Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the tropical pacific wind stress anomalies produced on monthly to inter-annual time scales by the complex general circulation model (GCM) of the center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Interactions (COLA) at low (R15) resolutions. The model is integrated using observed sea surface temperature (SST)for ten years 1979 through 1988. The model simulates generally realistic wind stress anomaly (WSA).The model generated data set of WSA was used to force the Zebiak Cane ocean model (ZCOM) for ten years.The modeled SST anomalies were compared to the observed SST anomalies. The ZCOM simulation shows realistic 1982/1983 and 1986/1987 warm episodes along the equator,but could produce less realistic 1984/1985 and 1988/1989 cold episodes along the equator,due to lack of wind stress forcing in the ocean model.Time series of the NINO3 index (measuring the SST anomaly in the mid eastern pacific) is realistic for the ZCOM simulation.