An Evaluation of QuikSCAT UHR Wind Product's Effectiveness in Determining Selected Tropical Cyclone Characteristics

While the standard wind product (L2B) available operationally in near-real time from SeaWinds on QuikSCAT is only 25 km in resolution, QuikSCAT data can be enhanced to yield a 2.5 km ultra-high resolution (UHR) product. The latter can be used to help estimate Tropical Cyclone (TC) characteristics su...

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Main Author: Said, Faozi
Format: Others
Published: BYU ScholarsArchive 2009
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Online Access:https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2008
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3007&context=etd