Journal article
Diurnal cycle of surface winds in the maritime continent observed through satellite scatterometry
E Short, CL Vincent, TP Lane
Monthly Weather Review | AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC | Published : 2019
Abstract
The diurnal cycle of surface winds throughout the Maritime Continent plays a significant role in the formation of precipitation over the islands of the region and over the surrounding seas. This study investigates the connection between the diurnal cycles of surface wind and offshore precipitation using data from four satellite scatterometer instruments and two satellite precipitation radar instruments. For the first time, data from three scatterometer instruments are combined to yield a more temporally complete picture of the surface wind diurnal cycles over the Maritime Continent's surrounding seas. The results indicate that land-sea breezes typically propagate over 400 km offshore, produc..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
Funding for this study was provided for Ewan Short by the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science (CE110001028), and for Todd Lane and Claire Vincent by the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes (CE170100023). HY2SCAT data were provided by the Chinese National Satellite Ocean Application Service. Thanks also to Craig Epifanio of Texas A&M University and Yu Du of Sun Yat-Sen University for their help with the linear theory of Qian et al. (2009), and to three anonymous reviewers for their helpful suggestions. The code written for this study is freely available online (Short 2018).