Sea spray induced air-sea heat and salt fluxes based on the wave-steepness-dependent sea spray model

Abstract

Sea spray, which comprises amounts of small ocean droplets, plays a significant role in the air-sea coupling, atmospheric and oceanic dynamics, and climate. However, it remains arduous to arrive at estimates for the efficiency and accuracy of the sea spray induced air-sea heat and salt fluxes. This is because the microphysical process of sea spray evolution in the air is of extreme complexity. In this study, we iteratively calculated the sea spray induced air-sea heat and salt fluxes at various weather condition. To do so, we implemented one novel wave-steepness-dependent sea spray model into a bulk air-sea fluxes algorithm and utilized other sea spray models as comparisons. Based on the imp..