High-resolution mesoscale model sea surface temperature (SST) analyses and surface wind stress forecasts off the U.S. West Coast are analyzed on monthly time scales for robust signatures of air–sea interaction as the surface winds encounter ocean surface features such as SST fronts, filaments, and eddies. This interaction is manifest by...
Global seasonal cycles of the wind and wind stress fields estimated from the 8-yr record (September 1999–August 2007) of wind measurements by the NASA Quick Scatterometer (QuikSCAT) are presented. While this atlas, referred to here as the Scatterometer Climatology of Ocean Winds (SCOW), consists of 12 variables, the focus here...
The term “downwelling currents” refers to currents with a downslope mass flux in the bottom boundary layer. Examples are the Malvinas and Southland Currents in the Southern Hemisphere and the Oyashio in the Northern Hemisphere. Although many of these currents generate the same type of highly productive ecosystems that is...
‘ORCF-102’ is a common soft white winter wheat developed by Oregon State University and the BASF Corporation in cooperation with the USDA-ARS. It is an awned, shortstatured, semidwarf variety with high yield potential and midseason maturity. ORCF-102 is resistant to Pseudocercosporella
strawbreaker (eyespot) foot rot and current races of stripe...
‘ORCF-101’ is a common soft white winter wheat developed by Oregon State University and the BASF Corporation in cooperation with USDA-ARS. It is an awned, shortstatured, semidwarf variety with midseason maturity and high yield potential. ORCF-101 is a non-GM (genetically modified) wheat variety that carries an altered form of the...