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Abstract
Surface wind stress in the Southern Ocean (SO) in both the ACME and CESM are high relative to several data sets, including the QuikSCAT-based Large-Yeager (2004, LY04) observational estimates. While surface stress estimates are uncertain, LY04 is actually high compared with other wind stress estimates in the SO e.g., ERA, NOC1.1, arguing that the models’ high values are in fact unrealistic.
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