Deriving Surface Winds from Satellite Observations of Low-Level Cloud Motions

Deriving Surface Winds from Satellite Observations of Low-Level Cloud Motions

Climatological shears between ship winds and satellite-observed, low-level cloud motions are used to derive monthly mean surface winds from satellite observations of low-level cloud drift. The derived surface winds compare well with observed surface winds from ships, moored buoys and the Seasat alti...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of climate and applied meteorology 1985-08, Vol.24 (8), p.758-769
Hauptverfasser: Sadler, James C., Kilonsky, B. J.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Artificial satellites
Buoys
Climate
Clouds
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
External geophysics
Meteorology
North South trade
Oceans
Physics of the oceans
Sea-air exchange processes
Ships
Wind
Wind velocity
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Zusammenfassung:Climatological shears between ship winds and satellite-observed, low-level cloud motions are used to derive monthly mean surface winds from satellite observations of low-level cloud drift. The derived surface winds compare well with observed surface winds from ships, moored buoys and the Seasat altimeter.
ISSN:0733-3021
2163-5366
DOI:10.1175/1520-0450(1985)024<0758:DSWFSO>2.0.CO;2