Satellite Measurements Reveal Persistent Small-Scale Features in Ocean Winds

By Dudley Chelton, M. Schlax, M. Freilich, R. Milliff. Science, 2004

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Satellite Observations of Mesoscale Eddy-Induced Ekman Pumping (2015, background): “The first observations of the effects of eddy surface currents on the relative wind (and by inference, the surface stress) were reported by Cornillon and Park (2001) from scatterometer measurements over Gulf Stream rings (see also Park et al. 2006). More recently, McGillicuddy et al. (2007) and Ledw”
An Introduction to the Near Real Time QuikSCAT Data (2005, background): “QuikSCAT has provided an extremely accurate and extraordinarily comprehensive view of the surface wind over the global ocean since July 1999 (Chelton et al. 2004).”
The Probability Distribution of Sea Surface Wind Speeds. Part I: Theory and SeaWinds Observations (2006, methodology): “As was pointed out in Thompson et al. (1983), the distribution”
Ocean Circulation Kinetic Energy: Reservoirs, Sources, and Sinks (2009, background): “These and similar calculations likely have significant positive biases: Dewar and Flierl (1987), Cornillon and Park (2001), Chelton et al. (2004), Dawe and Thompson (2006), Duhaut and Straub (2006), Zhai and Greatbatch (2007), Hughes and Wilson (2007) demonstrate that τ in Eq.”
Wind Stress Dependence on Ocean Surface Velocity: Implications for Mechanical Energy Input to Ocean Circulation (2006, background): “Similarly, the Gulf Stream is clearly evident in 4-yr averages of the wind stress curl obtained from the Quick Scatterometer (QuikSCAT) (Chelton et al. 2004).”
Modulation of Wind-Work by Oceanic Current Interaction with the Atmosphere (2016, methodology): “Chelton et al. (2004, 2007), using satellite observations, show approximately linear relationships between the surface stress curl (divergence) and the crosswind (downwind) components of the local SST gradient.”
Air–sea interaction over ocean fronts and eddies (2008, background): “The atmospheric response problem is not purely academic: Chelton et al. (2004) have shown that associated with this process are small-scale wind stress curl and divergence features that may significantly affect ocean circulation.”
The Irminger Gyre: Circulation, convection, and interannual variability (2011, background): “Spall and Pickart (2003) noted that the strong wintertime wind stress curl east of Greenland (see also Chelton et al., 2004) would induce upwelling, consistent with a cyclonic recirculation.”
Importance of Resolving Kuroshio Front and Eddy Influence in Simulating the North Pacific Storm Track (2017, background): “Ma et al. (2015) further show the covariability of mesoscale SST and PBL height anomalies along the KER, consistent with previous studies (Chelton et al. 2004; O’Neill et al. 2005; Small et al. 2008), and a coherent deep upper-troposphere response as indicated by the convective available potential…”
Developing the next-generation climate system models: challenges and achievements (2009, positive): “Similarly, only HiGEM can produce the detailed structures in the wind stress curl observed in the QuikSCAT observations (Chelton et al. 2004; Risien & Chelton 2008) along coasts, around islands and in association with strong sea-surface temperature gradients (e.g. Gulf Stream) and large ocean eddy…”
Direct measurements of ocean surface velocity from space: Interpretation and validation (2005, background): “Besides, temperature gradients that give rise to currents, such as the Gulf Stream, also induce local changes in the wind field which makes the geophysical interpretation of UD even more delicate [e.g., Chelton et al., 2004].”