The Dynamics of the Skin Temperature of the Dead Sea
We explored the dynamics of the temperature of the skin layer of the Dead Sea surface by means of in situ meteorological and hydrographic measurements from a buoy located near the center of the lake. The skin temperature is most highly correlated to air temperature (0.93–0.98) in all seasons. The sk...
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| description | We explored the dynamics of the temperature of the skin layer of the Dead Sea surface by means of in situ meteorological and hydrographic measurements from a buoy located near the center of the lake. The skin temperature is most highly correlated to air temperature (0.93–0.98) in all seasons. The skin temperature is much less correlated to the bulk surface water temperature in the summer (0.80), when the lake is thermally stratified, and uncorrelated in the winter, when the Dead Sea is vertically mixed. Low correlations were found between the skin temperature and the solar radiation and wind speed in all seasons. The skin, with its low thermal inertia, responds immediately to the atmospheric forcing. Heat fluxes across the sea surface are also presented. The high correlation of skin temperature to air temperature with minimal time lag is a result of the nearly immediate response of the thin skin layer to the surface heat fluxes, primarily the sensible heat flux. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-efdf8756c49249ad877b07c56278e27a2025-02-03T05:45:30ZengWileyAdvances in Meteorology1687-93091687-93172013-01-01201310.1155/2013/296714296714The Dynamics of the Skin Temperature of the Dead SeaRoni Nehorai0Nadav Lensky1Steve Brenner2Itamar Lensky3Department of Geography and Environment, Bar-Ilan University, 52900 Ramat-Gan, IsraelGeological Survey of Israel, 30 Malkhe Israel Street, 95501 Jerusalem, IsraelDepartment of Geography and Environment, Bar-Ilan University, 52900 Ramat-Gan, IsraelDepartment of Geography and Environment, Bar-Ilan University, 52900 Ramat-Gan, IsraelWe explored the dynamics of the temperature of the skin layer of the Dead Sea surface by means of in situ meteorological and hydrographic measurements from a buoy located near the center of the lake. The skin temperature is most highly correlated to air temperature (0.93–0.98) in all seasons. The skin temperature is much less correlated to the bulk surface water temperature in the summer (0.80), when the lake is thermally stratified, and uncorrelated in the winter, when the Dead Sea is vertically mixed. Low correlations were found between the skin temperature and the solar radiation and wind speed in all seasons. The skin, with its low thermal inertia, responds immediately to the atmospheric forcing. Heat fluxes across the sea surface are also presented. The high correlation of skin temperature to air temperature with minimal time lag is a result of the nearly immediate response of the thin skin layer to the surface heat fluxes, primarily the sensible heat flux.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/296714 |
| spellingShingle | Roni Nehorai Nadav Lensky Steve Brenner Itamar Lensky The Dynamics of the Skin Temperature of the Dead Sea Advances in Meteorology |
| title | The Dynamics of the Skin Temperature of the Dead Sea |
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