Observations of SST-Induced Perturbations of the Wind Stress Field over the Southern Ocean on Seasonal Timescales

• Published in: Journal of climate Vol. 16; no. 14; pp. 2340 - 2354
• Main Authors: O’Neill, Larry W., Chelton, Dudley B., Esbensen, Steven K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA American Meteorological Society 15.07.2003
• Subjects: Boundary layers; Cold water; Curl; Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; Marine; Meteorology; Ocean currents; Oceans; Scatterometers; Sea surface temperature; Sea water; Stress fields; Wind velocity; Winds and their effects; Southern Ocean; PS, Antarctic Ocean; Vertical speed; Sea surface; Wind field; Stability; Marine atmosphere; Turbulent transfer; Surface temperature; Wind effect; Spatial variation; Scatterometer; Turbulent mixing; Reynolds stress; Case study; Momentum transfer; Feedback; Atmospheric boundary layer; Surface wind; Ocean atmosphere interaction

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...