Abstract: One of the difficulties in estimating atmospheric heat and moisture budgets lies in resolving the near-surface heat and moisture convergence and vertical velocities, each of which is highly dependent on the divergence of ...

Abstract: A series of 6-h, synoptic, gridded, global surface wind fields with a resolution of 100 km was generated using the dataset of dealiased Seasat satellite scatterometer (SASS) winds produced as described by Peteherych et al. ...