Relation between Overwater Friction Velocityand Wind Speed at 10m during Hurricane Rita

Professor S. A. Hsu

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Professor S. A. Hsu

hurricane inez, hurricane rita, logarithmic wind profile, north sea storms, overwater friction velocity, roughness length

Abstract

On the basis of pertinent in-situ measurements in the North Sea during extra-tropical cyclones and in the Gulf of Mexico during Hurricane Rita, a power law relation between overwater friction velocity and the wind speed at 10m is found and presented. Since the coefficient of determination exceeds 94 per cent, this power law is recommended for use in air-sea interaction studies.

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Relation between Overwater Friction Velocityand Wind Speed at 10m during Hurricane Rita. (2015). Global Journal of Science Frontier Research, 15(51), 1-10. https://journalofscience.org/index.php/GJSFR/article/view/

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Author Biography

Professor S. A. Hsu

S. A. Hsu is a Professor Emeritus and Certified Consulting Meteorologist at the Coastal Studies Institute, Louisiana State University. With a career spanning decades, his research focuses on air-sea-land interaction, hurricane wind fields, and coastal meteorology. He has published 118 works, amassing 1,997 citations, with an h-index of 23 and an i10-index of 41. His notable contributions include studies on wind-wave relations, storm surge dynamics, and turbulence intensity during major hurricanes such as Katrina, Rita, and Isaac. He has also collaborated with Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, extending his influence in marine science and engineering.

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