Estimation of the upper-layer rotation and maximum wind speed of tropical cyclones via satellite imagery

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 750-766

  Chao, Chun Chieh ^a   Liu, Gin Rong ^a   Liu, Chung Chih ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MINGHSIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Convection; Rainbands; Satellite observations; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOTION VECTORS; CLOUD PATTERN; CONVECTION; DATA SETS; EYEWALL; INFRARED CHANNEL; INNOVATIVE METHOD; LAND-BASED RADAR; MAXIMUM WIND SPEED; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; PACIFIC OCEAN; RAINBANDS; REGRESSION EQUATION; RESEARCH RESULTS; ROTATION SPEED; SATELLITE IMAGES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SECONDARY CIRCULATION; SPIN RATE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VERIFICATION RESULTS; WIND INTENSITY;

ESTIMATION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; HURRICANES; RADAR; ROTATION; SHAFTS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); SPEED; STORMS; TROPICS; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND EFFECTS;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CONVECTION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; RAINBAND; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TYPHOON; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 79954988226     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAMC2519.1     Document Type: Article

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