On the limiting aerodynamic roughness of the ocean in very strong winds

By M. Donelan, Brian Haus, Nicolas Reul, W. Plant, M. Stiassnie, H. Graber, O. Brown, E. Saltzman. 2004

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Subfields: Atmospheric Science, Oceanography

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Dynamics of Winds and Currents Coupled to Surface Waves (2010, methodology): “Wind-wave tank measurements (Donelan et al. 2004), shown in Figure 4, convincingly replicate the linear variation observed outdoors but also exhibit an unexpected trend—saturation for wind speeds above 30 m s−1.”
Air-Sea Enthalpy and Momentum Exchange at Major Hurricane Wind Speeds Observed during CBLAST (2012, neutral): “Although the French et al. (2007) results slightly differ from those reported by Powell et al. (2003) and Donelan et al. (2004), general agreement exists that an extrapolation of an increasing CD from low wind speed formulas (e.g., Large and Pond 1981) is not justified.”
Wind and waves in extreme hurricanes (2012, methodology): “Soloviev and Lukas, 2010] and in laboratory flumes [Donelan et al., 2004; Reul et al., 2008].”
Direct-simulation-based study of turbulent flow over various waving boundaries (2010, background): “…and those for turbulence over water waves (e.g. Stewart 1970; Banner & Melville 1976; Hsu, Hsu & Street 1981; Hsu et al. 1982; Mastenbroek 1996; Donelan et al. 2004; Makin et al. 2007; Veron, Saxena & Misra 2007; Reul, Branger & Giovanangeli 2008; Shaikh & Siddiqui 2008; Donelan & Plant…”
Structure of the airflow above surface waves (2016, background): “The development of extreme weather events (such as hurricanes) is dependent on the drag at the ocean surface (Powell et al., 2003; Donelan et al., 2004; Bell et al., 2012).”
A Physics-Based Parameterization of Air–Sea Momentum Flux at High Wind Speeds and Its Impact on Hurricane Intensity Predictions (2007, methodology): “8b Figure 1b compares the neutral drag coefficient estimated from our new formulation (thick blue line) with the bulk parameterization used in the operational GFDL model, the results from Wu (1982), Large and Pond (1981), Donelan et al. (2004), and Powell et al. (2003). For W 12.”
Surface gravity wave effects in the oceanic boundary layer: large-eddy simulation with vortex force and stochastic breakers (2007, background): “At even higher winds, Ua > 30 m s−1, Cd is probably wind speed independent or even decreasing (Donelan et al. 2004), which again implies Lat ∼ 0.3.”
Choosing a Boundary Layer Parameterization for Tropical Cyclone Modeling (2012, background): “2007) and theory (Andreas 2004; Donelan et al. 2004; Makin 2005; Bye and Jenkins 2006; Moon et al. 2007).”
Directional Wind-Wave Coupling in Fully Coupled Atmosphere-Wave-Ocean Models: Results from CBLAST-Hurricane (2013, methodology): “It is currently set to equal to 33 m s 2 1 based on the results of the laboratory measurements from Donelan et al. (2004) as shown in Fig.”
Effects of Surface Exchange Coefficients and Turbulence Length Scales on the Intensity and Structure of Numerically Simulated Hurricanes (2012, background): “However, recent observational and laboratory studies (e.g., Powell et al. 2003; Donelan et al. 2004; Drennan et al. 2007; Jeong 2008; Haus et al. 2010; Bell 2010) found that the most intense hurricanes probably have Ck ’ 1 3 10(23) and Cd ’ 2 3 10 23 (although the uncertainty is considerably large).”
Evaluation of Planetary Boundary Layer Parameterizations in Tropical Cyclones by Comparison of In Situ Observations and High-Resolution Simulations of Hurricane Isabel (2003). Part I: Initialization, Maximum Winds, and the Outer-Core Boundary Layer (2009, methodology): “Recent research, however, using both hurricane dropsondes (Powell et al. 2003) and laboratory experiments (Donelan et al. 2004), has shown that C d in high winds levels off and does not continue to increase for wind speeds greater than 30 m s 2 1 .”