Observing the air-sea turbulent heat flux on the trajectory of tropical storm Danas

Xuehan XIE; Xiangzhou SONG; Marilena OLTMANNS; Yangang LI; Qifeng QIAN; Zexun WEI

doi:10.1007/s00343-024-3192-z

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Observing the air-sea turbulent heat flux on the trajectory of tropical storm Danas

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- Observing the air-sea turbulent heat flux on the trajectory of tropical storm Danas
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 42, Issue 5, Pages: 1425-1437(2024)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Key Laboratory of Marine Hazards Forecasting, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing210098, China
  2.College of Oceanography, Hohai University, Nanjing210098, China
  3.National Oceanography Centre, Southampton SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom
  4.East China Sea Forecasting and Disaster Reduction Center, Ministry of Natural Resources, Shanghai200136, China
  5.National Meteorological Centre, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing100081, China
  6.First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao266061, China
- Author bio：
  
  xuehanxie@hhu.edu.cn
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- DOI：10.1007/s00343-024-3192-z
  CLC：
- Received：23 September 2023，
  
  Online First：04 January 2024，
  
  Published：01 September 2024
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XIE Xuehan,SONG Xiangzhou,OLTMANNS Marilena,et al.Observing the air-sea turbulent heat flux on the trajectory of tropical storm Danas[J].Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2024,42(05):1425-1437.
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XIE Xuehan,SONG Xiangzhou,OLTMANNS Marilena,et al.Observing the air-sea turbulent heat flux on the trajectory of tropical storm Danas[J].Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2024,42(05):1425-1437. DOI： 10.1007/s00343-024-3192-z.

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Tropical cyclones constitute a major risk for coastal communities. To assess their damage potential

accurate predictions of their intensification are needed

which requires a detailed understanding of the evolution of turbulent heat flux (THF). By combining multiple buoy observations along the south-north storm track

we investigated the THF anomalies associated with tropical storm Danas (2019) in the East China Sea (ECS) during its complete life cycle from the intensification stage to the mature stage and finally to its dissipation on land. The storm passage is characterized by strong winds of 10–20 m/s and a sea level pressure below 1 000 hPa

resulting in a substantial enhancement of THF. Latent heat (LH) fluxes are most strongly affected by wind speed

with a gradually increasing contribution of humidity along

the trajectory. The relative contributions of wind speed and temperature anomalies to sensible heat (SH) depend on the stability of the boundary layer. Under stable conditions

SH variations are driven by wind speed

while under near-neutral conditions

SH variations are driven by temperature. A comparison of the observed THF and associated variables with outputs from the ERA5 and MERRA2 reanalysis products reveals that the reanalysis products can reproduce the basic evolution and composition of the observed THF. However

under extreme weather conditions

temperature and humidity variations are poorly captured by ERA5 and MERRA2

leading to large LH and SH errors. The differences in the observed and reproduced LH and SH during the passage of Danas amount to 26.1 and 6.6 W/m

for ERA5

respectively

and to 39.4 and 12.5 W/m

for MERRA2

respectively. These results demonstrate the need to improve the representation of tropical cyclones in reanalysis products to better predict their intensification process and reduce their damage.

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