Quikscat plots collected in one place

• Quikscat winds (whole Pacific): Curl  Curl(Tau/f)  Curl and winds (squeezed)
• Compare FSU and Quikscat winds and curl:
  FSU 1961-99, FSU during Quikscat, Quikscat 1 cpy harmonics:
      Tau-x  Mean  Amplitude  Phase
      Curl  Mean  Amplitude  Phase  Larger region: Amplitude and Phase  Variance fraction
      Curl(Tau/f)  Mean  Amplitude  Phase  Amplitude and Phase
• Compare TAO and Quikscat winds: 110°W  (difference)  95°W  (difference)
      Same thing with monthly regridding of Quikscat (not so useful): 110°W  95°W

• Various terms from 4x1x30 Quikscat:
      Wind components  Overlay vectors
      Curl terms: Plain  1/f
      Curl terms: Curl and Tau-x terms  3-way split  3-way split+total  To 2°N
      Compare QS2 and FSU CTOF
      Variance ellipses: NE Pacific  Zoom in on SWCA

• Checking new 4x1x30day Quikscat (compare original) (means):
      SWCA: Mean curl and vector winds
      SWCA: Curl  Sverdrup Strm  Sverdrup Strm larger region: Fields  Difference  Difference 120°W
      Sverdrup eastern boundary condition
      Sverdrup Pressure: Pacific  NE Pacific  SWCA
      Sverdrup Pressure (various renditions): A  B  C  
      Sverdrup Pressure Differences: Difference  Check EB effect: 3 panels  Remove EB  Remove EB (140°W)

• Check harmonic fits (1,2,3 cpy) to 11-month Quikscat:
  Curl(Tau/f)  95.875°W, 15.125°N  100°W, 5°N  112°W, 14.5°N  92°W, 8.5°N  88°W, 6.5°N  90.5°W, 11°N  
  Curl(Tau) (1 cpy only)  95.875°W, 15.125°N  94.125°W, 15.125°N  100°W, 5°N  100°W, 10°N  
  Compare the fitted (harmonic) and simple mean (Quikscat curl) Estimate July Curl  Estimate July Curl anomalies

• Quikscat/FSU Sverdrup comparisons:  Curl   Streamfunction   Sverdrup pressure
  Compare meridional profiles of Sverdrup U_g.
      Each longitude has unsmoothed (1/4°) and smoothed (3° latitude average) Quikscat:
      85°W (sm) 90°W (sm) 95°W (sm) 100°W (sm) 110°W (sm) 120°W (sm) 130°W (sm) 140°W (sm) 150°W (sm)
  Sverdrup pressure terms from Quikscat: Curl(Tau/f) components

• Rossby model (rwint2-qs).
  Harmonics shown as vectors:  c=2.0 m/s, d=9 mon  c=2.0 m/s, d=3 mon  c=2.5 m/s, d=9 mon  c=3.0 m/s, d=9 mon  c=3.0 m/s, d=5 mon  
  Harmonics shown as Amplitude and Phase: c=2.0 m/s, d=9 mon  c=2.0 m/s, d=3 mon  c=2.5 m/s, d=9 mon  c=3.0 m/s, d=9 mon  c=3.0 m/s, d=5 mon  

• w from vorticity balance:Beta v = f dw/dz  Quikscat winds  Quikscat 4130 winds  All winds compared
  Compare other winds: FSU  ECMWF  ERS blended scat winds  ERS V2 (from WOCE CD)

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