Typhoon Aere - 2004/08/23 1200 UTC

Flight route of DOTSTAR

The flight route of DOTSTAR

Storm symbol in black: Location of the storm center at 2004/08/23 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
12004/08/23 10:37:08120.421.0543270---13.012.8
22004/08/23 10:53:26122.021.0415256---18.116.8
32004/08/23 11:07:54123.320.3399259---15.613.6
42004/08/23 11:16:44124.720.0397238---15.813.3
52004/08/23 11:33:02126.220.239522115.415.814.5
62004/08/23 11:45:20127.721.0411186---15.213.8
72004/08/23 11:57:52128.322.2381168---17.114.7
82004/08/23 12:09:16128.723.6383148---17.513.8
92004/08/23 12:22:48128.325.0375133---18.817.4
102004/08/23 12:29:10127.125.429411120.421.019.7
112004/08/23 12:45:15126.526.7368104---19.115.7
122004/08/23 12:57:41126.028.048709213.713.612.1
132004/08/23 13:09:25124.428.0474056---13.110.7
142004/08/23 13:25:07124.726.631405817.419.416.6
152004/08/23 13:36:35123.226.4328031---19.616.0
162004/08/23 13:48:21122.925.0233006---21.918.7
172004/08/23 13:59:48122.124.0273328---22.517.6
182004/08/23 14:09:54122.122.7306011---5.65.4

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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