Typhoon Matsa - 2005/08/02 1200 UTC

Flight route of DOTSTAR

The flight route of DOTSTAR

Storm symbol in black: Location of the storm center at 2005/08/02 1200 UTC.
Storm symbol in green: Location of the storm center as the first dropwindsonde reached the surface.
Storm symbol in blue: Location of the storm center as the last dropwindsonde reached the surface.

Wind vector at each pressure level

Dropwindsonde information and the estimated surface wind speed

NO.TIMELongitudeLatitudeDISTWDWSMBLWL150
12005/08/02 10:50:53120.921.07823396.66.76.4
22005/08/02 11:06:47122.520.4600------9.6---
32005/08/02 11:24:08124.319.6391001---13.813.6
42005/08/02 11:39:30124.418.0376------14.7---
52005/08/02 11:52:04124.816.6402------19.0---
62005/08/02 12:09:40126.515.5391278---16.817.3
72005/08/02 12:26:25128.515.3406236---15.214.9
82005/08/02 12:40:09129.916.039420213.115.213.8
92005/08/02 12:57:40130.917.736917215.213.613.0
102005/08/02 13:12:35131.719.442915516.615.514.7
112005/08/02 13:27:05131.221.042513014.011.811.7
122005/08/02 13:43:27129.522.037109814.912.913.0
132005/08/02 13:54:46128.122.334707415.914.913.2
142005/08/02 14:09:19126.322.134505216.113.813.4
152005/08/02 14:21:19124.921.4365028---13.712.1

TIME: Time when dropwindsondes reached the surface. (UTC)
DIST: The distance form each dropwindsonde to the corresponded storm center. (km)
WD: Surface wind direction. (degree)
Surface wind speed: (unit : m/s)
(1) WS: Surface wind speed (at a height of 10 meters) directly from the dropwindsondes.
(2) MBL (Franklin 2003): Averaging the dropwindsonde wind speed over the 0~500 m layer, multiplied by 0.80.
(3) WL150 (Franklin 2003): Averaging the dropwindsonde wind speed over the 0~150 m layer, divided by 1.229.

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