Wind Speed Variability over the Marmara Sea

Abstract

Between 2000 and 2006, wind speed measurements were collected over the Marmara Sea by the SeaWinds scatterometer on the QuikSCAT satellite at a spatial resolution of 0.25 x 0.25 degrees. Relatively small interannual variability was noted in monthly mean wind speeds. Typically. wind speed during the summer was weaker by approximately 2 m/s than that observed in winter. This remotely sensed wind data set is intended for various air-sea interaction studies and modeling efforts in the region.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA474281

Entities

People

  • Ahmet B. Kara
  • Alan J. Wallcraft
  • Ewa Jarosz
  • Mark Bourassa

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aegean Sea
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Black Sea
  • Coastal Regions
  • Data Sets
  • Department Of Defense
  • Measurement
  • Mediterranean Sea
  • Microwave Detectors
  • Military Research
  • Ocean Currents
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Regions
  • Remote Sensing
  • Scatterometers
  • Wind

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers

Technology Areas

  • Space