2012
DOI: 10.1175/bams-d-11-00128.1
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Phenomenal Sea States and Swell from a North Atlantic Storm in February 2011: A Comprehensive Analysis

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“…2b). This finding is consistent with a detailed analysis of the 14 February 2011 North Atlantic storm which produced significant wave heights up to 20 m (Hanafin et al, 2012).…”
Section: Effects Of the Different Wind Forcing On Extreme Wave Heightssupporting
confidence: 90%
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“…2b). This finding is consistent with a detailed analysis of the 14 February 2011 North Atlantic storm which produced significant wave heights up to 20 m (Hanafin et al, 2012).…”
Section: Effects Of the Different Wind Forcing On Extreme Wave Heightssupporting
confidence: 90%
“…A simple calibration of the wind wave growth parameter, b max ¼ 1:33 for CFSR or NCEP winds compared to b max ¼ 1:52 for ECMWF winds corrected the average to high wave heights. Modelled wave heights are still too low for the highest values (H s > 12 m), likely due to an underestimation of the winds in these conditions, as shown for a specific storm by Hanafin et al (2012).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 93%
“…Extreme winds in extratropical cyclones often occur south of the surface low center (e.g., Lynott and Cramer 1966;Neiman et al 1993;Grønå s 1995;Steenburgh and Mass 1996;Nielsen and Sass 2003;Von Ahn et al 2006;Chelton et al 2006;Knox et al 2011;Fox et al 2012;Hanafin et al 2012). Studying the United Kingdom's Great Storm of 15-16 October 1987, Browning (2004 coined the term sting jet to refer to one specific type of wind maximum in this region.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Quirin system was the last of four deep lows with hurricane-force winds that developed in close succession over the North Atlantic. Quirin cyclone was considered in detail in [72], where the necessity to use different satellite data to provide a comprehensive analysis is stressed. A lot of data from different sources were collected to observe the dynamics of these storms, including those from scatterometer and altimeter instruments.…”
Section: Model Applicationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Altimeter data (significant wave height) confirmed the hurricane-force winds for Quirin. It is emphasized in [72] that the actual maximum wind speed estimates are very difficult to obtain and validate with in situ measurements. However, the general agreement of all sensor estimations, including AMSR-E retrieved wind speeds, up to hurricane-force winds is remarkable.…”
Section: Model Applicationmentioning
confidence: 99%