A comparison of satellite winds and surface buoy winds in the northeast Pacific: Research note |
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| Authors: | Nancy R Bepple Philip H Austin |
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| Institution: | Atmospheric Science Program, Department of Geography , The University of British Columbia , Vancouver, B.C. |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Cloud‐motion winds measured from organized and disorganized cumulus cloud fields are compared with winds measured at collocated buoys in the northeast Pacific Ocean. Findings suggest that an automated tracking algorithm using GOES satellite imagery can measure cloud‐level winds at these latitudes. Comparisons with buoy wind measurements show that the influence of boundary‐layer stability should be included in estimates of surface winds from cloud‐motion data. |
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