Observations of wind stress direction during Typhoon Chaba (2010) Academic Article

abstract

• AbstractDirect flux measurements of stress direction taken at the ocean surface during Typhoon Chaba (2010) over 3days are examined for wind speeds between 12 and 26.5ms1. Results show stress deviated up to 35 from the wind direction and resided predominantly between the wind and peak wave directions in both bimodal and unimodal seas. Offwind stress angle was most pronounced in Chaba's wake where wind sea and swell created an apparent unimodal system with narrow directional spread. These conditions lasted 2days during which the stress direction was midway between the wind and wave directions. The implications for tropical cyclone forecasting are discussed.

authors

• Potter, Henry

published proceedings

• GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

altmetric score

• 0.25

author list (cited authors)

• Potter, H., Collins, C., Drennan, W. M., & Graber, H. C.

citation count

• 16

publication date

• November 2015

publisher

• American Geophysical Union (AGU)  Publisher

published in

• Geophysical Research Letters  Journal

keywords

• 37 Earth Sciences
• 3708 Oceanography
• 40 Engineering
• 4015 Maritime Engineering

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1002/2015GL065173

start page

• 9898

end page

• 9905

volume

• 42

issue

• 22

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015gl065173

user-defined tag

• 7 Affordable and Clean Energy