The Effects of SST-Induced Surface Wind Speed and Direction Gradients on Midlatitude Surface Vorticity and Divergence
The effects of surface wind speed and direction gradients on midlatitude surface vorticity and divergence fields associated with mesoscale sea surface temperature (SST) variability having spatial scales of 100? 1000 km are investigated using vector wind observations from the SeaWinds scatterometer o...
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ftdtic:ADA513414 2023-05-15T18:21:11+02:00 The Effects of SST-Induced Surface Wind Speed and Direction Gradients on Midlatitude Surface Vorticity and Divergence O'Neill, Larry W. Chelton, Dudley B. Esbensen, Steven K. NAVAL RESEARCH LAB MONTEREY CA 2010-01-15 text/html http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA513414 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA513414 en eng http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA513414 Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. DTIC Meteorology *WIND DIRECTION *WIND VELOCITY *GRADIENTS WIND MICROWAVE EQUIPMENT VORTICES REGIONS SURFACES RESPONSE VECTOR ANALYSIS PERTURBATIONS FLOW RADIOMETERS GULF STREAM CYCLONES SCATTEROMETERS ANTICYCLONES REPRINTS SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN SCANNING GROUND LEVEL Text 2010 ftdtic 2016-02-22T23:04:00Z The effects of surface wind speed and direction gradients on midlatitude surface vorticity and divergence fields associated with mesoscale sea surface temperature (SST) variability having spatial scales of 100? 1000 km are investigated using vector wind observations from the SeaWinds scatterometer on the Quick Scatterometer (QuikSCAT) satellite and SST from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) Aqua satellite. The wind-SST coupling is analyzed over the period June 2002-August 2008, corresponding to the first 61 years of the AMSR-E mission. Previous studies have shown that strong wind speed gradients develop in response to persistent mesoscale SST features associated with the Kuroshio Extension, Gulf Stream, South Atlantic, and Agulhas Return Current regions. Midlatitude SST fronts also significantly modify surface wind direction; the surface wind speed and direction responses to typical SST differences of about 2 deg-4 deg C are, on average, about 1-2(-1) m s and 4 deg-8 deg, respectively, over all four regions. Wind speed perturbations are positively correlated and very nearly collocated spatially with the SST perturbations. Wind direction perturbations, however, are displaced meridionally from the SST perturbations, with cyclonic flow poleward of warm SST and anticyclonic flow poleward of cool SST. Published in the Monthly Weather Review v23 p255-281, 15 Jan 2010. Text South Atlantic Ocean Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database |
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Meteorology *WIND DIRECTION *WIND VELOCITY *GRADIENTS WIND MICROWAVE EQUIPMENT VORTICES REGIONS SURFACES RESPONSE VECTOR ANALYSIS PERTURBATIONS FLOW RADIOMETERS GULF STREAM CYCLONES SCATTEROMETERS ANTICYCLONES REPRINTS SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN SCANNING GROUND LEVEL |
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Meteorology *WIND DIRECTION *WIND VELOCITY *GRADIENTS WIND MICROWAVE EQUIPMENT VORTICES REGIONS SURFACES RESPONSE VECTOR ANALYSIS PERTURBATIONS FLOW RADIOMETERS GULF STREAM CYCLONES SCATTEROMETERS ANTICYCLONES REPRINTS SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN SCANNING GROUND LEVEL O'Neill, Larry W. Chelton, Dudley B. Esbensen, Steven K. The Effects of SST-Induced Surface Wind Speed and Direction Gradients on Midlatitude Surface Vorticity and Divergence |
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Meteorology *WIND DIRECTION *WIND VELOCITY *GRADIENTS WIND MICROWAVE EQUIPMENT VORTICES REGIONS SURFACES RESPONSE VECTOR ANALYSIS PERTURBATIONS FLOW RADIOMETERS GULF STREAM CYCLONES SCATTEROMETERS ANTICYCLONES REPRINTS SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN SCANNING GROUND LEVEL |
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The effects of surface wind speed and direction gradients on midlatitude surface vorticity and divergence fields associated with mesoscale sea surface temperature (SST) variability having spatial scales of 100? 1000 km are investigated using vector wind observations from the SeaWinds scatterometer on the Quick Scatterometer (QuikSCAT) satellite and SST from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) Aqua satellite. The wind-SST coupling is analyzed over the period June 2002-August 2008, corresponding to the first 61 years of the AMSR-E mission. Previous studies have shown that strong wind speed gradients develop in response to persistent mesoscale SST features associated with the Kuroshio Extension, Gulf Stream, South Atlantic, and Agulhas Return Current regions. Midlatitude SST fronts also significantly modify surface wind direction; the surface wind speed and direction responses to typical SST differences of about 2 deg-4 deg C are, on average, about 1-2(-1) m s and 4 deg-8 deg, respectively, over all four regions. Wind speed perturbations are positively correlated and very nearly collocated spatially with the SST perturbations. Wind direction perturbations, however, are displaced meridionally from the SST perturbations, with cyclonic flow poleward of warm SST and anticyclonic flow poleward of cool SST. Published in the Monthly Weather Review v23 p255-281, 15 Jan 2010. |
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O'Neill, Larry W. Chelton, Dudley B. Esbensen, Steven K. |
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The Effects of SST-Induced Surface Wind Speed and Direction Gradients on Midlatitude Surface Vorticity and Divergence |
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The Effects of SST-Induced Surface Wind Speed and Direction Gradients on Midlatitude Surface Vorticity and Divergence |
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The Effects of SST-Induced Surface Wind Speed and Direction Gradients on Midlatitude Surface Vorticity and Divergence |
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The Effects of SST-Induced Surface Wind Speed and Direction Gradients on Midlatitude Surface Vorticity and Divergence |
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The Effects of SST-Induced Surface Wind Speed and Direction Gradients on Midlatitude Surface Vorticity and Divergence |
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effects of sst-induced surface wind speed and direction gradients on midlatitude surface vorticity and divergence |
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South Atlantic Ocean |
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