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Articles | Volume 22, issue 1
Articles | Volume 22, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-22-699-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-22-699-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 22, issue 1
Research article
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18 Feb 2026
Research article |  | 18 Feb 2026

Mechanisms driving mesoscale latent heat flux variations and mixed layer heat content evaluation in the Northwest Tropical Atlantic

Pablo Fernández, Sabrina Speich, Guillaume Lapeyre, Claudia Pasquero, Carlos Conejero, Lionel Renault, and Fabien Desbiolles

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We use a high-resolution ocean-atmosphere coupled simulation to assess the effects of fine-scale sea surface temperature, surface currents, and ocean vertical stratification on the spatial variability of latent heat flux in the Northwest Tropical Atlantic. The results show significant impacts from these three variables in latent heat flux. They stress the need to account for fine-scale ocean processes in the coarser global coupled models even in relatively quiescent regions like the tropics.
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