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Ocean surface roughness and whitecaps are driven by the ocean surface wind stress; thus, their values calculated from the wind speed input may vary significantly depending on the drag coefficient formula applied. Because roughness and whitecaps are critical elements of the ocean surface response in microwave remote sensing, the extensive microwave remote sensing measurements contain the information of the drag coefficient, surface roughness, and whitecap coverage. The scattering radar cross sections from global measurements under calm to tropical cyclone conditions have been used effectively to improve the formulation of the surface roughness spectrum. In this paper, the microwave radiometer measurements in tropical cyclones are exploited to extract information of the drag coefficient and whitecap coverage in high winds. The results show that when expressed as a wind speed power function, the exponent in high winds (greater than about 35 m s −1 ) is about −1 for the drag coefficient, 0.5 for the wind friction velocity, and 1.25 for the whitecap coverage.

High-Wind Drag Coefficient and Whitecap Coverage Derived from Microwave Radiometer Observations in Tropical Cyclones