Monthly atmospheric and oceanographic surface fields for the western North Atlantic : December, 1986-April, 1989
Monthly atmospheric and oceanographic variables for the western North Atlantic Ocean from various sources are presented as contour or vector maps. These fields were assembled for a study of the upper ocean heat budget. Atmospheric fields include the net surface heat fluxes and wind stress derived fr...
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ftwhoas:oai:darchive.mblwhoilibrary.org:1912/480 2023-05-15T17:28:32+02:00 Monthly atmospheric and oceanographic surface fields for the western North Atlantic : December, 1986-April, 1989 Caruso, Michael J. Singh, Sandipa Kelly, Kathryn A. Qiu, Bo Western North Atlantic 1995-04 10012095 bytes application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/1912/480 en_US eng Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WHOI Technical Reports WHOI-95-05 Caruso, M. J., Singh, S., Kelly, K. A., & Qiu, B. (1995). Monthly atmospheric and oceanographic surface fields for the western North Atlantic: December, 1986-April, 1989. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/480 https://hdl.handle.net/1912/480 doi:10.1575/1912/480 Caruso, M. J., Singh, S., Kelly, K. A., & Qiu, B. (1995). Monthly atmospheric and oceanographic surface fields for the western North Atlantic: December, 1986-April, 1989. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/480 doi:10.1575/1912/480 Heat flux Sea surface height Wind stress Technical Report 1995 ftwhoas https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/480 2022-05-28T22:56:54Z Monthly atmospheric and oceanographic variables for the western North Atlantic Ocean from various sources are presented as contour or vector maps. These fields were assembled for a study of the upper ocean heat budget. Atmospheric fields include the net surface heat fluxes and wind stress derived from the 1000 mb winds from the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasting (ECMWF). Oceanographic fields include the sea surface height from the Geosat radar altimeter and sea surface temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR). An additional estimate of net surface heat flux is shown; this estimate was derived by assimilating winds, currents and ocean temperatures into a mixed layer model. The maps show a complex interplay of fluctuations in the winds and heat fluxes, and in the structure and temperature gradients of the Gulf Stream system. Some comments are offered on a comparison of the two heat flux estimates. Funding was provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under Contract No. NA16RC0468-01 and by the National Aeronautic Space Administration under Contract No. NAGW-1666. Report North Atlantic Woods Hole Scientific Community: WHOAS (Woods Hole Open Access Server) Woods Hole, MA |
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Monthly atmospheric and oceanographic variables for the western North Atlantic Ocean from various sources are presented as contour or vector maps. These fields were assembled for a study of the upper ocean heat budget. Atmospheric fields include the net surface heat fluxes and wind stress derived from the 1000 mb winds from the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasting (ECMWF). Oceanographic fields include the sea surface height from the Geosat radar altimeter and sea surface temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR). An additional estimate of net surface heat flux is shown; this estimate was derived by assimilating winds, currents and ocean temperatures into a mixed layer model. The maps show a complex interplay of fluctuations in the winds and heat fluxes, and in the structure and temperature gradients of the Gulf Stream system. Some comments are offered on a comparison of the two heat flux estimates. Funding was provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under Contract No. NA16RC0468-01 and by the National Aeronautic Space Administration under Contract No. NAGW-1666. |
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Caruso, Michael J. Singh, Sandipa Kelly, Kathryn A. Qiu, Bo |
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Monthly atmospheric and oceanographic surface fields for the western North Atlantic : December, 1986-April, 1989 |
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Monthly atmospheric and oceanographic surface fields for the western North Atlantic : December, 1986-April, 1989 |
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Monthly atmospheric and oceanographic surface fields for the western North Atlantic : December, 1986-April, 1989 |
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Monthly atmospheric and oceanographic surface fields for the western North Atlantic : December, 1986-April, 1989 |
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Monthly atmospheric and oceanographic surface fields for the western North Atlantic : December, 1986-April, 1989 |
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monthly atmospheric and oceanographic surface fields for the western north atlantic : december, 1986-april, 1989 |
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
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1995 |
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Western North Atlantic |
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North Atlantic |
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North Atlantic |
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Caruso, M. J., Singh, S., Kelly, K. A., & Qiu, B. (1995). Monthly atmospheric and oceanographic surface fields for the western North Atlantic: December, 1986-April, 1989. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/480 doi:10.1575/1912/480 |
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WHOI Technical Reports WHOI-95-05 Caruso, M. J., Singh, S., Kelly, K. A., & Qiu, B. (1995). Monthly atmospheric and oceanographic surface fields for the western North Atlantic: December, 1986-April, 1989. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/480 https://hdl.handle.net/1912/480 doi:10.1575/1912/480 |
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https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/480 |
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