Hurricane Michael 2018

DESCRIPTION: An array of 10 surface drifters was deployed 24 hours ahead of Hurricane Michael and captured the surface temperature, pressure, wind, and directional wind-sea and swell energy across the storm center one day before it made landfall on October 10, 2018, as a Category 5 Hurricane. There were two Surface Velocity Program –Barometer Drifters (SVPBD), three MiniMet drifters, and five Directional Wave Spectra Drifters (DWSDs). Hurricane Michael encountered the array at roughly 15:00 UTC on October 9, 2018, with a minimum sea-level pressure recorded of 969 mB and extrapolated 10 m wind speeds of 26.1 m/s. Drifter directional wave spectra and drifter wind observations provide the shift of wave energy between frequency bands, and the transformation from swell to wind-sea in each quadrant of the storm. The observations are split into two data sets. The ﬁrst provides the sea surface temperature, pressure, wind, and averaged wave variables of peak period and signiﬁcant wave height. The second provides the ﬁrst-ﬁve coeﬃcients of the directional wave spectra.

The drifter data is described in Schönau et al. (2024). The data links are found below, as well as the link to related COAMPS-TC wind dataset used for this study. The “Sensor Data” includes observation time, latitude, longitude sea surface temperature, sea level pressure, and bulk wave parameters such as significant wave height. The “First-five Data” is for the wave energy and directional coefficients: a₀, a₁, b₁, a₂, and b₂. When a wave observation is taken, the time stamps between the two files will correspond.

HOW TO USE THE DATA

This page features the Hurricane Michael data via the ERDDAP framework, with links available under the citations.

The data are available for your use only.
As you proceed with your analysis, please track the portion of the data that will be used in publications and communicate that information to us.
Please cite the data as below in CITATION and provide us with the full reference(s) associated with the data DOI.

CITATION: Centurioni, L., T. Paluszkiewicz, and M. Schönau. 2022. Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory at Scripps Institution of Oceanography Hurricane Michael (2018) drifter data. Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, [Data set], https://doi.org/10.57969/S94W2D.

ERDDAP SERVER LINK: https://drifterdata.ucsd.edu/erddap/tabledap/LDL_HurricaneMichael.html

CREATORS: Luca Centurioni, Theresa Paluszkiewicz, and Martha Schönau

POC: Martha Schönau

TITLE: Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory at Scripps Institution of Oceanography Hurricane Michael (2018) Drifter Data

PUBLISHER: Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

PUBLICATION YEAR: 2022

DOI: 10.57969/S94W2D

RESOURCE TYPE: Dataset

GEOLOCATIONS: Gulf of Mexico (23.1°–25.9°N, 85.4°–89.6°W)

FUNDING REFERENCES:

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) award NA20OAR432027

FIRST-FIVE DATA: Centurioni, L., T. Paluszkiewicz, and M. Schönau. 2022. Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory at Scripps Institution of Oceanography Hurricane Michael (2018) First-Five Wave Data. Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. [Dataset], https://doi.org/10.57969/S9159W

ERDDAP SERVER LINK: https://drifterdata.ucsd.edu/erddap/tabledap/LDL_HurricaneMichael_First5.html

CREATORS: Luca Centurioni, Theresa Paluszkiewicz, and Martha Schönau

POC: Martha Schönau

TITLE: Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory at Scripps Institution of Oceanography Hurricane Michael (2018) Drifter Data First-Five Wave Data

PUBLISHER: Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

PUBLICATION YEAR: 2022

DOI:10.57969/S9159W

RESOURCE TYPE: Dataset

GEOLOCATIONS: Gulf of Mexico (23.1°–25.9°N, 85.4°–89.6°W)

FUNDING REFERENCES:

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) award NA20OAR432027

RELATED DATA SETS

COAMPS-TC: Schönau, M., W. Komaromi, H. Jin, J. Doyle, T. Paluszkiewicz, and L. Centurioni (Forthcoming 2024). COAMPS-TC Atmospheric Data Subset for Hurricane Michael. Dataset. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.b2rbnzsp5

RELATED LITERATURE

Centurioni, L., L. Braasch, E. Di Lauro, P. Contestabile, F. De Leo, R. Casotti, L. Franco, and D. Vicinanza. 2017. A new strategic wave measurement station off Naples port main breakwater. Coastal Engineering Proceedings 1(35), waves.36, https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v35.waves.36.

Centurioni, L.R. 2018. Drifter technology and impacts for sea surface temperature, sea-level pressure, and ocean circulation studies. Pp. 37–57 in Observing the Oceans in Real Time. R. Venkatesan, A. Tandon, E. D’Asaro and M.A. Atmanand, eds, Springer International Publishing, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66493-4_3.

Schönau, M., T. Paluszkiewicz, Centurioni, L., Komaromi, W.A., Jin, H., and J.D. Doyle. 2024. In situ observations at the air-sea interface by expendable air-deployed drifters under Hurricane Michael (2018). Geophysical Research Letters, accepted.

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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