Link between SST anomalies and wind speed
Observed dependence of mean wind speed and SST (sea surface temperature) anomalies for the NE Pacific off Canada's West Coast (left) and the NW Atlantic off Canada's East Coast. Different curves show response for various time lags (in days), where a negative lag implies that the SST is responding to changes in wind speed, and a positive lag implies that SST anomalies are driving wind speed anomalies (Gemmrich & Monahan, MEOPAR Annual Science Meeting 2015.)
Publications
Gemmrich, J. and Monahan, A., 2018: 'Covariability of Near-Surface Wind Speed Statistics and Mesoscale Sea Surface Temperature Fluctuations.' J. Phys. Oceanog., 48 : 465-478, DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-17-0177.1 ' [pdf ]
Dickey, T., et al. 2012: ' Introduction to special section on Recent Advances in the Study of Optical Variability in the Near-Surface and Upper Ocean.' J. Geophys. Res., 117, doi:10.1029/2012JC007964. [pdf ]
Zappa, C., M.L. Banner, H. Schultz, J.R. Gemmrich, R.P. Morison, D.A. LeBel, and T. Dickey, 2012: ' An overview of sea state conditions and air-sea fluxes during RaDyO.' J. Geophys. Res., 117, doi:10.1029/2011JC007336. [pdf ]
Vagle, S., J. Gemmrich, and H. Czerski, 2012: 'Reduced upper ocean turbulence and changes to bubble size distribution during large downward heat-flux events.' J. Geophys. Res., 117, doi:10.1029/2011JC007308. [preprint ]
Gemmrich, J: 2007: 'Momentum flux and energy dissipation associated with breaking waves', in Transport at the air-sea interface, eds. Garbe, C., R. Handler and B. Jähne. Springer Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg, 131 - 142. [pdf ]
Gemmrich, J. R., T. D. Mudge and V. D. Polonichko, 1994: 'On the energy input from wind to surface waves'. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 24, 2413-2417 [pdf ] [corrigendum ]
Gemmrich, J. and Hasse, L.,1993: 'Observations of small-scale surface streaming as an indication of surface renewal'. Journal of Marine Systems, 4, 231-233
Gemmrich, J. and Hasse, L.,1992: 'Small-scale
surface streaming under natural conditions as effective in
air-sea gas exchange'. Tellus 44B, 150-159 [pdf ]
Last Modified: February 26, 2018
Johannes Gemmrich - gemmrich@uvic.ca