QSCAT div & curl and Ocean Surface Currents
The following figures include drifter observations, blended QSCAT/NCEP surface winds, and QSCAT satellite surface winds:
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Ocean Surface Currents: from ocean surface drifters, 25-yr average, 1978 to 2002, 1/2 ° resolution,
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QSCAT/NCEP Blended Winds: 4-yr average, July 1999 to June 2003, 1/2 ° resolution,
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QSCAT Satellite Winds: 3-yr average (from OSU), August 1999 to July 2002, 1/4 ° resolution.
Displayed surface winds are 4-yr blended wind averages. For clarity, however, only every third
wind vector is plotted.
Fig. 1: Ocean Surface Drifter Currents (1978-2002), Gulf Stream
Fig. 2: Ocean Surface Drifter Currents (1978-2002), Kuroshio
Fig. 3: Ocean Surface Drifter Currents (1978-2002), Agulhas
Fig. 4: Ocean Surface Drifter Currents (1978-2002), South Atlantic
Fig. 5: Ocean Surface Drifter Currents (1978-2002), south of New Zealand
Fig. 6: QSCAT/NCEP divergence & curl and Currents and Surface Winds, Gulf Stream
Fig. 7: QSCAT/NCEP divergence & curl and Currents and Surface Winds, Kuroshio
Fig. 8: QSCAT/NCEP divergence & curl and Currents and Surface Winds, Agulhas
Fig. 9: QSCAT/NCEP divergence & curl and Currents and Surface Winds, South Atlantic
last modified on September 25, 2003
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