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Author Hite, M. M.
Title Vorticity-Based Detection of Tropical Cyclogenesis Type $loc['typeManuscript']
Year 2006 Publication Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages
Keywords Quikscat, Seawinds, Tropical Disturbance, Tropical Cyclogenesis, Vorticity
Abstract Ocean wind vectors from the SeaWinds scatterometer on QuikSCAT and GOES imagery are used to develop an objective technique that can detect and monitor tropical disturbances associated with the early stages of tropical cyclogenesis in the Atlantic basin. The technique is based on identification of surface vorticity and wind speed signatures that exceed certain threshold magnitudes, with vorticity averaged over an appropriate spatial scale. The threshold values applied herein are determined from the precursors of 15 tropical cyclones during the 1999-2004 Atlantic hurricane seasons using research-quality QuikSCAT data. Tropical disturbances are found for these cases within a range of 19 hours to 101 hours before classification as tropical cyclones by the National Hurricane Center (NHC). The 15 cases are further subdivided based upon their origination source (i.e., easterly wave, upper-level cut-off low, stagnant frontal zone, etc). Primary focus centers on the cases associated with tropical waves, since these waves account for approximately 63% of all Atlantic tropical cyclones. The detection technique illustrates the ability to track these tropical disturbances from near the coast of Africa. Analysis of the pre-tropical cyclone (TC) tracks for these cases depict stages, related to wind speed and precipitation, in the evolution of an easterly wave to tropical cyclone.
Address Department of Meteorology
Corporate Author Thesis $loc['Master's thesis']
Publisher Florida State University Place of Publication Tallahassee, FL Editor
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Call Number COAPS @ mfield @ Serial 616
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Author Hite, M. M.; Bourassa, M. A.; O'Brien, J. J.
Title Vorticity-Based Detection Of Tropical Cyclones Type $loc['typeConference Article']
Year 2006 Publication 14th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere, American Meteorological Society, Atlanta, Ga, USA Abbreviated Journal
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Funding NASA, OSU, SEAWINDS Approved $loc['no']
Call Number COAPS @ mfield @ Serial 922
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Author Hoffman, R.N.; Privé, N.; Bourassa, M.
Title Comments on “Reanalyses and Observations: What's the Difference?” Type $loc['typeJournal Article']
Year 2017 Publication Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Abbreviated Journal Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.
Volume 98 Issue 11 Pages 2455-2459
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Call Number COAPS @ mfield @ Serial 371
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Author Hoffman, R.N.; Privé, N.; Bourassa, M.
Title Comments on “Reanalyses and Observations: What's the Difference?” Type $loc['typeJournal Article']
Year 2017 Publication Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Abbreviated Journal Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.
Volume 98 Issue 11 Pages 2455-2459
Keywords GEOPHYSICAL DATA; marine surface winds; energy and water cycles
Abstract Are there important differences between reanalysis data and familiar observations and measurements? If so, what are they? This essay evaluates four possible answers that relate to: the role of inference, reliance on forecasts, the need to solve an ill-posed inverse problem, and understanding of errors and uncertainties. The last of these is argued to be most significant. The importance of characterizing uncertainties associated with results—whether those results are observations or measurements, analyses or reanalyses, or forecasts—is emphasized.
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Call Number COAPS @ rl18 @ Serial 990
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Author Holbach, H.
Title The Effects of Gap-Wind-Induced Vorticity, the Monsoon Trough, and the ITCZ on Tropical Cyclogenesis Type $loc['typeManuscript']
Year 2012 Publication Abbreviated Journal
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Address Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science
Corporate Author Thesis $loc['Master's thesis']
Publisher Florida State University Place of Publication Tallahassee, FL Editor
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Call Number COAPS @ mfield @ Serial 276
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Author Holbach, HM; Bourassa, MA
Title The effects of gap wind induced vorticity, monsoon trough and ITCZ on tropical cyclogenesis Type $loc['typeConference Article']
Year 2012 Publication IEEE International Symposium on Geoscience and Remote Sensing IGARSS Abbreviated Journal
Volume Issue Pages 2074-2077
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Area Expedition Conference IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Munich, Germany
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Call Number COAPS @ mfield @ Serial 254
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Author Holbach, H.M.; Uhlhorn, E.W.; Bourassa, M.A.
Title Off-Nadir SFMR Brightness Temperature Measurements in High-Wind Conditions Type $loc['typeJournal Article']
Year 2018 Publication Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology Abbreviated Journal J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol.
Volume 35 Issue 9 Pages 1865-1879
Keywords Tropical cyclones; Wind; Air-sea interaction; Microwave observations; Remote sensing; Surface observations
Abstract Wind and wave-breaking directions are investigated as potential sources of an asymmetry identified in off-nadir remotely sensed measurements of ocean surface brightness temperatures obtained by the Stepped Frequency Microwave Radiometer (SFMR) in high-wind conditions, including in tropical cyclones. Surface wind speed, which dynamically couples the atmosphere and ocean, can be inferred from SFMR ocean surface brightness temperature measurements using a radiative transfer model and an inversion algorithm. The accuracy of the ocean surface brightness temperature to wind speed calibration relies on accurate knowledge of the surface variables that are influencing the ocean surface brightness temperature. Previous studies have identified wind direction signals in horizontally polarized radiometer measurements in low to moderate (0�20 m s−1) wind conditions over a wide range of incidence angles. This study finds that the azimuthal asymmetry in the off-nadir SFMR brightness temperature measurements is also likely a function of wind direction and extends the results of these previous studies to high-wind conditions. The off-nadir measurements from the SFMR provide critical data for improving the understanding of the relationships between brightness temperature, surface wave�breaking direction, and surface wind vectors at various incidence angles, which is extremely useful for the development of geophysical model functions for instruments like the Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD).
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Call Number COAPS @ rl18 @ Serial 980
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Author Holthuijsen, L.H.; Powell, M.D.; Pietrzak, J.D.
Title Wind and waves in extreme hurricanes Type $loc['typeJournal Article']
Year 2012 Publication Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans Abbreviated Journal J. Geophys. Res.
Volume 117 Issue C9 Pages n/a-n/a
Keywords GPS sondes; hurricanes; swell; wave breaking; white caps; wind drag
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Call Number COAPS @ mfield @ Serial 268
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Author Hong, C. H.; Hurlburt, H. E.; Melsom, A.; Metzger, E. J.; Meyers, S. D.; O'Brien, J. J.
Title The role of tropically forced coastal Kelvin waves on the stability of the coastal circulation along western north America Type $loc['typeConference Article']
Year 1997 Publication CAS/JSC Working Group, (WMO/ICSU/IOC) Abbreviated Journal
Volume 25 Issue Pages 848-849
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Publisher CAS/JSC Working Group Place of Publication Editor Boer, G. J.
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Call Number COAPS @ mfield @ Serial 731
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Author Hood, M., and 39 Coauthors (including S. R. Smith)
Title Ship-Based Repeat Hydrography: A Strategy for a Sustained Global Program Type $loc['typeConference Article']
Year 2010 Publication Proceedings of OceanObs'09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society Abbreviated Journal
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Publisher Place of Publication Editor Hall, J., Harrison, D.E. and Stammer, D.ll
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Call Number COAPS @ mfield @ Serial 563
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