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Electrical and Computer Engineering

2009

QuikSCAT

Brigham Young University

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An Evaluation Of Quikscat Uhr Wind Product's Effectiveness In Determining Selected Tropical Cyclone Characteristics, Faozi Said Nov 2009

An Evaluation Of Quikscat Uhr Wind Product's Effectiveness In Determining Selected Tropical Cyclone Characteristics, Faozi Said

Theses and Dissertations

While the standard wind product (L2B) available operationally in near-real time from SeaWinds on QuikSCAT is only 25 km in resolution, QuikSCAT data can be enhanced to yield a 2.5 km ultra-high resolution (UHR) product. The latter can be used to help estimate Tropical Cyclone (TC) characteristics such as TC eye center and wind radii. Two studies are conducted in this thesis, in which QuikSCAT UHR wind product's effectiveness in estimating these TC characteristics is evaluated. First, a comparison is made between the analyst's choice of eye location based on UHR images and interpolated best-track position. In this analysis, the …

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