What is the role of the salt stratification in the maintenance of high sea surface temperatures (SSTs) over the Western Pacific? In order to investigate the salinity effect on the ocean temperature over that region, two 70-day coupled simulations were performed, with and without salt-stratification and freshwater flux, using a cloud-resolving model (CRM) coupled to an ocean model with high horizontal and vertical resolution. No evidence was found that, at least in such a timescale, the salt-stratification helps the maintenance of high SSTs over the Western Pacific.
Coupled cloud-resolving model; air-sea interaction
