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Selected Tropical Cyclone Satellite Analyses With An Emphasis On 37 Ghz Color Composite Imagery, Margaret Kieper
Selected Tropical Cyclone Satellite Analyses With An Emphasis On 37 Ghz Color Composite Imagery, Margaret Kieper
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This research expanded the understanding of the 37 GHz color composite imagery of tropical cyclones (using the Naval Research Lab Monterey image archive), by improved identification of precipitation types uniquely observed on this imagery, aided by creation of a conceptual model. This model distinguished between stratiform and convective rain, and identified the cyan color on this imagery as being warm rain from shallow and moderate convection, or "SAM." Patterns of SAM on this imagery uniquely identify tropical cyclone features: an early indicator of the onset of rapid intensification and early eyewall replacement cycles, both previously unobserved. These are identified by …