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Table 4 Axisymmetrical mean latent heat fluxes and sea surface cooling effects for T1106 and T1109

From: Typhoon-induced sea surface cooling during the 2011 and 2012 typhoon seasons: observational evidence and numerical investigations of the sea surface cooling effect using typhoon simulations

Integration time

T1106

T1109

Latent heat flux (uncoupled; W m−2)

Latent heat flux (coupled; W m−2)

Sea surface cooling (°C)

Latent heat flux (uncoupled W m−2)

Latent heat flux (coupled; W m−2)

Sea surface cooling (°C)

24 h

451.9

324.2

1.0

331.1

227.5

1.0

(Ratio)

 

0.72

  

0.69

 

48 h

459.0

266.8

1.5

569.9

303.3

1.8

(Ratio)

 

0.58

  

0.53

 

72 h

566.4

388.3

1.2

492.9

260.6

1.6

(Ratio)

 

0.69

  

0.53

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