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Radiative heat exchange in a tropical Chwaka bay, east coast of Zanzibar

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Title Radiative heat exchange in a tropical Chwaka bay, east coast of Zanzibar
 
Creator Mahongo, S B
 
Description 12-18
Radiative
heat fluxes were measured from a platform during the period 18 January through
9 February 1996. Cloud cover ranged from clear skies to overcast while the air
temperature was near 28oC. Sea surface temperature varied between 27
and 34oC and air vapour pressure from 26 to 39 mb. Measured values
of both short-wave and net long-wave radiative fluxes were compared with those computed
from empirical formulas. The net long wave radiative fluxes were obtained by taking
the difference between simultaneous measurements of net all-wave and net solar
heat fluxes. The agreement between

the observations
and the formulas varied between 1 to 20% for short-wave radiation and from 0.3
to 15% for long-wave radiation. The formulas by Reed (1977) and Budyko (1963) have
been found to be the most appropriate for estimating the two fluxes, respectively.
It is concluded that the empirical formulas, used for Chwaka bay, gives results
that are similar to those obtained elsewhere.
 
Date 2014-01-06T18:39:22Z
2014-01-06T18:39:22Z
2000-03
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/25267
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.29(1) [March 2000]