Nonlinear Effects of Variable Winds on Ocean Stress Climatologies

Variability in surface winds at subseasonal time scales can affect the estimates of the mean and seasonal stress over the ocean, owing to the nonlinear dependence of stress on wind speed. A global ocean wind product that merges the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) fields wi...

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Published in:Journal of climate 2004-03, Vol.17 (6), p.1283-1293
Main Authors: Ponte, Rui M., Rosen, Richard D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atmospheric circulation
Atmospherics
Climate
Climatology
Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
External geophysics
Meteorology
Oceans
Seasons
Stress
Torque
Tropical environments
Tropical regions
Weather forecasting
Wind
Wind speed
Wind velocity
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Summary:Variability in surface winds at subseasonal time scales can affect the estimates of the mean and seasonal stress over the ocean, owing to the nonlinear dependence of stress on wind speed. A global ocean wind product that merges the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) fields with satellite and in situ data is used to assess the nonlinear effects of wind variability, in particular synoptic signals (taken here to include all periods of
ISSN:0894-8755
1520-0442
DOI:10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<1283:NEOVWO>2.0.CO;2