Microwave Remote Sensing of Tropical Cyclones from Space |
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| Authors: | Kristina B Katsaros Paris W Vachon W Timothy Liu Peter G Black |
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| Institution: | (1) NOAA/Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL, 33149, U.S.A;(2) Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, 588 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0Y7, Canada;(3) Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA, 91109-8099, U.S.A |
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| Abstract: | This article reviews several microwave instruments employed in research and analysis of tropical cyclones (TCs), typhoons,
and hurricanes. The instruments discussed include scatterometers, microwave radiometers, synthetic aperture radars (SARs),
and rain radar from space. Examples of the particular contribution by one or more of these instruments in analysis of several
storms illustrate the comprehensive new views provided by the SeaWinds scatterometers, the detailed high-resolution wind field
provided by RADARSAT-1 SAR, particularly inside and in the vicinity of hurricane “eyes,” and the presence of secondary flows
in the region between rainbands in TCs. The high spatial resolution of precipitation data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring
Mission's rain radar, combined with scatterometer or SAR data, give a significant improvement in the details that can be seen
from space, at the surface, and in the precipitating areas of TCs. The microwave instruments provide a penetrating view below
the upper level cirrus clouds.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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| Keywords: | Microwave remote sensing tropical cyclones scatterometer SAR synthetic-aperture-radar rain radar |
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