Data from: Flight paths of seabirds soaring over the ocean surface enable measurement of fine-scale wind speed and direction

• Main Authors: Yonehara, Yoshinari, Goto, Yusuke, Yoda, Ken, Watanuki, Yutaka, Young, Lindsay C., Weimerskirch, Henri, Bost, Charles-André, Sato, Katsufumi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: bio-logging; dynamic soaring; satellite scatterometer; GPS; Possession Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.120827; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.3pb86

Monitoring ocean surface winds is essential for understanding ocean and atmosphere interactions and weather forecasts. However, wind measured by satellite scatterometers and buoys are spatially and temporally coarse, particularly in coastal areas. We deployed small global positioning system units on...