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There is an urgent need in physical oceanography, meteorology, marine operations and climate research for improved surface wind and wind stress information. Much can be done to improve our knowledge through better collection of existing observations, deployment of properly instrumented drifting buoys, better calibration and collection of cloud motion vectors, increased scrutiny and development of analysis/forecast methods of surface data assimilation and more widespread direct measurement of surface stress. But the space and time sampling constraints on such techniques will inevitably limit the improvement to less than is desireable or needed. Only satellite-borne sensors, adequately deployed and calibrated against high quality surface data can provide the needed information. The microwave scatterometer shows promise for meeting the required accuracy needs, and may soon revolutionize our knowledge of the surface wind and stress fields.
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Harrison, D.E. (1984). Ocean Surface Wind Stress. In: Gautier, C., Fieux, M. (eds) Large-Scale Oceanographic Experiments and Satellites. NATO ASI Series, vol 128. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6421-1_8
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