Wind estimation around the shipwreck of Oriental Star based on field damage surveys and radar observations

Based on observational analyses and on-site ground and aerial damage surveys, this work aims to reveal the weather phenomena—especially the wind situation—when Oriental Star capsized in the Yangtze River on June 1, 2015. Results demonstrate that the cruise ship capsized when it encountered strong wi...

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Autores principales: Meng, Zhiyong, Yao, Dan, Bai, Lanqiang, Zheng, Yongguang, Xue, Ming, Zhang, Xiaoling, Zhao, Kun, Tian, Fuyou, Wang, Mingjun
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4752576/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26913216
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11434-016-1005-2
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author Meng, Zhiyong
Yao, Dan
Bai, Lanqiang
Zheng, Yongguang
Xue, Ming
Zhang, Xiaoling
Zhao, Kun
Tian, Fuyou
Wang, Mingjun
author_facet Meng, Zhiyong
Yao, Dan
Bai, Lanqiang
Zheng, Yongguang
Xue, Ming
Zhang, Xiaoling
Zhao, Kun
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description Based on observational analyses and on-site ground and aerial damage surveys, this work aims to reveal the weather phenomena—especially the wind situation—when Oriental Star capsized in the Yangtze River on June 1, 2015. Results demonstrate that the cruise ship capsized when it encountered strong winds at speeds of at least 31 m s(−1) near the apex of a bow echo embedded in a squall line. As suggested by the fallen trees within a 2-km radius around the wreck location, such strong winds were likely caused by microburst straight-line wind and/or embedded small vortices, rather than tornadoes. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s11434-016-1005-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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spelling pubmed-47525762016-02-22 Wind estimation around the shipwreck of Oriental Star based on field damage surveys and radar observations Meng, Zhiyong Yao, Dan Bai, Lanqiang Zheng, Yongguang Xue, Ming Zhang, Xiaoling Zhao, Kun Tian, Fuyou Wang, Mingjun Sci Bull (Beijing) Article Based on observational analyses and on-site ground and aerial damage surveys, this work aims to reveal the weather phenomena—especially the wind situation—when Oriental Star capsized in the Yangtze River on June 1, 2015. Results demonstrate that the cruise ship capsized when it encountered strong winds at speeds of at least 31 m s(−1) near the apex of a bow echo embedded in a squall line. As suggested by the fallen trees within a 2-km radius around the wreck location, such strong winds were likely caused by microburst straight-line wind and/or embedded small vortices, rather than tornadoes. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s11434-016-1005-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Science China Press 2016-02-02 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4752576/ /pubmed/26913216 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11434-016-1005-2 Text en © Science China Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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Xue, Ming
Zhang, Xiaoling
Zhao, Kun
Tian, Fuyou
Wang, Mingjun
Wind estimation around the shipwreck of Oriental Star based on field damage surveys and radar observations
title Wind estimation around the shipwreck of Oriental Star based on field damage surveys and radar observations
title_full Wind estimation around the shipwreck of Oriental Star based on field damage surveys and radar observations
title_fullStr Wind estimation around the shipwreck of Oriental Star based on field damage surveys and radar observations
title_full_unstemmed Wind estimation around the shipwreck of Oriental Star based on field damage surveys and radar observations
title_short Wind estimation around the shipwreck of Oriental Star based on field damage surveys and radar observations
title_sort wind estimation around the shipwreck of oriental star based on field damage surveys and radar observations
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4752576/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26913216
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11434-016-1005-2
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