Biweekly maps of wind stress for the North Pacific from the ERS-1 scatterometer, 1992-1995
By: by Michael J. Caruso and Kathryn A. Kelly.
Contributors: Kelly, Kathryn Ann, 1948-; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Series: WHOI -- 97-17.; WHOI (Series) -- 97-17.
Publisher: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Woods Hole, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 100
Subjects: Artificial satellites in remote sensing.; Ocean waves -- Atlantic Ocean.; Winds -- Atlantic Ocean.; Ocean currents -- Measurement.
Description: The ERS-1 scatterometer is the first operational satellite scatterometer in more than a decade. This report describes a technique developed at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to process and analyze the data. Four years of data (January 1992-December 1995) was analyzed in the North Pacific ocean. Gridded 0.5 x 0.5 wind, wind stress and wind stress curl fields were generated for the North Pacific Ocean on times scale of one week to one month. This data set was compared with in-situ measurements from buoys and coastal weather stations and numerical models. The results show good agreement with models and in-situ measurements. Biweekly maps were chosen after examining error/temporal resolution tradeoff curve.
Notes: "Technical report."

"November 1997."

"Funding was provided by the Office of Naval Research through contracts no. N00014-92-J-1486 and N00014-92-J-1656 and by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Contract No. 957652."

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