Heat Flux Calculation: August-February Net Loss

[geojon]

If mean seawater temperatures vary from 20C in August to 3C in February, for a patch of water with a depth of 10 meters, what is the net heat flux lost (in W m^-2) to the atmosphere from August to February?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Thanks for the post! Sorry you aren't generating responses at the moment. Do you have any further information, come to any new conclusions or is it possible to reword the post?