Estimating Wind Stress at the Ocean Surface From Scatterometer Observations

On Scatterometer Ocean Stress

Scatterometers estimate the relative atmosphere–ocean motion at spatially high resolution and provide accurate inertial-scale ocean wind forcing information, which is crucial for many ocean, atmosphere, and climate applications. An empirical scatterometer ocean stress (SOS) product is estimated and validated using available statistical information. A triple collocation dataset of scatterometer,...

Global Ocean Surface Vector Wind Observations from Space

The global ocean surface vector wind is a key climate and operational observation, achievable from proven space-borne scatterometer systems. Science and operational requirements for sampling frequency, record length, spatial resolution, and global coverage are described in a climate context, using explicit examples in physical oceanography and air-sea interactions. A loosely coordinated assembl...

Impact of Gridded Surface Wind/wind-stress Data Set Constructed by Satellite Scatterometer Data

A Global Climatology of Surface Wind and Wind Stress Fields from Eight Years of QuikSCAT Scatterometer Data

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 is on the wind stress and wind stress derivative (curl and divergenc...

Identifiability in wind estimation from scatterometer measurements

Identifiability in wind estimation from scatterometer measurements" (1991). All Faculty Publications. Paper 723.