"Surface latent heat flux is the heat extracted from the ocean when seawater evaporates. The skin temperature of the ocean is generally cooler than the water beneath, as the ocean is nearly always and everywhere giving heat to the atmosphere." https://t.co
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@martingugino It's all to do with evaporation. When the water vapour condenses, heat is released into the atmosphere. Water vapour also acts as a greenhouse gas. "the ocean is nearly always and everywhere giving heat to the atmosphere" https://t.co/fuV9
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@KenSpreitzer It's all to do with evaporation. When the water vapour condenses, heat is released into the atmosphere. "the ocean is nearly always and everywhere giving heat to the atmosphere" https://t.co/fuV961OGRH
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RT @CroninMF: @saildrone @ChelleGentemann For more details on this vision, see our OceanObs19 paper: https://t.co/Vs6tzcvADG