Abstract: The time-average wind stress curl field for the global ocean is computed from the wind retrievals of the NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) mission spanning the period 1 October 1996?29 June 1997. Particular attention is paid to ...

Abstract: This study examines scatterometer-observed surface wind divergence and vorticity, along with precipitable water (PW), across the life cycle of tropical maritime mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) as resolved in 0.5° data. ...

Abstract: Surface vector wind datasets from scatterometers provide essential high-resolution surface forcing information for analyses and models of global atmosphere?ocean processes affecting weather and climate. The importance of ...