Relationships between synoptic storm activity and sea surface temperature anomalies over the North Pacific Ocean.
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Authors
Houtman, Bauke H.
Subjects
air-sea interaction
anomalous storminess
sea-surface temperature anomalies
anomalous storminess
sea-surface temperature anomalies
Advisors
Haney, Robert L.
Date of Issue
1981-06
Date
June 1981
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
The significance of year-round relationships between synoptic storm activity and sea-surface temperature (SST) over the North Pacific Ocean for the period January 1969 through December 1978, were examined using cross-correlation analysis. The possible existence of a seasonal dependence in the SST-wind relationships was examined using sub-sample record cross-correlation analysis and model tests with both a constant and a variable mixed-layer depth, respectively. Wind forcing data was represented by (U-3*), friction velocity cubed, and wind stress curl (CURL sub Z tau), as computed from: (a) High-pass filtered wind components only (periods less than ten days), (b) High- and Low- pass filtered wind components which includes the interaction terms and (c) the unfiltered (total) wind components.
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Thesis
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Meteorology
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.