A high-resolution surface vector wind product for coastal oceans: Blending satellite scatterometer measurements with regional mesoscale atmospheric model simulations

dc.contributor.authorChao, Yi
dc.contributor.authorLi, Zhijin
dc.contributor.authorKindle, John C.
dc.contributor.authorPaduan, Jeffrey D.
dc.contributor.authorChavez, Francisco P.
dc.contributor.departmentOceanographyen_US
dc.date2003
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-24T22:39:05Z
dc.date.available2015-09-24T22:39:05Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.descriptionThe article of record as published may be located at http://dx.doi.org/10.10 29/2002GL015729, 2003en_US
dc.description.abstractA 2-dimensional variational method is used to blend the satellite scatterometer measured (QuikSCAT) and regional mesoscale atmospheric model simulated (COAMPS) surface vector winds for coastal central California. The approach is distinct from existing methods in that it considers errors from both measurements and models. When compared with independent in situ observations, the blended wind product shows consistently higher correlation and smaller RMS errors than QuikSCAT or COAMPS winds. The proposed algorithm can be implemented over any part of the world ocean. It should be a valuable tool for describing small-scale atmospheric processes in coastal zones and for forcing highresolution coastal ocean models.en_US
dc.description.funderThe research described in this paper was carried out, in part, at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Support from National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) is acknowledged. The participation of JCK was also funded through the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) 6.1 CoBALT ARI and the Dynamics of Coupled Models project under program element 61153N sponsored by the Office of Naval Research.en_US
dc.identifier.citationChao, Y., Z. Li, J. C. Kindle, J. D. Paduan, and F. P. Chavez, A high-resolution surface vector wind product for coastal oceans: Blending satellite scatterometer measurements with regional mesoscale atmospheric model simulations, Geophys. Res.Lett., 30(1), 1013, doi:10.1029/2002GL015729, 2003.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/46663
dc.publisherAmerican Geophysical Union
dc.rightsThis 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.en_US
dc.titleA high-resolution surface vector wind product for coastal oceans: Blending satellite scatterometer measurements with regional mesoscale atmospheric model simulationsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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