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RISStorm-Induced Wind Patterns on the Sea from spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The authors discuss the origin of a unique footprint on the sea induced by storm winds and rainfall as seen by synthetic aperture radar (SAR) from space. Two hypotheses are presented to explain the origin of an apparent ...
A Satellite Observational Study of Precipitation Characteristics in Western North Pacific Tropical Cyclones
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) observations were used to examine spatial and temporal changes in the precipitation characteristics for western North Pacific tropical cyclones that reached storm stage or greater ...
Synoptic-Scale Influence of the Saharan Air Layer on Tropical Cyclogenesis over the Eastern Atlantic
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The formations of Hurricane Andrew, Tropical Storm Ernesto, and Hurricane Luis, which occurred, respectively, during the 1992, 1994, and 1995 hurricane seasons over the eastern Atlantic, have been investigated by utilizing ...
Environmental Influence on Typhoon Bobbie's Precipitation Distribution
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The distribution and intensity of tropical cyclone precipitation has been known to have a large influence on the intensification and maintenance of the system. Therefore, monitoring the tropical cyclone convective rainband ...
Contribution of Tropical Cyclones to the North Pacific Climatological Rainfall as Observed from Satellites
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Tropical cyclone monthly rainfall amounts are estimated from passive microwave satellite observations for an 11-yr period. These satellite-derived rainfall amounts are used to assess the impact of tropical cyclone rainfall ...
Environmental Forcing of Supertyphoon Paka’s (1997) Latent Heat Structure
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The distribution and intensity of total (i.e., combined stratified and convective processes) rain rate/latent heat release (LHR) were derived for Tropical Cyclone Paka during the period 9?21 December 1997 from the F-10, ...
The Environmental Influence on Tropical Cyclone Precipitation
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The intensity, spatial, and temporal changes in precipitation were examined in three North Atlantic hurricanes during 1989 (Dean, Gabrielle, and Hugo) using precipitation estimates made from Special Sensor Microwave/Imager ...
Rainfall Modification by Major Urban Areas: Observations from Spaceborne Rain Radar on the TRMM Satellite
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite's precipitation radar (PR) were employed to identify warm-season rainfall (1998?2000) patterns around Atlanta, Georgia; Montgomery, Alabama; Nashville, ...
Contribution of Tropical Cyclones to the North Atlantic Climatological Rainfall as Observed from Satellites
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The tropical cyclone rainfall climatological study performed for the North Pacific was extended to the North Atlantic. Similar to the North Pacific tropical cyclone study, mean monthly rainfall within 444 km of the center ...
Determination of Precipitation Profiles from Airborne Passive Microwave Radiometric Measurements
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This study presents the first quantitative retrievals of vertical profiles of precipitation derived from multispectral passive microwave radiometry. Measurements of microwave brightness temperature (Tb) obtained by a NASA ...