Some statistics of NSCAT winds near Central America

Some statistics of NSCAT winds near Central America

These plots are based on swath data averaged onto a 1° by 1°, 5-day grid.
Inspection of the swath data itself suggests that instantaneous maximum speeds can be roughly 1.5 times as large.
  1. Average speed (m/s)
  2. Maximum speed (m/s)
  3. Ratio of average to maximum speed
  4. High and low-frequency variance of NSCAT wind speed
  5. Ratio of high to low-frequency variance of NSCAT wind speed
  6. Time series of wind speed offshore of Tehuantepec and Papagayo (low and high frequency)
  7. Time series of wind speed offshore of Tehuantepec (observed and smoothed)
MANY RELATED FIGURES ON THE TEHUANTEPECKER PAGE
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