Estimation of High-Resolution Global Monthly Ocean Latent Heat Flux from MODIS SST Product and AMSR-E Data

Table 1

Summary of the forcing input variables, seven ocean LHF products, and three groups of buoy observations.

Products	Variables	Spatial resolution	References
AMSR-E	U	0.25°	[39]
MODIS SST4	SST	4 km	[40, 41]
MERRA-2	LHF	1/2 × 2/3°	[42]
ERA-Interim	q, Ta, LHF	0.125°	[14]
JRA-25	LHF	1.125°	[29]
NCEP-2	LHF	∼1.9°	[29]
GSSTF-3	LHF	0.25°	[43]
J-OFURO	LHF	0.25°	[44]
OAFLUX	LHF	1°	[45]
TAO	LHF observations	—	[46, 47]
PIRATA	LHF observations	—	[48]
RAMA	LHF observations	—	[49]

U is wind speed, SST is the sea surface temperature, q is the air specific humidity, and LHF presents the ocean latent heat flux.