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RISEquilibrium Wave Spectrum and Sea State Bias in Satellite Altimetry
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: For a well-developed sea at equilibrium with a constant wind, the energy-containing range of the wavenumber spectrum for wind-generated gravity waves is approximated by a generalized power law ?(U2/g)2?k?4+2?Y(k,?), where ...
Assessing the Performance of the Dissipation Parameterizations in WAVEWATCH III Using Collocated Altimetry Data
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Wave-breaking dissipation is one of the least understood processes implemented in contemporary wave models. Significant effort has been put in its parameterization, but it has not proven to be totally satisfactory, either ...
SST Observations of the Agulhas and East Madagascar Retroflections by the TRMM Microwave Imager
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The retroflections of the East Madagascar Current and Agulhas Current are complex rapidly evolving systems, the latter controlling the passage of warm salty water from the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic. The TRMM Microwave ...
The Effects of Rain on ERS-1 Radar Altimeter Data
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: An investigation into a potentially important, but little-studied effect on altimeter data?rain contamination?has been carried out using ERS-1. The method involves identifying large changes in the radar backscatter coefficient ...
A Novel Integration of an Ultraviolet Nitrate Sensor On Board a Towed Vehicle for Mapping Open-Ocean Submesoscale Nitrate Variability
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Initial results from a deployment of the SUV-6 ultraviolet spectrophotometer, integrated with the SeaSoar towed vehicle, are presented. The innovative, combined system measures nitrate concentration at high spatial resolution ...
A Spar Buoy for High-Frequency Wave Measurements and Detection of Wave Breaking in the Open Ocean
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: aves and wave breaking play a significant role in the air?sea exchanges of momentum, sea spray aerosols, and trace gases such as CO2, but few direct measurements of wave breaking have been obtained in the open ocean (far ...
Physical Exchanges at the Air–Sea Interface: UK–SOLAS Field Measurements
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: As part of the U.K. contribution to the international Surface Ocean?Lower Atmosphere Study, a series of three related projects?DOGEE, SEASAW, and HiWASE?undertook experimental studies of the processes controlling the ...