There exists a tongue-shaped swell-dominance pool known as Swell Pool（SP） in the Eastern Pacific region.The monthly-mean wave transports（WT） for each month of 2000 is computed using the wave products of ECMWF rean...There exists a tongue-shaped swell-dominance pool known as Swell Pool（SP） in the Eastern Pacific region.The monthly-mean wave transports（WT） for each month of 2000 is computed using the wave products of ECMWF reanalysis data.By comparing the 2000 monthly-mean WT and monthly-mean wind field from QUICKSCAT,large differences are found between the wave transport direction and the wind direction over the Eastern Pacific.This may serve as an evidence for the existence of the SP in this region.The work done in this study indicates that the sources of swell in the Tropical Eastern Pacific（TEP） are in the westerly regions of the Southern and Northern Pacific.展开更多
基金The National Basic Research Programof China under contract Nos 2005CB422302,2005CB422307 and 2007CB411806the Nation-al Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No. 40490263
文摘There exists a tongue-shaped swell-dominance pool known as Swell Pool（SP） in the Eastern Pacific region.The monthly-mean wave transports（WT） for each month of 2000 is computed using the wave products of ECMWF reanalysis data.By comparing the 2000 monthly-mean WT and monthly-mean wind field from QUICKSCAT,large differences are found between the wave transport direction and the wind direction over the Eastern Pacific.This may serve as an evidence for the existence of the SP in this region.The work done in this study indicates that the sources of swell in the Tropical Eastern Pacific（TEP） are in the westerly regions of the Southern and Northern Pacific.
