PPT-Measuring gaps in tropical cyclone rainbands using Level II radar reflectivity data

Corene Matyas Department of Geography University of Florida Funding NSF CAREER Award BCS1053864 1 Early Work on Spatial Patterns of TC Rain Fields Stationary Band Complex schematic Willoughby Marks and Feinberg 1984 . SOES 6026 – Radar Remote Sensing. Ray Bell. Tropical cyclones. Applications. Scatterometers. Altimeters. SARs. Forecasting. Conclusions. Applications. Influence 10,000s people every year and can shape financial markets.. Carolina Vera. CIMA/CONICET-Univ. of Buenos Aires, Argentina. sample. Overview of SREX Chapter 3. Authors. : . Sonia Seneviratne, Neville Nicholls. , David . Easterling. , Clare . Goodess. , . Shinjiro. Eric W. Uhlhorn. NOAA/AOML/Hurricane Research Division. Bradley W. Klotz . University of Miami/RSMAS/CIMAS and HRD. 2015 Tropical Cyclone Research Forum. 4. . March 2015. Acknowledgements. 2. NOAA Office of Weather and Air Quality JHT. Ethan Wright: UNC Asheville. Research Advisor: . Dr. Christopher . Hennon. 04/22/2015. Peak Intensity: 190 mph. Lowest Pressure: 870 . mb. Small eye size of 8 nm . Super Typhoon Tip (1979). Super Typhoon Winnie (1997). David Roth. NOAA . Weather . Prediction Center. College Park, . MD. Last Updated: . April 30, 2015. Collaborative track . f. orecast – medium . r. ange. Rainfall Statements composed by WPC. WPC assumes responsibility for inland depressions outside of Florida. 1. Where are some places you have seen reflection? . 2. How do you think reflections work? . How does Reflectivity happen? . Light is invisible, so we can’t see it until it bounces off something and hits our eyes . Madeline Frank. EAS 4480. Course Project. April 2016. Goals. 4 Ocean Basins:. . North Atlantic, East Pacific, West Pacific, . Indian. Determine the relationship (if any) between active and/or inactive tropical cyclone years among 4 Ocean basins. Specular reflectivity. Quantitative information of thickness and SLD in Z direction. Ѳ. refl. =. Ѳ. incident. Footprint, Critical angle. q. -4. decay, roughness. 7 to 8 orders of magnitude drop in intensity. -1- Hurricane Nora 1-9 October 2003 Lixion. A. Avila National Hurricane Center 4 November 2003 a.Synoptic History Nora developed from a tropical wave that moved off the coast of Africa on 13 Septe 2 surface temperatures steadily took its toll on Jova and the cyclone rapidly weakened to a tropical storm late on 22 September about 350 n mi east-northeast of Hilo. Jova became a tropical depressio 11A1 FOR HURRICANES KATRINA RITA AND WILMA James S Goerss Naval Research Laboratory Monterey California1 INTRODUCTION Consensus tropical cyclone TC track forecast aids formed using TC track fore Kerry Emanuel. Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Atlantic Sea Surface Temperatures and Storm Max Power Dissipation. (Smoothed with a 1-3-4-3-1 filter). and. Working Group for Tropical Cyclone Research (WG/TCR) . Dr. Frank Marks (NOAA) and Dr. Ron . Ferek. (Navy). Co-Chairs, Working Group for Tropical Cyclone Research (WG/TCR). 1. History of JAG/TCR. Kerry . Emanuel and Sai Ravela. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Risk Assessment Methods. Methods based on hurricane history. Numerical Simulations. Downscaling Approaches. Issues with Historically Based Risk Assessment.