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AN: A51A-0753    [Abstracts]
TI: Influence of Extreme Meteorologic Events on the Heat Budget of Tampa Bay
AU: Sopkin, K
EM: ksopkin@marine.usf.edu
AF: University of South Florida, College of Marine Science 140 7th Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
AU: Gilbert, S
EM: sgilbert@marine.usf.edu
AF: University of South Florida, College of Marine Science 140 7th Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
AU: Mizak, C
EM: cmizak@hsc.usf.edu
AF: University of South Florida, College of Public Health 13201 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., MDC 56, Tampa, FL 33612
AU: * Luther, M E
EM: luther@marine.usf.edu
AF: University of South Florida, College of Marine Science 140 7th Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
AU: Poor, N
EM: npoor@hsc.usf.edu
AF: University of South Florida, College of Public Health 13201 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., MDC 56, Tampa, FL 33612
AU: Subramanian, V
EM: vembu@marine.usf.edu
AF: University of South Florida, College of Marine Science 140 7th Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
AU: Scudder, J
EM: scudder@marine.usf.edu
AF: University of South Florida, College of Marine Science 140 7th Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
AB: For the period of May 2002 to present, as part of the Bay Regional Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment, an observational tower has been maintained in Middle Tampa Bay that is equipped with sensors measuring meteorological and air-water turbulent flux parameters. A SeaGauge sensor monitors water temperature, salinity, and water level, and a sonic anemometer measures the three dimensional wind speed and the turbulent flux of momentum and sensible heat. Sensible and latent heat fluxes are calculated following the TOGA COARE model (Sea-Mat Air-Sea Toolbox V. 2.0). We focus on hurricane season 2004 to investigate the effects of tropical storm systems on a semi-tropical estuary. Verification for our model results comes from the directly measured sensible heat flux at the tower and the results from the NOAA Buoy Model (Mizak, 2004).
DE: 3339 Ocean/atmosphere interactions (0312, 4504)
DE: 3374 Tropical meteorology
DE: 3307 Boundary layer processes
SC: Atmospheric Sciences [A]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting