NASA NTRS · 20000095083
Hurricane Directional Wave Spectrum Spatial Variation at Landfall
Abstract
On 26 August 1998, hurricane Bonnie was making landfall near Wilmington, NC. The NASA airborne scanning radar altimeter (SRA) carried aboard one of the NOAA WP-3D hurricane hunter aircraft at 2.2 km height documented the sea surface directional wave spectrum in the region between Charleston, SC and Cape Hatteras, NC. The aircraft ground track included both segments along the shoreline and Pamlico Sound as well as far offshore. An animation of the directional wave spectrum spatial variation at landfall will be presented and contrasted with the spatial variation when Bonnie was in the open ocean on 24 August 1998.
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Walsh, Edward J., Wright, C. Wayne, Vandemark, Douglas C., Krabill, William B., Garcia, Andrew W., Houston, Samuel H., Powell, Mark D., Black, Peter G., Marke, Frank D., Busalacchi, Antonio J.. 2000-01-01. Hurricane Directional Wave Spectrum Spatial Variation at Landfall. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20000095083
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