Currently, global NWP models used for forecasting have resolutions that are too coarse to adequately simulate sharp gradients in the eyewall, inner core, and rainbands of TCs required for improving intensity and structure predictions
The weakening hurricane was rated as a Category 3 storm with sustained winds of about 185 kph (115 mph)
The detailed information that the Hurricane Hunter Satellite constellation can provide about TCs will be vital in meeting NOAA’s future goals of improving their forecasting.
By the time the crew of the ISS photographed Soudelor in support of our project, it had been downgraded to a Category 4 storm
At the time of the CyMISS photography session, Typhoon Noru had weakened to a Category 3 storm with sustained winds of about 185 kph (115 mph)
The required vertical resolution for weather and climate applications are not met today over the oceans, tropics, and most of the Southern Hemisphere
Accurate 3D winds aloft would be not only a game changer for weather forecasting, but a critical safety measure for pilots worldwide
Improved measurements and predictions of tropical cyclone intensity and trajectory would help communities better prepare for such storms
Despite the promising potential of using the Carnot Engine model to characterize the strength of hurricanes using overhead remote sensing data, reliable sources of the required data are simply not available today.
The jet streams are one of the more influential factors in surface weather patterns.
ESA’s Aeolus satellite uses its innovative ALADIN Doppler LIDAR to provide global wind data. This wind data helps meteorologists improve their forecasts.
The work at Tropical Weather Analytics, Inc. to perform precision stereo observations of storms was built on years of prior studies and flight experiments. From 2014 to 2019, NASA’s Tropical Cyclone Experiment was performed by the TWAi science team in support
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