Air-Sea fluxes during the EUREC4A2020 Experiment

The EUREC4A experiment was conducted in January and February 2020 off the North-Eastern coast of the Barbados Island. Air-Sea fluxes and bulk variables were derived from in situ measurements performed at the top of a bow mast on the Ifremer Genavir R/V Atalante and with a wave-following platform. Comparisons between the collected in situ data will be presented first. Second, a spatial view of the flux fields will be given, with model output fields and with satellite sensor data. Third, the spatial products will be compared to the in situ data in order to get a first order estimate of the accuracy of the spatial fields. Last, the focus will be laid on the effect of the proximity of the coast, both in terms of wind and wave fetches and of model Land-Sea Mask (LSM) and blind costal satellite zones