Table 1 Estimates of friction velocity (u*) and aerodynamic roughness length (z0) obtain by a log wind profile fit.

From: Observations of boundary layer wind and turbulence of a landfalling tropical cyclone

U10 (m/s)

u* (m/s)

z0 (m)

1000 × CD

8.5

0.70

0.08

6.9

12.8

1.12

0.10

7.7

19.4

1.66

0.09

7.3

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