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The Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM\/I) ocean winds extrapolated from 10 m to 100 m using the Charnock relationship and the logarithmic profile method are compared to Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model results in both seas and to in-situ observations in the North Sea. The mean wind speed from SSM\/I and WRF differ only by 0.1 m\/s at Fino1 in the North Sea, while west of Hainan in the South China Sea the difference is 1.0 m\/s. Linear regression between SSM\/I and WRF winds at 100 m show correlation coefficients squared of 0.75 and 0.67, standard deviation of 1.67 m\/s and 1.41 m\/s, and mean difference of \u22120.12 m\/s and 0.83 m\/s for Fino1 and Hainan, respectively. The WRF-derived winds overestimate the values in the South China Sea. The inter-annual wind speed variability is estimated as 4.6% and 4.4% based on SSM\/I at Fino1 and Hainan, respectively. 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