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Articles | Volume 21, issue 6
Articles | Volume 21, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-21-2915-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-21-2915-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 21, issue 6
Research article
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14 Nov 2025
Research article |  | 14 Nov 2025

A data-driven wind-to-current response function and application to ocean surface current estimates

Clément Ubelmann, J. Thomas Farrar, Bertrand Chapron, Lucile Gaultier, Laura Gomez-Navarro, Marie-Hélène Rio, and Gérald Dibarboure

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This study models wind-driven ocean currents using observed wind stress and an empirically estimated impulse response function based on drifting buoys. By convolving this function with wind forcing from ERA5, the estimates align well with independent observations across latitudes. Additionally, the response function serves as a valuable indicator of subsurface properties.
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