Wind Stress Analysis Over the Western Equatorial Pacific and North AtlanticOceans Based on ECMWF Operational Wind Products, 1985-1989

摘要

The mean annual and monthly mean wind stress and wind stress curl over the oceanhave been computed for 1985-1989 from European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting (ECMWF) 12-hourly operational 1000 mb, 10 m winds, and direct surface stresses. Both linear and non-linear drag coefficient formulations were employed. The analyses focused on wind stress and curl fields over the Western Equatorial Pacific and the North Atlantic Basin. The wind stress and curl fields of the various ECMWF and Hellerman and Rosenstein wind products are compared. INO, NAOPS, SPEM, PRINCETON, NOGUFS, MODEL, PREDICTION, HARVARD, DART.