The operational use of QuikSCAT ocean surface vector winds at the National Hurricane Center

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 621-645

  Brennan, Michael J ^a   Hennon, Christopher C ^b   Knabb, Richard D ^a  

^a NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED BACKSCATTER; GAP WINDS; HIGH WINDS; IMPROVED FORECAST; INTENSITY ESTIMATION; NEAR-REAL TIME; NEGATIVE BIAS; OCEAN SURFACE VECTOR WINDS; OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; OPERATIONAL FORECASTS; OPERATIONAL USE; POSITIVE BIAS; QUIKSCAT; RAIN ATTENUATION; SCATTEROMETERS; SIGNAL SATURATION; SURFACE DATA; SURFACE FEATURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS; TROPICAL STORMS; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WIND DATA; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND EVENTS; WIND SPEED;

CLIMATOLOGY; FORECASTING; HURRICANES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; NASA; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; TROPICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

WIND EFFECTS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; HURRICANE; QUIKSCAT; REAL TIME; TRACKING; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND DIRECTION;

GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 69949187171     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008WAF2222188.1     Document Type: Article

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