@article{fdi:010088056,
  title = {{E}nvironmental control of wind response to sea surface temperature patterns in reanalysis dataset},
  author = {{D}esbiolles, {F}. and {M}eroni, {A}. {N}. and {R}enault, {L}ionel and {P}asquero, {L}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}ea surface temperature ({SST}) is characterized by abundant warm and cold structures that influence the overlying atmospheric boundary layer dynamics through two different mechanisms. {F}irst, turbulence and large eddies in the lower troposphere are affected by atmospheric stability, which can be modified by local {SST}, resulting in enhanced ver-tical mixing and larger surface winds over warmer waters. {S}econd, the thermodynamic adjustment of air density to the un-derlying {SST} structures and the subsequent changes in atmospheric pressure drive secondary circulations. {T}his paper aims to disentangle the effects of these processes and explore the environmental conditions that favor them. {T}wo main environ-mental variables are considered: the large-scale air-sea temperature difference (proxy for stability) and wind speed. {U}sing 5 years of daily reanalyses data, we investigate the 10-m wind response to {SST} structures. {B}ased on linear regression be-tween wind divergence and {SST} derivatives, we show that both mechanisms operate over a large spectrum of conditions. {T}en-meter wind divergence is strongly impacted by the local {SST} via its effect on vertical mixing for midwind regimes in slightly unstable to near-neutral conditions, whereas the secondary circulation is important in two distinct regimes: low wind speed with a slightly unstable air column and high background wind speed with a very unstable air column. {T}he first regime is explained by the prolonged {L}agrangian time that the air parcel stays over an {SST} structure while the second one is related to strong heat fluxes at the air-sea interface, which greatly modify the marine atmospheric boundary layer prop-erties. {L}ocation and frequency of the environmentally favorable conditions are discussed, as well as the response in low -cloud cover and rainfall.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {C}limate},
  volume = {36},
  numero = {12},
  pages = {203731 [13 p.]},
  ISSN = {0894-8755},
  year = {2023},
  DOI = {10.1175/jcli-d-22-0373.1},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010088056},
}