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ESA STSE “SST Diurnal Variability: Regional Extend - Implications in Atmospheric Modelling”
Abstract
The diurnal variability of SST, driven by the coincident occurrence of low enough wind and solar heating, has been observed in various regions of the global ocean [4, 5, 6]. Atmospheric, oceanic and climate models are not adequately resolving the daily SST cycle, resulting in biases of the total heat budget estimates and demised model accuracies [2, 1]. The ESA STSE project SSTDV:R.EX.-IM.A.M. focused on different aspects.