Fig. 4: Geographical variation of heat fluxes during rainfall.
From: Does rainfall create buoyant forcing at the ocean surface?
a Stars, circles, and squares represent the position of moorings in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans. Moorings at 8°E, 65°E, 67°E, 80.5°E, 90°E, 155°E, 165°E, 170°W, 140°W, 125°W, 95°W, 51°W, 38°W, 34°W, 23°W are marked by A–O. Color represents the median of the net net heat flux (QN, W/m2). Probability density functions of (b) temperature at 1 m depth (SST, °C), c temperature difference between air (AT, °C) and sea surface (SST, °C), d specific humidity difference between air and saturated specific humidity at SST (Δq = qa − qs; g/kg), e wind speed (U10, m/s), and (f) turbulent heat flux (Tu = QSEN + QLAT, W/m2) for Cold (light green) and Hot (light orange) rain. g Scatter plot of net buoyancy flux (B0, m2/m3) as a function of net heat flux (QN, W/m2) and rain rate (RR, mm/hr). The color of the circles, stars, and squares represents the median of the net buoyancy flux measured at different moorings during rain events. Error bars are 95% bootstrap estimates. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.
