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Surface wind modification near mid-latitude ocean fronts : observational and dynamical analysis

Creator:

O'Neill, Larry W.

Abstract:

Interactions between surface winds and meanders in mid-latitude sea surface temperature (SST) fronts with horizontal length scales of 100-1000 km are investigated from satellite observations and numerical simulations. Observations from the Sea- Winds scatterometer on the QuikSCAT satellite show that the magnitude, direction, curl, and divergence of the surface wind...

Resource Type:

Dissertation