Factors influencing the skill of synthesised satellite wind products in the tropical Pacific

Dr. Shayne McGregor, Monash University, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Alexander Sen Gupta, ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Dietmar Dommenget, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Tony Lee, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Michael J McPhaden, NOAA Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States and William S. Kessler, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States