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HE Jingjing, LIN Xiaopei. Co-variation of the surface wind speed and the sea surface temperature over mesoscale eddies in the Gulf Stream region: momentum vertical mixing aspect[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2019, 37(4): 1154-1164

Co-variation of the surface wind speed and the sea surface temperature over mesoscale eddies in the Gulf Stream region: momentum vertical mixing aspect

HE Jingjing, LIN Xiaopei
Physical Oceanography Laboratory/CIMST, Ocean University of China and Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266003, China
Abstract:
The co-variation of surface wind speed and sea surface temperature (SST) over the Gulf Stream frontal region is investigated using high-resolution satellite measurements and atmospheric reanalysis data. Results show that the pattern of positive SST-surface wind speed correlations is anchored by strong SST gradient and marine atmospheric boundary layer (MABL) height front, with active warm and cold-ocean eddies around. The MABL has an obvious transitional structure along the strong SST front, with greater (lesser) heights over the north (south) side. The significant positive SST-surface wind-speed perturbation correlations are mostly found over both strong warm and cold eddies. The surface wind speed increases (decreases) about 0.32 (0.41) m/s and the MABL elevates (drops) approximate 55 (54) m per 1℃ of SST perturbation induced by warm (cold) eddies. The response of the surface wind speed to SST perturbations over the mesoscale eddies is mainly attributed to the momentum vertical mixing in the MABL, which is confirmed by the linear relationships between the downwind (crosswind) SST gradient and wind divergence (curl).
Key words:    Gulf Stream|positive sea surface temperature (SST)-surface wind speed correlation|marine atmospheric boundary layer (MABL) height|mesoscale eddy|momentum vertical mixing   
Received: 2018-04-13   Revised: 2018-07-10
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