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Articles | Volume 6, issue 4
Articles | Volume 6, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-1797-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-1797-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 6, issue 4
Research article
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10 Dec 2025
Research article |  | 10 Dec 2025

The impact of synoptic meteorology on observed surface heat fluxes over the Southern Ocean

A. V. Sreenath, Tahereh Alinejadtabrizi, Steven Siems, Peter T. May, Haifeng Zhang, and Eric Schulz

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Using 14 years of observations from mooring, we reported that cold air advection creates intense surface flux exchange over the southern ocean, linked with strong boundary layer instability. Results also indicate that cold air advection creates frequent open mesoscale cellular convective clouds. The flux exchange for open and closed mesoscale cellular convective clouds is comparable, suggesting a limited role of the surface flux in the transition of these boundary layer clouds.
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