PPT-Extreme Wind Speed Measurements from NASA’s SMAP L-Band Radiometer

Thomas Meissner 1 Lucrezia Ricciardulli 1 Frank Wentz 1 Andrew Manaster 1 Charles Sampson 2 1 Remote Sensing Systems Santa Rosa CA USA 2 NRL Monterey CA USA IOVWST Meeting April 24 26 2018. Applications . Plan. Molly Brown. SMAP Applications Coordinator. Susan Moran. Chair, . SMAP Applications Working Group. Vanessa Escobar. SMAP . Support Scientist. “This plan provides an . implementation strategy for promoting applications research and engaging a broad community of users in SMAP applications.”. Konstantin Vinnikov & Eric . Hohman. (Office of State Climatologist for Maryland). Russell Dickerson (Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland). Joel . Dreessen. (Maryland Department of the Environment. Model Sensitivities to Speed and Shear Characteristics. Shannon L. Rabideau, Daniel A. . Rajewski. , Eugene S. . Takle. Department . of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State . University. Surface . Thomas Meissner. Lucrezia Ricciardulli. Frank Wentz. IGARSS 2011. Vancouver, BC, Canada . July 26, 2011 . Outline. Passive (radiometer: WindSat) vs active (scatterometer: QuikSCAT) wind speed retrievals: . Tropical Storm Julia. Severe Marine Weather Studies using . SMOS L-band Sensor. . Nicolas Reul. 1. , J. Tenerelli. 2. , B.Chapron. 1. , Y. Quilfen. 1. , D. . Vandemark. and Y. Kerr. 3. Increase. of the . Soil . Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Mission. SMAP-GPM Joint Mission . Teacher Workshop. GSFC Visitor’s Center. June 26, 2013. Peggy O’Neill, NASA GSFC. SMAP Deputy Project Scientist. Water is Vital for Life. Earth Observation Missions. John Zuzek. 29-May-2014. NASA Domestic Issues & Future earth observation missions. 2. CORF Spring 2014 Meeting. 29-May-2014. John Zuzek, NASA. National Spectrum Program Manager. trends. Anna A. . Shestakova. Obukhov. Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Moscow, Russia. Main goal:. Investigation of climatology of . extreme winds . in the Russian . Arctic. with special emphasis on . perspective. Beata . Latos. 1. ,.  Thierry . Lefort. 2. , Maria . K. . Flatau. 3. , Donaldi Permana. 4. , Piotr . J. . Flatau. 5. , . Dariusz. . Baranowski. 1. , . Jaka. Paski. 4. , . Erwin Makmur. MUSTANSIRIYAH UNIVERSITY . COLLEGE OF SCIENCES. ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES DEPARTMENT . 2018-2019 . Dr. . Sama. Khalid Mohammed. SECOND STAGE . Welcome Students! .  . To LECTURE SIX. Pressure & wind. Rolf Reichle. 1. , Gabrielle DeLannoy. 1,2. , and . Wade Crow. 3. 1. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Global Model and Assimilation Office. 2 . University of Louvain, Louvain, Belgium. 3. USDA ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Lab. Wind is the air in horizontal motion caused due to difference in atmospheric pressure. . Wind has to be specified by its direction and speed. . The movement of wind is almost horizontal and its vertical component is very small, being about 1/100th. of the horizontal component. . Lucrezia Ricciardulli, Thomas Meissner, Frank Wentz. Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA, USA. INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON MEASURING. HIGH WIND SPEEDS OVER THE OCEAN. November 2016, UK MET OFFICE, Exeter, UK. Development, Demonstration, and Future Thoughts. Dr. Daniel J. Cecil. NASA Marshall Space Flight . CenterEarth. Science Office. Daniel.J.Cecil@nasa.gov. Observing objective. Demonstrate the capability to accurately map ocean surface wind speed:.