 hours
• Full time series

Principal Investigator:

Dr. J. Farrar, Upper Ocean Processes Group, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Last updated: Aug 5, 2008