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Continental Shelf Currents in Tropical Storm Delia: Observations and Theory
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Storm currents are a significant part of the design hydrodynamic flow field in areas subject to tropical storms. In September 1973, Tropical Storm Delia passed over the instrumented Buccaneer platform located in 20 m of ...
On Trends in Historical Marine Wind Data
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Compilations of surface winds from ship reports since 1854 show a number of long period variations, including a trend toward strengthening winds over the past three decades. Some investigators indicate that these variations ...
Wind Speed Scaling in Fully Developed Seas
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Recent tests of all generations of numerical wave models indicate that extreme wave heights are significantly underpredicted by these models. This behavior is consistent with the finding by Ewing and Laing that fully ...