Observational study of super typhoon Meranti (2016) using satellite, surface drifter, Argo float and reanalysis data

Hui Chen; Shuang Li; Hailun He; Jinbao Song; Zheng Ling; Anzhou Cao; Zhongshui Zou; Wenli Qiao

doi:10.1007/s13131-021-1702-9

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Hui Chen, Shuang Li, Hailun He, Jinbao Song, Zheng Ling, Anzhou Cao, Zhongshui Zou, Wenli Qiao. Observational study of super typhoon Meranti (2016) using satellite, surface drifter, Argo float and reanalysis data[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2021, 40(1): 70-84. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1702-9

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Hui Chen, Shuang Li, Hailun He, Jinbao Song, Zheng Ling, Anzhou Cao, Zhongshui Zou, Wenli Qiao. Observational study of super typhoon Meranti (2016) using satellite, surface drifter, Argo float and reanalysis data[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2021, 40(1): 70-84. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1702-9

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Hui Chen, Shuang Li, Hailun He, Jinbao Song, Zheng Ling, Anzhou Cao, Zhongshui Zou, Wenli Qiao. Observational study of super typhoon Meranti (2016) using satellite, surface drifter, Argo float and reanalysis data[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2021, 40(1): 70-84. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1702-9

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Observational study of super typhoon Meranti (2016) using satellite, surface drifter, Argo float and reanalysis data

doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1702-9

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Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan 316021, China
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State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou 310012, China
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Key Laboratory of Coastal, Resources and Environment in Continental and Deep Sea of Department of Education of Guangdong Province, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China

Funds: The National Program on Global Change and Air-Sea Interaction under contract No. GASI-IPOVAI-04, the National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 41830533, 41876003 and 41621064; the China-Sweden (NSFC-STINT) Cooperation and Exchange Project under contract No. 41911530149.

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Corresponding author: Email: lshuang@zju.edu.cn
Received Date: 2019-09-15
Accepted Date: 2020-03-05

Available Online: 2021-04-21

Publish Date: 2021-01-25

Abstract

Abstract

The present work describes the basic features of super typhoon Meranti (2016) by multiple data sources. We mainly focus on the upper ocean response to Meranti using multiplatform satellites, in situ surface drifter and Argo floats, and compare the results with the widely used idealized wind vortex model and reanalysis datasets. The pre-existing meso-scale eddy provided a favor underlying surface boundary condition and also modulated the upper ocean response to Meranti. Results show that the maximum sea surface cooling was 2.0°C after Meranti. The satellite surface wind failed to capture the core structure of Meranti as the idealized wind vortex model deduced. According to the observation of sea surface drifters, the near-inertial currents were significantly enhanced during the passage of Meranti. The temperature and salinity profiles from Argo floats revealed both the mixed-layer extension and subsurface upwelling induced by Meranti. The comparison results show that the sea surface temperature and surface wind in the reanalysis datasets differs from those in remote sensing system. Sea surface cooling is similar in both satellite and in situ observation, and sea surface salinity response has a lower correlation with the precipitation rate.
- super typhoon,
- satellite data,
- sea surface temperature,
- surface wind

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