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contributor authorDobos, Paul H.
contributor authorLind, Richard J.
contributor authorElsberry, Russell L.
date accessioned2017-06-09T14:50:53Z
date available2017-06-09T14:50:53Z
date copyright1995/09/01
date issued1995
identifier issn0882-8156
identifier otherams-2810.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4165179
description abstractA special set of radar wind profiler observations during the Tropical Cyclone Motion (TCM-90) field experiment is used to relate lower-tropospheric winds to surface sustained winds and gusts on the west coast of Okinawa. Owing to the passage of four typhoons at various separation distances, hourly comparisons are possible for lower-tropospheric wind speeds ranging from 0 to 40 m s?1. Regressions with nonzero intercepts provide more accurate estimates than simple ratios between lower-tropospheric winds and surface sustained winds and gusts. Little difference is found in use of a layer-average wind between 600 and 1800 m compared to regressions for individual levels. Stratification of the data into daytime and nighttime regression equations markedly improves surface sustained wind and gust predictions for wind speeds below 30 m s?1. It is recommended that these daytime and nighttime regression equations he used to estimate surface winds over coastal regions when lower-tropospheric wind observations are available or when a tropical island wind report is available and a lower-tropospheric wind speed estimate is required.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleSurface Wind Comparisons with Radar Wind Profiler Observations near Tropical Cyclones
typeJournal Paper
journal volume10
journal issue3
journal titleWeather and Forecasting
identifier doi10.1175/1520-0434(1995)010<0564:SWCWRW>2.0.CO;2
journal fristpage564
journal lastpage575
treeWeather and Forecasting:;1995:;volume( 010 ):;issue: 003
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