@inproceedings{187fcfc73d704a5bac49f43a9e185e04,
title = "HURRICANE OCEAN WIND SPEEDS",
abstract = "How strong does the wind blow in a hurricane? This proves a question that is difficult to answer, but has far-reaching consequences for satellite meteorology, weather forecasting and hurricane advisories. In the EUMETSAT CHEFS project, KNMI, ICM and IFREMER worked with international colleagues to address this question to prepare for the EPS-SG SCA scatterometer, which introduces C-band cross-polarization measurements to improve the detection of hurricane-force winds. To calibrate the diverse available satellite, airplane and model winds, in-situ wind speed references are needed. Unfortunately, these prove rather inconsistent in the wind speed range of 15 to 25 m/s, casting doubt on the higher winds too. Should we trust dropsondes at high and extreme winds or perhaps put more confidence in the moored buoy references? This dilemma will be presented to initiate a discussion with the international community gathered at IGARSS {\textquoteleft}21.",
keywords = "Hurricane winds, aerosol, atmospheric dynamics, atmospheric modelling, climate change, clouds, dropsondes, moored buoys, ocean vector winds, scatterometer, weather",
author = "Ad Stoffelen and Marseille, \{Gert Jan\} and Weicheng Ni and Alexis Mouche and Federica Polverari and Marcos Portabella and Wenming Lin and Joe Sapp and Paul Chang and Zorana Jelenak",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 IEEE.; 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2021 ; Conference date: 12-07-2021 Through 16-07-2021",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9554667",
language = "English",
series = "International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) ",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "1182--1185",
booktitle = "IGARSS 2021 - 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Proceedings",
address = "United States",
}