Articles | Volume 15, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-8041-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-8041-2022
Model experiment description paper
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07 Nov 2022
Model experiment description paper |  | 07 Nov 2022

Wind work at the air-sea interface: a modeling study in anticipation of future space missions

Hector S. Torres, Patrice Klein, Jinbo Wang, Alexander Wineteer, Bo Qiu, Andrew F. Thompson, Lionel Renault, Ernesto Rodriguez, Dimitris Menemenlis, Andrea Molod, Christopher N. Hill, Ehud Strobach, Hong Zhang, Mar Flexas, and Dragana Perkovic-Martin

Model code and software

Wind work at the air-sea interface: A modeling study in anticipation of future space missions Hector S. Torres https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6686083

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Wind work at the air-sea interface: A modeling study in anticipation of future space missions Hector S. Torres https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6478679

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Wind work at the air-sea interface is the scalar product of winds and currents and is the transfer of kinetic energy between the ocean and the atmosphere. Using a new global coupled ocean-atmosphere simulation performed at kilometer resolution, we show that all scales of winds and currents impact the ocean dynamics at spatial and temporal scales. The consequential interplay of surface winds and currents in the numerical simulation motivates the need for a winds and currents satellite mission.