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Satellite Microwave SST Observations of Transequatorial Tropical Instability Waves

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Chelton, Dudley B., Wentz, Frank J., Genremann, Chelle L., de Szoeke, Roland A., and Schlax, Michael G.

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Satellite measurements of sea-surface temperature (SST) by the TRMM Microwave Imager reveal previously unreported features of tropical instability waves (TIWs). In the Pacific, TIW-related variability is observed from the eastern boundary to at least 160°E. Cusp-shaped distortions of SST fronts and associated trains of anticyclonic vortices both north and south...

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Observations of Coupling between Surface Wind Stress and Sea Surface Temperature in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

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Chelton, Dudley B., Esbensen, Steven K., Schlax, Michael G., Thum, Nicolai, Freilich, Michael H., Wentz, Frank J., Gentemann, Chelle L., McPhaden, Michael J., and Schopf, Paul S.

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Satellite measurements of surface wind stress from the QuikSCAT scatterometer and sea surface temperature (SST) from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Microwave Imager are analyzed for the three-month period 21 July–20 October 1999 to investigate ocean–atmosphere coupling in the eastern tropical Pacific. Oceanic tropical instability waves (TIWs) with periods of...

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