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Satellite remote sensing could serve as an important supplement to the sparse in situ observations for heat flux estimations. In this study, we analyze the uncertainty of the turbulent heat fluxes derived from wind speed measured by the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) over the global tropical oceans at different time scales. In terms of spatial distribution, there is large uncertainty (approximately 50 to 85 W\u00b7m\u22122 in the RMSE) near the equator in the western Pacific Ocean, the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal, and near the Gulf of Guinea. The turbulent heat fluxes are in agreement with the buoys in representing the intraseasonal and seasonal variability, but more specific regional validations are needed for revealing the synoptic and sub-synoptic phenomena and the diurnal cycle. The uncertainty of the CYGNSS wind speed contributes approximately 50\u201357% to the uncertainty of the estimation of turbulent heat fluxes at the frequency band with a typical period of 3\u20137 days. In addition, the input sea surface temperature, rather than the wind speed, results in differences in the estimation of the monthly mean turbulent heat fluxes in the tropical Atlantic Ocean based on the COARE 3.5 algorithm. In conclusion, although the CYGNSS-derived turbulent heat fluxes are basically in good agreement with the in situ observations, our analysis highlights the importance of considering the limitations of these datasets, particularly in high wind speed conditions and for higher-frequency variations, including at synoptic, sub-synoptic, and diurnal time scales.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs15123161","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,19]],"date-time":"2023-06-19T01:59:51Z","timestamp":1687139991000},"page":"3161","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Uncertainty of CYGNSS-Derived Heat Flux Variations at Diurnal to Seasonal Time Scales over the Tropical Oceans"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Jinsong","family":"Lin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao 266061, China"},{"name":"Laboratory for Regional Oceanography and Numerical Modeling, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China"},{"name":"Shandong Key Laboratory of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling, Qingdao 266061, China"}]},{"given":"Yanfeng","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao 266061, China"},{"name":"Laboratory for Regional Oceanography and Numerical Modeling, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China"},{"name":"Shandong Key Laboratory of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling, Qingdao 266061, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8804-7772","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Haidong","family":"Pan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao 266061, China"},{"name":"Laboratory for Regional Oceanography and Numerical Modeling, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China"},{"name":"Shandong Key Laboratory of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling, Qingdao 266061, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1217-6973","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zexun","family":"Wei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao 266061, China"},{"name":"Laboratory for Regional Oceanography and Numerical Modeling, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China"},{"name":"Shandong Key Laboratory of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling, Qingdao 266061, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6181-1742","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tengfei","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao 266061, China"},{"name":"Laboratory for Regional Oceanography and Numerical Modeling, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China"},{"name":"Shandong Key Laboratory of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling, Qingdao 266061, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"589","DOI":"10.1175\/1520-0442(1995)008<0589:TRBSST>2.0.CO;2","article-title":"The Relationship between Sea Surface Temperature and Latent Heat Flux in the Equatorial Pacific","volume":"8","author":"Zhang","year":"1995","journal-title":"J. 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