Scatterometer winds composited according to the phase of tropical intraseasonal oscillations

Authors
Madden, RA Hoar, TJ Milliff, RF
Citation
Ra. Madden et al., Scatterometer winds composited according to the phase of tropical intraseasonal oscillations, TELLUS A, 51(2), 1999, pp. 263-272
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Earth Sciences
Journal title
TELLUS SERIES A-DYNAMIC METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
ISSN journal
02806495 → ACNP
Volume
51
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
263 - 272
Database
ISI
SICI code
0280-6495(199903)51:2<263:SWCATT>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Satellite measured, scatterometer winds are composited according to the lon gitudinal phase of upper tropospheric divergence associated with the eastwa rd propagating, tropical intraseasonal oscillations. Results suggest that s urface wind anomalies may be of global scale. They can be seen clearly in t he zonal average. Accompanying anomalies in frictional torques vary by 5 Ha dleys (1 Hadley = 10(18) kg m(2) s(-2)).