A tropical cyclone application for virtual globes

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-24

  Joseph Turk, F ^a   Hawkins, Jeff ^a   Richardson, Kim ^a   Surratt, Mindy ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclone; Hurricane; KML; Microwave; Precipitation; Satellite; Wind

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE; DATA TYPE; EARTH APPLICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; GENERAL PUBLICS; KML; NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY; POSITION COORDINATES; PRECIPITATION; RAPID DEVELOPMENT; REAL-TIME APPLICATION; SATELLITE DATA PROCESSING; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ANIMATION; DATA HANDLING; HURRICANES; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOFTWARE PACKAGES; TROPICS; VISUALIZATION;

STORMS;

DATA PROCESSING; HURRICANE; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE SENSOR; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 78650742040     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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