Abstract: An analysis of finescale horizontal-velocity shear and density data collected along 110°W longitude in the equatorial Pacific is presented. The measurements were made with the free-fall velocity?density profiler, TOPS. ...

Abstract: Surface wind analyses from three data assimilation systems are compared with independent wind observations from six buoys located in the Pacific within 8 deg of the equator. The period of comparison is 6 months (February ...