Wind stress on a water surface: Measurements at low wind speeds with the aid of surface filmsA monolayer on a water surface is affected by the action of wind, and retracts until the wind drag is counter-balanced by the opposing surface pressure gradient. This effect has been used to ...
Wind gusts play an important role in the modulation of wind stress and have remarkable influence on surface waves. The response of wind stress and surface
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The stronger the gusts, the greater the increase in wind stress. However, surface waves show different responses to the gusts under wind-wave and swell dominated conditions. When wind-waves dominate, the stronger the gust, the higher the significant wave height, while when swells dominate, the ...
speed, surface wind stress magnitude, and SST variations with spatial scales of 100-1000 km are investigated using satellite measurements of surface winds by the QuikSCAT scatterometer and sea surface temperature (SST) by the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer on the EOS-Aqua satellite (AMSR--E...
Tau = windstress(u10)estimates the wind stress (in pascals) imparted on the ocean by the wind speed (in meters per second) 10 m above the surface. OutputTauis the same size as inputu10. [Taux,Tauy] = windstress(u10,v10)simultaneously computes zonal and meri...
Drag coefficients in the mixed seas produced by hurricanes show dependence on wave age of the wind sea, swell propagation direction, and water depth. The need for wave and stress modeling for atmosphere-ocean coupling is emphasized. The new wave model has all the necessary attributes to be the...
As the absence of wind stress, the anticyclonic circulation is prevailed along the north to west coast. The model results reveal when winds are downwelling-favorable, the surface low-salinity waters are flushed out and move to southwest coast. Conversely, large amounts of low-salinity water ...
Based on a combination of laboratory and field data, the influence of wind waves on wind stress with respect to sea-surface roughnessz0and drag coefficientCDwas comprehensively analyzed. Wave steepness is an internal parameter denoting wave stability and is directly related toz0. Wave age is an ...
The shear stress on the sea surface caused by wind blowing over it induces a water current in the same direction as the wind. This flow decreases rapidly below the surface and isdeflected because of Coriolis forces, to the left in the Southern Hemisphere and to the right in the Northern He...