An Overview of CMIP5 and CMIP6 Simulated Cloud Ice, Radiation Fields, Surface Wind Stress, Sea Surface Temperatures, and Precipitation Over Tropical and Subtropical Oceans

2020 ◽  
Vol 125 (15) ◽  
Author(s):  
J.‐L. F. Li ◽  
K.‐M. Xu ◽  
J. H. Jiang ◽  
Wei‐Liang Lee ◽  
Li‐Chiao Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wind Stress ◽  
Surface Wind ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Sea Surface Temperatures ◽  
Radiation Fields ◽  
Surface Wind Stress ◽  
Surface Temperatures ◽  
Subtropical Oceans ◽  
Cloud Ice

Wind Stress Over Waves: Effects of Sea Roughness and Atmospheric Stability

2002 ◽  
Vol 124 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dag Myrhaug ◽  
Olav H. Slaattelid
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Wind Stress ◽  
Local Equilibrium ◽  
Surface Wind ◽  
Atmospheric Stability ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Stability Function ◽  
Sea Surface Wind ◽  
Surface Wind Stress ◽  
Sea Surface Roughness

The paper considers the effects of sea roughness and atmospheric stability on the sea surface wind stress over waves, which are in local equilibrium with the wind, by using the logarithmic boundary layer profile including a stability function, as well as adopting some commonly used sea surface roughness formulations. The engineering relevance of the results is also discussed.

scholarly journals Altimeter Estimation of Sea Surface Wind Stress for Light to Moderate Winds

1997 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 716-722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas Vandemark ◽  
James B. Edson ◽  
Bertrand Chapron
Keyword(s):  
Wind Stress ◽  
Surface Wind ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Sea Surface Wind ◽  
Surface Wind Stress

scholarly journals Observations of Coupling between Surface Wind Stress and Sea Surface Temperature in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

2001 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 1479-1498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dudley B. Chelton ◽  
Steven K. Esbensen ◽  
Michael G. Schlax ◽  
Nicolai Thum ◽  
Michael H. Freilich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Sea Surface Temperature ◽  
Wind Stress ◽  
Surface Wind ◽  
Tropical Pacific ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Eastern Tropical Pacific ◽  
Surface Wind Stress

Distinct off-equatorial zonal wind stress and oceanic responses for EP and CP type ENSO events

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-47
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Structure ◽  
Wind Stress ◽  
Zonal Wind ◽  
Enso Event ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Sea Surface Temperatures ◽  
Wind Stress Curl ◽  
Central Pacific ◽  
Enso Events ◽  
Surface Temperatures

Abstract This study utilises observations and a series of idealised experiments to explore whether Eastern Pacific (EP) and Central Pacific (CP) type El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events produce surface wind stress responses with distinct spatial structures. We find that the meridionally broader sea surface temperatures (SST) during CP events lead to zonal wind stresses that are also meridionally broader than those found during EP type events, leading to differences in the near-equatorial wind stress curl. These wind spatial structure differences create differences in the associated pre- and post-ENSO event WWV response. For instance, the meridionally narrow winds found during EP events have: i) weaker wind stresses along 5°N and 5°S, leading to weaker Ekman induced pre-event WWV changes; and ii) stronger near-equatorial wind stress curls that lead to a much larger post-ENSO event WWV changes than during CP events. The latter suggests that, in the framework of the recharge oscillator model, the EP events have stronger coupling between sea surface temperatures (SST) and thermocline (WWV), supporting more clearly the phase transition of ENSO events, and therefore the oscillating nature of ENSO than CP events. The results suggest that the spatial structure of the SST pattern and the related differences in the wind stress curl, are required along with equatorial wind stress to accurately model the WWV changes during EP and CP type ENSO events.

On the wave dependence of sea-surface wind stress

1990 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 177-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naoto Ebuchi ◽  
Yoshiaki Toba ◽  
Hiroshi Kawamura
Keyword(s):  
Wind Stress ◽  
Surface Wind ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Sea Surface Wind ◽  
Surface Wind Stress

scholarly journals The Role of Anomalously Warm Sea Surface Temperatures on the Intensity of Hurricane Juan (2003) during Its Approach to Nova Scotia

2006 ◽  
Vol 134 (5) ◽  
pp. 1484-1504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher T. Fogarty ◽  
Richard J. Greatbatch ◽  
Harold Ritchie
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Surface Wind ◽  
Model Performance ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Weather Data ◽  
Sea Surface Temperatures ◽  
Surface Temperatures ◽  
Rare Category ◽  
The Right

Abstract When Hurricane Juan tracked toward Nova Scotia, Canada, in September 2003, forecasters were faced with the challenge of predicting the intensity and timing of the hurricane’s landfall. There were two competing factors dictating the storm’s intensity: 1) the decreasing sea surface temperatures (SSTs) over which the hurricane tracked that were conducive to weakening; and 2) the increased forward motion of the storm that enhanced the surface winds on the right (storm relative) side of the storm. Since Hurricane Juan was moving very quickly (forward speed approximately 15 m s−1) it spent less time over the cooler continental shelf waters between Nova Scotia and the >26°C water of the Gulf Stream than would have been the case for a slower-moving storm. However, those waters were warmer than normal during this event, by ∼4°C. It is argued that these warmer SSTs made a significant contribution (among other factors) to this rare category-2 hurricane at landfall in Nova Scotia. To assess the role of SSTs on the decay rate of Hurricane Juan, the Mesoscale Compressible Community model of the atmosphere is used. The model consists of a fixed, nested 3-km grid driven by a coarser 12-km grid, and is initiated using a synthetic hurricane vortex constructed from observational information such as storm size and intensity, thus giving a decent representation of the real storm. The model is initiated at 0000 UTC 28 September, when the hurricane was close to maximum intensity. An ensemble of experiments are conducted for each of two SST configurations: 1) analyzed SST of 28 September 2003 and 2) climatological SST representative of late September. Results from the 3-km simulations indicate that the intensity of Hurricane Juan’s maximum surface wind just prior to landfall was ∼5 m s−1 (±∼1.5 m s−1) weaker in the normal SST case, a result that is statistically significant at the 99% level. The destructiveness of the maximum landfall winds in the normal SST case is generally about 70% of that in the observed (warmer than normal) SST case. Model performance is measured using surface weather data, as well as data collected from a research aircraft that flew into the storm just prior to landfall.

Sea surface wind stress and drag coefficients: The hexos results

1992 ◽  
Vol 60 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 109-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart D. Smith ◽  
Robert J. Anderson ◽  
Wiebe A. Oost ◽  
C. Kraan ◽  
Nico Maat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wind Stress ◽  
Surface Wind ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Drag Coefficients ◽  
Sea Surface Wind ◽  
Surface Wind Stress
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