The Relationship between FNWC Surface Wind Analysis and NOAA/NESS GOSSTCOMP (SST) Data in the Eastern South Pacific.

Abstract

Sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies on the daily synoptic time scale from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Environmental Satellite Service (NOAA/NESS) Global Operational SST computation (GOSSTCOMP) data in the Eastern South Pacific are compared to deviations of similar time scale from the means of both the wind stress curl and the friction velocity cubed as derived from Fleet Numerical Weather Central's (FNWC) mercator global band surface wind field. Example patterns of those variables as well as mean and unaltered fields are presented here. High correlations between the sea surface temperature deviations and the deviations of wind stress curl and friction velocity cubed were not attained at any log, owing largely to the paucity and poor quality of surface wind satellite data. Further investigation is needed. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA042177

Entities

People

  • George Hamilton Berry

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Computer Programs
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Friction
  • Grids
  • Hemispheres
  • L Band
  • Latitude
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Stresses
  • Surface Temperature
  • Wind Stress

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology

Technology Areas

  • Space