The relationship between satellite and meteorological model-derived winds with those from ocean buoys within the Bay of Biscay

Abstract

Output from the global forecast system (GFS) meteorological model and measurements derived from the QuikSCAT satellite are investigated, comparing them with in situ data obtained from moored buoys. In order to undertake these comparisons, one year (April 2003–March 2004) of wind data from the GFS model and from the QuikSCAT satellite were co-located with the in situ data; retaining spatial differences of less than 0.4° longitude−0.5° latitude and temporal differences of  0.68 for the ...