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Summertime Coupling between Sea Surface Temperature and Wind Stress in the California Current System

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Chelton, Dudley B., Schlax, Michael G., and Samelson, Roger M.

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Satellite observations of wind stress and sea surface temperature (SST) are analyzed to investigate ocean–atmosphere interaction in the California Current System (CCS). As in regions of strong SST fronts elsewhere in the World Ocean, SST in the CCS region is positively correlated with surface wind stress when SST fronts are...

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Satellite Observations of Mesoscale Eddy-Induced Ekman Pumping

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Gaube, Peter, Chelton, Dudley B., Samelson, Roger M., Schlax, Michael G., and O'Neill, Larry W.

Abstract:

Three mechanisms for self-induced Ekman pumping in the interiors of mesoscale ocean eddies are investigated. The first arises from the surface stress that occurs because of differences between surface wind and ocean velocities, resulting in Ekman upwelling and downwelling in the cores of anticyclones and cyclones, respectively. The second mechanism...

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