Wind Stress Analysis Over the Western Equatorial Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans Based on ECMWF Operational Wind Products, 1985-1989

The mean annual and monthly mean wind stress and wind stress curl over the ocean have been computed for 1985-1989 from European Centre for Medium- Range Weather Forecasting (ECMWF) 12-hourly operational 1000 mb, 10 m winds, and direct surface stresses. Both linear and non-linear drag coefficient for...

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Main Authors: Ly, L N., Kindle, John C., Thompson, J. D., Youtsey, Wesley J.
Other Authors: INSTITUTE FOR NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHY STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1992
Subjects:
Meteorology
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
*OCEAN SURFACE
*AIR WATER INTERACTIONS
*WIND STRESS
STRESSES
EQUATORIAL REGIONS
OCEAN WAVES
WIND
WEATHER FORECASTING
COEFFICIENTS
OCEANS
DRAG
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
PACIFIC OCEAN
MEAN
SURFACES
FORECASTING
FORMULATIONS
OCEAN CURRENTS
WEATHER
OCEAN CIRCULATION
PE61153N
WUDN250022
Curl
Pacific
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA256147
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA256147
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Summary:The mean annual and monthly mean wind stress and wind stress curl over the ocean have been computed for 1985-1989 from European Centre for Medium- Range Weather Forecasting (ECMWF) 12-hourly operational 1000 mb, 10 m winds, and direct surface stresses. Both linear and non-linear drag coefficient formulations were employed. The analyses focused on wind stress and curl fields over the Western Equatorial Pacific and the North Atlantic Basin. The wind stress and curl fields of the various ECMWF and Hellerman and Rosenstein wind products are compared. INO, NAOPS, SPEM, PRINCETON, NOGUFS, MODEL, PREDICTION, HARVARD, DART.

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