Scatterometer winds composited according to the phase of tropical intraseasonal oscillations

Roland A. Madden; Timothy J. Hoar; Ralph F. Milliff

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v51i2.12320

Scatterometer winds composited according to the phase of tropical intraseasonal oscillations

Tellus

Volume 51 (1999): Issue 2

By: Roland A. Madden, Timothy J. Hoar and Ralph F. Milliff

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|Jan 1999

Abstract

Satellite measured, scatterometer winds are composited according to the longitudinal phase ofupper tropospheric divergence associated with the eastward propagating, tropical intraseasonaloscillations. Results suggest that surface wind anomalies may be of global scale. They can beseen clearly in the zonal average. Accompanying anomalies in frictional torques vary by 5 Hadleys (1 Hadley=10¹⁸ kg m² s^-2).

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v51i2.12320 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Language: English

Page range: 263 - 272

Submitted on: Feb 23, 1998

Accepted on: Jun 22, 1998

Published on: Jan 1, 1999

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© 1999 Roland A. Madden, Timothy J. Hoar, Ralph F. Milliff, published by Stockholm University Press
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