Observations of SST-induced perturbation of the wind stress field over the Southern Ocean on seasonal timescales From: Journal of Climate | Date: July 15, 2003| Author: Chelton, Dudley B; Esbensen, Steven K; O'Neill, Larry W | Copyright American Meteorological Society Jul 15, 2003. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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The surface wind stress response to sea surface temperature (SST) over the latitude range 30[degrees]-60[degrees]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 1999 to July 2001. While ocean-atmosphere coupling at midlatitudes has previously been documented from several case studies, this is the first study to quantify thi...

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