The Operational Use of QuikSCAT Ocean Surface Vector Winds at the National Hurricane Center

The utility and shortcomings of near-real-time ocean surface vector wind retrievals from the NASA Quick Scatterometer (QuikSCAT) in operational forecast and analysis activities at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) are described. The use of QuikSCAT data in tropical cyclone (TC) analysis and foreca...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Weather and forecasting 2009-06, Vol.24 (3), p.621-645
Hauptverfasser:	BRENNAN, Michael J, HENNON, Christopher C, KNABB, Richard D
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aircraft Ambiguity Analysis Atmospheric precipitations Automation Backscatter Bias Climatology Contamination Cyclones Earth, ocean, space Estimates Exact sciences and technology External geophysics Gap winds Hurricanes Meteorology Ocean surface Oceans Rain Rain attenuation Rain effects Saturation Scatterometers Storms Storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, thunderstorms Tropical cyclone intensities Tropical cyclones Tropical depressions Tropical storms Weather Weather analysis and prediction Weather conditions Weather forecasting Wind Wind data Wind direction Wind speed Winds
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