Relationships between Synoptic Storm Activity and Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies over the North Pacific Ocean.

Abstract

The significance of year-round relationships between synoptic storm activity and sea-surface temperature (SST) over the North Pacific Ocean for the period January 1969 through December 1978, were examined using cross-correlation analysis. The possible existence of a seasonal dependence in the SST-wind relationships was examined using sub-sample record cross-correlation analysis and model tests with both a constant and a variable mixed-layer depth, respectively. Wind forcing data was represented by (U-3*), friction velocity cubed, and wind stress curl (CURL sub Z tau), as computed from: (a) High-pass filtered wind components only (periods less than ten days), (b) High- and Low-pass filtered wind components which includes the interaction terms and (c) the unfiltered (total) wind components.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA104590

Entities

People

  • Bauke H. Houtman

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Correlation Analysis
  • Cross Correlation
  • Data Sets
  • Geographic Regions
  • Grids
  • Model Tests
  • North America
  • North Pacific Ocean
  • Oceans
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Seasonal Variations
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Stresses
  • Surface Temperature
  • United States
  • Wind Stress

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology