During the Tower Ocean Wave and Radar Dependence Experiment (TOWARD), near-continuous measurements of the wind drag were conducted using the dissipation technique. An intercomparison between these measurements and direct stress magnitudes using a sonic anemometer was performed over 3 days of the experiment. The results indicated that the dissipation technique compared well to the directly determined values when conditions were steady and neutral; otherwise, the dissipation method performed poorly. When neutrally stratified data were used, the drag coefficient exhibited a systematic dependence on both surface tension and wave age. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1988