JE-YUAN HSULien, R.-C.R.-C.LienD'Asaro, E.A.E.A.D'AsaroSanford, T.B.T.B.Sanford2021-11-232021-11-232018https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85047308422&doi=10.1175%2fJTECH-D-17-0121.1&partnerID=40&md5=7218f8fc9ac648725ae56a7260442f24https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/587676Abstract Seven subsurface Electromagnetic Autonomous Profiling Explorer (EM-APEX) floats measured the voltage induced by the motional induction of seawater under Typhoon Fanapi in 2010. Measurements were processed to estimate high-frequency oceanic velocity variance associated with surface waves. Surface wave peak frequency f p and significant wave height H s are estimated by a nonlinear least squares fitting to , assuming a broadband JONSWAP surface wave spectrum. The H s is further corrected for the effects of float rotation, Earth’s geomagnetic field inclination, and surface wave propagation direction. The f p is 0.08–0.10 Hz, with the maximum f p of 0.10 Hz in the rear-left quadrant of Fanapi, which is ~0.02 Hz higher than in the rear-right quadrant. The H s is 6–12 m, with the maximum in the rear sector of Fanapi. Comparing the estimated f p and H s with those assuming a single dominant surface wave yields differences of more than 0.02 Hz and 4 m, respectively. The surface waves under Fanapi simulated in the WAVEWATCH III (ww3) model are used to assess and compare to float estimates. Differences in the surface wave spectra of JONSWAP and ww3 yield uncertainties of <5% outside Fanapi’s eyewall and >10% within the eyewall. The estimated f p is 10% less than the simulated before the passage of Fanapi’s eye and 20% less after eye passage. Most differences between H s and simulated are <2 m except those in the rear-left quadrant of Fanapi, which are ~5 m. Surface wave estimates are important for guiding future model studies of tropical cyclone wave–ocean interactions.[SDGs]SDG14journal article10.1175/JTECH-D-17-0121.12-s2.0-85047308422