Temporal and spatial structure of wind stress curl over the North Atlantic

• Other Authors: Ehret, Laura L. (authoraut), O'Brien, James J. (professor directing thesis), Florida State University (degree granting institution)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Florida State University
• Subjects: Marine meteorology; Winds; Curl; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_adj9966; http://fsu.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/fsu%3A291459/datastream/TN/view/Temporal%20and%20spatial%20structure%20of%20wind%20stress%20curl%20over%20the%20North%20Atlantic.jpg

"Nineteen years of wind data over the North Atlantic are used to calculate a field of wind stress curl. An EOF analysis is performed on this field resulting in variance-qualified spatial patterns of wind stress curl and associated time series. A Monte Carlo technique is used to establish the st...