Abstract
Abstract The Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory ocean model has been used to diagnose the sensitivity of the Center for Ocean–Land–Atmosphere Studies atmospheric general circulation model wind stress to convective parameterization. In a previous study this atmospheric model was integrated for seven years with observed sea surface temperatures to test three different convective parameterizations: Kuo, Betts–Miller, and relaxed Arakawa–Schubert. In this study, the three wind stress fields are then used to force the ocean model. For comparison, an ocean model simulation with the subjectively analyzed Florida State University wind stress product is also made. The resulting ocean temperature field is compared with the National Centers for Environmental Prediction ocean analyses in terms of the annual cycle and interannual variability in order to identify errors in the ocean model and errors that are unique to the particular wind stress field. Overall, the ocean simulation with the wind stress resulting from...
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