Biweekly maps of wind stress for the North Pacific from the ERS-1 scatterometer, 1992-1995
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https://hdl.handle.net/1912/393Location
North Pacific OceanDOI
10.1575/1912/393Keyword
ERS-1 Scatterometer; Wind mapsAbstract
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.
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Caruso, M. J., & Kelly, K. A. (1997). Biweekly maps of wind stress for the North Pacific from the ERS-1 scatterometer, 1992-1995. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/393Related items
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