Ocean mesoscale and frontal-scale ocean–atmosphere interactions and influence on large-scale climate: A review

H Seo, LW O'Neill, MA Bourassa, A Czaja… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Two decades of high-resolution satellite observations and climate modeling studies have
indicated strong ocean–atmosphere coupled feedback mediated by ocean mesoscale …

The circulation of the eastern tropical Pacific: A review

WS Kessler - Progress in Oceanography, 2006 - Elsevier
During the 1950s and 1960s, an extensive field study and interpretive effort was made by
researchers, primarily at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, to sample and understand …

Ocean submesoscales as a key component of the global heat budget

Z Su, J Wang, P Klein, AF Thompson… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Recent studies highlight that oceanic motions associated with horizontal scales smaller than
50 km, defined here as submesoscales, lead to anomalous vertical heat fluxes from colder to …

The operational sea surface temperature and sea ice analysis (OSTIA) system

CJ Donlon, M Martin, J Stark, J Roberts-Jones… - Remote Sensing of …, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper describes a new Sea surface temperature (SST) analysis that is produced with
global coverage on a daily basis at the Met Office called the Operational SST and Sea Ice …

The Tropical Ocean‐Global Atmosphere observing system: A decade of progress

MJ McPhaden, AJ Busalacchi… - Journal of …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
A major accomplishment of the recently completed Tropical Ocean‐Global Atmosphere
(TOGA) Program was the development of an ocean observing system to support seasonal …

Air–sea interaction over ocean fronts and eddies

RJ Small, SP deSzoeke, SP Xie, L O'neill, H Seo… - … of Atmospheres and …, 2008 - Elsevier
Air–sea interaction at ocean fronts and eddies exhibits positive correlation between sea
surface temperature (SST), wind speed, and heat fluxes out of the ocean, indicating that the …

Satellite measurements of sea surface temperature through clouds

FJ Wentz, C Gentemann, D Smith, D Chelton - Science, 2000 - science.org
Measurements of sea surface temperature (SST) can be made by satellite microwave
radiometry in all weather conditions except rain. Microwaves penetrate clouds with little …

Coupled ocean-atmosphere interaction at oceanic mesoscales

DB Chelton, SP Xie - Oceanography, 2010 - JSTOR
Satellite observations have revealed a remarkably strong positive correlation between sea
surface temperature (SST) and surface winds on oceanic mesoscales of 10–1000 km …

On the structure and evolution of ENSO‐related climate variability in the tropical Pacific: Lessons from TOGA

JM Wallace, EM Rasmusson, TP Mitchell… - Journal of …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Improved observations in the tropical Pacific during the Tropical Ocean‐Global Atmosphere
(TOGA) program have served to corroborate preexisting notions concerning the seasonally …

Observations of coupling between surface wind stress and sea surface temperature in the eastern tropical Pacific

DB Chelton, SK Esbensen, MG Schlax… - Journal of …, 2001 - journals.ametsoc.org
Satellite measurements of surface wind stress from the QuikSCAT scatterometer and sea
surface temperature (SST) from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Microwave Imager …