Observing the Evolution of Typhoon Wakes

Abstract

The objective of our research program was to observe the temporal and spatial evolution of typhoon cold wakes, in particular we directly observed the mixing associated with turbulence generated by the strong air-sea interaction in a typhoon. These observations will be used to make quantifiable assessments of mixed layer models under the extreme conditions of a typhoon. We also observed the restratification of the cold wake from air-sea fluxes to understand the subsequent evolution of the cold wake after the typhoon had passed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 30, 2012
Accession Number
ADA560220

Entities

People

  • Steven R. Jayne

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Department Of Defense
  • Detectors
  • Information Operations
  • Internal Waves
  • Microstructure
  • Military Research
  • Observation
  • Oceans
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Personal Information Managers
  • Remote Sensing
  • Ryukyu Islands
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Solar Radiation
  • Surface Temperature
  • Tropical Cyclones
  • Turbulence

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers