Ekman pumping calculation from data of the SeaWindS wind dispersometer on the QuikSCAT satellite

• Main Authors: Coca, J., Ramos, A. G., Redondo, A.
• Other Authors: 13020531, 30350490, 5233031, WOS:Coca, J, WOS:Ramos, AG, WOS:Redondo, A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: 250616 Teledetección (Geología); 2510 Oceanografía; Ekman Pumping; Wind Scatterometer; Remote Sensing; Seawinds; Del Viento; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/73509

The wind stress acting on the sea surface is a fundamental forcing agent that produces ascending and descending movements (Ekman pumping). QuikS-CAT on board SeaWindS wind scatterometer data have enough spatio-temporal resolution to allow mesoscalar Ekman pumping evaluation. Starting from SeaWindS d...