Exploration of real-time satellite measurements to advance hurricane intensity prediction in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

MTS/IEEE Biloxi - Marine Technology for Our Future: Global and Local Challenges, OCEANS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Walker, Nan ^a   Leben, Robert ^b   Anderson, Steven ^c   Haag, Alaric ^a   Pilley, Chet ^a   Korobkin, Mitsuko ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c HORIZON MARINE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC DATA; CLOSE PROXIMITY; CO-LOCATED; CYCLONIC CIRCULATION; GULF OF MEXICO; HURRICANE INTENSITY; HURRICANE SEASON; HURRICANE-INTENSITY FORECAST; INFRARED MEASUREMENTS; INTENSITY CHANGE; KATRINA; LOOP CURRENT; MAXIMUM COOLING; MESOSCALE; MIXED LAYER; NEAR-REAL TIME; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; OCEAN FEATURE; OCEAN HEAT CONTENT; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; ON ORBIT; PUBLIC SAFETY; SATELLITE ALTIMETER; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SCATTEROMETERS; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; STORM TRACK; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND SPEED;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FEEDBACK; MARINE ENGINEERING; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SATELLITES; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; WAKES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

HURRICANES;

EID: 77951576490     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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