HURRICANE OCEAN WIND SPEEDS

Ad Stoffelen; Gert Jan Marseille; Weicheng Ni; Alexis Mouche; Federica Polverari; Marcos Portabella; Wenming Lin; Joe Sapp; Paul Chang; Zorana Jelenak

doi:10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9554667

HURRICANE OCEAN WIND SPEEDS

Ad Stoffelen, Gert Jan Marseille, Weicheng Ni, Alexis Mouche, Federica Polverari, Marcos Portabella, Wenming Lin, Joe Sapp, Paul Chang, Zorana Jelenak

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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 ‘21.

Original language	English
Pages	1182-1185
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9554667
State	Published - 2021
Externally published	Yes
Event	2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2021 - Brussels, Belgium Duration: Jul 12 2021 → Jul 16 2021

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Conference	2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2021
Country/Territory	Belgium
City	Brussels
Period	07/12/21 → 07/16/21

Keywords

Hurricane winds
aerosol
atmospheric dynamics
atmospheric modelling
climate change
clouds
dropsondes
moored buoys
ocean vector winds
scatterometer
weather

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