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SEASAT-A Satellite Scatterometer Derived Surface Wind Stress for the Global Ocean

hasData_Center_Short_Name
  • UCAR/NCAR/CISL/DSS
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hasDataset_Title
  • SEASAT-A Satellite Scatterometer Derived Surface Wind Stress for the Global Ocean
hasEntry_ID
  • NCAR_DS726.1
hasReference
  • Chelton, D. B., A. M. Mestas-Nunez, and M. H. Freilich, 1990: Global Wind Stress and Sverdrup Circulation from the Seasat Scatterometer. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 20(8), 1175-1205 (DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1990)020<1175:GWSASC>2.0.CO;2).
hasSummary
  • Scatterometer data from Seasat, until the mission abruptly ended in October 1978, was used to derive 10-meter wind speed components over the global ocean at 2.5-degree resolution. These winds were then used to compute surface stress using the Large and Pond formulation for the drag coefficient, assuming neutral stability.
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