Comparison of variations in sea surface height with sea surface temperature and wind field in the Tropical Pacific Ocean

  • Chul, Kang-Sung (Space Technology: Applications and Research Programme, Asian Institute of Technology) ;
  • Schumann, Robert (Space Technology: Applications and Research Programme, Asian Institute of Technology) ;
  • Murai, Shunji (Space Technology: Applications and Research Programme, Asian Institute of Technology) ;
  • Kiyoshi, Honda (Space Technology: Applications and Research Programme, Asian Institute of Technology) ;
  • Kim, Young-Seup (Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, Pukyong National University)
  • 발행 : 1998.09.01

초록

The purpose of this study is to contribute the development of an El Nino prediction model. The objectives of the study are to (1) extract sea surface height data from the TOPEI/Poseidon altimeter, and (2) compare the relations among the sea surface height, sea surface temperature and wind field. NOAA AVHRR Multi-channel data is used for sea surface temperature and wind data is derived from ERS 1, 2 AMI wind scatterometer. The results showed that sea surface height has increased significantly during the El Nino season. The sea surface height is positively related to sea surface temperature and negatively related to zonal wind.

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