Typhoon Aere - 2004/08/23 1200 UTC
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. | TIME | Longitude | Latitude | DIST | WD | WS | MBL | WL150 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2004/08/23 10:37:08 | 120.4 | 21.0 | 543 | 270 | --- | 13.0 | 12.8 |
2 | 2004/08/23 10:53:26 | 122.0 | 21.0 | 415 | 256 | --- | 18.1 | 16.8 |
3 | 2004/08/23 11:07:54 | 123.3 | 20.3 | 399 | 259 | --- | 15.6 | 13.6 |
4 | 2004/08/23 11:16:44 | 124.7 | 20.0 | 397 | 238 | --- | 15.8 | 13.3 |
5 | 2004/08/23 11:33:02 | 126.2 | 20.2 | 395 | 221 | 15.4 | 15.8 | 14.5 |
6 | 2004/08/23 11:45:20 | 127.7 | 21.0 | 411 | 186 | --- | 15.2 | 13.8 |
7 | 2004/08/23 11:57:52 | 128.3 | 22.2 | 381 | 168 | --- | 17.1 | 14.7 |
8 | 2004/08/23 12:09:16 | 128.7 | 23.6 | 383 | 148 | --- | 17.5 | 13.8 |
9 | 2004/08/23 12:22:48 | 128.3 | 25.0 | 375 | 133 | --- | 18.8 | 17.4 |
10 | 2004/08/23 12:29:10 | 127.1 | 25.4 | 294 | 111 | 20.4 | 21.0 | 19.7 |
11 | 2004/08/23 12:45:15 | 126.5 | 26.7 | 368 | 104 | --- | 19.1 | 15.7 |
12 | 2004/08/23 12:57:41 | 126.0 | 28.0 | 487 | 092 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 12.1 |
13 | 2004/08/23 13:09:25 | 124.4 | 28.0 | 474 | 056 | --- | 13.1 | 10.7 |
14 | 2004/08/23 13:25:07 | 124.7 | 26.6 | 314 | 058 | 17.4 | 19.4 | 16.6 |
15 | 2004/08/23 13:36:35 | 123.2 | 26.4 | 328 | 031 | --- | 19.6 | 16.0 |
16 | 2004/08/23 13:48:21 | 122.9 | 25.0 | 233 | 006 | --- | 21.9 | 18.7 |
17 | 2004/08/23 13:59:48 | 122.1 | 24.0 | 273 | 328 | --- | 22.5 | 17.6 |
18 | 2004/08/23 14:09:54 | 122.1 | 22.7 | 306 | 011 | --- | 5.6 | 5.4 |
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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