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The U.S. CLIVAR High Latitude Surface Flux
Working Group was formed in January 2008, with the particular goal
of addressing some of the myriad challenges associated with air-sea
and air-ice-ocean exchanges in Arctic, Antarctic, and Southern Ocean
regions. The working group activities are motivated by several
identified deficiencies in estimates of high latitude surface fluxes
(e.g., sensible and latent heat, radiative fluxes, stress, and gas
fluxes).
High Latitude Surface Flux
Working Group
last updated
February 19, 2009
Cecilia
Bitz
University
of Washington
Mark Bourassa
(co-chair)
Florida State
University
David
Carlson
International
Polar Year Program Office
Will
Drennen
University
of Miami
Chris
Fairall
NOAA
ESRL CIRES
Sarah
Gille (co-chair)
Scripps
Institution of Oceanography
Ross
Hoffman
AER,
Inc.
Gudrun
Magnusdottir
University
of California - Irvine
Mark
Serreze
University
of Colorado
Kevin
Speer
Florida
State University
Lynne Talley
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Gary Wick
NOAA ERSL
Contributing
Scientists
Ian Renfrew
University of East Anglia
Rachel Pinker
University of Maryland
Ivana Cerovecki
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Ed Andreas
Northwest Research Associates
Terms of Reference
Assess status of flux products for momentum and heat in high-latitude
regimes, providing an honest assessment of the state of flux products;
evaluate commonalities between Arctic and Antarctic. These will
be assessed on a variety of spatial/temporal scales that are important
to the user community.
On the basis of the flux assessment, identify
priorities for continued flux observations, parameterizations,
and requirements for updated reanalyses and gridded flux products.
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