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Creator:: Esbensen, Steven K. and McPhaden, Michael J.
Abstract:: The enhancement of monthly averaged evaporation by atmospheric mesoscale systems is estimated from long-term hourly observations of surface meteorological data from the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (TOGA) Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) buoy moorings over the equatorial Pacific Ocean and a bulk aerodynamic flux algorithm developed as a result of the...
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Creator:: Small, R. Justin, Xie, Shang-Ping, Wang, Yuqing, Esbensen, Steven K., and Vickers, Dean
Abstract:: Recent observations from spaceborne microwave sensors have revealed detailed structure of the surface flow over the equatorial eastern Pacific in the boreal fall season. A marked acceleration of surface wind across the northern sea surface temperature (SST) front of the cold tongue is a prominent feature of the regional climate....
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Full Text:: Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii STEVEN K. ESBENSEN AND DEAN

Creator:: Maloney, Eric D. and Esbensen, Steven K.
Abstract:: Tropical intraseasonal variability in the eastern North Pacific during June–September of 2000–03 is analyzed using satellite and buoy observations. Quick Scatterometer ocean vector winds and the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) precipitation indicate that periods of anomalous surface westerly flow over the east Pacific warm pool during a summertime intraseasonal...
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Full Text:: Variability in the Tropical Northeast Pacific ERIC D. MALONEY AND STEVEN K. ESBENSEN College of Oceanic and

Creator:: Thum, Nicolai, Esbensen, Steven K., Chelton, Dudley B., and McPhaden, Michael J.
Abstract:: The atmospheric response to the oceanic forcing in the eastern Pacific along the northern equatorial sea surface temperature (SST) front is investigated in terms of sensible and latent heat flux during the 6-month period from 28 July 1999 to 27 January 2000 and the 7-month period from 28 June 2000...
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Full Text:: the Eastern Tropical Pacific NICOLAI THUM, STEVEN K. ESBENSEN, AND DUDLEY B. CHELTON College of

Creator:: Maloney, Eric D., Chelton, Dudley B., and Esbensen, Steven K.
Abstract:: Boreal summer intraseasonal (30–90-day time scale) sea surface temperature (SST) variability in the east Pacific warm pool is examined using Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager (TMI) sea surface temperatures during 1998–2005. Intraseasonal SST variance maximizes at two locations in the warm pool: in the vicinity of 9°N, 92°W...
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Full Text:: during Boreal Summer ERIC D. MALONEY, DUDLEY B. CHELTON, AND STEVEN K. ESBENSEN College of Oceanic and

Creator:: Chelton, Dudley B., Freilich, Michael H., and Esbensen, Steven K.
Abstract:: Measurements of near-surface winds by the NASA scatterometer (NSCAT) from October 1996 through June 1997 are analyzed to investigate the three major wind jets along the Pacific coast of Central America that blow over the Gulfs of Tehuantepec, Papagayo, and Panama. Each jet is easily identifiable as locally intense offshore...
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Full Text:: B. CHELTON, MICHAEL H. FREILICH, AND STEVEN K. ESBENSEN College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences

Creator:: O'Neill, Larry W., Chelton, Dudley B., and Esbensen, Steven K.
Abstract:: The surface wind stress response to sea surface temperature (SST) over the latitude range 30°–60°S in the Southern Ocean is described from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's QuikSCAT scatterometer observations of wind stress and Reynolds analyses of SST during the 2-yr period August 1999 to July 2001. While ocean–atmosphere...
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Full Text:: Field over the Southern Ocean on Seasonal Timescales LARRY W. O’NEILL, DUDLEY B. CHELTON, AND STEVEN K

Creator:: 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.
Abstract:: 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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Full Text:: Surface Temperature in the Eastern Tropical Pacific DUDLEY B. CHELTON, STEVEN K. ESBENSEN, MICHAEL G

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